Beijing Aoshen Olympian
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| Founded | 1999 |
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| Folded | 4 December 2013 |
| League |
CBA 1999–2004 ABA 2005–09 WCPBL 2009–2010 |
| Team history | Aoshen Olympians 1999–2013 |
| Based in |
 Singapore
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| Arena | Don Bosco Technical Institute |
| Colors | Yellow, White, and Red |
| Owner(s) | George Pickering |
| Head coach | Lashun McDaniel |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 1 |
| Cheerleaders | Olympian Girls |
The Beijing Olympians or Beijing Aoshen Olympians or Beijing Aoshen (simplified Chinese: 北京奥神; traditional Chinese: 北京奧神; pinyin: běi jīng ào shén) was a Chinese professional men's basketball team that formerly played in the Chinese Basketball Association and the West Coast Pro Basketball League. They have also played in the American Basketball Association. Some sources refer to them (slightly ungrammatically) as the Beijing Olympicians. They should not be confused with the Beijing Ducks, which is a different team based in Beijing.
In the 2003–04 season, they finished 7th out of 12 teams in the CBA regular season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the Jiangsu Dragons. They were disqualified from play for the 2004–05 season (see below), and although it was intended that they would return for the 2005–06 season, negotiations to rejoin the league broke down at the end of June 2005.
The Beijing Olympians joined the new American Basketball Association for the 2005–06 season and played in the Spencer Haywood Division of the Red Conference. In their inaugural season in the ABA they played their home games in Maywood, California rather than Beijing. In 2006–07, the team moved to the Felix Events Center at Azusa Pacific University, former home of the SoCal Legends, who switched their affiliation to the Continental Basketball Association, and relocated to Thousand Oaks. For the 2007–08 season, the team moved again, this time to Singapore. In 2008–09, the team moved back to California, this time to Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead.
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