Beijing Ducks

The Beijing Shougang Ducks (simplified Chinese: 北京首钢鸭俱乐部篮球队), also known as Beijing Shougang or Beijing Ducks, are a professional basketball team based in Beijing, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Shougang Corporation is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a duck.

This article is about the basketball team. For the dish, see Peking duck.

Beijing Ducks
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LeagueCBA
Founded1956 (1956)
HistoryBeijing Basketball Team
(1956–1988)
Beijing Ducks
(1988–present)
ArenaCadillac Arena
Capacity17,178[1]
LocationBeijing, China
Team colorsSteel blue, Black, White
     
Main sponsorShougang Steel
(1988–2003)
Wanfeng Aote
(2003–2004)
Jinyu Group
(2004–2011)
Shougang Steel
(2011–present)
BAIC Group
(2023–present)
Head coachXie Libin
Championships3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
Retired numbers2 (15, 51)
Beijing Ducks
Chinese北京金隅鸭

The team was formerly known as the Beijing Jinyu Ducks or Beijing Jinyu (北京金隅, běijīng jīnyü). The name change was due to a change in corporate sponsorship. This organization should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, a different club, which was founded in 1955.

For at least part of the 2003–04 CBA season, the Ducks were known as Beijing Wanfeng Aote (北京万丰奥特). Their naming rights were then assumed by the "Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.", a prominent construction materials conglomerate in China.

History
Beijing Ducks playing against Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Shougang Basketball Centre, Shijingshan District, Beijing

The Beijing Ducks were initially formed as the Beijing Men's Basketball Team in 1956. In October of that same year, the National Basketball League's season was held in Chongqing. Beijing's club, with only 7 players registered on its roster, won the championship of that NBL edition. The team managed a third-place finish in the same competition when the tournament was held in Hangzhou in 1961.

In 1988, the club was first sponsored by the Shougang Corporation, and was renamed Beijing Shougang. When the duck was confirmed as the team's mascot in 1995, the club participated in the inaugural season of the Chinese Basketball Association as the Beijing Shougang Ducks Basketball Team. In October 1997, the Shougang Corporation moved to once again rebrand the club as the Beijing Shougang Basketball Team, in an ultimately fruitless attempt to give the corporate name greater popular precedence than the mascot.

The club had a formidable frontcourt duo in the early days of CBA competition with Mengke Bateer, who debuted for Beijing at the age of 18, and Shan Tao, who was considered to be one of the top Chinese centers at that time. The two helped the Ducks to a third-place finish in the team's CBA debut season.

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the Ducks finished in second place in the North Division, but lost in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs to the South Division's Bayi Rockets. In 2008, the team visited the United States, training at Marquette University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Wisconsin, as well as visiting Philadelphia, Madison, Wisconsin, and Eugene, Oregon.[2]

Beijing started the 2011–12 season with a 13-game winning streak, and eventually finished second in the regular season. The club then advanced to its first CBA Finals match-up, thanks largely to the play of former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. They won their first CBA title by defeating the Guangdong Southern Tigers 4 games to 1. The Ducks are the first-ever CBA team to earn the title without any previous trips to the CBA Finals, as well as the league's fourth different club to win a championship.

After being eliminated in the Semi-Finals of the 2013 CBA Playoffs, Beijing returned to the Finals at the end of the 2013–14 campaign and won their second trophy. The Ducks then repeated as champions in 2014–15, making it three titles in four years.

Trophies
Champions (3): 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Beijing Ducks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 0 China Sun Yahui 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 19 – (2004-01-07)7 January 2004
G/F 1 China Zeng Fanbo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 20 – (2003-01-11)11 January 2003
G 6 China Jiang Wen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1996-01-22)22 January 1996
G 7 United States Shannon Evans 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
G 8 China Fang Shuo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990
G/F 9 China Lei Meng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 28 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995
PG 11 China Sun Haofeng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 22 – (2001-01-07)7 January 2001
F 12 China Fan Yiming 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2001-10-20)20 October 2001
PF 13 China Zhu Yanxi 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 33 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990
G/F 16 China Zhang Cairen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995
PF/C 17 China Fan Ziming 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 25 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998
C 19 China Taruike Jianiyou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1998-03-17)17 March 1998
SF 20 China Zhai Xiaochuan (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993
F 22 China Ji Shoujia 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 20 – (2003-03-13)13 March 2003
C 22 United States T. J. Leaf 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 26 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
PF/C 24 China Sun Siyao 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 27 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996
PG 25 China Tian Yuxiang 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 31 – (1992-08-17)17 August 1992
F 32 China Zhang Zhuo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1996-02-06)6 February 1996
F 81 China Jin Yipeng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (2003-11-24)24 November 2003
Head coach
  • Serbia Ernest Leyden
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 9 October 2023

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Head coaches

See also

References
  1. "Beijing Ducks team overview Cbaleague.com".
  2. "Ducks come back for more". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. Determination and composure lead to Guangdong's gritty CBA win over Beijing huaxia, Xinhua, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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