CBA 2000-01

In the 2000-01 season, 12 teams played 22 games each.

The regular season began on November 18 2000 and ended on March 11 2001. With the exception of the very first game (which featured Bayi at Shanghai on a Saturday), all games were played on Sundays and Wednesdays. [http://www.sinosports.net/items/basketball/cba/fixture.php]

In the 2001 all-star game, played on April 1 after the end of the playoffs, the Tiger team beat the Dragon team 95-93. [http://sports.tom.com/1019/2785/2004112-249812.html]

Regular season

Finals

The finals were a best-of-five series.

Home and away matches were the same as for the semi-finals.

Relegation playoffs

In the relegation playoff, the teams ranked 9th through 12th played a total of six games, two against each other team. The first round featured the 9th vs. the 12th and 10th vs. 11th teams; the second round featured the 9th vs. the 11th and 10th vs. 12th teams; the third round featured the 9th vs. 10th and 11th vs. 12th teams. The higher-ranking team was home team for the first game of the two-game series, and the lower-ranking team was home team for the second game.

Shenyang and Shuangxing were relegated to the B league, and have not returned to the CBA since.

ee also

* Chinese Basketball Association