The 2016 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 27th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. The league was expanded to 20 teams, with 10 teams in North Group and 10 teams in South Group.[1]

China League Two
Season2016
ChampionsLijiang Jiayunhao
PromotedLijiang Jiayunhao
Baoding Yingli ETS
Matches played206
Goals scored480 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerZhang Shuang (14 goals)
Biggest home winShenzhen Renren 6-1 Baotou Nanjiao
(Sept. 17th, 2016)
(5 goals)
Biggest away win6 matches
(3 goals)
Highest scoringJiangsu Yancheng Dingli 3-5 Hainan Boying & Seamen
(Sept. 10th, 2016)
(8 goals)
2015
2017

Team changes

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Name changes

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Other changes

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Clubs

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Clubs and locations

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Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2015 season
North Beijing BIT R   Robert Ahufinger Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 CL1, 15th
Hebei Elite   Xu Tao Qinhuangdao Chinese Football School Stadium N/A North, 3rd
Tianjin Huochetou   Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 4th
Baoding Yingli ETS   Zhao Changhong Baoding Baoding People's Stadium 13,000 North, 5th
Baotou Nanjiao   David Camhi Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 40,545 North, 6th
Yinchuan Helanshan   Kazuo Uchida Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 7th
Shenyang Dongjin   Lee Woo-hyung Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 8th
Heilongjiang Lava Spring   Zoran Janković Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 South, 5th
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli   Gao Fei Yancheng Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre 10,000 South, 8th
Shenyang Urban P   Marek Zub Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 CAL, 4th
South Jiangxi Liansheng R   Song Lihui Jiujiang Jiujiang Stadium 31,000 CL1, 16th
Sichuan Longfor   Vítor Pontes Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 2nd
Meizhou Meixian Hakka   Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 3rd
Lijiang Jiayunhao   Zhang Biao Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th
Shanghai JuJu Sports   Radomir Koković Shanghai Shanghai University Sports Center Stadium 3,430 South, 6th
Nantong Zhiyun   Wei Xin Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 South, 7th
Chengdu Qbao   Zhao Faqing Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 North, 2nd
Suzhou Dongwu P   Tang Bo Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 CAL, 1st
Hainan Boying & Seamen P   Li Xiao Haikou Hainan Sport School Stadium 10,000 CAL, 2nd
Shenzhen Renren P   Li Yuanping (caretaker) Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 CAL, 3rd

Clubs Locations

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Managerial changes

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Club Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Yinchuan Helanshan   Zhu Bo 22 December 2015   Kazuo Uchida 22 December 2015 [10]
Hebei Elite   Juan Carlos Añón 31 December 2015   Xu Tao 1 January 2016
Baoding Yingli ETS   Fan Yuhong 31 December 2015   Zhao Changhong 9 January 2016 [11]
Shenzhen Renren   Zhang Jun 31 December 2015   Siniša Gogić 12 January 2016 [12]
Nantong Zhiyun   Huang Yong 31 December 2015   Wei Xin 14 January 2016 [13]
Shanghai JuJu Sports   Zhang Biao 31 December 2015   Radomir Koković 15 January 2016
Baotou Nanjiao   Xu Hui 31 December 2015   David Camhi 18 January 2016 [14]
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli   Wei Xin 31 December 2015   Gao Fei 22 January 2016 [15]
Heilongjiang Lava Spring   Darko Nović 31 December 2015   Zoran Janković 23 January 2016 [16]
Shenyang Urban   Li Zheng 31 December 2015   Marek Zub 24 January 2016 [17]
Shenyang Dongjin   Li Wei 31 December 2015   Lee Woo-hyung 28 January 2016 [18]
Jiangxi Liansheng   Sun Wei 31 December 2015   Song Lihui 31 January 2016 [19]
Sichuan Longfor   Jia Jin 15 January 2016   Zhang Weizhe 17 February 2016 [20]
Sichuan Longfor   Zhang Weizhe 7 May 2016   Vítor Pontes 7 May 2016 [21]
Shenzhen Renren   Siniša Gogić 26 June 2016   Li Yuanping (caretaker) 26 June 2016 [22]
Lijiang Jiayunhao   Wang Zheng 6 July 2016   Zhang Biao 6 July 2016
Beijing BIT R   Yuan Wei July 2016   Robert Ahufinger July 2016

