China News Service, July 18th, on the evening of the 17th, CBA officially announced the punishment announcement for Shenzhen men's basketball team leader Liu Hongjiang. Because in the match with the Beijing team, Liu Hongjiang questioned the referee's penalty, which interfered with the normal progress of the game, and gave him two suspensions and a fine of 100,000 yuan.
In the match between CBA Shenzhen and Beijing, Liu Hongjiang was expelled from the court due to dissatisfaction with the referee's punishment and consecutive technical fouls. Liu Hongjiang, who was very dissatisfied with the penalty, had a verbal conflict with the referee, and then left the court angrily. This behavior also incurred a ticket for him.
The full text of the announcement is as follows:
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On July 16, 2020, the second stage (tenth match day) of the 2019-2020 season CBA League rematch (the tenth match day), the Shenzhen New Century Club Marco Polo Basketball Team (hereinafter referred to as "Shenzhen Marco Polo Team") and the Beijing Shougang Club Basketball Team When there were 2 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, Shenzhen Marco Polo team leader Liu Hongjiang questioned the referee's penalty, which interfered with the normal progress of the game and adversely affected the CBA league.
For serious league discipline, according to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 46 of Chapter 4 of the Disciplinary Guidelines for the 2019-2020 Season Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League (hereinafter referred to as the "Disciplinary Guidelines"), the leader of Shenzhen Marco Polo Team Liu Hongjiang was notified of criticism, The penalty for two suspensions will be suspended on July 19, 2020 for Zhejiang Guangsha Holdings against Shenzhen Marco Polo and on July 21 for Shenzhen Marco Polo against Shanghai Jiushi, and will be fined RMB 100,000. The payment of fines shall be handled in accordance with Article 14 of Chapter I of the Disciplinary Guidelines.