Shandong Jinsidun Lions

Shandong was second runners-up in the CBA league in 1998, and the new club was founded in 2002.

Shandong Jinsidun Lions (山东黄金金斯顿狮) or Shandong Lions or Shandong Jinsidun are a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in  Tai'an(泰安) , Shandong(山东).

Shandong Lions were runners-up in the CBA league in 1998, and the new club was founded in 2002. <BR>In earlier seasons, they had been known as the Shandong Flaming Bulls (山东火牛), but changed their name at the start of the 2003–2004 season. At the same time they moved their home court from Jinan to Yantai(烟台) (6 matches) and Dongying (5 matches). For the following 2004–2005 season, they moved back to Tai’an.

In the 2004–2005 season, the Shandong Lions finished in sixth place in the North Division, out of the playoffs.

League Positions:

2006-2007 Fifth

2003-2004 Sixth

2002-2003 Fifth

2001-2002 Fourth

1999-2000 Fourth

1998-1999 Fifth

1997-1998 Second Runner-up

1996-1997 Fourth

1995-1996 Fifth