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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Basketball team in China}}<br />
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{{infobox basketball club<br />
| name = Xinjiang Flying Tigers<br />
| color1 = white<br />
| color2 = #004499<br />
| color3 = #FF6600<br />
| logo = Xinjiang Flying Tigers.png<br />
| nickname = <br />
| leagues = [[Chinese Basketball Association|CBA]]<br />
| conference =<br />
| division =<br />
| founded = {{start date and age|1999}}<br />
| dissolved = <!-- or | folded = --><br />
| history = '''Xinjiang Flying Tigers'''<br /> (1999–present)<br />
| arena = [[Urumqi Olympic Sports Center]]<br />
| capacity = 12,000<br />
| location = [[Ürümqi]], [[Xinjiang]], China<br />
| colors = Blue, white, orange<br />{{color box|#004499}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#FF6600}}<br />
| current = <br />
| sponsor = Guanghui Group<br />
| president = Hou Wei<br />
| vice-presidents = <br />
| manager = Guo Jian<br />
| coach = [[Liu Wei (basketball)|Liu Wei]]<br />
| captain = [[Abudushalamu Abudurexiti|Abdusalam Abdurixit]]<br />
| ownership = [[Sun Guangxin]]<br />
| championships = '''1''' (2017)<br />
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| title = Xinjiang Flying Tigers<br />
| c = 新疆广汇飞虎<br />
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The '''Xinjiang Flying Tigers''' ({{zh|c=新疆广汇飞虎}}) is a professional [[basketball]] team based in [[Ürümqi]], [[Xinjiang]], China. The team plays its home games at the [[Urumqi Olympic Sports Center]], which has a capacity for 12,000 spectators. The club joined the [[Chinese Basketball Association]] Division 2 in the [[1999–2000 Chinese Basketball Association season|1999–2000 CBA season]], advanced to Division 1A in the [[2002–03 Chinese Basketball Association season|2002–03 season]], and had three consecutive Grand Finals appearances in the [[2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Chinese Basketball Association season|2009–10]] and [[2010–11 Chinese Basketball Association season|2010–11]] seasons. The Flying Tigers won their first Championship in the [[2016–17 Chinese Basketball Association season|2016–17 CBA season]], defeating [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]] 4–0 in the finals.<br />
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==History==<br />
{{more sources|section|date=March 2023}}<br />
The Xinjiang Flying Tigers joined the [[Chinese Basketball Association]]'s Division 2 ahead of the [[1999–2000 CBA season]], as the first step in the league's plans to expand into the country's western interior. The Flying Tigers won their Division 2 season undefeated and advanced to the Division 1B. Two years later, the Flying Tigers won the 2001–02 season of Division 1B and advanced to Division 1A.<br />
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In their first Division 1A season, the Flying Tigers managed to advance to the playoffs, but lost to [[Beijing Ducks]] in a 3–1 quarter-final series. After this season, they qualified for the playoffs for another three consecutive seasons, but was never able to advance beyond the first round. In the [[2007–08 Chinese Basketball Association season|2007–08 season]], the Flying Tigers signed the former [[NBA]] player [[Mengke Bateer]], who brought the team to the second place in regular season. However, a Flying Tigers player, Sou Song Cun, also known as Guan Xiuchang, was found to have a foreign nationality but registered as a domestic player. The league punished the Flying Tigers by treating every game that Sou Song Cun played as a loss for the Flying Tigers. As a result, the Flying Tigers dropped to eleventh place, and missed the playoffs.<br />
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After the disappointing season, head coach [[Jiang Xingquan]] promoted several young players from the youth team to the first team, including [[Shirelijan Muxtar]] and [[Kelanbaike Makan|Kyranbek Makhan]], who would go on to become the most iconic players of the franchise. Together with Bateer and Jiang, they created the first golden era of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. Bateer became the first player to win three consecutive CBA MVPs, and the team made it to three consecutive CBA Grand Finals. However, in each of the Grand Finals series, Xinjiang lost to the [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]].<br />
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The Flying Tigers started its rebuild in the [[2012–13 Chinese Basketball Association season|2012–13 season]]. They reached the Grand Finals the next season with a relatively low-key roster, despite losing to Beijing Ducks 4–2. Before the [[2014–15 Chinese Basketball Association season|2014–15 season]], Xinjiang signed [[Zhou Qi]] to build a team around him. Surrounding Zhou Qi, the Flying Tigers signed former NBA stars [[Andray Blatche]] and [[Jordan Crawford]]. However, Crawford left the team after a few games into the season for medical reasons and refused to return. Losing a key piece of the championship contending roster, the team struggled to find a replacement through the season and ended the season in ninth place, missing the playoffs. The [[2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season|next season]], Xinjiang signed championship coach [[Li Qiuping]] and all-star forward [[Li Gen (basketball)|Li Gen]] and lost to [[Sichuan Blue Whales]] 3–0 in the semi-finals.<br />
