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This article is about China's second-tier basketball league. For China's premier basketball league, see Chinese Basketball Association. For China's baseball league, see China Baseball League.
The National Basketball League (全国男子篮球联赛) is a semi-professional basketball minor league in the People's Republic of China, called Chinese Basketball League (CBL) before 2005. It is commonly known as the NBL, and this name (spelled out in letters) is often used even in Chinese.
NBL is the second-tier league to the professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
2004 season
The first regular season of the CBL began in April 2004. Eight teams advanced to the playoffs:
- Yunnan Honghe (云南红河奔牛)
- Yingkou Donghua (营口东华沈部)
- Hebei Jidong (河北冀东水泥)
- Sichuan Shidai Bingchuan (四川时代冰川)
- Shanxi Yujin (山西宇晋)
- Heilongjiang Daqing (黑龙江大庆)
- Guandong New Century (广东东莞新世纪)
- Tianjin (天津男子篮球队) - no nickname or sponsor
On August 4 2004, Yunnan defeated Guangdong New Century to win the CBL championship and were promoted to the CBA for the 2004–2005 season.
See also
- Sports in China
- China men's national basketball team
- China women's national basketball team
- Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
- Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA)
- Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA)
- Sport tours in China
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