The 2001–02 CBA season is the 7th CBA season.

The season ran from December 8, 2001 to April 19, 2002. Shaanxi Kylins

Shaanxi Kylins

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 and Shenzhen Leopards

Shenzhen Yikang

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 were promoted from the Second Division. Taiwanese club Sina Lions

Sina Lions

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 joined CBA in this season.

Playoffs

The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs. For the first time, the quarterfinals used best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.

In the Final series, Shanghai Sharks

Shanghai Sharks

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 defeated Bayi Rockets

Bayi Rockets

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 (3-1), snapped a series of 6 consecutive championships for the Bayi.

Relegations

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

Beijing Olympians

Beijing Olympians

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 and Shenzhen Leopards

Shenzhen Yikang

Shenzhen Yikang was a basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, for the 2001–2002 season, based in Qingyuan . However, they finished last and left the CBA, being relegated back to the "B" division from which they had been promoted.They were formerly known as Shenzhen Runxun ,...

were relegated to the Second Division.