2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season

2008–09 CBA season
League	Chinese Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 15, 2008 – May 3, 2009
TV partner(s)	CCTV-5, and many local channels.
Regular Season
Season champions	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Season MVP	Mengke Bateer
Finals
Champions	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Runners-up	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
Finals MVP	Zhu Fangyu

The 2008–09 CBA season was the 14th CBA season. Guangdong Southern Tigers defended their CBA title after defeating Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Finals, four games to one.

Tianjin Ronggang were promoted to the CBA after the team owners voted in favor of them over two other candidates, Qingdao DoubleStar and Guangdong Fenglü.^[1] Qingdao later replaced Beijing Aoshen for their place in the CBA, when the latter failed to submit relevant files on time and lost their qualification for the season.^[2]

Foreign players of each team could play unlimited time each game, except only 5 quarters collectively when facing Bayi Rockets. The two newly promoted teams and the bottom two teams of the last season could each have one extra Asian foreign players.^[3]

Regular Season standings

#	2008–09 CBA season
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Tiebreaker
1	Guangdong Southern Tigers	45	5	.900	-	24–1	21–4
2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	44	6	.880	1	24–1	20–5
3	Jiangsu Dragons	36	14	.720	9	20–5	16–9
4	Shaanxi Kylins	30	20	.600	15	21–4	9–16
5	Dongguan Leopards	29	21	.580	16	18–7	11–4	DG 3-1 FJ
6	Fujian Xunxing	29	21	.580	16	20–5	9–16
7	Zhejiang Lions	28	22	.560	17	16–9	12–13
8	Shandong Lions	27	23	.540	18	16–9	11–14	SD 2-2(417-400) BJ
9	Beijing Ducks	27	23	.540	18	17–8	10–15
10	Shanxi Zhongyu	26	24	.520	19	15–10	11–14
11	Bayi Rockets	25	25	.500	20	14–11	11–14
12	Liaoning Dinosaurs	24	26	.480	21	11–14	13–12
13	Jilin Northeast Tigers	23	27	.460	22	13–12	10–15
14	Zhejiang Whirlwinds	19	31	.380	26	13–12	6–19
15	Qingdao DoubleStar	13	37	.260	32	10–15	3–22	QD 2-2(361-358) TJ
16	Tianjin Ronggang	13	37	.260	32	8–17	5–20
17	Shanghai Sharks	6	44	.120	39	5–20	1–24	SH 2-2(436-406) YN
18	Yunnan Bulls	6	44	.120	39	6-19	0–25

Key to colors

Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

Playoffs

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

	Quarter Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	1	Guangdong Southern Tigers	3
	8	Shandong Lions	0
						1	Guangdong Southern Tigers	3
						5	Dongguan Leopards	0
	4	Shaanxi Kylins	0
	5	Dongguan Leopards	3
											1	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4
											2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	1
	3	Jiangsu Dragons	3
	6	Fujian Xunxing	0
						3	Jiangsu Dragons	1
						2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	3
	2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	3
	7	Zhejiang Lions	0

References

1. "各队投票决定天津升上CBA 广东风铝无缘顶级联赛". 网易体育. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
2. "奥神错过生死大限回归无望 青岛男篮替补晋级CBA". 新浪体育. 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
3. "CBA外援出场时间全面放开 仅对阵八一仍4节5人次". 网易体育. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

External links

• http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/