From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| title | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season | |
| league | CBA | |
| season | 1996–97 | |
| duration | {{Plainlist | |
| teams | 12 | |
| regular_season | Regular season | |
| regular_season_link | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season#Regular season | |
| season_champs | Bayi Rockets | |
| relegated | Zhejiang Squirrels | |
| Jinan Army | ||
| finals | Finals | |
| finals_link | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season#Finals | |
| champions | Bayi Rockets (2nd title) | |
| runners_up | Liaoning Hunters | |
| semifinalists | Guangdong Southern Tigers | |
| Shandong Flaming Bulls | ||
| MVP | Hu Weidong (Jiangsu Dragons) | |
| MVP_n | CHN | |
| MVP_link | CBA Most Valuable Player | |
| award4 | CBA Coach of the Year | |
| award4_winner | Wang Fei (Bayi Rockets) | |
| Li Ge (Liaoning Hunters) | ||
| prevseason | [1995–96](1995-96-chinese-basketball-association-season) | |
| nextseason | [1997–98](1997-98-chinese-basketball-association-season) |
- 27 November 1996–26 February 1997 (regular season)
- 2–30 March 1997 (playoffs)
- 23–30 March 1997 (finals) Jinan Army Shandong Flaming Bulls Li Ge (Liaoning Hunters) The 1996–97 CBA season was the second season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The season was held from 27 November 1996 to 30 March 1997.
The Shanghai Sharks and Sichuan Pandas were promoted from the Second Division.
Teams
| Team | Head coach | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force | CHN Ma Lianzhong | |||
| Bayi Rockets | CHN Wang Fei | |||
| Beijing Ducks | CHN Yuan Chao | |||
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | CHN Wang Lifa | |||
| Jiangsu Dragons | CHN Xia Hongfa | |||
| Jinan Army | CHN Zhang Bin | |||
| Liaoning Hunters | CHN Li Ge | |||
| Shandong Flaming Bulls | CHN Ye Peng | |||
| Shanghai Sharks | CHN Li Qiuping | |||
| Shenyang Army | CHN Xuan Chengbin | |||
| Sichuan Pandas | CHN Yang Ming | |||
| Zhejiang Squirrels | CHN Pan Jianping |
Team changes
To CBA
Teams promoted from Second Division
- Shanghai Sharks
- Sichuan Pandas
From CBA
Team relegated to Second Division
- Nanjing Army
- Vanguard/Police
Regular season
League table
| Rank | 1996–97 CBA regular season | Team | W | L | Pts | Pct. | Tiebreaker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayi Rockets | 19 | 3 | 41 | 86.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Liaoning Hunters | 18 | 4 | 40 | 81.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Shandong Flaming Bulls | 14 | 8 | 36 | 63.6% | |||||||||||||||
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 13 | 9 | 35 | 59.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Sharks | 13 | 9 | 35 | 59.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Jiangsu Dragons | 12 | 10 | 34 | 54.5% | |||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Shenyang Army | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Beijing Ducks | 8 | 14 | 30 | 36.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Zhejiang Squirrels | 7 | 15 | 29 | 31.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Sichuan Pandas | 7 | 15 | 29 | 31.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Jinan Army | 3 | 19 | 25 | 13.6% |
| Qualification for relegation playoffs |
|---|
Results
12 teams played against each other teams twice.
Playoffs
The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.
Bracket
|RD1-seed01 = 5 |RD1-team01 = Shanghai Sharks |RD1-score01-1 = 90 |RD1-score01-2 = 68 |RD1-score01-agg = 1 (158) |RD1-seed02 = 6 |RD1-team02 = Jiangsu Dragons |RD1-score02-1 = 73 |RD1-score02-2 = 96 |RD1-score02-agg = 1 (169)
|RD1b-seed01 = 8 |RD1b-team01 = Shenyang Army |RD1b-score01-1 = 99 |RD1b-score01-2 = 75 |RD1b-score01-agg = 1 (174) |RD1b-seed02 = 7 |RD1b-team02 = Air Force |RD1b-score02-1 = 94 |RD1b-score02-2 = 97 |RD1b-score02-agg = 1 (191)
|RD2-seed01 = 8 |RD2-team01 = Shenyang Army |RD2-score01-1 = 92 |RD2-score01-2 = 72 |RD2-score01-agg = 1 (164) |RD2-seed02 = 5 |RD2-team02 = Shanghai Sharks |RD2-score02-1 = 91 |RD2-score02-2 = 94 |RD2-score02-agg = 1 (185)
|RD2-seed03 = 6 |RD2-team03 = Jiangsu Dragons |RD2-score03-1 = 121 |RD2-score03-2 = 105 |RD2-score03-agg = 2 |RD2-seed04 = 7 |RD2-team04 = Air Force |RD2-score04-1 = 118 |RD2-score04-2 = 99 |RD2-score04-agg = 0
