Beijing Ducks

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Beijing Jinyu Ducks (北京金隅鸭) or Beijing Ducks or Beijing Jinyu is a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Beijing. They play their home games at the Shougang Basketball Center. They were formerly known as the Beijing Shougang Ducks (北京首钢) or Beijing Shougang; the name change was likely due to a change of corporate sponsorship. They should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, which is a different team. The Ducks play their home games in the Shougang Basketball Center.

During at least part of the 2003–04 season, it seems they were known as Beijing Wanfeng Aote (北京万丰奥特); again, this seems to have had something to do with corporate sponsorship.

Its corporate sponsor is presumably Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. (北京金隅集团有限责任公司), the largest construction material conglomerate in China.

In the 2004–05 season, the Beijing Ducks finished in second place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Bayi Rockets.

The Ducks continued to improve in 2005-06, finishing first in the North Division. But things went downhill after that, as the Ducks finished in tenth place in the league with a 14-16 record in 2006-07 and a 15-15 record in the 2007-08 seasons. The Ducks missed the playoffs both years.

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