Beikong

Alias: Beijing Royal Fighters
Leagues Played: Kina - CBA 435 Seri Mutiara Cup 5 Vennskapskamper 3 Basketball - Kamper - 12m 3 Basketball - Kamper 2
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Wikipedia - Beijing Royal Fighters

The Beijing Royal Fighters (Chinese: 北京紫禁勇士; pinyin: Běijīng Zǐjìn Yǒngshì) are a Chinese professional men's basketball team which is based in Beijing and plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Beijing BG (known in Chinese as Beijing Beikong) is the club's corporate sponsor.

History

The franchise was founded in 2009 in Guangzhou and spent its first five seasons of existence competing in the lower levels of China's basketball league system. The team relocated to Chongqing in 2012. The club entered the CBA in the 2014–15 season as an expansion team and finished at the bottom of the league standings with a record of 4–34.

In September 2015, the club relocated again and was initially renamed Beijing BG, but to avoid confusion with the city's association football team, which is also called Beijing BG, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of the clubs are used, a large number of Chinese sports websites refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons.

Beijing Ducks, tidligere kjent som Beijing Olympians, er et profesjonelt basketballlag med base i Beijing, Kina. De konkurrerer i Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Laget ble stiftet i 1955 som Beijing Army Team. I 2014 ble de kjøpt opp av Beijing Enterprise Group og fikk navnet Beijing Ducks. Beikongs hjemmearena er Beijing University Students Gymnasium med 6300 seter.

Laget har vunnet CBA-mesterskapet tre ganger, i 2012, 2014 og 2015. De har også vunnet Chinese Basketball Association Cup to ganger, i 2014 og 2015. Beikong har også deltatt i Asia Basketball Club Championship, hvor de vant sølvmedalje i 2016.

Beikong ledes av hovedtrener Xie Libin. Noen av lagets nøkkelspillere inkluderer Justin Hamilton, Zhai Xiaochuan og Fang Shuo.