Henan Phoenix

Henan Phoenix
League	Women's Chinese Basketball Association
History	Henan Elephants (2002–14) Henan Phoenix (2014–present)
Arena	Luoyang Stadium (since 2014)
Capacity	6000
Location	Luoyang, Henan (since 2014)
Affiliation	Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank

Henan Phoenix is a Chinese professional women's basketball club based in Henan, playing in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). Before 2014 it was known as Henan Elephants. The team is sometimes known by the name of its sponsor Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank (a bank based in Yichuan County, Henan).

Season-by-season records

Season	Corporate Sponsor	Home City	Final Rank	Record (including playoffs) [1]			Head coach
				W	L	%
Henan Elephants
2002–03	Henan Baiquanchun Wine	Zhengzhou	10th [2]	7	13	35.0	Bai Yusheng Wang Zongxing
2004	Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead [3]	Lingbao	7th [2]	4	6	40.0	Wang Zongxing
2004–05		Jiyuan	9th [2]	7	9	43.8	Li Jianxin
2005–06			9th [2]	8	14	36.4	Liu Keming
2007			6th	5	7	41.7	Li Jianxin
2007–08			8th [4]	7	11	38.9
2008–09			5th	13	11	54.2
2009–10			2nd [5]	23	8	74.2
2010–11			9th	8	14	36.4
2011–12			12th	1	21	4.6
2012–13			11th [6]	6	16	27.3
2013–14	Did not qualify / participate
Henan Phoenix
2014–15	Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank [7]	Luoyang	9th [8]	7	15	31.8	Wang Xiaomei
2015–16			9th [9]	17	17	50.0
2016–17			7th [10]	12	22	35.3	Park Myung-soo
2017–18	Did not qualify / participate
2018–19	Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank	Luoyang	10th	16	18	47.1	Wang Wei-chieh

Current players

2018–19 Henan Phoenix roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 3 Huang Ying-li 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 60 kg (132 lb) G 4 Hu Yuqi 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 58 kg (128 lb) F 5 Sun Jie 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) PG 7 Feng Song 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 60 kg (132 lb) SF 8 Zheng Yaping 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) PF 10 Zhang Ru 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 70 kg (154 lb) PF 13 Tian Ying 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) C 14 Cheng Qi 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) F 15 Wu Di 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 68 kg (150 lb) PF 21 Zhang Lingge 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) SG 24 Zhang Xianyuan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 65 kg (143 lb) C 31 Stefanie Dolson 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) SF 47 Wei Yu-chun 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 64 kg (141 lb)	Head coach Wang Wei-chieh Assistant coach(es) Wang Jing Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable former players

• Jenny Mowe (2002–03)
• Tausha Mills (2004–05)
• Yolanda Griffith (2008–09)
• Katie Mattera (2009–11)
• Gabrielle Rosigi
• Dominic Seals (2011–12)
• Jayne Appel (2012–13)
• Tianna Hawkins (2014–15)
• Cheyenne Parker (2015–16)
• Chiney Ogwumike (2016–17)
• Huang Ping-jen (2015–17)
• Ji Yanyan (2008–10)
• Chen Xiaoli (2014–17)

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