1999–2000 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 1999–2000 CBA season was the fifth CBA season.^[1]

1999–2000 CBA season
League	Chinese Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 21, 1999 – March 19, 2000
TV partner(s)	CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions	Bayi Rockets
Season MVP	Wang Zhizhi
Promoted to Second Division	Nanjing Army Thunder Hubei Mailyard
Relegated to Second Division	Nanjing Army Thunder Hubei Mailyard
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Bayi Rockets
Runners-up	Shanghai Sharks
Finals MVP	Wang Zhizhi

The season ran from November 21, 1999, to March 19, 2000. Nanjing Army Thunder and Hubei Mailyard were promoted from the Second Division. Vanguard from the Second Division was merged with Beijing Olympians and the club was known as Vanguard Beijing Olympians for the next several seasons.^[2]

Regular season standings

#	1999–2000 CBA season
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Tiebreaker
1	Bayi Rockets	21	1	.955	–	11–0	10–1
2	Guangdong Southern Tigers	15	7	.682	6	10–1	5–6
3	Shanghai Sharks	14	8	.636	7	8–3	6–5
4	Shandong Flaming Bulls	13	9	.591	8	9–2	4–7	SD 1–1 (169–161) BJ
5	Beijing Ducks	13	9	.591	8	10–1	3–8
6	Vanguard Beijing Olympians	12	10	.545	9	9–2	3–8	VB 3–1 LN 2–2 JS 1–3
7	Liaoning Hunters	12	10	.545	9	6–5	6–5
8	Jiangsu Dragons	12	10	.545	9	7–4	5–6
9	Jilin Northeast Tigers	10	12	.455	11	8–3	2–9
10	Zhejiang Cyclones	8	14	.364	13	6–5	2–9
11	Nanjing Army Thunder	1	21	.091	20	1–10	0–11	NA 1–1 (197–185) HB
12	Hubei Mailyard	1	21	.091	20	1–10	0–11

Key to colors

	Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
	Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

^[2]

Playoffs

The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-0), and claimed its 5th straight CBA championship.^[1][2]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

	Quarterfinals Best of 3					Semifinals Best of 5					Finals Best of 5
	1	Bayi Rockets	2
	8	Jiangsu Dragons	0
						1	Bayi Rockets	3
						4	Shandong Flaming Bulls	0
	4	Shandong Flaming Bulls	2
	6	Vanguard Beijing Olympians	0
											1	Bayi Rockets	3
											3	Shanghai Sharks	0
	2	Guangdong Southern Tigers	2
	7	Liaoning Hunters	1
						2	Guangdong Southern Tigers	1
						3	Shanghai Sharks	3
	3	Shanghai Sharks	2
	5	Beijing Ducks	0

Relegations

The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.

Nanjing Army Thunder and Hubei Mailyard were relegated to the Second Division.^[2]

Team W L PF PA PD Zhejiang Cyclones 5 1 665 596 +69 Jilin Northeast Tigers 4 2 656 602 +54 Hubei Mailyard 2 4 563 620 −57 Nanjing Army Thunder 1 5 546 612 −66 Key to colors      Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division

HB JL NA ZJ Hubei Mailyard – 97-86 74-70 96-101 Jilin Northeast Tigers 136-108 – 114-93 117-114 Nanjing Army Thunder 107-81 94-109 – 97-114 Zhejiang Cyclones 120-107 96-94 120-85 –

See also

• Chinese Basketball Association