League table

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North Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Qualifying
1 Yinchuan Helanshan (Q) 18 12 5 1 30 10 +20 41 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Hebei Elite (Q) 18 11 5 2 32 15 +17 38
3 Shenyang Urban (Q) 18 10 3 5 28 15 +13 33
4 Baoding Yingli ETS (Q, P) 18 9 5 4 28 16 +12 32
5 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30 Qualifying to Play-offs
6 Baotou Nanjiao 18 5 4 9 22 29 −7 19
7 Tianjin Huochetou 18 4 4 10 16 24 −8 16
8 Beijing BIT 18 3 7 8 16 28 −12 16
9 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 18 2 7 9 13 26 −13 13
10 Shenyang Dongjin 18 1 5 12 14 41 −27 8
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

South Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Qualifying
1 Meizhou Meixian Hakka (Q) 18 8 10 0 25 14 +11 34 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q, C, P) 18 10 4 4 26 18 +8 34
3 Jiangxi Liansheng (Q) 18 7 10 1 22 14 +8 31
4 Sichuan Longfor (Q) 18 7 8 3 21 14 +7 29
5 Chengdu Qbao 18 7 5 6 20 16 +4 26 Qualifying to Play-offs
6 Shenzhen Renren 18 5 5 8 14 15 −1 20
7 Suzhou Dongwu 18 4 6 8 10 14 −4 18
8 Nantong Zhiyun 18 3 9 6 13 19 −6 18
9 Hainan Boying & Seamen 18 4 5 9 12 22 −10 17
10 Shanghai JuJu Sports 18 2 4 12 15 32 −17 10
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lijiang Jiayunhao (C, P) 23 13 5 5 32 21 +11 44[a] League One
2 Baoding Yingli ETS (P) 23 11 6 6 34 22 +12 39[a]
3 Jiangxi Liansheng 23 10 11 2 31 20 +11 41[b]
4 Sichuan Longfor 23 9 9 5 27 20 +7 36[b]
5 Yinchuan Helanshan 20 12 6 2 32 13 +19 42[c]
6 Hebei Elite 20 11 6 3 33 18 +15 39[c]
7 Meizhou Meixian Hakka 20 8 11 1 26 17 +9 35[c]
8 Shenyang Urban 20 10 3 7 30 19 +11 33[c]
9 Chengdu Qbao 20 8 6 6 24 19 +5 30[d]
10 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 20 9 4 7 28 24 +4 31[d]
11 Shenzhen Renren 20 7 5 8 21 16 +5 26[e]
12 Baotou Nanjiao 20 5 4 11 23 36 −13 19[e]
13 Tianjin Huochetou 20 5 5 10 22 26 −4 20[f] Disbanded after season
14 Suzhou Dongwu 20 4 7 9 12 20 −8 19[g]
15 Beijing BIT 20 5 7 8 19 29 −10 22[h]
16 Nantong Zhiyun 20 3 9 8 14 22 −8 18[h]
17 Hainan Boying & Seamen 20 6 5 9 20 25 −5 23[i]
18 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 20 2 7 11 16 34 −18 13[i]
19 Shenyang Dongjin 20 2 5 13 18 43 −25 11[j]
20 Shanghai JuJu Sports 20 3 4 13 17 36 −19 13[j]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lijiang 2:0 Baoding
  2. ^ a b Jiangxi 3:2 Sichuan
  3. ^ a b c d Yinchuan, 1pts, GD=-1; Elite, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=38; Meixian, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=34; Urban, 0pts
  4. ^ a b Chengdu 2:2 Heilongjiang; Heilongjiang 1:2 Chengdu
  5. ^ a b Baotou 0:1 Renren; Renren 6:1 Baotou
  6. ^ Dongwu 1:1 Huochetou; Huochetou 5:1 Dongwu
  7. ^ TJL
  8. ^ a b BIT 2:1 Nantong; Nantong 0:1 BIT
  9. ^ a b Yancheng 3:5 Hainan; Hainan 3:0 Yancheng
  10. ^ a b JuJu Sports 2:1 Dongjin; Dongjin 3:0 JuJu Sports

