Beijing Ducks
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| League | CBA | ||
| Founded | 1956 | ||
| History |
Beijing Basketball Team (1956–1995) Beijing Ducks (1995–present) |
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| Arena | LeSports Center, 18,000 capacity | ||
| Location | Beijing, China | ||
| Team colors | Steel Blue, Black, White |
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| Main sponsor |
Shougang Steel (1988–03) Wanfeng Aote (2003–04) Jinyu Group (2004–11) Shougang Steel (2011–present) |
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| Head coach | Min Lulei | ||
| Championships | 3 (2012, 2014, 2015) | ||
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| Chinese | 北京金隅鸭 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Běijīng Jīnyú Yā |
| Wade–Giles | Pei3 ching1 Chin1yü4 ya1 |
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| Yale Romanization | Bei3 jing1 Jin1 yu4 ya1 |
| Jyutping | Baak1 ging1 Gam1 jyu4 aap4 |
The Beijing Shougang Ducks (simplified Chinese: 北京鸭篮球俱乐部, pinyin: běijīng yā lánqiú jùlèbù, meaning "Beijing Ducks Basketball Club") or Beijing Shougang or Beijing Ducks (北京首钢, běijīng shougang) 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, běijīng wànfēng àotè). Their naming rights were then assumed by the Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. (北京金隅集团有限责任公司), a prominent construction materials conglomerate in China.
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.
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