Turkish Basketball League
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| Turkish Basketball League | |
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| Current season or competition: Turkish Basketball League 2007-2008 |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1966 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country(ies) |  Turkey |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| 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).
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[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 SK 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 recent form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation. With the season 1968-1969, the Turkish Second Basketball League took its start.
[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 play-off 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.
[edit] Turkish Basketball League Past Seasons
TBL 1995/96 • TBL 1996/97 • TBL 1997/98 • TBL 1998/99 • TBL 1999/00 • TBL 2000/01 • TBL 2001/02
TBL 2002/03 • TBL 2003/04 • TBL 2004/05 • TBL 2005/06 • TBL 2006/07 • TBL 2007/08 • TBL 2008/09
[edit] Beko Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs
for 2006/2007 season press here
The 2008 Beko Basketball League Play-offs is the final phase of the 2007-2008 regular season. The Beko Basketball League play-offs started on Saturday, May 3, 2008 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 | Beşiktaş Cola Turka | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Bandırma Banvit | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Beşiktaş Cola Turka | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Galatasaray | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Efes Pilsen | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Efes Pisen | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Antalya Belediye | 1 | |||||||||||
[edit] 2007/2008 Play-off seedings, results, and schedules
[edit] Quarter Finals
(1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (8) Bandırma Banvit (14-16) (Series starts 1-0)
- Game 1 03 May @ Beşiktaş Arena, İstanbul: Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 85, Bandırma Banvit: 81 (2-0)
- Game 2 08 May @ Kara Ali Acar, Balıkesir: Bandırma Banvit: 90, Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 89 (1-2)
- Game 3 10 May @ Kara Ali Acar, Balıkesir: Bandırma Banvit: 96, Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 102 (1-3)
Beşiktaş Cola Turka wins the series 3:1
(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (7) Pınar Karşıyaka (17-13) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 04 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Efes Pilsen: 73, Pınar Karşıyaka: 79 (0-1)
- Game 2 06 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Efes Pilsen: 78, Pınar Karşıyaka: 56 (1-1)
- Game 3 10 May @ KY Pınar Arena, İzmir: Pınar Karşıyaka: 82, Efes Pilsen: 95 (1-2)
- Game 4 12 May @ KY Pınar Arena, İzmir: Pınar Karşıyaka: 77, Efes Pilsen: 85 (1-3)
Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:1
(3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (6) Antalya Belediye (18-12) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 04 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 78, Antalya Belediye: 73 (1-0)
- Game 2 06 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 81, Antalya Belediye: 76 (2-0)
- Game 3 10 May @ Atatürk SH, Antalya: Antalya Belediye: 88, Fenerbahçe Ülker: 82 (1-2)
- Game 4 12 May @ Atatürk SH, Antalya: Antalya Belediye: 78, Fenerbahçe Ülker: 85 (1-3)
Fenerbahçe Ülker wins the series 3:1
(4) Türk Telekom (20-10) vs. (5) Galatasaray Café Crown (19-11) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 05 May @ Atatürk Sports Hall, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 78, Galatasaray: 71 (1-0)
- Game 2 07 May @ Atatürk Sports Hall, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 73, Galatasaray: 68 (2-0)
- Game 3 11 May @ Ayhan Şahenk Hall, İstanbul: Galatasaray: 86, Türk Telekom: 88 (0-3)
Türk Telekom wins the series 3:0
[edit] Semifinals
(1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-1)
- Game 1 16 May @ Beşiktaş Arena, İstanbul: Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 87, Türk Telekom: 77 (1-1)
- Game 2 19 May @ Atatürk Sports H., Ankara: Türk Telekom: 79, Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 74 (2-1)
- Game 3 21 May @ Atatürk Sports H., Ankara: Türk Telekom: 75, Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 71 (3-1)
Türk Telekom wins the series 3:1
(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) (Series starts 0-1)
- Game 1 17 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Efes Pilsen: 65, Fenerbahçe Ülker: 76 (0-2)
- Game 2 20 May @ Abdi İpekçi, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 82, Efes Pilsen: 75 (3-0)
Fenerbahçe Ülker wins the series 3:0
[edit] Beko Basketball League Finals
(3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 25 May @ Abdi İpekçi Arena, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 100, Türk Telekom: 72 (1-0)
- Game 2 27 May @ Abdi İpekçi Arena, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 99, Türk Telekom: 87 (2-0)
- Game 3 30 May @ Atatürk Sports Hall, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 87, Fenerbahçe Ülker: 75 (1-2)
- Game 4 01 June @ Atatürk Sports Hall, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 94, Fenerbahçe Ülker: 96 (OT) (1-3)
- Game 5 04 June @ Abdi İpekçi Arena, İstanbul: Fenerbahçe Ülker: 90, Türk Telekom: 79 (4-1)
[edit] Clubs 2007/2008 Season
The league currently consists of the following member clubs (number of championship titles won):
| Club | City | Venue | Established | Championship |
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| Alpella | Istanbul | Caferağa Spor Salonu | 2006 | |
| Antalya Belediye | Antalya | Dilek Sabancı Spor Salonu | 1995 | |
| Banvitspor | Balıkesir | Kara Ali Acar Spor Salonu | 1994 | |
| Beşiktaş Cola Turka | Istanbul | BJK Akatlar Arena | 1903 | 1 |
| Beykoz 1908 | Istanbul | R. Şahin Köktürk Spor Salonu | 1908 | |
| CASA TED Kolejililer | Ankara | Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall | 1994 | |
| Darüşşafaka S.K. | Istanbul | Ayhan Sahenk Sport Hall | 1914 | |
| Efes Pilsen S.K. | Istanbul | Abdi Ipekci Sport Center | 1976 | 12 |
| Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 1907 | 6 |
| Galatasaray Café Crown | Istanbul | Ayhan Şahenk Spor Salonu | 1905 | 4 |
| Kepez Bld. S.K. | Antalya | Dilek Sabancı Spor Salonu | 1995 | |
| Mersin Büyükşehir Belediye | Mersin | Edip Buran | ||
| Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi | Konya | Selcuk University 19 Mayıs | 1987 | |
| Oyak Renault | Bursa | Veledrom İç Saha | 1974 | |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | Izmir | Karşıyaka Pınar Arena | 1912 | 1 |
| Türk Telekom B.K. | Ankara | Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall | 1980 |
† : 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] Past winners
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Çetin Yılmaz |
 Michael Anderson/ Harun Erdenay (21.1 ppg) |
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 Jasmin Repeša |
Rashard Griffith (14.9 ppg) |
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Tolga Öngören |
David Rivers (15.3 ppg) |
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Murat Didin |
 Miljan Goljovic (15.9 ppg) |
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Oktay Mahmuti |
Marcus Brown (18.2 ppg) |
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Oktay Mahmuti |
Antonio Granger/ Kaspars Kambala (17.8 ppg) |
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Oktay Mahmuti |
Antonio Granger (16.8 ppg) |
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Oktay Mahmuti |
 Henry Domercant (16.2 ppg) |
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Murat Özyer |
İbrahim Kutluay (16.6 ppg) |
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Aydın Örs |
Willie Solomon (16.4 ppg) |
- † Top scorer of the playoffs from the winning team.
[edit] External links
- Turkish Basketball League Official Website
- Turkish Basketball Federation Official Website
- (English) tblstat.net
- (Turkish) Turk Telekom Fans' site
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