2018–19 WCBA season
| 2018–19 WCBA season | |
|---|---|
| League | Women's Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 18 October 2018–19 January 2019 13 February–4 March 2019 (Playoffs) 13–23 March 2019 (Finals) |
| Number of games | 34 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Guangdong Vermilion Birds |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Guangdong Vermilion Birds |
| Runners-up | Bayi Kylin |
| Finals MVP | Li Yueru |
The 2018–19 WCBA season was the 17th season of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. Beijing Great Wall were the defending champions.[1] The league was expanded from 14 teams to 18 teams.[2]
Team changes
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Player movement
[edit]Foreign Players
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Standings
[edit]| # | 2018–19 WCBA season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | Pts | Tiebreaker | |
| 1 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 32 | 2 | .941 | 66 | |
| 2 | Bayi Kylin | 31 | 3 | .912 | 65 | |
| 3 | Jiangsu Phoenix | 28 | 6 | .824 | 62 | |
| 4 | Xinjiang Magic Deer | 28 | 6 | .824 | 62 | |
| 5 | Beijing Great Wall | 24 | 10 | .706 | 58 | |
| 6 | Shandong Golden Stars | 23 | 11 | .676 | 57 | |
| 7 | Shanghai Swordfish | 20 | 14 | .588 | 54 | |
| 8 | Shanxi Flame | 18 | 16 | .529 | 52 | |
| 9 | Sichuan Blue Whales | 17 | 17 | .500 | 51 | |
| 10 | Henan Phoenix | 16 | 18 | .471 | 50 | |
| 11 | Heilongjiang Dragons | 13 | 21 | .382 | 47 | |
| 12 | Hebei Win Power | 12 | 22 | .353 | 46 | |
| 13 | Shaanxi Red Wolves | 11 | 23 | .324 | 45 | |
| 14 | Liaoning Flying Eagles | 11 | 23 | .324 | 45 | |
| 15 | Zhejiang Golden Bulls | 9 | 25 | .264 | 43 | |
| 16 | Fujian Zoten | 8 | 26 | .235 | 42 | |
| 17 | Tianjin Guanlan | 3 | 31 | .088 | 37 | |
| 18 | Wuhan Shengfan | 2 | 32 | .059 | 36 | |
Playoffs
[edit]| First Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Shanxi Flame | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Beijing Great Wall | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xinjiang Magic Deer | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Beijing Great Wall | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bayi Kylin | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jiangsu Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Shandong Golden Stars | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jiangsu Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bayi Kylin | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bayi Kylin | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Shanghai Swordfish | 0 | ||||||||||||
- Bold Series winner
- Italics Team with home-court advantage
Venues
[edit]| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayi Kylin | Nanchang | Nanchang International Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Beijing Great Wall | Beijing | Shougang Basketball Center | N/A |
| Guangdong Dolphins | Dongguan | Dalang Arena | 4,000 |
| Shenzhen | Bao'an Gymnasium | N/A | |
| Heilongjiang Dragons | Daqing | Daqing Gymnasium | N/A |
| Harbin | Heilongjiang University Gymnasium | N/A | |
| Jiangsu Phoenix | Nanjing | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium | 5,500 |
| Liaoning Flying Eagles | Anshan | Angang Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shaanxi Red Wolves | Weinan | Weinan Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shandong Six Stars | Penglai | Penglai Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shanghai Swordfish | Shanghai | Baoshan Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shanxi Flame | Taiyuan | Shanxi Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shenyang Army Golden Lions | Dandong | Dandong Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Sichuan Blue Whales | Chengdu | Wenjiang Gymnasium | N/A |
| Xinjiang Magic Deer | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Zhejiang Golden Bulls | Yiwu | Meihu Arena | 6,000 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Beijing Great Wall celebrate WCBA title". 14 March 2018.
- ^ "WCBA再度扩军，18支参赛队成世界第一女篮联赛" (in Chinese). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- WCBA Official Website Archived 2020-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)