Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA, ) was founded in 1996 and the league was launched in 1998. It is the most competitive and popular college basketball competition in China. This event is held annually and divided into the preliminary stage and the final stage, in which the national championship team is decided through a bracket style elimination event. In 2015, the competing Chinese University Basketball Super League (CUBS) merged into CUBA.
Unlike other Chinese athletic organizations, CUBA is a privately funded organization with no affiliation with the Chinese government. Similar to that of the NCAA, the rules of CUBA grant eligibility only to amateur players. CUBA was originally intended to mirror the NCAA Men's Basketball.
Divisions
The league is divided into four divisions, mostly based on the geographical location of the teams. The top two teams in each division qualify for the CUBA Big Eight (quarter-finals).
National champions
Men's
1999 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2000 Huaqiao University
2001 Northeast Normal University
2002 Shandong University of Science and Technology
2003 Huaqiao University
2004 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2005 Huaqiao University
2006 Huaqiao University
2007 Huaqiao University
2008 Huaqiao University
2009 China University of Mining and Technology
2010 Taiyuan University of Technology
2011 Huaqiao University
2012 Taiyuan University of Technology
2013 Huaqiao University
2014 Peking University
2015 Huaqiao University
2016 Tsinghua University
2017 Peking University
2018 Peking University
2019 Peking University
Women's
1999 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2000 China University of Mining and Technology
2001 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2002 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2003 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2004 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2005 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2006 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2007 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2008 Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
2009 Beijing Normal University
2010 Beijing Normal University
2011 Beijing Normal University
2012 Beijing Normal University
2013 Beijing Normal University
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See also
Sport in China
China men's national basketball team
China women's national basketball team
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) National Basketball League (China) (NBL) Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA)