Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club is the first professional basketball club jointly invested by China people overseas and the first professional basketball club invested by Asians in Australian history. This club is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Australia. Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club is a super team in Australian basketball and won the Australia Cup in 1998. 1997 won the championship of professional league finals; 1996, won the regular season championship and the runner-up in the finals; 1995 won the regular season championship; /kloc-0 won the cup in 1994; 1993 won the professional league final. At present, there are four Australian national team players in the team, three of whom have played for the American NBA, one former American NBA player and two young Australian national team players. Playoffs of the 2002/03 season. The Heilborn Tigers visited China in May 2000 and played four games with Shandong Yongan Team, Guangdong Hongyuan Team and Jiangsu Nangang Team. They won all the competitions, which was highly praised by their counterparts in China and the media. Melbourne Tigers visited China again in August, 20065438+0,/kloc-0 beat Beijing Shougang team at 28: 96. Beat Shandong Yong 'an team with 132: 98, and beat American College Students' Union who visited China at the same time for three times. Melbourne Tiger Team 21June 1992+065438+1October visited China. Defeated China National Second Team, Hong Kong Feilong Team, Fujian Team, Shanxi Team and United University Team. Lindsay Gates, the head coach of Melbourne Tigers, is a famous person in the international basketball field. He is a member of the FIBA Central Bureau, and now he is a member of the FIBA Technical Committee. He has been the head coach of the Australian national team for 14 years, and is currently the executive chairman of the Victoria Basketball Association and the head coach of the Melbourne Tigers. Lindsay Gates has commanded the Tigers to participate in more than 500 Australian professional leagues so far, and is a respected old coach in Australian basketball. Lindsay Gates was a world famous basketball player in 1960s. I participated in three Olympic Games as a player (1960, 1964, 1968). As the head coach of the Australian national team in Australia, he has participated in four Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984), keeping the record of the world basketball world. Lindsay Gates is one of the shareholders of Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club. Andrew gaze, Captain of Halburn Tigers: andrew gaze is a world-class star of 10, captain of the Australian national team and the scoring champion of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He has participated in five consecutive Olympic Games, breaking the world record for the final of 38 Olympic Games. The new record is to participate in the Olympic Games and 40 finals. He is the most outstanding basketball player in Australia in this century. He has participated in four World Championships, played for the Washington Bullets, especially in the 1998 /99 season, and joined the San Antonio Spurs (the team won the NBA Finals and andrew gaze won the precious diamond ring). Gates has won the best player in the Australian Professional League for seven times, and was selected as the all-star team of the world men's basketball team. He ranked fifth in the world in the 13 World Championships in 1998, with the first assists and the sixth two-point shooting rate. He is a world-class player worthy of the name. He is also the head coach Lindsay. Gates' son, the player is 2.0 1 m tall and weighs 95 kg. So far, he has scored more than 16000 points, averaging about 30 points per game. Andrew gaze is a household name in Australia and is currently one of the representatives of Australia's image. He was awarded the title of the best outstanding youth in Australia. Andrew gaze is one of the shareholders of Melbourne Tiger Club. Profile of other main players No.50 Mark Brock is 30 years old and is the main center of active national team players, with a height of 2 2. 10/0m and a weight of120kg. He participated in four Olympic Games and three world championships, and played for Philadelphia 76ers in NBA. In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, rebounding ranked sixth in the world. In the 200102 season, the Australian Super Basketball League (NBL) won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and won the title of rebounding king for five consecutive years. No.265438 +0 leonard Copland national team player, shooting guard, height 1.98m, weight 88kg, once played for Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta Hawks. Ranked the top scorer list in previous leagues. No.40 Gama Mosley striker, 25 years old, 2.03 meters tall and weighing 105 kg. American foreign aid, once played for the Utah Jazz in the NBA. No.65438 +0 1 Neil Motrem, national team player, power forward, 23 years old, 2.09 meters tall and weighing 1 10 kg. In the 2002/2003 season, the shooting percentage was 63.5%, ranking first in the league. No.44 defender Darrell MacDonald, 2 meters tall and weighing 100 kg, was selected as the best team of the national team and NBL League. No.4 Darrell Coretto defender, 2 1 year old, height1.90m, weight 82kg.. No.5 david smith is 2 1 year old, with a height of 1.98m and a weight of 92kg 12 Greg Blake is 28 years old, with a height of1.96m and a weight of 90kg. No.23 Nelson Taylor striker, 22 years old, is 2 meters tall and weighs 98 kilograms. No.24 Luke McMillan striker, 20 years old, with a height of1.97m and a weight of 94kg.. No.33 Steven Hall striker, 25 years old, is 2.02 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms. Attachment: Brief introduction of Chinese shareholders of Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club. Australia Venus International Investment Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive company engaged in import and export trade, high-tech project export and sports culture communication. In terms of import and export trade, we will focus on planning and completing China's well-known brand products to enter Coles-myer Group, Australia's largest chain department store with more than 1000 stores, and gradually promote them to other mainstream markets. In terms of high technology, we mainly export Australian computer-related technologies and products to China. In terms of sports exchange, it is engaged in organizing, planning and completing the exchange visit competition between Chinese and Australian football and basketball professional clubs. In the past six years, a mutual defense competition has been organized between Australian professional football and basketball clubs. Over the past six years, nine teams from professional football and basketball clubs in Australia and Yugoslavia have been organized to visit China 13 times, and more than 50 public business competitions have been held. Three Chinese teams (Sichuan Quanxing, Shanghai Shenhua and Yunnan Hongta) have been organized to visit Australia and hold the 12 official competition. 20065438+0 Sponsored Australian professional basketball champion-Melbourne Tiger Club basketball team in 2002, and joined Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club in 2003. The Australian Embassy in China, the Australian Football Association and Basketball Association, the Consulate General of China in Melbourne and the Melbourne City Government spoke highly of Venus's contribution to promoting friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Australian peoples. Mr. Liu Bing, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Melbourne Tiger Basketball Club and President of Australasia Venus International Investment Co., Ltd. Resume: Mr. Liu Bing 1982 graduated from the Department of Radio and Electronics in Peking University, 1984 went to Shenzhen Special Economic Zone for business; 1996 moved to Melbourne, Australia, and established Australasia Venus International Investment Co., Ltd. as the president. At present, Mr. Liu Bing owns investment projects and joint-stock companies in China, Hongkong, Guangzhou and Meizhou. The shareholding industries are electronics, import and export trade, manufacturing and sports industries. In the past six years, Mr. Liu Bing personally planned and organized dozens of international sports exchange projects carried out by Venus Company, and became familiar with the presidents of the Australia-China Cultural and Sports Exchange Promotion Association in China and Australia.