Turkish Women's Basketball League

Turkish Women's Basketball League

Formerly	TBF Turkish Women’s First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1980-1981
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Turkey
Most recent champion(s)	Fenerbahçe
Most titles	Fenerbahçe (11), Galatasaray (11)
Official website	[1]

The Turkish Women’s Basketball League (Turkish: Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, TKBL) is the top women’s professional basketball league in Turkey organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The women’s league started in 1980. There is also a Turkish Women’s Second Basketball League (TKB2L).

The competition [edit]

The competitions are played in two categories: Standard league and playoffs. There are 12 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league manner, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoff games. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League, ranking 11th and 12th, relegate into the Second League. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League.

The playoffs follow a tournament format in three rounds for 8 teams: first round, semifinals and final. The four winners of the first round go to the semifinal round. The two victors of the semifinals compete in the final playoff round for the TBBL championship.

Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray are the most successful teams of this competition with 11 trophies each.

History [edit]

• 1980-1981 ODTÜ
• 1981-1982 ODTÜ
• 1982-1983 ODTÜ
• 1983-1984 Beşiktaş
• 1984-1985 Beşiktaş
• 1985-1986 MTA^{[disambiguation needed]}
• 1986-1987 MTA^{[disambiguation needed]}
• 1987-1988 Galatasaray
• 1988-1989 İÜSBK
• 1989-1990 Galatasaray
• 1990-1991 Galatasaray
• 1991-1992 Galatasaray
• 1992-1993 Galatasaray
• 1993-1994 Galatasaray
• 1994-1995 Galatasaray
• 1995-1996 Galatasaray
• 1996-1997 Galatasaray
• 1997-1998 Galatasaray
• 1998-1999 Fenerbahçe
• 1999-2000 Galatasaray
• 2000-2001 Botaş SK
• 2001-2002 Fenerbahçe
• 2002-2003 Botaş SK
• 2003-2004 Fenerbahçe
• 2004-2005 Beşiktaş
• 2005-2006 Fenerbahçe
• 2006-2007 Fenerbahçe
• 2007-2008 Fenerbahçe
• 2008-2009 Fenerbahçe
• 2009-2010 Fenerbahçe
• 2010-2011 Fenerbahçe
• 2011-2012 Fenerbahçe
• 2012-2013 Fenerbahçe

Titles [edit]

Notable Players [edit]

Italic players still plays in the league

External links [edit]

• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball League Official Website
• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball Federation Official Website

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