The 1998-99 CBA season is the 4th CBA season.

The season ran from December 27, 1998 to April 25, 1999. Air Force withdrew from the league before this season, therefore 3 teams were promoted from the Second Division. They were Jilin Northeast Tigers

Jilin Northeast Tigers

Jilin Tonggang Northeast Tigers or Jilin Northeast Tigers or Jilin Tonggang are a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Changchun, Jilin....

, Sichuan Pandas and Beijing Olympians

Beijing Olympians

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Playoffs

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

For the first time, the semifinals used best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets

Bayi Rockets

Bayi Shuanglu Rockets or Bayi Rockets or Bayi Army Rockets or Bayi Shuanglu are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang...

 defeated Liaoning Hunters

Liaoning Hunters

Liaoning Panpan Dinosaurs or Liaoning Dinosaurs or Liaoning Panpan are a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Yingkou, Liaoning....

(3-0), and claimed its 4th straight CBA championship.

Relegations

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

Ji'nan Army and Sichuan Pandas were relegated to the Second Division.

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