Turkish Basketball First League

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).

Turkish Basketball First League
Founded1969 (1969)
First season1969–70
CountryTurkey
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toBasketbol Süper Ligi
Relegation toTB2L
International cup(s)TBL Federation Cup
Current championsMerkezefendi Belediyesi (1st title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsTofaş (4 titles)
WebsiteLink

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

TBL history
SeasonChampionRunner-upChampion's Coach
2000–01İ.T.Ü.Oyak Renault N/A
2001–02İzmir BBTekelspor N/A
2002–03TofaşTuborg Pilsener N/A
2003–04BanvitErdemirspor N/A
2004–05Mersin BBTTNet Beykoz Rebah Sıdalı
2005–06TofaşTED Ankara Kolejliler Tolga Öngören
2006–07Antalya BBKepez Belediyesi Ahmet Kandemir
2007–08ErdemirsporAliağa Petkim Gökhan Taştimur
2008–09TofaşBornova Belediye Nihat İziç
2009–10TrabzonsporOlin Edirne Alaeddin Yakan
2010–11Bandırma KırmızıHacettepe Üniversitesi Ahmet Gürgen
2011–12TED Ankara KolejlilerRoyal Halı Gaziantep Murat Özyer
2012–13TrabzonsporUşak Sportif Hasan Özmeriç
2013–14Darüşşafaka Doğuşİstanbul BB Orhun Ene
2014–15Yeşilgiresun BelediyeTüyap Büyükçekmece Ahmet Kandemir
2015–16TofaşBest Balıkesir Orhun Ene
2016–17Sakarya BBEskişehir 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 Ceyhun Cabadak

Turkish Basketball League Federation Cup
Year Champions Result Runners-up
2012–13[1]Bandırma Kırmızı73–64Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi
2013–14[2]İstanbul BŞB94–41Akhisar Belediyespor
2014–15[3]Best Balıkesir102–89Sinpaş 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
  1. İlk Federasyon Kupası Bandırma Kırmızı’nın
  2. Federasyon Kupası İstanbul BŞB’nin…
  3. Federasyon Kupası’nda Şampiyon: Best Balıkesir
  4. https://www.tbf.org.tr/ligler/tbl-2020-2021/takimlar
  5. https://www.tbf.org.tr/ligler/11643/takim-detay/70628/genel-bakis
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