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In the [[2016–17 Chinese Basketball Association season|2016–17 season]], the Flying Tigers signed Bulgarian guard [[Darius Adams]]. The star-filled roster of Andray Blatche, Darius Adams, Zhou Qi, Li Gen, Shirelijan Muxtar, and [[Kyranbek Makan|Kyranbek Makhan]] triumphed through the season, finishing in first place in the regular season. In the playoffs, Xinjiang defeated [[Shandong Kingston Lions]] 3–0 in the quarter-finals and [[Liaoning Flying Leopards]] 4–1 in the semi-finals. In the Grand Finals, the Flying Tigers defeated their long-time rival Guangdong Southern Tigers in a dominating 4–0 series to win the first ever championship in the franchise's history. Darius Adams won the FMVP award.<br />
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After winning the championship, Zhou Qi went to the NBA and joined the [[Houston Rockets]]. Losing the all-star center, Xinjiang finished the season with a 3–1 loss to Guangdong Southern Tigers in the quarter-finals. The [[2018–19 Chinese Basketball Association season|next season]], the team changed the head coach mid-season, signing another championship coach, the Xinjiang native [[Adiljan Jun|Adiljan Suleyman]]. The team also changed the foreign players four times during the season, trying [[Al Jefferson]], [[Nick Minnerath]], [[Hamed Haddadi]], and Darius Adams, and finally settled with [[Jarnell Stokes]] and [[Kay Felder]] at the start of the playoffs. The team reached the Grand Finals, where they lost to Guangdong Southern Tigers 4–0.<br />
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In March 2023, the Xinjiang Flying Tigers withdrew from the CBA in protest against a penalty that would have banned the club from signing new players for one year, following contract disputes between the club and Zhou Qi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xinjiang Flying Tigers withdraw from CBA |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/01/WS63fec246a31057c47ebb17f2.html |website=chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=March 4, 2023 |date=March 1, 2023}}</ref> However, the decision was overturned two weeks later and the club returned back to the league.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinese Basketball Association: Xinjiang U-turn over decision to quit league, but still no sight of star Zhou Qi|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3214007/chinese-basketball-association-xinjiang-u-turn-over-decision-quit-league-still-no-sight-star-zhou-qi |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=March 27, 2023 |language=en|date=March 18, 2023|first=Mike|last=Chan}}</ref><br />
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==Players==<br />
===Current roster===<br />
{{Basketball roster nationality note}}<br />
{{Basketball roster header|age=n<br />
| team=Xinjiang Flying Tigers<br />
|color1= orange |bg1= #004499 |color2= #004499 |bg2= orange }}<br />
<!-- list of players --><br />
{{player3 | pos = PG | num = 0 | nat = CHN | name = Xierzhati Saimati | m = 1.93 | kgs = 85 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PG/SF | num = 1 | nat = CHN | name = Liu Yiting |dab = basketball | m = 1.96 | kgs = 93 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PG | num = 3 | nat = USA | name = Ashton Hagans| m = 1.91 | kgs = 91 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = G/F | num = 4 | nat = CHN | name = Yilifulati Monhetaner | m = 1.95 | kgs = 93 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PF | num = 5 | nat = LBN | name = Dedric Lawson| m = 2.06 | kgs = 114 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = SF | num = 6 | nat = CHN | name = Yang Rui |dab = basketball | m = 2.01 | kgs = 90 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = C | num = 9 | nat = CHN | name = Wu Guanxi | m = 2.11 | kgs = 111 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = SG | num = 10 | nat = CHN | name = Zhao Rui |dab = basketball | m = 1.95 | kgs = 93}}<br />
{{player3 | pos = SF | num = 11 | nat = CHN | name = Qi Lin | m = 1.99 | kgs = 91 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = C | num = 13 | nat = CHN | name = Li Yanzhe | m = 2.14 | kgs = 130 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = SF | num = 21 | nat = CHN | name = Guo Yuzhang | m = 2.01 | kgs = 88 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PF | num = 22 | nat = CHN | name = Zhu Xuhang | m = 2.01 | kgs = 95 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PF | num = 23 | nat = CHN | name = Abdusalam Abdurixit | m = 2.03 | kgs = 98 | note = C }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = C | num = 27 | nat = CHN | name = Qu Xiaoyu | m = 2.06 | kgs = 101 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PF | num = 34 | nat = CHN | name = Aizimaiti Tuxun | m = 2.03 | kgs = 110 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PG | num = 36 | nat = CHN | name = Ge Haoran | m = 1.85 | kgs = 80 }}<br />
{{player3 | pos = PG | num = 77| nat = USA| name = Q. J. Peterson | m = 1.83| kgs = 90 }}<br />
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<!-- end list of players --><br />
{{Basketball roster footer<br />
| head_coach =<br />
{{player||CHN|[[Liu Wei (basketball)|Liu Wei]]}}<br />
| asst_coach =<br />
{{player||KOR|Kang Jung-soo}}<br />
{{player||ITA|[[Massimo Maffezzoli]]}}<br />
{{player||CHN|Wang Jianmin}}<br />
| roster_url = https://www.cbaleague.com/data/#/TeamMain?teamId=29117<br />
| accessdate = December 1, 2024}}<br />
