On October 8, the press conference of Shanxi Fenjiu men's basketball team and Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu women's basketball team CBA/WCBA2024-2025 season was held at Shanxi Sports Center, and the new lineups of Shanxi men's basketball and women's basketball teams were unveiled.
At the press conference, Li Chunmao, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, said: "I hope that all athletes will pay attention to every opponent and every game, sincerely unite, work tenaciously, dare to compete for the first, dare to show their swords, and bring the new season and new atmosphere to every game." ”
(1) The men's basketball team "breaks through ten and rushes eight", and the women's basketball team "strives to be the first"
As one of the "three balls", basketball has a very deep public foundation, and Shanxi people have a soft spot for basketball. The "combat basketball team" of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army has a red history of more than 80 years, and Shanxi is also one of the few provinces in the country that has both male and female professional basketball teams. It is very important for Shanxi's sports to carry forward the spirit of combat basketball and develop the two teams of men's and women's basketball.
The new CBA season will officially start on October 12, 2024, and the season will end no later than May 26, 2025.
In the new season, the goal of the Shanxi Fenjiu men's basketball team is to "break into the top ten and enter the top eight". To this end, the team hired 39-year-old head coach Pan Jiang, and formed a coaching staff with assistant coaches Zhang Xuewen and Wei Mingliang and foreign coach Holman to lead the team in the new season. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Shanxi Fenjiu men's basketball team, the team retained the main players Ge Zhaobao, Yuan Shuai, and Zhang Ning, signed the center player Liu Chuanxing, who won the NBL championship, and introduced Jia Mingru, Jiao Hailong, Zhao Xuhong, a total of 4 domestic players with immediate combat power, and promoted Gong Zixuan and Jiao Zhongyi, who played well in the youth league, to the first team.
At the same time, in response to the new policy for foreign players in the CBA league in the new season, the Shanxi Fenjiu men's basketball team has signed part of the guarantee contract with four foreign aides through layers of screening, namely the Czech national main center Balvin, the Senegalese national team's main power forward Faye, the scoring guard Diallo who once played in the NBA, and the point guard Goodwin.
At the time of the vertical and horizontal layout of the Shanxi men's basketball team, the women's basketball team also ushered in the "replacement of the old and the new". At the press conference, Zhang Jian, general manager of Shanxi Flame Zhuye Qingjiu Women's Basketball Team, said excitedly, "On the basis of ensuring the top eight, we will attack a higher ranking." ”
Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu women's basketball head coach Momir · Tasic was interviewed
Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu women's basketball team member "Big Baby" Liu Yutong was interviewed
Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu women's basketball team member Zhai Ruoyun was interviewed
Huo Juntong, a member of the Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu women's basketball team, was interviewed
This season, the coaching team hired Serbian coach Momir and assistant coach Baya, continuing the domestic coaching team last season: consultant Chen Weidong, assistant coach Li Baijin, and physical coach Qu Xiaodong.
The Shanxi women's basketball team sent away Wu Tongtong, whose contract expired, and introduced Song Kexin from Tsinghua University and Liu Wenwen from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and the age structure of the Shanxi women's basketball team is younger. In terms of foreign players, two outstanding players who United States the WNBA league, Kelsey· Mitchell and Olivia· Nelson· Oduda were introduced. At the same time, national 3x3 basketball players Zhang Yi and Chen Yujie returned from injury.
In Zhang Jian's view, the overall strength of the Shanxi women's basketball team has improved while completing the replacement of the old and the new; After going through the run-in period and the growth period, the Shanxi women's basketball team will have a bright future.
(2) Wine and basketball: a fusion of passion and heritage
At the press conference of the new season, Zhang Jian, general manager of Shanxi Xingrui Professional Basketball Club, introduced that in the journey of the new season, the team will continue to uphold the team spirit of "unity, hard work and enterprising", and launch an impact on the new season with more tenacious fighting spirit and more tacit cooperation. The team's goal for the new season is to advance to the playoffs, secure the top eight, and challenge for higher rankings to bring more exciting games to the fans.
Yuan Qingmao said that Fenjiu Group will continue to vigorously support the development of the two teams, and give more support in terms of operating funds, player training, infrastructure, and event publicity. At the same time, through resource sharing and complementary advantages, we will actively explore the cross-border between liquor and basketball, and the linkage between culture and sports, so as to spread the healthy, energetic and upward voice of Fenjiu to consumers, and inject new impetus into the high-quality development of Fenjiu.
In fact, Fenjiu Group has a long history of cooperation with the Shanxi men's basketball team. Since 2009, Fenjiu Group has invested in the title sponsorship of the Shanxi men's basketball team, and the annual title sponsorship fee at that time was 6 million yuan, creating the largest amount of sports sponsorship in the history of Shanxi sports.
In September 2023, Shanxi Fenjiu Professional Basketball Club announced that with the approval of Shanxi State-owned Assets Operating Company and Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, the transfer of 100% equity of Shanxi SDIC Professional Basketball Club to Shanxi Xinghuacun International Trade Co., Ltd., a subsidiary designated by Fenjiu Group, has been successfully completed. After the formal approval of the Chinese Basketball Association and CBA, the club completed the equity transfer and industrial and commercial change in accordance with the relevant regulations, and the name of the club was officially changed to Shanxi Fenjiu Professional Basketball Club, and the team was referred to as Shanxi Fenjiu Basketball Team.
The equity transfer marks Fenjiu Group's comprehensive support for the Shanxi men's basketball team, which not only provides a strong guarantee in terms of funds, but also gives full investment in the operation of the team, the formation of the coaching team, and the introduction of powerful players. This move of Fenjiu Group has undoubtedly injected new vitality into the Shanxi men's basketball team and laid a solid foundation for the future development of the team.
Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu has been the title sponsor of the Shanxi women's basketball team since the 2014-2015 season. On May 17, 2022, Shanxi Fenjiu announced that the company's board of directors deliberated and passed the "Proposal on Zhuyeqing Naming Shanxi Women's Basketball Team", and signed a women's basketball title publicity contract with Shanxi Xingrui Professional Basketball Club Co., Ltd., with a cost of 3.8 million yuan.
Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu has provided the necessary support for the Shanxi women's basketball team through title sponsorship, which will help the team improve in training, competitions and talent introduction. By title sponsoring the Shanxi women's basketball team, Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu has enhanced its brand awareness and influence, especially its exposure among basketball fans and audiences.