Turkish Basketball First League

Turkish Basketball First League
	File:Turkish Basketball League logo.png
Founded	1969; 55 years ago
First season	1969–70
Country	Turkey
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	16
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, also called 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 16 teams participating in the league for the 2019–20 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	İ.T.Ü.	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

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

2021–22 Türkiye Basketbol Ligi (TBL) Teams
Place	City	District	Team	Arena	Capacity^[4]	2021–22 start	2021–22 finish
1	Muğla	Fethiye	Fethiye Belediyespor	Fethiye Beşkaza Spor Salonu ^[5]	2.250	Relegated from BSL
2	Ankara	Yenimahalle	Ormanspor	Ankara Spor Salonu	9.984	Relegated from BSL
3	Samsun	Canik	Samsunspor	Mustafa Dağıstanlı Spor Salonu	1.669	League 3/16
4	Konya	Selçuklu	Konyaspor	Selçuklu Belediye S.Salonu	4.200	League 4/16
5	Ankara	Mamak	Mamak Belediyesi	Mamak Bld.Spor Salonu	5.000	League 5/16
6	İstanbul	Sarıyer	Sigortam.net Basketbol	Ahmet Cömert Spor Salonu	1.350	League 10/16-Cup Champ
7	Manisa	Akhisar	Akhisar Bld. Basketbol	Akhisar Bld. Spor Salonu	1.750	League 6/16
8	Kocaeli	İzmit	Kocaeli BŞB Kağıtspor	Kocaeli Atatürk Spor Salonu	1.350	League 7/16
9	Balıkesir	Karesi	Balıkesir BB	Kurtdereli Spor Salonu	1.500	League 8/16
10	Manisa	Yunusemre	Manisa BB	Muradiye Spor Salonu	3.500	League 9/16
11	Antalya	Muratpaşa	Antalya Güneşi	Cosmos Sports Center		Instead of Global C.T. Düzce
12	İzmir	Bornova	Bornova Belediyespor	Altındağ Atatürk Spor Komp.	1.920	League 12/16
13	Bursa	Gemlik	Budo Gemlik BK	Gemlik Spor Salonu	1.505	League 13/16
14	Bursa	Nilüfer	Final Gençlik	N.Süleymenoğlu S.salonu	2.100	League 14/16
15	Ankara	Çankaya	TED Ankara Kolejliler	TED Ü. Prof. Dr. R.Yüce S.S.	2.000	Upgraded from TB2L
16	Mersin	Yenişehir	Mersin BBGSK	Edip Burhan Spor S.	1.700	Upgraded from TB2L

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".

[5] "Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu".

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