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Turkish Basketball League
Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
	Current season or competition:; Turkish Basketball League 2008-2009
	; Turkish Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Turkey
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Efes Pilsen S.K.
Official website	TBF.org.tr

The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: "Türkiye 1. Basketbol Ligi"). There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League (TB2L) consisting of 2 divisions (A and B).

[edit] History

The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1904. Galatasaray Lisesi formed the first basketball team in 1911. The next basketball team founded was of Fenerbahçe in 1913. An unofficial league was founded in 1927 in Istanbul, which lasted until the establishment of a regional official league in 1933. From 1946 on, basketball championships were organized between the leading clubs of Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

The Turkish Basketball League, in the current form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began play with the 1968-1969 season.

[edit] The competition

There are 16 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 are entitled to participate at the playoff games. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League play, respectively, with the third and fourth ranking teams of the Second League in a one game knock-out playoff. The winning top two teams are entitled to play in the Premier League, and the losing two others are relegated into the Second League. Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi and CASA TED Kolejililer placed last two standings and relegated to Second League in 2008-2009 season. They were replaced with Bornova Belediyespor and Tofaş for 2009-10 season.

[edit] Beko Basketball League 2008-09 Playoffs

The 2009 Beko Basketball League Playoffs is the final phase of the 2008-09 regular season. The Beko Basketball League playoffs started on Saturday, May 14, 2009 and will run through June with the League finals.

Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season matchups starts with a 1-0 lead to the series.

Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Beko Basketball League.

Quarter Finals			SemiFinals			Finals

1	Efes Pilsen	3
8	Darüşşafaka CT	0
			1	Efes Pilsen	3

			4	Galatasaray CC	0
4	Türk Telekom	3

5	Mersin BB	1
						3	Efes Pilsen	4
						4	Fenerbahçe Ülker	2
2	Fenerbahçe Ülker	3
7	Antalya BŞB	0
			2	Türk Telekom	0

			3	Fenerbahçe Ülker	3
3	Galatasaray CC	3

6	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	1

[edit] Clubs 2008-09 Season

Club	City	Venue	Established
Aliağa Petkim	İzmir	ENKA Spor Salonu	1993
Antalya BŞB	Antalya	Dilek Sabancı Spor Salonu	1995
Bandırma Banvit	Balıkesir	Kara Ali Acar Spor Salonu	1994
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	Istanbul	BJK Akatlar Arena	1903
CASA TED Kolejililer	Ankara	Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall	1994
Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires	Istanbul	Ayhan Şahenk Arena	1914
Efes Pilsen	Istanbul	Abdi Ipekci Sport Center	1976
Erdemir Zonguldak	Zonguldak	Erdemir Spor Salonu	2000
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	1907
Galatasaray Café Crown	Istanbul	Ayhan Şahenk Arena	1905
Kepez Belediyespor	Antalya	Dilek Sabancı Spor Salonu	1995
Mersin BŞB	Mersin	Edip Buran	1993
Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi	Konya	Selçuk Üniversitesi 19 Mayıs Spor Salonu	1987
Oyak Renault	Bursa	Bursa Atatürk Spor Salonu	1974
Pınar Karşıyaka	Izmir	Karşıyaka Pınar Arena	1912
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall	1980

[edit] TBL Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1966-67	Altınordu	No playoffs	-	N/A	Samim Göreç
1967-68	İTÜ	-	-	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1968-69	Galatasaray	-	-	N/A	Petar Sinemov
1969-70	İTÜ	-	-	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1970-71	İTÜ	-	-	N/A	Şengün Kaplanoğlu
1971-72	İTÜ	-	-	N/A	Samim Göreç
1972-73	İTÜ	-	-	N/A	Öner Şaylan
1973-74	Muhafızgücü	-	-	N/A	Armağan Asena
1974-75	Beşiktaş	-	-	N/A	Cavit Altunay
1975-76	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1976-77	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1977-78	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1978-79	Efes Pilsen	-	-	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1979-80	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1980-81	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1981-82	Eczacıbaşı	-	-	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1982-83	Efes Pilsen	-	-	N/A	Rıza Erverdi
1983-84	Efes Pilsen	Karşıyaka	2-1	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1984-85	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	2-1	N/A	Nur Germen
1985-86	Galatasaray	Efes Pilsen	2-1	N/A	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1986-87	Karşıyaka	Galatasaray	2-1	N/A	Nadir Vekiloğlu
1987-88	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3-1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1988-89	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3-1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1989-90	Galatasaray	Paşabahçe	3-1	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1990-91	Fenerbahçe	Tofaş	3-2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1991-92	Efes Pilsen	Paşabahçe	3-1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1992-93	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4-0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1993-94	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4-2	N/A	Aydın Örs
1994-95	Ülkerspor	Fenerbahçe	4-2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1995-96	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4-0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1996-97	Efes Pilsen	Türk Telekom PTT	4-1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1997-98	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4-2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1998-99	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4-2	N/A	Jasmin Repeša
1999-00	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4-1	N/A	Tolga Öngören
2000-01	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4-2	N/A	Murat Didin
2001-02	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4-2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2002-03	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4-3	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2003-04	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4-2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2004-05	Efes Pilsen	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	4-1	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2005-06	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4-0	N/A	Murat Özyer
2006-07	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Efes Pilsen	4-0	N/A	Aydın Örs
2007-08	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Türk Telekom	4-1	N/A	Bogdan Tanjević
2008-09	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4-2	Bootsy Thornton	Ergin Ataman

