The Beijing Lions were a professional
arena football
Arena football is a variety of gridiron football designed to be played indoors. The game is played on a smaller field than American or Canadian football, designed to fit in the same surface area as a standard North American ice hockey rink, an ...
team based in
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
,
China
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. They were members of the
China Arena Football League
The China Arena Football League (), often abbreviated as the CAFL, was a professional arena football league that played its games in the People's Republic of China. It featured players from the now-defunct Arena Football League (AFL) and other ...
(CAFL). They won the
China Bowl in 2016.
History
The Beijing Lions were one of the first six teams to play in the China Arena Football League. They finished the 2016 season with a perfect record of 6–0 and won the league title by beating the
Qingdao Clipper 35–34 on a last second field goal in the first
China Bowl.
On October 20, 2017, it was announced that
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who was also the head coach for the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) from 2019–2023. After his freshman year ...
had reached an agreement to become the owner of the Lions.
Seasons
References
External links
China Arena Football League official website
China Arena Football League teams
2016 establishments in China
Sport in Beijing
American football teams established in 2016
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