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==Season-by-season record==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+CBA season record<br />
!Season<br />
!Regular season ranking<br />
!Playoff finish<br />
!Last series<br />
|-<br />
|[[2002–03 Chinese Basketball Association season|2002–03]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost 1–3 against [[Beijing Ducks]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2003–04 Chinese Basketball Association season|2003–04]]<br />
|5th<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost 1–2 against [[Jilin Northeast Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004–05 Chinese Basketball Association season|2004–05]]<br />
|3rd (North)<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost 0–2 against [[Jiangsu Dragons]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2005–06 Chinese Basketball Association season|2005–06]]<br />
|2nd (North)<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost 0–3 against [[Jiangsu Dragons]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006–07 Chinese Basketball Association season|2006–07]]<br />
|9th<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[2007-08 Chinese Basketball Association season|2007–08]]<br />
|11th<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season|2008–09]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 1–4 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009–10 Chinese Basketball Association season|2009–10]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 1–4 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010–11 Chinese Basketball Association season|2010–11]]<br />
|1st<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 2–4 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011–12 Chinese Basketball Association season|2011–12]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Semi-finals<br />
|Lost 0–3 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012–13 Chinese Basketball Association season|2012–13]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Semi-finals<br />
|Lost 0–3 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2013–14 Chinese Basketball Association season|2013–14]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 2–4 against [[Beijing Ducks]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014–15 Chinese Basketball Association season|2014–15]]<br />
|9th<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season|2015–16]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|Semi-finals<br />
|Lost 0–3 against [[Sichuan Blue Whales]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016–17 Chinese Basketball Association season|2016–17]]<br />
|1st<br />
|'''Champions'''<br />
|Won 4–0 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017–18 Chinese Basketball Association season|2017–18]]<br />
|6th<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost 1–3 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2018–19 Chinese Basketball Association season|2018–19]] <br />
|3rd<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 0–4 against [[Guangdong Southern Tigers]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019–20 Chinese Basketball Association season|2019–20]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|Semi-finals<br />
|Lost 0–2 against [[Liaoning Flying Leopards]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season|2020–21]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|Lost against [[Shandong Heroes]] (one game only)<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021–22 Chinese Basketball Association season|2021–22]]<br />
|14th<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022–23 Chinese Basketball Association season|2022–23]]<br />
|17th<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2023–24<br />
|2nd<br />
|Runners-up<br />
|Lost 0–4 against [[Liaoning Flying Leopards]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Honours==<br />
===Continental competitions===<br />
*'''[[FIBA Asia Champions Cup]]'''{{efn|Xinjiang represented China under the name "China Kashgar".}}<br />
:'''Champions:''' [[2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2016]]<br />
:Runners-up: [[2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2017]]<br />
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===Domestic competitions===<br />
*'''[[Chinese Basketball Association]]'''<br />
:'''Playoffs champions:''' 2016–17<br />
:Playoffs runners-up (6): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2023–24<br />
:'''Regular season champions (2):''' 2010–11, 2016–17<br />
:Regular season runners-up (7): 2005–06 (North), 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2023–24<br />
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;Notes<br />
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== References ==<br />
;Specific<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Refbegin}}<br />
;General<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/team/xinjiang/index.shtml |title=2005–06 season information|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn}}<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.asia-basket.com/team.asp?Cntry=China&Team=4369&Page=1 |work=Asia-Basket |title=Xinjiang Gyang Hui Flying Tigers basketball |publisher=Eurobasket |date=11 October 2011}}<br />
{{refend}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://weibo.com/xjifeihu Xinjiang Flying Tigers on Weibo.com] {{in lang|zh}}<br />
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