[edit] Titles

Team	Championships
Efes Pilsen	13
Eczacıbaşı	8
İTÜ	5
Ülkerspor	4
Galatasaray	4
Fenerbahçe Ülker	3
Tofaş	2
Karşıyaka	1
Beşiktaş	1
Muhafızgücü	1
Altınordu	1

† : This club is the product of the 2006 merger of Fenerbahçe SK with Gençlik Ve SK, better known by its sponsorship name of Ülkerspor (Ülker). Of the 6 titles won by the club in the era of the modern Turkish League, 4 were won by Ülker, one by pre-merger Fenerbahçe, and the other by Fenerbahçe Ülker in the first season after the merger.

[edit] Other Participants

Adana Demirspor (1973-1974, 1975-1976)
Altay (1967-1972, played as Egepen Altay in 2000-2001)
Altınordu (1966-1973)
Anadoluhisarı (1984-1985)
Ankaragücü (1970-1975)
Antbirlik (1981-1982, 1994-1996, 2000-2001)
Bakırköyspor (1993-1994)
Beslen Makarna (1986-1992, withdrew after finish of 1991-92 season)
Büyük Kolej (2000-2006)
Büyük Salat (1988-1988, withdrew after 7 matches)
Çukurova Sanayi (1981-1992)
DSİ Spor (1966-1982, played as Suspor between 1966-1969)
Eczacıbaşı (1974-1990, 1991-1992, Eczacıbaşı Holding closed basketball branch after relegation to Second League in 1992)
Göztepe (1968-1969, 2002-2003)
Güney Sanayi (1980-1984)
Hilalspor (1984-1986, 1987-1988)
Jandarmagücü (1967-1969)
İTÜ (1966-1994, 1996-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2006, played as Raks İTÜ in 1996-97 and Aras İTÜ in 2003-2004 seasons)
Kadıköyspor (1966-1969, 1972-1975) (Became Efes Pilsen in 1976)
Karagücü (1968-1970)
Konyaspor (1992-1993, 1996-2001, played as Kombassan Konyaspor between 1996-2001 and withdrew in 2001)
Kuşadasıspor (1998-1999)
Kurtuluş (1966-1968)
Meysuspor (1992-1993, 1994-1998)
Modaspor (1968-1971)
Muhafızgücü (1966-1976, 1977-1978, 1980-1983, played as Silahlı Kuvvetler Gücü between 1982-1983)
Muratpaşa Bld. (1993-1996, 1997-1999, played as Antalyaspor between 1993-1996 and joined to Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2001)
Mülkiye (1980-1981)
Nasaşspor (1986-1987, 1989-1993) (The team was played in İzmit, it was relocated to İstanbul and became Ülkerspor in 1993-94 season, Alpellaspor in 2006-2007 one. It was finally relocated to Trabzon and became Trabzonspor in 2008-2009 season)
Netaş (1995-1997)
ODTÜ (1975-1977, 1980-1983)
Ortaköy (1992-1998, played as Mis Süt Ortaköy in 1993-94 season, Mavi Jeans Ortaköy between 1994-1997 and Emlakbank Ortaköy in 1997-98 season)
Paşabahçe (1987-1992, İş Bankası closed basketball branch in 1992)
Samsunspor (1973-1974)
Şekerspor (1966-1968, 1971-1983, 1986-1987)
Taçspor (1978-1982, 1994-1995)
Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor (1985-1986, withdrew and played any matches)
Tekelspor (2002-2007)
Tofaş (1976-1989, 1990-2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2007, played as Tofaş SAS between 1976-1989 and withdrew from the league in 2000-2001 season)
TTNet Beykozspor (1988-1990, 205-2008, played as Sümerbank Beykozspor between 1988-1990 and Beykozspor between 2005-2007)
Yenişehir (1976-1983, 1985-1986, played as Yenişehir Meysu between 1977-1979, as İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir between 1979-1983 and as Hortaş Yenişehir between 1985-1986)
Tuborg Pilsener (1995-2001, 2003-2006, played as Tuborg between 1995-1999 and Troy Pilsener between 1999-2001 and withdrew in 2001 and in 2006)
Yıldırımspor (1992-1994, withdrew from the league in 1994)
Ziraat Fakültesi (1977-1982, 1983-1984)

[edit] External links

(Turkish) Turkish Basketball League Official Website
(Turkish) Turkish Basketball Federation Official Website
(English) tblstat.net

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