Jilin Northeast Tigers
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Jilin Tonggang Northeast Tigers (吉林通钢东北虎) or Jilin Northeast Tigers or Jilin Tonggang are a basketball
team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association
, based in Changchun
, Jilin
.
The team was founded in 1956 but became a professional club in 1998. They were known as Jilin Yiqi (吉林一汽) in 2002–2003 and Jilin Jiliang (吉林吉粮) in 2001–2002 and Jilin Henghe (吉林恒和) in 2000–2001. Presumably these reflect changes of corporates sponsorship.
In the 2004–2005 season, the Jilin Northeast Tigers finished in fourth place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Guangdong Southern Tigers
, the defending champions. In 2005–2006 they had the same finish and suffered exactly the same fate; in fact, it was the third year in a row that the "northern tigers" were eliminated in the playoffs by the "southern tigers".
3 seasons: '05-'08 Roderick Gregoire 6 seasons: '00-'06 Islam Abbas
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association
Chinese Basketball Association
The Chinese Basketball Association , often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese...
, based in Changchun
Changchun
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is administered as a sub-provincial city with a population of 7,677,089 at the 2010 census under its jurisdiction, including counties and...
, Jilin
Jilin
Jilin , is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west...
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The team was founded in 1956 but became a professional club in 1998. They were known as Jilin Yiqi (吉林一汽) in 2002–2003 and Jilin Jiliang (吉林吉粮) in 2001–2002 and Jilin Henghe (吉林恒和) in 2000–2001. Presumably these reflect changes of corporates sponsorship.
In the 2004–2005 season, the Jilin Northeast Tigers finished in fourth place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Guangdong Southern Tigers
Guangdong Southern Tigers
Guangdong Winnerway Southern Tigers or Guangdong Southern Tigers or Guangdong Winnerway is a basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway Group. The team is one of the best-performing teams in the Chinese Basketball Association, or CBA...
, the defending champions. In 2005–2006 they had the same finish and suffered exactly the same fate; in fact, it was the third year in a row that the "northern tigers" were eliminated in the playoffs by the "southern tigers".
Notable former players
Iona Enosa 1 seasons: '01-'02 Babacar CamaraBabacar Camara
Babacar Camara is a retired Senegalese professional basketball player. He lastly played for the Al-Ansa Sports Club of the D1 Saudi Arabia.-Career overview:Babacar Camara grew up in Dakar, Senegal...
3 seasons: '05-'08 Roderick Gregoire 6 seasons: '00-'06 Islam Abbas
Islam Abbas
Islam Abbaas is a Palestinian-Jordanian professional basketball player. He is a member of the Jordan national basketball team....
External links
- http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/team/jilin/index.shtml
- http://www.dongbeihu.org/