GUANGZHOU: Guangdong Fenglu Aluminum Basketball Club, last season's winner of the National Basketball League (NBL), will sue the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for not being promoted to the premier league, a spokesman for the club said yesterday.

"We have to take legal action to be granted our place in the top national league," Xiao Qinglong, executive deputy general manager said.

The lawsuit will be submitted to a Beijing court in the next few days, he said.