| Zhejiang Golden Bulls | ||||
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| Division | Southern Division | |||
| League | CBA | |||
| Founded | 1995 | |||
| History | Zhejiang Squirrels (1995–99) Zhejiang Whirlwinds (1999–2000) Zhejiang Horses (2000–01) Zhejiang Cyclones (2001–2009) Zhejiang Golden Bulls (2009–present) | |||
| Arena | Yiwu Gymnasium | |||
| Location | Yiwu, Zhejiang, China | |||
| Team colours | Crimson, gold, and white | |||
| Head coach | Wang Shilong | |||
| Website | ZJCZBC.com | |||
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The Zhejiang Golden Bulls are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. It competes in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), in the Southern Division. Its corporate sponsor is Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank.
The team continued to be informally referred to as the Horses for quite some time, even after changing its nickname to Cyclones in 2001, largely because of the corporate sponsor during that era, Wanma (万马), whose name literally translates into English as ten thousand horses. The club plays most of its home games at the Yiwu Gymnasium but occasionally hosts contests at other locations in Zhejiang Province.
During the 2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season, under head coach Liu Weiwei the Golden Bulls reached the semifinals for the first time in history.[1] Two years later, in 2022–23, the Golden Bulls reached the CBA Finals for the first time and lost to the Liaoning Flying Leopards.
The Golden Bulls competed in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore as the representative team from Asia, as they were selected by the CBA. They finished in third place, becoming the first Chinese team to finish on the podium in the tournament.[2]
- ^ CBA Roundup: Red-hot Golden Bulls book semifinal clash with Liaoning Huaxia (Xinhua News Agency), 19 April 2021. Accessed 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Zhejiang Golden Bulls edge out Al Ahly to reach podium on first try". FIBA.basketball. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.