1999–2000 Chinese Basketball Association season
# 1999–2000 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 1999–2000 CBA season was the fifth CBA season.

The season ran from November 21, 1999, to March 19, 2000. Nanjing Army Thunder and Hubei Mailyard were promoted from the Second Division. Vanguard from the Second Division was merged with Beijing Olympians and the club was known as Vanguard Beijing Olympians for the next several seasons.

## Regular season standings

| # | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season | 1999–2000 CBA season |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Bayi Rockets | 21 | 1 | .955 | – | 11–0 | 10–1 | |
| 2 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 15 | 7 | .682 | 6 | 10–1 | 5–6 | |
| 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 14 | 8 | .636 | 7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | |
| 4 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 13 | 9 | .591 | 8 | 9–2 | 4–7 | SD 1–1 (169–161) BJ |
| 5 | Beijing Ducks | 13 | 9 | .591 | 8 | 10–1 | 3–8 | SD 1–1 (169–161) BJ |
| 6 | Vanguard Beijing Olympians | 12 | 10 | .545 | 9 | 9–2 | 3–8 | VB 3–1 LN 2–2 JS 1–3 |
| 7 | Liaoning Hunters | 12 | 10 | .545 | 9 | 6–5 | 6–5 | VB 3–1 LN 2–2 JS 1–3 |
| 8 | Jiangsu Dragons | 12 | 10 | .545 | 9 | 7–4 | 5–6 | VB 3–1 LN 2–2 JS 1–3 |
| 9 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 10 | 12 | .455 | 11 | 8–3 | 2–9 | |
| 10 | Zhejiang Cyclones | 8 | 14 | .364 | 13 | 6–5 | 2–9 | |
| 11 | Nanjing Army Thunder | 1 | 21 | .091 | 20 | 1–10 | 0–11 | NA 1–1 (197–185) HB |
| 12 | Hubei Mailyard | 1 | 21 | .091 | 20 | 1–10 | 0–11 | NA 1–1 (197–185) HB |

Key to colors :

* Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
* Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

## Playoffs

The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-0), and claimed its 5th straight CBA championship.

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

| Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bayi Rockets | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jiangsu Dragons | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jiangsu Dragons | 0 | 1 | Bayi Rockets | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 2 | 4 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Vanguard Beijing Olympians | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vanguard Beijing Olympians | 0 | | | | 1 | Bayi Rockets | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 0 |
| 2 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 0 |
| 7 | Liaoning Hunters | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Liaoning Hunters | 1 | 2 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 2 | 3 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Beijing Ducks | 0 | | | | | | |

## Relegations

The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.

Nanjing Army Thunder and Hubei Mailyard were relegated to the Second Division.

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhejiang Cyclones | 5 | 1 | 665 | 596 | +69 |
| Jilin Northeast Tigers | 4 | 2 | 656 | 602 | +54 |
| Hubei Mailyard | 2 | 4 | 563 | 620 | −57 |
| Nanjing Army Thunder | 1 | 5 | 546 | 612 | −66 |

Key to colors :

* Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division

| | HB | JL | NA | ZJ |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Hubei Mailyard | – | 97-86 | 74-70 | 96-101 |
| Jilin Northeast Tigers | 136-108 | – | 114-93 | 117-114 |
| Nanjing Army Thunder | 107-81 | 94-109 | – | 97-114 |
| Zhejiang Cyclones | 120-107 | 96-94 | 120-85 | – |
