Basketball league season
The1995–96 CBA season was the first season of theChinese Basketball Association. The season was held from 10 December 1995 to 7 April 1996.
The league had 12 teams for its inaugural campaign and every club played each other twice in the regular season.[1][2]
Key to colors| | Qualification for quarter-finals |
| | Qualification for 5th–8th place playoffs |
| | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
12 teams played against each other teams twice.
| Home \ Away | AFO | BYR | BJD | GDS | JSD | JNA | LNH | NJA | SDB | SYA | VAN | ZJS |
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| Air Force | | 75–103 | 74–86 | 71–83 | 92–73 | 78–80 | 86–89 | 76–68 | 85–94 | 60–67 | 116–83 | 87–68 |
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| Bayi Rockets | 101–56 | | 100–69 | 108–80 | 128–89 | 117–78 | 108–80 | 101–88 | 83–63 | 115–82 | 117–87 | 99–69 |
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| Beijing Ducks | 64–58 | 74–98 | | 84–77 | 89–61 | 86–77 | 89–70 | 101–77 | 80–70 | 83–55 | 85–56 | 79–59 |
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| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 106–75 | 86–97 | 68–60 | | 96–60 | 95–80 | 92–69 | 100–73 | 89–68 | 98–81 | 89–84 | 111–78 |
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| Jiangsu Dragons | 70–67 | 80–109 | 70–96 | 81–89 | | 82–68 | 78–87 | 97–106 | 61–72 | 87–81 | 95–84 | 70–71 |
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| Jinan Army | 87–78 | 76–109 | 72–64 | 72–87 | 77–67 | | 63–75 | 89–71 | 87–65 | 60–73 | 86–83 | 59–84 |
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| Liaoning Hunters | 91–69 | 65–87 | 92–75 | 98–78 | 107–86 | 98–74 | | 109–58 | 96–78 | 90–68 | 107–87 | 104–54 |
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| Nanjing Army | 60–95 | 79–95 | 66–79 | 94–99 | 83–88 | 90–78 | 85–99 | | 85–94 | 78–80 | 92–89 | 72–94 |
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| Shandong Flaming Bulls | 83–78 | 71–95 | 51–63 | 69–72 | 97–80 | 90–78 | 74–80 | 92–90 | | 93–66 | 84–70 | 51–75 |
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| Shenyang Army | 82–72 | 63–88 | 78–87 | 88–92 | 97–76 | 66–68 | 70–79 | 92–77 | 80–93 | | 84–78 | 67–70 |
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| Vanguard/Police | 61–80 | 74–100 | 64–87 | 67–95 | 69–93 | 83–96 | 74–89 | 85–88 | 73–88 | 80–68 | | 60–79 |
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| Zhejiang Squirrels | 65–75 | 79–108 | 57–62 | 77–104 | 84–70 | 83–74 | 67–70 | 87–81 | 73–83 | 55–60 | 61–51 | |
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[citation needed]Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
The Playoffs used a Home-Away system. Total points were used to decide the winner.[2]
(1) Bayi Rockets vs. (4) Beijing Ducks
[edit](2) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (3) Liaoning Hunters
[edit](1) Bayi Rockets vs. (2) Guangdong Southern Tigers
[edit](3) Liaoning Hunters vs. (4) Beijing Ducks
[edit]5–8th classification semi-finals
[edit](5) Shandong Flaming Bulls vs. (8) Shenyang Army
[edit](6) Zhejiang Squirrels vs. (7) Jinan Army
[edit](5) Shandong Flaming Bulls vs. (6) Zhejiang Squirrels
[edit](7) Jinan Army vs. (8) Shenyang Army
[edit]| Jinan Army | 63–57 | Shenyang Army |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
| Shenyang Army | 87–82 | Jinan Army |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Relegation playoffs
[edit](9) Air Force vs. (12) Vanguard/Police
[edit]| Vanguard/Police | 64–78 | Air Force |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
| Air Force | 75–67 | Vanguard/Police |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
(10) Jiangsu Dragons vs. (11) Nanjing Army
[edit](9) Air Force vs. (10) Jiangsu Dragons
[edit]The first CBA All-Star Game was played on April 9, 1996, in Beijing.
The Blue Team, featuring players includingWang Zhizhi andAdiljan Jun, defeated the White Team 106–98.[1]
Individual statistic leaders
[edit]Team statistic leaders
[edit]These are the award winners for the 1995-96 CBA regular season.[1][5]
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| Playoffs | |
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| Teams | | Northern Division | |
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| Southern Division | |
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| Awards | |
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Hu Weidong (Jiangsu Dragons)
Ma Lianzhong