Türkiye Basketbol Ligi

Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
Founded	1969; 55 years ago
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	Mersin MSK	Faruk Beşok

Turkish Basketball League Federation Cup

Year	Champions	Result	Runners-up
2012–13^[1]	Bandırma Kırmızı	73–64	Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi
2013–14^[2]	İstanbul BŞB	94–41	Akhisar Belediyespor
2014–15^[3]	Best Balıkesir	102–89	Sinpaş Denizli Basket

Current clubs

2024–25 Türkiye Basketbol Ligi (TBL) Teams
Team	City	District	Arena	Capacity^[4]
Balıkesir BB	Balıkesir	Karesi	Kurtdereli Spor Salonu	1.500
Çağdaş Bodrumspor	Muğla	Bodrum	Bodrum Spor Salonu	1.000
Çayırova Belediyesi	Kocaeli	Çayırova	Çayırova Spor Salonu	1.000
Esenler Erokspor	Istanbul	Esenler	Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall	3.500
Fenerbahçe Koleji Novotel	Istanbul	Ataşehir	Fenerbahçe Metro Enerji Spor Salonu	2.500
Final Spor	Bursa	Nilüfer	N.Süleymenoğlu S.salonu	2.100
Gaziantep Basketbol	Gaziantep	Şahinbey	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall	6.400
Harem Spor	Istanbul	Bahçelievler	Şehit Mustafa Özel Spor Kompleksi	2.100
iLab Basketbol	Istanbul	Sarıyer	BJK Akatlar Arena	3.200
İstanbul Anka Spor	Istanbul	Bakırköy	Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall	1.350
Kapaklıspor	Tekirdağ	Kapaklı	Çerkezköy Organize Sanayi Bölgesi Spor Salonu	500
Konyaspor	Konya	Selçuklu	Selçuklu Belediyesi Spor Salonu	1.350
MKE Ankaragücü Basketbol	Ankara	Mamak	Mamak Belediyesi Hidayet Türkoğlu Spor Salonu	4.200
OGM Ormanspor	Ankara	Yenimahalle	M. Sait Zarifoğlu Spor Salonu	2.000
Pizzabulls CO Basket	Istanbul	Küçükçekmece	Küçükçekmece Halkalı Spor Salonu	1.452
Shipeedy Lojistik Bandırma Bordo Basketbol	Balıkesir	Bandırma	Bandırma 17 Eylül Üniversitesi Spor Salonu	2.000
TED Ankara Kolejliler	Ankara	Gölbaşı	Gölbaşı Spor Salonu
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Pelitli	Hayri Gür Arena	7.500

References

External links

Official site (in Turkish)
Eurobasket.com League Profile

[1] İlk Federasyon Kupası Bandırma Kırmızı’nın

[2] Federasyon Kupası İstanbul BŞB'nin…

[3] Federasyon Kupası’nda Şampiyon: Best Balıkesir

[4] "Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu".

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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