* CUBA brewing plan in 1996: Mr. Zhang Ningfei, former basketball captain of Zhejiang University and president of Henghua (International) Group, who loves basketball, met with Professor Gong Peishan, secretary general of China University Basketball Association for the first time in April 10, and reached an understanding on the founding significance, development planning and prospect of CUBA. Henghua (International) Group decided to invest in CUBA League.
* 65438+1 August, 19961day, the enlarged meeting of the National Committee of China University Basketball Association passed a resolution to cooperate with Henghua (International) Group and hired Mr. Zhang Ningfei as the consultant of the Basketball Association. In the same year165438+1October 28th, the two parties held a formal cooperation signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
*1From February to April, 1997, the State Education Commission approved the organization method of CUBA China University Basketball League, and promoted CUBA China University Basketball League nationwide. Chinese basketball association approved the China University Basketball Association as a member of chinese basketball association, and the State Sports General Administration included CUBA League in the national competition plan 1998.
*1March 997 14 as the economic entity of CUBA League, Henghua Sports (Advertising) Development Co., Ltd. was formally established, and Mr. Zhang Ningfei became the chairman of the company. CUBA's league has initially established various systems, formulated articles of association, put forward the idea of building CUBA into a healthy and dynamic brand, and designed a complete VI system of the league, including: team emblem, emblem, national anthem, mascot and so on.
*1997 On May 20th, China University Basketball Association and Henghua (International) Group held a press conference in Beijing, announcing that the CUBA League jointly sponsored by them would be fully promoted in the whole country on February 1998.
*1997165438+1October 30th, the inaugural meeting of the organizing committee of CUBA China University Basketball League with Qian Weichang as honorary chairman was held in the Hong Kong Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
* 1998 March19, the opening ceremony of the first CUBA League was held in CCTV. The famous singer Liu Huan wrote lyrics, composed music and sang the song "Song of Cuba". This indicates that the college students' basketball career in China has entered a new stage of development.
*1In March 1998, the Cuban delegation visited the United States. The delegation held talks with relevant officials of NCAA and NBA on the formulation of competition system, basketball market promotion and basketball industry development. Firmly establish the confidence of CUBA League.
* CUBA's first grass-roots preliminaries started all over the country as scheduled. * * * A total of 6 17 men's and women's teams from 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions participated in this grass-roots preliminaries, with 9 130 participants and 2,440 competitions.
* In order to make the CUBA League develop healthily and provide an environment of fair competition and fair law enforcement for all participating teams, the CUBA Organizing Committee has established a management system for participating players, strictly controlled the qualification examination of participating players, adopted a combination of self-examination and mutual inspection, actively and seriously treated reports from the masses, and adopted an all-round assessment system before, during and after the game.
*1On July 25th, 998, the final of the first CUBA League Northern Division was unveiled in Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, which marked the official start of the final stage of CUBA.
*1On August 8, 1998, the final of the South Division of the first CUBA League was unveiled at Wuhan University of Metallurgy and Technology, which coincided with the severe flood disaster in Hubei Province. The Cuban Organizing Committee proposed that all the staff donate money to the disaster area, which was warmly responded by the participants and aroused strong repercussions in the society.
*1In August 1998, Wuhan University of Metallurgy and Technology won the first B-level women's team championship in CUBA League.
*1September, 1998, Northwest University won the first men's team championship of CUBA B League. ..
* After the first league was a great success, the first CUBA men's quarter-finals and women's quarter-finals were launched. 1In May, 999, the women's semi-final first started in Henan University. On May 8th, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics won the first women's semi-final of CUBA, and Henan University won the runner-up. The first CUBA men's quarter-finals were held in Changsha and Chengdu respectively. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China won the first CUBA men's quarter-finals and Hunan University of Finance and Economics won the runner-up.
* * * The first CUBA League has played more than 2,600 games, with an audience of 65.438+0.47 million, and the total audience of CUBA-related information has exceeded 65.438+0.5 billion.
* Henghua Sports (Advertising) Development Co., Ltd. successfully used the great influence of CUBA to attract the sponsorship and participation of well-known enterprises at home and abroad, such as Motorola, Sheng Da Electronics, China Telecom, Li Sheng, Phila, Conway, Double Star and Red Bull, and formed an alliance with CUBA brand.
*1August, 1999, the first CUBA basketball talent summer camp and the second training course for college basketball coaches and first-class referees were held in Jinggangshan.
* 65438+1September, 1999, the preliminaries of the 2nd CUBA League and the grassroots trials of the 6th Universiade were held all over the country. Since the second CUBA League, the league has undergone major reforms: the A and B divisions have been cancelled, and on the basis of the preliminaries in 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, the competition is divided into four divisions: southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast. The top two men and women in each group form the men's quarter-finals and the women's quarter-finals. The original A-level team has set up a pilot school league.
*1999 65438+February 12 ——2000 65438+1October 10. Four regional competitions were held in Zhejiang University, Hunan Normal University, Taiyuan University of Technology and Beijing Physical Education Normal University.
*1In March, 1999, the second women's semi-final of CUBA started. On March 12, the second CUBA Men's Quarterfinals started, Huaqiao University won the second CUBA League Men's Team Championship, and Zhejiang University won the runner-up.
* The 2nd CUBA League * * * held 2,720 games, with an audience of over 6,543.8+0.8 million, and the total audience of CUBA information exceeded 2.35 billion.
* Since the establishment of Cuba League, under the correct leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Education, the University Sports Association, the State General Administration of Sport, the Chinese Basketball Association and other relevant departments, through unremitting efforts, with the enthusiastic support and participation of the organizers and participating universities, and with the strong support of all sectors of society, especially the news media, Cuba League has achieved great success and its influence has been expanding day by day, and it has become one of the three major basketball events in China.
* The internal mechanism of CUBA League is improving day by day, and the CUBA Organizing Committee has set up four sub-divisions: southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast, which has laid a solid foundation for the long-term and stable development of Cuba.
* Encouraged by the CUBA League, more teenagers have devoted themselves to basketball, and CUBA middle school training centers are in the ascendant all over the country, which is a long-term guarantee for CUBA's prosperity.
* Through continuous exploration, CUBA League established a fixed schedule and competition system, which was implemented from the third CUBA League. The champion backboard was also born, and will be passed down from generation to generation as a witness of CUBA's development.