Turkish Women's Basketball League

Not to be confused with Women's Basketball Super League.

Turkish Women's Basketball League

Founded	1980 (1980)
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) (2021–22)
Website	tbf.org.tr
2022–23 season

The Turkish Women's Basketball League (Template:Lang-tr, TKBL), is the 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

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)

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 Koleji1	İzmir	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall

¹ Karşıyaka Çarşı Koleji withdrew from the league.

Title holders

• 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– pandemic.
• 2020–21: Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor
• 2021–22: Emlak Konut SK
• 2022–23: Tarsus Belediyesispor

External links

• Official Website (in Turkish)
• Eurobasket.com Turkish Women's Basketball League (in English)
• Turkish Basketball Federation Official Website (in Turkish)