Group stage results

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North Group

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Home \ Away BDY BTN BIT HBE HLJ JSY SYU SYD TJH YCH
Baoding Yingli ETS 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Baotou Nanjiao 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 1–2 0–2
Beijing BIT 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
Hebei Elite 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–1
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0
Shenyang Urban 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Shenyang Dongjin 1–4 2–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1
Tianjin Huochetou 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Yinchuan Helanshan 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

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Home \ Away CDQ HNS JXL LJJ MXH NTZ SHJ SZR SCL SZD
Chengdu Qbao 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Hainan Boying & Seamen 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–0
Jiangxi Liansheng 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–0
Meizhou Meixian Hakka 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Nantong Zhiyun 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Shanghai JuJu Sports 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
Shenzhen Renren 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–1 2–0
Sichuan Longfor 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Suzhou Dongwu 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Nineteenth place match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shanghai JuJu Sports 2–4 Shenyang Dongjin 2–1 0–3

First leg

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Shanghai JuJu Sports2–1Shenyang Dongjin
Shen Longyuan   60'
Lai Yanglong   89'
Report Wen Tianpeng   67'

Second leg

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Shenyang Dongjin3–0Shanghai JuJu Sports
Zhao Yuhan   37'
Guo Zihao   41', 84'

Seventeenth Place Match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 3–8 Hainan Boying & Seamen 3–5 0–3

First leg

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Second leg

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Hainan Boying & Seamen3–0Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
Wu Chen   40', 78', 88'
Referee: Liang Songshang

Fifteenth Place Match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beijing BIT 3–1 Nantong Zhiyun 2–1 1–0

First leg

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Beijing BIT2–1Nantong Zhiyun
Meng Yang   56'
Cui Wei   90'
Report Qian Changjie   73'

Second leg

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Nantong Zhiyun0–1Beijing BIT
Chen Zixuan   48'

Thirteenth Place Match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suzhou Dongwu 2–6 Tianjin Huochetou 1–1 1–5

First leg

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Suzhou Dongwu1–1Tianjin Huochetou
Wang Feng   41' Report Wang Guanyi   90'
Referee: Sun Chen

Second leg

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Tianjin Huochetou5–1Suzhou Dongwu
Wu Yuheng   32'
Li Zhi   45'
Ma Hongwei   51'
Hu Mingtian   67'
Wang Erzhuo   69'
Yu Zengpin   61'
Referee: Zhang Haijun

Eleventh Place Match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Baotou Nanjiao 1–7 Shenzhen Renren 0–1 1–6

First leg

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Baotou Nanjiao0–1Shenzhen Renren
Report Cao Tianbao   77'

Second leg

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Shenzhen Renren6–1Baotou Nanjiao
Cao Tianbao   20', 45'
Yang Bin   64'
Ma Xiaolei   66', 74', 82'
Wang Xiao   58'
Referee: Xu Qiangqiang

Ninth Place Match

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chengdu Qbao 4–3 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2–2 2–1

First leg

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Second leg

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Heilongjiang Lava Spring1–2Chengdu Qbao
Wang Yunlong   46' Gan Rui   52'
Xia Jin   69'

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sichuan Longfor 3–2 Yinchuan Helanshan 2–1 1–1
Shenyang Urban 2–4 Lijiang Jiayunhao 0–1 2–3
Baoding Yingli ETS 3–1 Meizhou Meixian Hakka 1–1 2–0
Jiangxi Liansheng 3–1 Hebei Elite 2–0 1–1

First leg

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Sichuan Longfor2–1Yinchuan Helanshan
Chen Shaoqin   38'
Jiang Xiaochen   51'
Report Wang Guanyu   55'
Referee: Zhen Wei



Jiangxi Liansheng2–0Hebei Elite
Huang Jiaqiang   50'
Fan Zhiqiang   63'
Report
Referee: Tang Shunqi

Second leg

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Yinchuan Helanshan1–1Sichuan Longfor
Yang Changpeng   90+2' Hu Jun   27' (o.g.)
Referee: Shen Yinhao

Sichuan Longfor won 3–2 on aggregate.


