Turkish Basketball First League

Turkish Basketball First League (TBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 TBL season
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Formerly	Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L)
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1969
No. of teams	18
Country	Turkey
Confederation	Turkish Basketball Federation
Most recent champion(s)	Yeşilgiresun Belediye (2014–15)
Most titles	Tofaş (4 titles)
Level on pyramid	2nd tier on Turkish Pyramid
Promotion to	BSL
Relegation to	TB2L
Official website	[1]

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 18 teams participating in the league for the 2015–16 TBL season. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. Two teams are promoted to the top-tier Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) for the next season, and the last two teams are relegated to the third-tier 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: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. , TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1980: Muhafızgücü, Güney Sanayi, ODTÜ, Mülkiye
• 1981: Çukurova Sanayi, Antbirlik
• 1982: TED Ankara Kolejliler, Oyak Renault
• 1983: DSİ (withdrew)
• 1984: Anadolu Hisarı İdman Yurdu SK, Hilalspor, TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1985: Hortaş Yenişehir, Tarsus İdman Yurdu (withdrew)
• 1986: Oyak Renault (withdrew), Beslen Makarna, Nasaş, Şekerspor
• 1987: Paşabahçe, Hilalspor
• 1988: Tekirdağ Büyük Salat, Beykoz
• 1989: Beşiktaş J.K., 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, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.
• 1997: Muratpaşa, Oyak Renault
• 1998: Kuşadası, TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 1999: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K., Emlakbank (withdrew)
• 2000: Altay S.K., Antbirlik, Karagücü (withdrew), Büyük Kolej

TBL history

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Champion's Coach
2000–01	İ.T.Ü.	Oyak Renault	N/A
2001–02	İzmir BB	Tekelspor	N/A
2002–03	Tofaş	Tuborg Pilsener	N/A
2003–04	Banvit	Erdemirspor	N/A
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

Turkish Basketball League Federation Cup

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

Clubs 2015–16 season

The next season consists of the following member clubs:

Club	City
Acıbadem Üniversitesi	Istanbul
Adanaspor	Adana
Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor	Afyonkarahisar
Akhisar Belediyespor	Manisa
Ankara DSİ Era	Ankara
Bandırma Kırmızı	Bandırma
Best Balıkesir	Balıkesir
Denizli Basket	Denizli
Final Gençlik	Bursa
Eskişehir Basket	Eskişehir
Gediz Üniversitesi	İzmir
Gelişim Koleji	İzmir
İstanbul DSİ	Istanbul
Melikşah Üniversitesi	Kayseri
Pertevniyal	Istanbul
Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyesi	Sakarya
Socar Petkim	İzmir
Tofaş	Bursa

Clubs 2014–15 season

The league currently consists of the following member clubs:

Club	City
Adanaspor Basketbol	Adana
Akhisar Belediyespor	Manisa
Ankara DSİ Era	Ankara
Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor	Afyonkarahisar
Best Balıkesir	Balıkesir
Denizli Basket	Denizli
Final Gençlik	Bursa
Gediz Üniversitesi	İzmir
Gelişim Koleji	İzmir
İstanbul DSİ	Istanbul
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Istanbul
Melikşah Üniversitesi	Kayseri
Mersin BB	Mersin
Pertevniyal	Istanbul
Sakarya BB	Sakarya
Socar Petkim	İzmir
Tüyap Büyükçekmece	Istanbul
Yeşilgiresun Belediye	Giresun

• League participation withdraw : Aliağa Petkim, Vestelspor Manisa, Antalya BB, Aşut Mersin Basketbol Spor Kulübü