Türkiye Basketbol Ligi

Türkiye Basketbol Ligi

Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
First season	1969–70
Country	Turkey
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Relegation to	TB2L
International cup(s)	TBL Federation Cup
Current champions	Manisa BB (1st title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Tofaş (4 titles)
Website	Link

The Turkish Basketball First League (Turkish: Türkiye Basketbol Ligi; TBL), is the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L).

Format and promotion and relegation

There are a total of 18 teams participating in the league for the 2023-24 TBL season. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. Team finishes at first place promotes to the top-tier level Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) for the next season, teams ranked 2nd place to 9th place, compete in playoff format and winner of the playoff also promotes. The last two teams are relegated to the third-tier level Turkish Basketball Second League.

League champions and promoted teams

• 1970: Ankaragücü
• 1971: Şekerspor
• 1972: Kadıköyspor
• 1973: Adana Demirspor, Samsunspor
• 1974: Eczacıbaşı, Karşıyaka
• 1975: ODTÜ, Adana Demirspor
• 1976: Yenişehir, Tofaş
• 1977: Muhafızgücü, Ziraat Fakültesi
• 1978: Taçspor, Efes Pilsen
• 1979: İTÜ , TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1980: Muhafızgücü, Güney Sanayi, ODTÜ, Mülkiye
• 1981: Çukurova Sanayi, Antbirlik
• 1982: TED Ankara Kolejliler, Oyak Renault
• 1983: Ankara DSİ (withdrew)
• 1984: Anadolu Hisarı İdman Yurdu, Hilalspor, TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1985: Yenişehir Hortaş, Tarsus İdman Yurdu (withdrew)
• 1986: Oyak Renault (withdrew), Beslen Makarna, Nasaş, Şekerspor
• 1987: Paşabahçe, Hilalspor
• 1988: Tekirdağ Büyük Salat, Beykoz
• 1989: Beşiktaş -, Nasaş
• 1990: Tofaş, TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1991: Eczacıbaşı, PTT
• 1992: Kayseri Meysu, Konyaspor, Oyak Renault, Yıldırımspor, Darüşşafaka, Ortaköy
• 1993: Bakırköyspor, Antalyaspor, Çimtur (merger with Antalyaspor)
• 1994: Taçspor, Antbirlik, Vestel (withdrew), Kayseri Meysu
• 1995: Tuborg, Netaş
• 1996: TED Ankara Kolejliler, İTÜ
• 1997: Muratpaşa, Oyak Renault
• 1998: Kuşadası, TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1999: İTÜ, Emlakbank (withdrew)
• 2000: Altay, Antbirlik, Karagücü (withdrew), Büyük Kolej

TBL history

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Champion's Coach
2000–01	İTÜ	Oyak Renault	—
2001–02	İzmir BB	Tekelspor	—
2002–03	Tofaş	Tuborg Pilsener	—
2003–04	Banvit	Erdemirspor	—
2004–05	Mersin BB	TTNet Beykoz	Rebah Sıdalı
2005–06	Tofaş	TED Ankara Kolejliler	Tolga Öngören
2006–07	Antalya BB	Kepez Belediyesi	Ahmet Kandemir
2007–08	Erdemirspor	Aliağa Petkim	Gökhan Taştimur
2008–09	Tofaş	Bornova Belediye	Nihat İziç
2009–10	Trabzonspor	Olin Edirne	Alaeddin Yakan
2010–11	Bandırma Kırmızı	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Ahmet Gürgen
2011–12	TED Ankara Kolejliler	Royal Halı Gaziantep	Murat Özyer
2012–13	Trabzonspor	Uşak Sportif	Hasan Özmeriç
2013–14	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	İstanbul BB	Orhun Ene
2014–15	Yeşilgiresun Belediye	Tüyap Büyükçekmece	Ahmet Kandemir
2015–16	Tofaş	Best Balıkesir	Orhun Ene
2016–17	Sakarya BB	Eskişehir Basket	Selçuk Ernak
2017–18	Afyon Belediye	Bahçesehir	Can Sevim
2018–19	Bursaspor Durmazlar	OGM Ormanspor	Arda Vekiloğlu
2019–20	Season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Turkey.
2020–21	Merkezefendi Belediyesi	Semt77 YalovaSpor	Zafer Aktaş
2021–22	Manisa BB	Beysu Konyaspor	Ceyhun Cabadak
2022–23	Çağdaş Bodrumspor	Yılyak Samsunspor	Ender Arslan
2023–24	Semt77 YalovaSpor		Faruk Beşok

Turkish Basketball League Federation Cup

Current clubs

References

External links

• Official site (in Turkish)
• Eurobasket.com League Profile

This page was last edited on 21 April 2024, at 15:20