Guangdong - Feminino
Wikipedia - Guangdong Vermilion Birds
Guangdong Vermilion Birds is a Chinese professional women's basketball club based in Dongguan, Guangdong, playing in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). It was known as Guangdong Dolphins from 2007–2018 and Guangdong Kapok before 2007.
The Vermilion Bird is a mythical creature in Chinese culture.
History
The team was founded in 1954 as the Guangdong women's basketball team. The team has a long and rich history and has won numerous accolades over the years. In 2017, the Guangdong women's basketball team won the first National Games championship. In 2018, the team helped the men's basketball women's basketball team win the championship at the Asian Games. Both the men's and women's three-man basketball teams also won gold at the Asian Games. In 2019, the Guangdong women's basketball team was renamed Dongguan Vermilion Birds Women's Basketball. That same year, the team won the WCBA League championship for the first time, achieving the double glory of the 2019 Dongguan Men's and Women's Basketball League.
In 2023, the team won the 10th "Guangdong Youth May Fourth Medal" collective award, which is the first time that the team has been honored with this award.
The team changed its name from Guangdong women's basketball team to Dongguan Vermilion Birds Women's Basketball Team and its logo from "Dolphin" to "Suzaku", which means auspicious, brave, and powerful.
The team held a meeting for the new season in 2018, and Liu Kejun, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and president of the Provincial Basketball Association, Huang Huihong, director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, Ye Shufan, member of the town party committee, and relevant personnel such as Xintongsheng Industrial Development Co., Ltd., and New Century Basketball Club unveiled the new team logo.
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