Lijiang Jiayunhao3–2Shenyang Urban
Yang Zi   9', 35'
Wen Shuo   54'
Wu Dingmao   11'
Duan Yunzi   22'

Lijiang Jiayunhao won 4–2 on aggregate.


Meizhou Meixian Hakka0–2Baoding Yingli ETS
Zhang Shuang   2', 90+2'

Baoding Yingli ETS won 3–1 on aggregate.


Hebei Elite1–1Jiangxi Liansheng
Shi Jun   48' Xu Bo   50'

Jiangxi Liansheng won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lijiang Jiayunhao 1–1 (2–1 p) Sichuan Longfor 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Jiangxi Liansheng 3–3 (a) Baoding Yingli ETS 3–1 0–2

First leg

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Jiangxi Liansheng3–1Baoding Yingli ETS
Fan Zhiqiang   45+2'
Zhang Zhichao   66'
Xu Chen   87'
Du Junpeng   72'
Referee: Chen Gang

Second leg

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1–1 on aggregate. Lijiang Jiayunhao won 2–1 on penalties.


Baoding Yingli ETS2–0Jiangxi Liansheng
Yang Hao   78'
Liu Xiaodong   90+2'
Referee: Hei Xiaohu

3–3 on aggregate. Baoding Yingli ETS won on away goals.

Third-Place Match

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Jiangxi Liansheng3–2Sichuan Longfor
Zhu Yifan   34', 87'
Fan Zhiqiang   56'
Zhu Chaoqing   20'
Liu Yaoxin   72'
Referee: Gu Chunhan

Final Match

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Lijiang Jiayunhao2–0Baoding Yingli ETS
Yang Zi   14'
Men Yang   87'

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Total
1
  Zhang Shuang Baoding Yingli ETS
14
2
  Tan Tiancheng Yinchuan Helanshan
11
3
  Han Zilong Hebei Elite
9
  Yang Jian Shenyang Urban
9
  Yan Peng Shenyang Urban
9
6
  Fan Zhiqiang Jiangxi Liansheng
8
  Yang Zi Lijiang Jiayunhao
8
  Zhu Yifan Jiangxi Liansheng
8
9
  Liu Yang Meizhou Meixian Hakka
7
  Shi Jun Hebei Elite
7
  Wang Ziming Heilongjiang Lava Spring
7
  Yang Wanshun Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
7

Last updated: 23 October 2016
Source: fa.org.cn

Awards

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The awards of 2016 China League Two were announced on 11 November 2016.[23]

Attendance

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Club Total Average Change
Lijiang Jiayunhao 88,268 7,356 8.4%
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 85,981 8,598 253.2%
Sichuan Longfor 66,093 6,008 57.2%
Jiangxi Liansheng 63,196 5,266 -1.5%
Meizhou Meixian Hakka 52,188 5,219 -21.2%
Nantong Zhiyun 48,252 4,825 200.3%
Shenyang Urban 32,386 3,239 n/a
Yinchuan Helanshan 32,080 3,208 28.5%
Shenzhen Renren 25,541 2,554 n/a
Baoding Yingli ETS 22,099 2,009 -16.2%
Baotou Nanjiao 17,079 1,708 -71.9%
Hainan Boying & Seamen 14,564 1,456 n/a
Chengdu Qbao 14,422 1,442 -6.5%
Beijing BIT 7,483 748 -57.2%
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 7,310 731 24.7%
Suzhou Dongwu 7,279 728 n/a
Shenyang Dongjin 5,874 587 173.2%
Shanghai JuJu Sports 4,230 423 -40.4%
Hebei Elite 4,227 423 52.6%
Tianjin Huochetou 2,015 202 -2.2%
Total 600,567 2,915 13.1%

Note:
Teams played previous season in CL1.
Teams played previous season in CAL.
Source: 同道DATA, 同道DATA

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