1995–96 CBA season

1995–96 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration December 10, 1995 – April 7, 1996
TV partner/s CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions Bayi Rockets
Season MVP Hu Weidong
Relegated to Second Division Nanjing Army Thunder
Vanguard
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions Bayi Rockets
  Runners-up Guangdong Southern Tigers
CBA seasons

1996–97 →

The 1995-96 CBA season is the 1st CBA season.

The season ran from December 10, 1995 to April 7, 1996. 12 teams played each other twice in the regular season. [1][2]

Contents

Regular Season Standings

[2]

# 1995–96 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Bayi Rockets 22 0 1.000 - 11–0 11–0
2 Guangdong Southern Tigers 18 4 .818 4 10–1 8–3 GD 1-1(170-167) LN
3 Liaoning Hunters 18 4 .818 4 10–1 8–3
4 Beijing Ducks 17 5 .773 5 10–1 7–4
5 Shandong Flaming Bulls 12 10 .545 10 6–5 6–5
6 Zhejiang Squirrels 10 12 .455 12 4–7 6–5
7 Ji'nan Army 9 13 .458 11 6–5 3–8
8 Shenyang Army 8 14 .364 14 4–7 4–7
9 Air Force 7 15 .318 15 4–7 3–8
10 Jiangsu Dragons 6 16 .273 16 4–7 2–9
11 Nanjing Army Thunder 4 18 .182 18 2–9 2–9
12 Vanguard 1 21 .045 21 1–10 0–11
Key to colors
     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
     Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

Playoffs

The Playoffs used a Home-Away system. Total points were used to decide the winner.[2]

  Semifinals Finals
                         
1  Bayi Rockets 96 112 2  
4  Beijing Ducks 76 100 0  
    1  Bayi Rockets 97 88 2
  2  Guangdong Southern Tigers 63 74 0
2  Guangdong Southern Tigers 81 74 2
3  Liaoning Hunters 79 69 0  
Third Place
4  Beijing Ducks 72 73 1(145)
3  Liaoning Hunters 75 62 1(137)

Relegations

Bottom 4 teams competed in a knock-out phase, Nanjing Army and Vanguard were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

  9-12 Classification 9th Place
                         
9  Air Force 78 75 2  
12  Vanguard 64 67 0  
    9  Air Force 65 81 2
  10  Jiangsu Dragons 58 64 0
10  Jiangsu Dragons 75 102 1(177)
11  Nanjing Army Thunder 79 93 1(172)  

All-star Game

The first CBA All-star Game was played on April 4th, 1996 in Beijing. The Blue team, featuring players including Wang Zhizhi and Adiljan defeated the White team 106-98. [1]

CBA Awards

[1]

See also

References