Beijing Royal Fighters

Beijing Royal Fighters
北京紫禁勇士
Beijing Royal Fighters ; 北京紫禁勇士
Leagues	CBA
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
History	Guangzhou Free Man; (2009–2012); Chongqing Fly Dragons; (2012–2015); Beikong Fly Dragons; (2015–2019); Beijing Royal Fighters; (2019–present)
Arena	Beijing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity	6,500
Location	Beijing, China
Team colors	Purple, Gold, White;
Main sponsor	Nanhai Corporation; (2009–2012); Black Valley; (2012–2015); Beijing BG / Beikong; (2015–present)
Team manager	Lü Jinqing
Head coach	Min Lulei
Ownership	Li Chunli
Home	Away

The Beijing Royal Fighters (Chinese: 北京紫禁勇士; pinyin: Běijīng Zǐjìn Yǒngshì) are a Chinese professional men's basketball team which is based in Beijing and plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Beijing BG (known in Chinese as Beijing Beikong) is the club's corporate sponsor.

History[edit]

The franchise was founded in 2009 in Guangzhou and spent its first five seasons of existence competing in the lower levels of China's basketball league system. The team relocated to Chongqing in 2012. The club entered the CBA in the 2014–15 season as an expansion team and finished at the bottom of the league standings with a record of 4–34.

In September 2015, the club relocated again and was initially renamed Beijing BG,^[1] but to avoid confusion with the city's association football team, which is also called Beijing BG, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of the clubs are used, a large number of Chinese sports websites refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons.

Current roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Beijing Royal Fighters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Lin Yanting	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 – (2000-10-22)22 October 2000
PF	1	Meng Zikai	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 – (1996-11-18)18 November 1996
G	2	Liao Sanning	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	23 – (2001-01-29)29 January 2001
PG	4	Zhan Liwei	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 – (2003-11-01)1 November 2003
G	6	Zhang Fan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	28 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996
PF/C	7	Yu Changdong	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	32 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
PF	8	JaKarr Sampson	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	31 – (1993-03-20)20 March 1993
G	9	Grant Riller	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	27 – (1997-02-08)8 February 1997
PF/C	10	Zou Yuchen	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	125 kg (276 lb)	27 – (1996-07-05)5 July 1996
SF	11	Jin Xin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	29 – (1995-01-10)10 January 1995
PF/C	14	Wang Shaojie	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	27 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996
SF	15	Li Weihao	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	26 – (1997-07-23)23 July 1997
PG	19	Liu Xiaoyu	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	35 – (1989-03-14)14 March 1989
PG	20	Kay Felder	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995
SF	21	Kong Lingtao	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	22 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002
PF	23	Chen Guohao	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	24 – (1999-08-12)12 August 1999
SG	25	Yi Jinhong	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	30 – (1993-09-13)13 September 1993
PF/C	55	Sun Tonglin	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	31 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992