Turkish Women's Basketball League

The Turkish Women’s Basketball League (Turkish: Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, TKBL) or Turkish Women’s Basketball Super League (Turkish: Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL) is the top-level women's professional basketball league in Turkey. The league was established in 1980 and is organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation. There is also a Turkish Women's Second Basketball League (TKB2L), the second level in the Turkish women's basketball league system.

Turkish Women's Basketball League
Founded1980
Country Turkey
ConfederationFIBA
Number of teams13
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Turkish Cup
SupercupPresidential Cup
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Current championsFenerbahçe (14th title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsFenerbahçe (14 titles)
Websitetbf.org.tr
2018–19 Turkish Women's Basketball League

Fenerbahçe are the most successful team in competition history, having won 14 championship titles to date.

Competition system

The competition is played in two phases: 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 eight 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 eight teams: first round, semifinals and finals. The four winners of the first round advance to the semifinal round. The two victors of the semifinals compete in the final playoff round for the championship title.

2019-20 season
Club City Arena
Adana Basketbol Adana Menderes Sports Hall
Beşiktaş Istanbul BJK Akatlar Arena
Botaş Ankara Ankara Arena
Canik Belediyespor Samsun Mehmet Can Öztürk Sports Hall
Çankaya Üniversitesi Ankara Ankara Arena
Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Servet Tazegül Arena
Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor Elazığ Elazığ İl Özel İdare Sports Hall
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Metro Enerji Sports Hall
Galatasaray Istanbul Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall
Hatay BBSK Antakya Antakya Sport Hall
İzmit Belediyespor İzmit Kocaeli Atatürk Sports Hall
Kayseri Basketbol Kayseri Kadir Has Sport Hall
Ormanspor Ankara Sait Zarifoğlu Sports Hall

Title holders

Source:[1]

Performance by club
Club Titles Years won
Fenerbahçe 14 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
Galatasaray 13 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015
Beşiktaş 3 1984, 1985, 2005
Middle East Technical University 3 1981, 1982, 1983
Botaş SK 2 2001, 2003
MTA 2 1986, 1987
İstanbul University 1 1989
Near East University 1 2017

Notable players

Players written in italic still play in the league.

References
  1. "Lig Şampiyonları [League Champions]". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Basketball Federation. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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