The Bayi Rockets were founded in 1955 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. The team's founding members served in the People's Liberation Army, and the "Bayi" in its name represents the anniversary of the founding of the PLA, 1 August. There are also several other army clubs using the Bayi name in other sports leagues, including Bayi Kylin in the WCBA, the men's soccer team Bayi Zhengbang, and the women's soccer club Bayi Xiangtan.
The Bayi Rockets have a long history that predates the current CBA. When they entered the league in its inaugural season of 1995–96, they had already won 34 national titles. They had also held a friendly international competition against the Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards) during the 1970s. Bayi dominated the CBA in its early years, winning seven championships in the first eight seasons of CBA competition, including the first six titles in the league's existence. During the first five years of this legendary title run, the Rockets were undefeated in playoff games.
The Rockets also had a home-game unbeaten streak of 65 games that ended in 2002. But in recent years, other CBA teams have become more competitive, and Bayi would only win one more championship after its initial spree of success, with that title coming in the 2006–07 CBA season.
During the 2004–05 CBA season, the Bayi Rockets finished in third place in the South Division and defeated the Beijing Ducks in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs, but lost in the Semi-Finals to the reigning titleholders, the Guangdong Southern Tigers. This defeat marked the first time since the league's founding that the team did not advance to the CBA Finals, and the only time in the organization's first 12 years that the club failed to reach the championship series.
The 2008–09 CBA season marked the first year that the Bayi Rockets failed to make the playoffs. After two first-round playoff exits in 2009–10 and 2010–11, the club has not made it back to the playoffs, and have become one of the worst teams in the league.
In 2018, the Bayi Rockets moved from Ningbo to their current location in Nanchang, Jiangxi.
In the 2019–20 season, Bayi ranked last in the CBA with a 6–40 record.
bayi, rockets, chinese, 八一双鹿电池火箭, pinyin, bāyī, shuānglù, diànchí, huǒjiàn, professional, basketball, team, based, nanchang, jiangxi, china, which, played, south, division, chinese, basketball, association, 八一双鹿电池火箭leaguecbafounded1955, years, 1955, folded2020. The Bayi Rockets Chinese 八一双鹿电池火箭 pinyin Bayi Shuanglu Dianchi Huǒjian was a professional basketball team based in Nanchang Jiangxi China which played in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association 1 Bayi Rockets八一双鹿电池火箭LeagueCBAFounded1955 68 years ago 1955 Folded2020 3 years ago 2020 HistoryBayi Basketball Team 1955 1995 Bayi Rockets 1995 2020 ArenaNanchang International Sports Center 11 000 capacityLocationNanchang Jiangxi ChinaTeam colorsRed Yellow White Main sponsorShuanglu Batteries 1995 2020 Head coachWang ZhizhiChampionships8 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2007 HomeAwayThirdBayi RocketsChinese八一双鹿电池火箭TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBayi Shuanglu Dianchi HuǒjianWade GilesPai Shuanglu Tiench ih HuochienYue CantoneseYale RomanizationBaat3 yat1 Seung luk6 Din6 chi4 Fo2 jin3JyutpingBaat3 jat1 Soeng luk6 Din6 ci4 Fo2 zin3On 20 October 2020 Chinese Basketball Association announced that Bayi Rockets had withdrawn from Chinese Basketball Association CBA 2 Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe Bayi Rockets were founded in 1955 in Ningbo Zhejiang The team s founding members served in the People s Liberation Army and the Bayi in its name represents the anniversary of the founding of the PLA 1 August There are also several other army clubs using the Bayi name in other sports leagues including Bayi Kylin in the WCBA the men s soccer team Bayi Zhengbang and the women s soccer club Bayi Xiangtan The Bayi Rockets have a long history that predates the current CBA When they entered the league in its inaugural season of 1995 96 they had already won 34 national titles They had also held a friendly international competition against the Washington Bullets now Washington Wizards during the 1970s Bayi dominated the CBA in its early years winning seven championships in the first eight seasons of CBA competition including the first six titles in the league s existence During the first five years of this legendary title run the Rockets were undefeated in playoff games The Rockets also had a home game unbeaten streak of 65 games that ended in 2002 But in recent years other CBA teams have become more competitive and Bayi would only win one more championship after its initial spree of success with that title coming in the 2006 07 CBA season During the 2004 05 CBA season the Bayi Rockets finished in third place in the South Division and defeated the Beijing Ducks in the Quarter Finals of the CBA Playoffs but lost in the Semi Finals to the reigning titleholders the Guangdong Southern Tigers This defeat marked the first time since the league s founding that the team did not advance to the CBA Finals and the only time in the organization s first 12 years that the club failed to reach the championship series The 2008 09 CBA season marked the first year that the Bayi Rockets failed to make the playoffs After two first round playoff exits in 2009 10 and 2010 11 the club has not made it back to the playoffs and have become one of the worst teams in the league In 2018 the Bayi Rockets moved from Ningbo to their current location in Nanchang Jiangxi In the 2019 20 season Bayi ranked last in the CBA with a 6 40 record Honours EditChinese Basketball AssociationCBA Playoff Champions 8 1995 96 1996 97 1997 98 1998 99 1999 00 2000 01 2002 03 2006 07 CBA Playoff Runners Up 3 2001 02 2003 04 2005 06 CBA Regular Season Winners 6 1995 96 1996 97 1998 99 1999 2000 2000 01 2006 07 CBA Regular Season Second Place 5 1997 98 2001 02 2002 03 2005 06 South Division 2006 07 CBA Regular Season Third Place 2 2003 04 2004 05 South Division References Edit 八一富邦火箭 Cba八一火箭 Cba八一男篮 虎扑Cba网 cba hupu com Retrieved 24 August 2020 CBA联盟关于八一男篮不再参加CBA联赛的公告External links Edithttp sports sina com cn cba team bayi index shtml in Chinese https web archive org web 20110716024001 http www bsgb com cbaclub cbaby php in Chinese Zhongyin Ningbo Battery Co Ltd website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bayi Rockets amp oldid 1141314011, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
