Shanghai Swordfish

Shanghai Baoshan Dahua Swordfish is a Chinese professional women's basketball club based in Shanghai, playing in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). It is co-owned by Baoshan District government, Shanghai Sports Institute, and Dahua Group. Before 2014 it was known as Shanghai Octopus, affiliated with the Shanghai Media Group. Between 2007 and 2008 it was sponsored by the Xiyang Group.^[1]

Shanghai Baoshan Dahua Swordfish
League	Women's Chinese Basketball Association
History	Shanghai Octopus (2002–14) Shanghai Swordfish (2014–present)
Arena	1. Baoshan Sports Centre 2. Baosteel Sports Centre
Location	Shanghai
Affiliation(s)	Shanghai Sports Institute Baoshan District Sports Bureau Dahua Group

Season-by-season records

Season	Final Rank	Record (including playoffs)[2]			Head coach
		W	L	%
Shanghai Octopus
2002	7th[3]	4	8	33.3	Cong Xuedi
2002–03	11th[3]	6	14	30.0	Yang Zhengming
2004	10th[3]	5	7	41.7
2004–05	7th[3]	7	11	38.9
2005–06	12th[3]	2	20	9.1	Zheng Fugen Cong Xuedi
2007	10th	3	10	23.1	Cong Xuedi
2007–08	10th[4]	5	13	27.8
2008–09	11th	4	18	18.2
2009–10	9th[5]	9	13	40.9
2010–11	11th	6	16	27.3
2011–12	4th	18	10	64.3	Liu Peng
2012–13	6th[6]	13	11	54.2
2013–14	3rd[7]	21	6	77.8
Shanghai Baoshan Dahua Swordfish
2014–15	6th[8]	19	12	61.3	Lee Moon-kyu
2015–16	3rd[9]	25	13	65.8
2016–17	5th[10]	24	11	68.6
2017–18	3rd[11]	21	11	65.6	Cheng Chih-lung
2018–19	7th	20	17	54.1	Marina Maljković

Current players

2018–19 Shanghai Swordfish roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 3 Shen Binbin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) G 5 Li Yingyun 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 73 kg (161 lb) SF 6 Huang Jing 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) F 7 Zhang Jingdan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) F 8 Ma Yufang 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) F 9 Pan Xuemei 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 67 kg (148 lb) C 10 Zhang Zhiting 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) C 11 Jelena Dubljević 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 81 kg (179 lb) C 12 Han Xu 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) C 13 Zhang Zhixin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) PF 14 Gong Yun 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) SF 16 Zhou Yuyan 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) SG 17 Chen Yu-chun 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 72 kg (159 lb) SF 19 Bao Meng 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) F 20 Ding Kangchen 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb)	Head coach Marina Maljković Assistant coach(es) Wang Ligang Xu Jiamin Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable former players

• Tracey Braithwaite (2002)
• Tamara Stocks (2002–03)
• Ugo Oha (2004–05)
• Camille Little (2011–13)
• Sylvia Fowles (2013–15)
• Liz Cambage (2015–16)
• Breanna Stewart (2016–18)
• Peng Szu-chin (2014–15, 2017–18)
• Wei Yu-chun (2015–16)
• Ye Li (2004–05)
• Shi Xiufeng (2005–16)

References

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