Women's Chinese Basketball Association
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The Women's Chinese Basketball Association is a women's basketball
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...

 league in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It is commonly known as the WCBA, and this name (spelled out in letters) is often used even in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

.

The WCBA was established in 2002. It is the women's counterpart to 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...

 (CBA).

Group A

Team Home

Bayi China Telecom
Changsha  (八一中国电信)
Jiangsu Nangang   (江苏龙南钢同曦)
Guangdong Hongjia Nanhai
Nanhai
Nanhai District , historically known as Namhoi, is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.-Administration:...

 
(广东南海宏佳)
Beijing Shougang   (北京首钢)
Shanghai Dongfang   (上海东方)
Hebei Lulu Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...

 
(河北露露)

Group B

Team Home
Heilongjiang Zhenning   (黑龙江辰能)
Liaoning Baocheng   (辽宁宝城)
Henan Yuguang   (河南济源豫光金铅)
Jilin Aohua   (吉林澳华)
Shenyang Army (Shenbu) Sanyang Tieling
Tieling
Tieling is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.The population is 3 million at the 2nd of 2004. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.The mayor of Tieling is Li Wenke...

 
(沈部三洋电梯)
Fujian Tailaoshan Fuding
Fuding
Fuding City is a county-level city in northeastern Ningde prefecture level city, on Fujian's border with Zhejiang province.-Administrative:Fuding was promoted to county-level city status in 1995...

 
(福建太姥山)

Champions

  • 2002 - Bayi
  • 2003 - Bayi
  • 2004 - Bayi
  • 2005 - Bayi
  • 2006 - Liaoning
  • 2007 - Liaoning
  • 2008 - Bayi
  • 2009 - Liaoning
  • 2010 - Liaoning

Source: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90870/6359800.html

2004-2005 season

The 2004–2005 regular season began on October 30, 2004, and including all playoffs was scheduled to end on January 16, 2005 at the latest. Regular season games were scheduled on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

On January 15, 2005, Bayi defeated Liaoning to win its fourth straight WCBA title.

Ranking for 2004-2005 season

  1. Bayi China Telecom
  2. Liaoning Baocheng
  3. Jiangsu Nangang
  4. Heilongjiang Zhenning
  5. Shenbu Sanyang
  6. Guangdong Hongjia
  7. Shanghai Dongfang
  8. Beijing Shougang
  9. Henan Yuguang
  10. Jilin Aohua
  11. Fujian Tailaoshan
  12. Hebei Lulu

See also

  • Women's sports
    Women's sports
    Women's sports include amateur and professional competitions in virtually all sports. Female participation in sports rose dramatically in the twentieth century, especially in the last quarter, reflecting changes in modern societies that emphasized gender parity...

  • Sports in China
    Sport in the People's Republic of China
    Although China has long been associated with the martial arts, sport in China today consists of a small variety of competitive sports played in China, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau...

  • China men's national basketball team
    China national basketball team
    The Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China...

  • China women's national basketball team
  • 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...

     (CBA)
  • National Basketball League (NBL)
  • Chinese University Basketball Association
    Chinese University Basketball Association
    Chinese University Basketball Association or CUBA, was founded in 1996 and the league was launched in 1998. It is the most competitive and popular college basketball competition in China...

    (CUBA)
  • Sport tours in China

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