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on september 26, the 2024-2025 cba league conference was held in beijing. cba announced a number of adjustments to the new season's league and officially launched the league's first cba club cup. after the on-site draw, beijing shougang and beijing enterprises were divided into group d and group a respectively. group d has three championship teams from beijing, xinjiang and liaoning.

this year marks the 30th season of the cba professional league. in addition to the previously announced policy of increasing the number of foreign players in the new season from 4 in 4 quarters to 7 in 4 quarters, the cba company has also prepared a heavy "gift" for the league's clubs and young players - the first cba club cup.

the cba club cup is a league-affiliated event, with all 20 clubs participating. it is held during the fiba ​​window period and league suspension period each season. it helps to continue the popularity of basketball during the offseason and give young players of each team more opportunities to play.

the first cup will adopt a tournament system, divided into two stages: the group stage and the final, which will be held in november this year and february next year respectively. the group stage is divided into 4 groups, each with 5 teams, and will adopt a single round-robin system. the top two teams in each group, a total of 8 teams, will enter the final. the final will adopt a single-elimination system to determine the champion. there will be a total of 48 games in the two stages, with a total prize of nearly 10 million yuan. each quarter of the game will last 10 minutes, and the policy for the use of foreign players is 4 quarters and 8 people.

the shougang team was finally placed in group d, which included two strong teams, liaoning and xinjiang, while the beijing enterprises team was relatively relaxed, as there was only one strong team, guangdong, in the same group.

the specific groups are as follows:

group a: guangzhou, tianjin, guangdong, beijing enterprises, jiangsu;

group b: zhejiang, jilin, guangsha, shandong, sichuan;

group c: shenzhen, shanghai, ningbo, shanxi, fujian;

group d: qingdao, liaoning, tongxi, shougang, xinjiang.

source: beijing sports

reporter: wang yang, chen jiakun, liu ping