Xinjiang had the chance to qualify for the playoffs in the 07-08 season and compete for the championship. However, due to the "official Xiuchang identity" incident, the 15 games of the Xinjiang regular season were judged to be 0-20 losses and disqualified from the playoffs.
Guan Xiuchang is a Chinese-American player with a forged Chinese identity card. It is reported that "Guan Xiu Chang" has parents of Vietnamese overseas Chinese, he himself does not speak Chinese, and has played in the American college league. During the 2007-2008 CBA season, Guan Xiuchang played for the Xinjiang team with an ID card from Harbin. In the 18 games that Guan Xiuchang played for Xinjiang, Xinjiang won 15 games, but Guan Xiuchang only averaged 6.2 points per game.
The 07-08 regular season entered the final stage, and the Jiangsu media once again questioned the identity of Guan Xiuchang. In the meantime, some clubs verbally reflected the situation to the Chinese Basketball Association. The Chinese Basketball Association also sent special personnel to investigate, and the attitude of Xinjiang is not very positive. After investigation, it was confirmed that Guan Xiuchang's Heilongjiang identity card and Macao passport provided by the Xinjiang side were forged, and Guan Xiuchang used an American passport when flying during the game, although the Basketball Association issued a notice not to let Guan Xiuchang leave the team and let him stay in the club temporarily to await investigation, but at the end of last year, Guan Xiuchang secretly returned to the United States. For the before and after of this matter, the Xinjiang club's statement was "unaware". After consecutive meetings to discuss the handling of this matter, the Chinese Basketball Association announced the final results.
Guan Xiuchang's identity was officially confirmed, Guan Xiuchang was a Chinese-American player, xinjiang team in the case of already having two foreign aid also let Guan Xiuchang participate in the violation, judging that Guan Xiuchang participated in the 18 games Xinjiang team lost 0-20, Xinjiang team from the 3rd place in the regular season to 11th place, the original 9th zhejiang Guangsha replaced Xinjiang team to participate in the playoffs.
After announcing the punishment results of the incident, Hao Guohua also made a self-review on behalf of the CBA League Office, saying that in matters such as registration, they have regulatory oversight omissions, giving some people the opportunity to take advantage of the bad impact on the league, for this reason, the Basketball Association will investigate the problems of the relevant responsible persons and improve the relevant management system.