Liaoning Flying Leopards

The Liaoning Flying Leopards are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Hunnan District, Shenyang, Liaoning, playing in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The club traces its history to the Northeast Sports Training Class Basketball Team formed in 1953, which later became the Liaoning Provincial Basketball Team, and it was officially founded as a professional team after the CBA was established in 1995, first as the Liaoning Hunters. Liaoning won the Chinese national championship in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1992, and took the Asian continental title at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup in 1990. Its first CBA league title came in 2017-18 with a 4-0 finals win over the Zhejiang Lions, followed by three straight titles from 2021-22 to 2023-24. The team plays at the Liaoning Gymnasium, having moved from Benxi to Shenyang for the 2017-18 season.