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The China national under-19 basketball team is the national basketball team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association. [1] It represents the country in international under-19 and under-18 (under age 19 and under age 18) basketball competitions.
Basketball in China is officially governed by both the Chinese Basketball Management Centre (CBMC), a division of the State General Administration of Sports and the CBA, which is the nationwide non-governmental sports organisation and non-profit association that manages the country's premier CBA League (and not the same as this organization).
Other Chinese basketball leagues include the National Basketball League (NBL), the Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA), and the Chinese High School Basketball League (CHBL). [2] At one time there was a league called the Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA), [ 3 ] one of whose most prominent teams was the Beijing Sea Lions, but ...
The National Basketball League (simplified Chinese: 全国男子篮球联赛; traditional Chinese: 全國男子籃球聯賽; pinyin: Quánguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Liánsài) is a professional basketball minor league in China, called Chinese Basketball League (CBL) before 2006.
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National Basketball League ; Philippine Basketball League (Philippines, 1983-2011) Liga Pilipinas (Philippines, 2008-2011) PBA Developmental League (Philippines, 2011–present) Filsports Basketball Association (Philippines, 2015-2016) Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (Philippines, 2015-2016) Pinoyliga (Philippines, 2017–present)
In 2018, the team was invited to play at the 2018 NBA Summer League. [14] They played a total of 5 games and won 1. China hosted the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup which automatically qualified the team.
In 1935, basketball was introduced as a national pastime, and in 1936 the Chinese formed a basketball Olympic team due to the popularity of the sport. In the 1950s, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), a branch in China's Army, which consisted of an army of over two million-plus active-duty members, was encouraged to play basketball.