Turkish_Women's_Basketball_League Knowpia

Turkish Women's Basketball League
Formerly	TBF Turkish Women's Basketball League
Founded	1980; 44 years ago
First season	1980–81
Country	Turkey
Confederation	FIBA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	KBSL
Relegation to	KBBL
Current champions	Tarsus Belediyesi (1st title); (2022–23)
Website	tbf.org.tr
	2022–23 season

The Turkish Women's Basketball League (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, TKBL), is the second-tier level women's professional basketball division of the Turkish women's basketball league system. The league was established in 1980 and is organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation.

Format and promotion and relegation edit

There are a total of 16 teams participating in the league. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. The team that finishes at first place promotes to the top-tier level Women's Basketball Super League (KBSL) for the next season, teams ranked 2nd place to 9th place, compete in playoff format and winner of the playoff also promotes. The last three teams are relegated to the third-tier level Turkish Women's Regional Basketball League (KBBL).

Current clubs (2022–23 season) edit

Team	Home city	Arena
Alanya Belediyespor	Antalya	Alanya Atatürk Sports Hall
Botaş Gelişim	Ankara	Ankara DSİ Etlik Sports Hall
DİBA	Ankara	Sinan Şamil Sam Sports Hall
Urla Belediyesi	İzmir	Urla 12 Eylül Sports Hall
Elazığ Basketbol	Elazığ	Yakup Kılıç Sports Hall
Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor	Elazığ	Elazığ İl Özel İdare Sports Hall
Emlak Konut Gelişim	Istanbul	Başakşehir Sports Complex
Fenerbahçe Gelişim	Istanbul	Metro Enerji Sports Hall
Edremit Belediyesi Gürespor	Balıkesir	Edremit Sports Hall
Yalova VIP	Yalova	Yalova 90. Yıl Sports Hall
İzmit Belediyespor	Kocaeli	Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Sports Hall
Kırklareli Basket	Kırklareli	Kırklareli Sports Hall
Tarsus Belediyesi	Mersin	Edip Buran Arena
Boğaziçi Basketbol	Istanbul	Şehit Mustafa Özel Sports Complex
Turgutlu Belediyespor	Manisa	Yıldırım Beyazıt Sports Hall
~~Karşıyaka Çarşı Koleji~~¹	~~İzmir~~	~~İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall~~

¹ Karşıyaka Çarşı Koleji withdrew from the league.

Champions edit

Source:^[1]

1994–95: Manisa Spil İhtisas Spor Kulübü
1995–96: Urla Belediyespor
1996–97: Et Balık Spor Kulübü
1997–98: Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor
1998–99: Urla Belediyespor
1999–00: Migrosspor
2000–01: Alanya Belediyespor
2001–02: İstanbul Üniversitesi
2002–03: Küçükköy Belediyespor
2003–04: Kocaeli Basket
2004–05: Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü
2005–06: Galatasaray
2006–07: Burhaniye Belediyespor
2007–08: Tarsus Belediyespor
2008–09: Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediye Kağıtspor
2009–10: Alanya Belediyespor
2010–11: TED Ankara Kolejliler
2011–12: Edremit Belediyespor
2012–13: Altay Konak Belediyespor
2013–14: Edirnespor
2014–15: Basketbolu Geliştirenler Derneği
2015–16: Osmaniye Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
2016–17: Ormanspor
2017–18: Bodrum Basketbol SK
2018–19: Çankaya Üniversitesi
2019–20: Cancelled due to the COVID–19 pandemic.
2020–21: Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2021–22: Emlak Konut SK^[2]
2022–23: Tarsus Belediyesispor

References edit

^ Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu Lig Şampiyonları tbf.org.tr
^ "Emlak Konut Spor, Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi'ne yükseldi! Kupayı Bakan Kurum'un elinden aldılar". Hurriyet (in Turkish). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.