|RD3-seed01 = 1 |RD3-team01 = Bayi Rockets |RD3-score01-1 = 128 |RD3-score01-2 = 110 |RD3-score01-agg = 2 |RD3-seed02 = 8 |RD3-team02 = Shenyang Army |RD3-score02-1 = 78 |RD3-score02-2 = 69 |RD3-score02-agg = 0
|RD3-seed03 = 4 |RD3-team03 = Guangdong Southern Tigers |RD3-score03-1 = 84 |RD3-score03-2 = 87 |RD3-score03-agg = 2 |RD3-seed04 = 5 |RD3-team04 = Shanghai Sharks |RD3-score04-1 = 74 |RD3-score04-2 = 82 |RD3-score04-agg = 0
|RD3-seed05 = 3 |RD3-team05 = Shandong Flaming Bulls |RD3-score05-1 = 102 |RD3-score05-2 = 77 |RD3-score05-agg = 2 |RD3-seed06 = 6 |RD3-team06 = Jiangsu Dragons |RD3-score06-1 = 72 |RD3-score06-2 = 74 |RD3-score06-agg = 0
|RD3-seed07 = 2 |RD3-team07 = Liaoning Hunters |RD3-score07-1 = 80 |RD3-score07-2 = 85 |RD3-score07-agg = 2 |RD3-seed08 = 7 |RD3-team08 = Air Force |RD3-score08-1 = 55 |RD3-score08-2 = 77 |RD3-score08-agg = 0
|RD4-seed01 = 1 |RD4-team01 = Bayi Rockets |RD4-score01-1 = 109 |RD4-score01-2 = 119 |RD4-score01-agg = 2 |RD4-seed02 = 4 |RD4-team02 = Guangdong Southern Tigers |RD4-score02-1 = 81 |RD4-score02-2 = 84 |RD4-score02-agg = 0
|RD4-seed03 = 3 |RD4-team03 = Shandong Flaming Bulls |RD4-score03-1 = 70 |RD4-score03-2 = 77 |RD4-score03-agg = 0 |RD4-seed04 = 2 |RD4-team04 = Liaoning Hunters |RD4-score04-1 = 93 |RD4-score04-2 = 78 |RD4-score04-agg = 2
|RD5-seed01 = 1 |RD5-team01 = Bayi Rockets |RD5-score01-1 = 100 |RD5-score01-2 = 102 |RD5-score01-agg = 2 |RD5-seed02 = 2 |RD5-team02 = Liaoning Hunters |RD5-score02-1 = 68 |RD5-score02-2 = 66 |RD5-score02-agg = 0
|RD5b-seed01 = 4 |RD5b-team01 = Guangdong Southern Tigers |RD5b-score01-1 = 87 |RD5b-score01-2 = 78 |RD5b-score01-agg = 1 (165) |RD5b-seed02 = 3 |RD5b-team02 = Shandong Flaming Bulls |RD5b-score02-1 = 69 |RD5b-score02-2 = 79 |RD5b-score02-agg = 1 (148)
Quarter-finals
(1) Bayi Rockets vs. (8) Shenyang Army
(2) Liaoning Hunters vs. (7) Air Force
(3) Shandong Flaming Bulls vs. (6) Jiangsu Dragons
(4) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (5) Shanghai Sharks
Semi-finals
(1) Bayi Rockets vs. (4) Guangdong Southern Tigers
(2) Liaoning Hunters vs. (3) Shandong Flaming Bulls
5–8th classification semi-finals
(5) Shanghai Sharks vs. (8) Shenyang Army
(6) Jiangsu Dragons vs. (7) Air Force
Finals
(1) Bayi Rockets vs. (2) Liaoning Hunters
Third place game
(3) Shandong Flaming Bulls vs. (4) Guangdong Southern Tigers
Fifth place game
(5) Shanghai Sharks vs. (6) Jiangsu Dragons
Seventh place game
(7) Air Force vs. (8) Shenyang Army
Relegation playoffs
The bottom 4 teams advanced to relegation playoffs. The Zhejiang Squirrels and Jinan Army were relegated to the Second Division after the relegation playoffs.
League table
| Rank | Relegation playoffs | Team | W | L | Pts | Pct. | Tiebreaker | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Ducks | 5 | 1 | 11 | 83.3% | |||||||
| Sichuan Pandas | 4 | 2 | 10 | 66.7% | |||||||
| Zhejiang Squirrels | 3 | 3 | 9 | 50.0% | |||||||
| Jinan Army | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Relegation to Second Division |
|---|
Games
All-Star Weekend
The 1997 CBA All-Star Game was played on April 5, 1997, in Shanghai.
The South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 98-84. Hu Weidong from the Jiangsu Dragons was named MVP of the All-Star Game.
James Hodges from the Liaoning Hunters won the Slam Dunk Contest, and Saulius Štombergas from the Shanghai Sharks won the Three-Point Shootout.
Statistics
Team statistic leaders
| Category | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Bayi Rockets | 98.0 |
| Rebounds per game | Liaoning Hunters | |
| Zhejiang Squirrels | 31.0 | |
| Assists per game | Liaoning Hunters | 14.5 |
| Steals per game | Bayi Rockets | 12.0 |
| Blocks per game | Shanghai Sharks | 4.9 |
| Turnovers per game | Sichuan Pandas | 14.7 |
| Fouls per game | Air Force | 20.0 |
| FG% | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 57.0% |
| FT% | Liaoning Hunters | 70.4% |
| 3P% | Liaoning Hunters | 43.8% |
Awards
These are the award winners for the 1996-97 CBA regular season.
Annual awards
| Award | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| **CBA Most Valuable Player** | Hu Weidong (Jiangsu Dragons) |
| **CBA Coach of the Year** | Wang Fei (Bayi Rockets) |
| Li Ge (Liaoning Hunters) |
Notes
References
References
- 新浪体育. (2005-12-07). "96-97赛季CBA-冠名希尔顿 胡卫东当选MVP".
- 搜狐体育. "Data Source".
- "球队 - 基础数据".
- "荣誉榜".
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report