Zhejiang Golden Bulls

Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Division	Southern Division
League	CBA
Founded	1995
History	Zhejiang Squirrels; (1995–99); Zhejiang Whirlwinds; (1999–2000); Zhejiang Horses; (2000–01); Zhejiang Cyclones; (2001–2009); Zhejiang Golden Bulls; (2009–present)
Arena	Yiwu Gymnasium
Location	Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Team colours	Crimson, gold, and white;
Head coach	Alexis Falekas
Championships	None
Website	ZJCZBC.com

The Zhejiang Golden Bulls are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. It competes in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), in the Southern Division. Its corporate sponsor is Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank.

The team continued to be informally referred to as the Horses for quite some time, even after changing its nickname to Cyclones in 2001, largely because of the corporate sponsor during that era, Wanma (万马), whose name literally translates into English as ten thousand horses. The club plays most of its home games at the Yiwu Gymnasium but occasionally hosts contests at other locations in Zhejiang Province.

During the 2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season, under head coach Liu Weiwei the Golden Bulls reached the semifinals for the first time in history. Two years later, in 2022–23, the Golden Bulls reached the CBA Finals for the first time and lost to the Liaoning Flying Leopards.

The Golden Bulls competed in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore as the representative team from Asia, as they were selected by the CBA. They finished in third place, becoming the first Chinese team to finish on the podium in the tournament.

Past achievements


season	Regular Season (Win/Loss)	Win rate	Playoffs (win/loss)	Win rate	Season (win/loss)	Win rate	Average score	Average points conceded
95-96	11 / 12	47.83 %	1 / 3	25 %	11 / 15	42.31 %	71	76.46
96-97	10 / 15	40 %	3 / 3	50 %	10 / 18	35.71 %	68.82	75.14
97-98	9 / 19	32.14 %	6 / 0	100 %	9 / 19	32.14 %	70.39	78.21
98-99	10 / 12	45.45 %	0 / 2	0 %	10 / 14	41.67 %	101.62	109.21
99-00	13 / 14	48.15 %	5 / 1	83.33 %	13 / 15	46.43 %	99.21	101.14
00-01	12 / 15	44.44 %	5 / 1	83.33 %	12 / 16	42.86 %	103.79	105.14
01-02	15 / 11	57.69 %	2 / 3	40 %	15 / 14	51.72 %	106.24	106.48
02-03	14 / 12	53.85 %	0 / 3	0 %	14 / 15	48.28 %	106.48	110.79
03-04	9 / 16	36 %	3 / 3	50 %	9 / 19	32.14 %	96.32	104.79
04-05	11 / 27	28.95 %	0 / 0	0 %	11 / 27	28.95 %	88.61	96.47
05-06	14 / 25	35.9 %	0 / 0	0 %	17 / 25	40.48 %	97.88	99.76
06-07	20 / 11	64.52 %	1 / 3	25 %	20 / 14	58.82 %	93.47	91.62
07-08	12 / 18	40 %	0 / 0	0 %	12 / 18	40 %	94.9	96.97
08-09	14 / 31	31.11 %	0 / 0	0 %	19 / 31	38 %	100	106
09-10	14 / 18	43.75 %	0 / 0	0 %	14 / 18	43.75 %	98.66	101.5
10-11	19 / 13	59.38 %	0 / 3	0 %	19 / 16	54.29 %	96.46	94.23
11-12	15 / 17	46.88 %	0 / 0	0 %	15 / 17	46.88 %	100.19	101.66
12-13	16 / 16	50 %	0 / 3	0 %	16 / 19	45.71 %	108.63	110.09
13-14	13 / 17	43.33 %	0 / 3	0 %	13 / 20	39.39 %	109.52	109.48
14-15	7 / 20	25.93 %	4 / 7	36.36 %	11 / 27	28.95 %	116.05	122.89
15-16	17 / 11	60.71 %	5 / 8	38.46 %	22 / 19	53.66 %	107.88	109.85

Honours

Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)

Runners-up: 2022–23

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Bronze medal: 2023

Name progression

Zhejiang Zhongxin Hangshou Squirrels: (1995–99)
Zhejiang Whirlwinds: (1999–00)
Zhejiang Horses: (2000–01)
Zhejiang Wanma Cyclones: (2001–2009)
Zhejiang Golden Bulls: (since 2009)

Roster

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Zhejiang Golden Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	0	Wang Yilin	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
F	1	Meng Zikai	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
PG	3	Christian Vital	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
G	6	Cheng Shuipeng	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
G/F	8	Lu Wenbo	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
F	9	Ou Yiyuan	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
F/C	10	Liu Zeyi	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
C	11	Yu Jiahao	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	130 kg (287 lb)
SF	12	Zhou Yishan	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
F	13	Zhang Hongshuo	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
F/C	14	Tang Rongze	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	21	Jing Tianyu	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
G/F	23	Duan Haotian	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
G	24	Li Yuezhou	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
G/F	25	Wang Zilu	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
F	29	Zhang Jiaxu	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
PG	32	Artūrs Žagars	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
G	33	Wu Qian	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
C	41	Dakari Johnson	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	133 kg (293 lb)

Head coach

Alexis Falekas

Assistant coach(es)

Thanos Konstantakopoulos
Jun Peng

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 1 October 2026

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

This is a list of the team's leading current Chinese and International players as well as notable former Chinese and International players.