Beijing Ducks

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

Beijing Ducks
League	CBA
Founded	1956 (1956)
History	Beijing Basketball Team (1956–1988) Beijing Ducks (1988–present)
Arena	Cadillac Arena
Capacity	17,178
Location	Beijing, China
Team colors	Steel blue, Black, White
Main sponsor	Shougang Steel (1988–2003) Wanfeng Aote (2003–2004) Jinyu Group (2004–2011) Shougang Steel (2011–present)
Head coach	Xie Libin
Championships	3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
Retired numbers	2 (15, 51)
Home Away Third

Beijing Ducks
Chinese	北京金隅鸭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng Jīnyú Yā Wade–Giles Pei3 ching1 Chin1yü4 ya1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Bei3 jing1 Jin1 yu4 ya1 Jyutping Baak1 ging1 Gam1 jyu4 aap4

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.

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

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.

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

• Chinese Basketball Association

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 nationalities not displayed.

Beijing Ducks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Nick Johnson 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 C 2 Li Muhao 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 32 – (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 G 5 Yang Ali 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 23 – (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 G 6 Sun Chenran 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 G 8 Fang Shuo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 G/F 9 Lei Meng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 29 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995 F/C 13 Zhu Yanxi 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 34 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990 SG 16 Zhang Cairen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 PF 17 Fan Ziming 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998 C 19 Taruike Jianiyou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 26 – (1998-03-17)17 March 1998 F 20 Zhai Xiaochuan (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 31 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993 C 22 T. J. Leaf 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997 G 25 Tian Yuxiang 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 SF 30 Luan Licheng 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1998-03-03)3 March 1998 F 32 Zhang Zhuo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-02-06)6 February 1996	Head coach Xie Libin Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 15 December 2022

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.

• Mengke Bateer (1997–2002, 2005–2006, 2013–2014)
• Zhang Yunsong (1998–2010)
• Chris Herren (2002–2003)
• Olumide Oyedeji (2004)
• Ji Zhe (2007–2018)
• David Harrison (2008–2009)
• Dontae' Jones (2008–2009)
• Fang Shuo (2008–present)
• Cedric Bozeman (2009–2010)
• Sun Mingming (2009–2014)
• Ernest Brown (2010)
• Steve Francis (2010)
• Joe Crawford (2010–2011)
• Lee Hsueh-lin (2010–2014)
• Randolph Morris (2010–2018)
• Stephon Marbury (2011–2017)
• Sun Yue (2013–2017)
• Zhai Xiaochuan (2011–present)
• Li Gen (2012–2015)
• Damien Wilkins (2013–2014)
• Zhang Qingpeng (2014–2017)
• Grant Jerrett (2016–2017)
• Aaron Jackson (2017–2019)
• Justin Hamilton (2017–present)
• Marcus Thornton (2018)
• Jeremy Lin (2019–2022)
• Ekpe Udoh (2019–2020)
• Jordan McRae (2020–2021)
• Jonathan Gibson (2020–present)

Head coaches

• Yannis Christopoulos: (2017–2020, 2021–2022)
• Charis Markopoulos: (2017–2022)

See also

• My Other Home, a 2017 film starring Stephon Marbury, based on Beijing Ducks' 2011–12 CBA championship run

External links

• Team profile (in Chinese)
• Club profile(in Chinese)