Women's Chinese Basketball Association (2008-2009)

WCBA Standings
 1. Liaoning 17-5 
 2. Bayi 17-5 
 3. Beijing 15-7 
 4. Jiangsu 14-8 
 5. Henan 13-9 
 6. Guangdong 12-10 
 7. Hayao 12-10 
 8. Shenyang 11-11 
 9. Yunnan 8-14 
 10. Shandong 7-15 
 11. Shanghai 4-18 
 12. Zhejiang 2-20 

Liaoning celebrates its third championship in four years



Liaoning Hengye 2008-09
Tangela Smith
Smith
Xiao Ji
Ji
Guang Jia
Jia
Xiaoli Chen
Chen
Miao Chen
Chen
# Name CM (INCH) Pos Bo NAT

21

Smith Tangela 193 (6'4'') F/C 77 USA

20

Ji Xiao 193 (6'4'') F/C 85 CHN

6

Wang Ling 190 (6'3'') C 78 CHN

7

Ma Zheng Yu 183 (6'0'') F 83 CHN

5

Jia Guang 176 (5'9'') G 80 CHN

4

Zhang Dan 186 (6'1'') C 79 CHN

12

Hu Nan 185 (6'1'') G 87 CHN

8

Chen Xiaoli 193 (6'4'') C 82 CHN

9

Chen Miao 183 (6'0'') F 81 CHN

14

Zhang Yu 184 (6'1'') F 86 CHN

13

Yang Banban 171 (5'8'') G 89 CHN

10

Wang Yu 187 (6'2'') F 87 CHN

11

Zhang Ying 188 (6'2'') C 86 CHN

16

Wang Chunhui 189 (6'3'') G 86 CHN
Head Coach: Fang Wang


Liaoning regains title of Chinese women's basketball League - Feb 6, 2009
NINGBO, Southeast China, Feb. 5 (Xinhua)-- Liaoning Hengye edged Bayi Guangbo 79-64 on Thursday to regain the title of the Chinese Basketball Association women's league (WCBA) after a 3-1 win in the best-three-of-five finals of the 2008-09 season.
This was the third time for Liaoning to win the league, which began in 2002. They were crowned in 2006 and 2007 after beating Bayi but lost to Bayi last season.
Ma Zengyu scored 20 points and rebounded 10 for Liaoning, which led the third quarter 59-51 after a 11-0 run in the beginning of period.
'It's a team's victory. I am so glad,' said Ma. 'We really had the pressure before the game, but I forgot about it during the game.'
Smith Tangela (193-F/C-77, college: Iowa) from the United States added 17 points and 9 rebounds and Chen Xiaoli had 13 for the winners.
Center Chen Nan (197-C-83) scored a game-high 22 points and had 10 rebounds for Bayi, who took the title for five times from 2002 to 2005 and 2007. Zhang Xiaoni (195-C-83), who scored 30 points last night, got 15 points and seven rebounds.


WCBA All-Star Game 2009
South - North 79-76
Southern Star Team
Coaches: Wu Hsin-Tzu (Bayi) and XIONG Yan (Jiangsu)
Chen Xiaojia (Jiangsu)
Wen-qi (Yunnan)
Qiu YinFun (Guangdong)
Sui Fei Fei (Bayi)
Bian Lan (Jiangsu)
Zhu Lin (Guangdong)
Xu Song (Jiangsu)
Chen Nan (Bayi)
Zhang Xiaoni (Bayi)
Po-Wen Cheng (Zhejiang)

North Star Team
Coaches: Wang Fang (Liaoning) and Li-Min Xu (Beijing)
Defenders:
Miao Lijie (Harbin)
Yang Banban (Liaoning)
Pan Li (Henan)
Ji Yanyan (Henan)
Zhang Fan (Beijing)
Zhang Wei (Beijing)
Chung (Harbin)
Ling Wang (Liaoning)
Liu Jiacen (Harbin)
Liu Dan (Shenyang)

MVP: Zhang Xiaoni
3-Points Shootout Contest Winner: Miao Lijie