The National Basketball League () is a professional basketball minor league in China, called the Chinese Basketball League (CBL) before 2006. It is commonly known as the NBL, and this name (spelled out in letters) is often used even in Chinese.
NBL is the second-tier league to the professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Updated to the 2025âÂÂ26 season.
Updated to 2023 National Basketball League (China) Season.
The first regular season of the CBL began in April 2004. Eight teams advanced to the playoffs:
On 4 August 2004, Yunnan Honghe Running Bulls defeated Dongguan New Century Leopards to win the first ever CBL championship and were promoted to the CBA for the 2004âÂÂ2005 season.