The Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers () or Tianjin Ronggang or Tianjin Pioneers are a

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Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

, which plays in the Northern Division of the

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(CBA). The Ronggang Import & Export Trade Company, Ltd., is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a

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History

Tianjin's team joined the league ahead of the 2008–09 CBA season as an expansion club, and is still seeking its first championship as of the 2015–16 CBA season.

Roster

Notable players

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External links

Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers official website
Chinese Basketball Association teams Sport in Tianjin {{PRChina-basketball-team-stub