Xinjiang Tian Shan Magic Deer is a Chinese professional women's

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club based in

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, playing in the

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(WCBA). The team also plays some home games in

Changji Changji is a county-level city situated about west of the regional capital, Ürümqi in Northern Xinjiang, China and has about 390,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. At the northeast corner of the modern cit ...

. The nickname Tian Shan magic deer is derived from

Tian Shan wapiti The Tian Shan wapiti or Tian Shan maral (''Cervus canadensis songaricus''), is a subspecies of ''C. canadensis''. It is also called the Tian Shan elk in North American English. Description It is native to the Tian Shan Mountains in eastern Ky ...

, an elk subspecies native to

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in Xinjiang.

Season-by-season records

Current players

Notable former players

* Tina Charles (2015–16) *

Camille Little Camille Little (born January 18, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She began her WNBA career with the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. She played college basketball ...

(2016) *

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(2017–18) *

Huang Ping-jen Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang Riv ...

(2017–18) *

Ma Zengyu Ma Zengyu (; born 7 May 1983 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese basketball player. She plays as a shooting guard. She competed in the Women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She plays in Liaoning Hengye, in Shenyang Sh ...

(2015–16) *

Zhang Xiaoni Zhang Xiaoni (; born October 29, 1983, in Yantai, Shandong) is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the teams that won gold medals at the 2002 Asian Games and the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

(2015–16, 2017–18) *

Ma Xueya Ma Xueya (, born 16 December 1993) is a Chinese basketball player. She represented China at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for wo ...

(2016–17)

References

External links

Women's Chinese Basketball Association teams Sport in Ürümqi {{PRChina-basketball-team-stub