Beijing Royal Fighters

The Beijing Royal Fighters (Chinese: 北京紫禁勇士; pinyin: Běijīng Zǐjìn Yǒngshì) are a Chinese professional men's basketball team which is based in Beijing and plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Beijing BG (known in Chinese as Beijing Beikong) is the club's corporate sponsor.

Beijing Royal Fighters
北京紫禁勇士
Beijing Royal Fighters 北京紫禁勇士 logo
LeaguesCBA
Founded2009 (2009)
HistoryGuangzhou Free Man
(2009–2012)
Chongqing Fly Dragons
(2012–2015)
Beikong Fly Dragons
(2015–2019)
Beijing Royal Fighters
(2019–present)
ArenaBeijing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity6,000
LocationBeijing, China
Team colorsPurple, Gold, White
     
Main sponsorNanhai Corporation
(2009–2012)
Black Valley
(2012–2015)
Beijing BG / Beikong
(2015–present)
Team managerLü Jinqing
Head coachStephon Marbury
OwnershipLi Chunli

History

The franchise was founded in 2009 in Guangzhou and spent its first five seasons of existence competing in the lower levels of China's basketball league system. The team relocated to Chongqing in 2012. The club entered the CBA in the 2014–15 season as an expansion team and finished at the bottom of the league standings with a record of 4–34.

In September 2015, the club relocated again and was initially renamed Beijing BG,[1] but to avoid confusion with the city's association football team, which is also called Beijing BG, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of the clubs are used, a large number of Chinese sports websites refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Beijing Royal Fighters roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 United States Trae Golden 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991
G 1 China Liu Ao 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 23 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999
G 2 China Liao Sanning 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (2001-01-29)29 January 2001
G 3 China Wang Junjie 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (1999-09-05)5 September 1999
G 6 China Zhang Fan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996
F 7 China Yu Changdong (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 31 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
F 8 China Man Yicheng 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
C 10 China Zou Yuchen 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 26 – (1996-07-05)5 July 1996
F 14 China Wang Shaojie 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 26 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996
F 15 China Li Weihao 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 25 – (1997-07-23)23 July 1997
F 18 China Luo Kaiwen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 27 – (1995-07-18)18 July 1995
G 22 China Liu Chang 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – (1997-03-19)19 March 1997
C 24 China Sun Siyao 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 26 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996
G 25 China Ma Yong 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
F 30 China Sun Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 21 – (2001-05-22)22 May 2001
F 33 China Xie Chenfei 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 22 – (2000-12-08)8 December 2000
C 44 United States Isaac Haas 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 132 kg (291 lb) 27 – (1995-10-02)2 October 1995
C 55 China Sun Tonglin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 112.8 kg (249 lb) 30 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: December 18, 2022

Honours

Seri Mutiara Cup champion 2017

References
  1. 重庆翱龙正式变更为北京控股男篮 Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
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