Women's Basketball Super League

The Women's Basketball Super League (Turkish: Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL), also known as the ING Women's Basketball Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top 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, it replaced the former Turkish Women’s Basketball League which ran between 1956 and 1980.[1] There is also a Turkish Women's Basketball League (TKBL), the second level in the Turkish women's basketball league system. The present TKBL should not be confused with the former TKBL which ran between 1956 and 1980, after the KBSL was founded the TKBL became a second tier league.

Women's Basketball Super League
FormerlyTBF Turkish Women’s First Basketball League
Founded1980 (1980)
First season1980–81
CountryTurkey
ConfederationFIBA
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toTKBL
Domestic cup(s)Turkish Cup
SupercupPresidential Cup
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Current championsFenerbahçe (17th title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsFenerbahçe (17 titles)
TV partnersTivibu
Websitetbf.org.tr
2022–23 season

Fenerbahçe are the most successful team in competition history, having won 17 championship titles to date.

Competition system

The competition is played in two phases: regular season and playoffs. There are 14 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 Super League, ranking 13th and 14th, relegate into the Second League (TKBL). The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Super League.

The playoffs follow a tournament format in three rounds for eight teams: quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. The four winners of the quarterfinals advance to the semifinal round. The two victors of the semifinals compete in the final playoff round for the championship title.

Performance by club
Club Titles Years won
Fenerbahçe 17 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
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

Current clubs (2021–22 season)
Club City Arena
Antalya 07 Basketbol Antalya Akdeniz Üni. Gazi Mustafa Kemal Spor Salonu
Beşiktaş Istanbul Akatlar Spor ve Kültür Kompleksi
BOTAŞ Ankara Ankara Dsi Spor Salonu
Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Bursa Naim Süleymanoğlu Spor Kompleksi
Çankaya Üniversitesi Ankara Ankara Spor Salonu
Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Servet Tazegül Spor Salonu
Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor Elazığ Elazığ İl Özel İdare Spor Salonu
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Metro Enerji Spor Salonu
Galatasaray Istanbul Şehit Mustafa Özel Spor Kompleksi
Hatayspor Hatay Antakya Spor Salonu
İzmit Belediyespor Kocaeli Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Spor Salonu
Kayseri Basketbol Kayseri Kadir Has Kongre Merkezi Spor Salonu
Nesibe Aydın Ankara TOBB ETÜ Spor Salonu
Ormanspor Ankara Sait Zarifoğlu Spor Salonu

Champions
Before the Play-off System
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird PlaceChampion's Coach
1980–81ODTÜDSİ SporTED KolejlilerTurkey Osman Erverdi
1981–82ODTÜTED KolejlilerDSİ SporTurkey Osman Erverdi
1982–83ODTÜTED KolejlilerKocaeli KağıtsporTurkey Kaya Gültekin
1983–84Beşiktaşİstanbul ÜniversitesiTED KolejlilerTurkey Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1984–85BeşiktaşM.T.ATED KolejlilerTurkey Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1985–86M.T.ABeşiktaşİstanbul ÜniversitesiTurkey Erdinç Talu
1986–87M.T.Aİstanbul ÜniversitesiBeşiktaşTurkey Erdinç Talu
1987–88Galatasarayİstanbul ÜniversitesiLassaTurkey Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1988–89İstanbul ÜniversitesiGalatasarayYükseliş KolejiTurkey İsmet Kurteşi
1989–90Galatasarayİstanbul ÜniversitesiYükseliş KolejiUnited States Betsy Bailey
1990–91GalatasarayFenerbahçeYükseliş KolejiUnited States Betsy Bailey
1991–92GalatasarayFenerbahçeİstanbul ÜniversitesiUnited States Betsy Bailey
1992–93GalatasarayFenerbahçeBOTAŞUnited States Betsy Bailey
After the Play-off System
SeasonChampionRunner-upSemi-finalistsChampion's Coach
1993–94GalatasarayBrisa SporBOTAŞİstanbul ÜniversitesiUnited States Betsy Bailey
1994–95GalatasarayFenerbahçeİstanbul ÜniversitesiBrisa SporTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
1995–96GalatasarayFenerbahçeBrisa SporBOTAŞTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
1996–97GalatasarayBrisa SporBeşiktaşİstanbul ÜniversitesiTurkey Ekrem Memnun
1997–98GalatasarayBrisa SporBeşiktaşFenerbahçeTurkey Ekrem Memnun
1998–99FenerbahçeGalatasarayBOTAŞBeşiktaşTurkey Göksel Zeren
1999–00GalatasarayFenerbahçeBrisa SporBeşiktaşTurkey Ekrem Memnun
2000–01BOTAŞFenerbahçeBeşiktaşGalatasarayTurkey Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu
2001–02FenerbahçeBOTAŞMigrosErdemirTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2002–03BOTAŞErdemirFenerbahçeMigrosTurkey Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu
2003–04FenerbahçeErdemirMigrosBOTAŞTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2004–05BeşiktaşFenerbahçeMersin BBErdemirTurkey Aziz Akkaya
2005–06FenerbahçeBeşiktaşBOTAŞİstanbul ÜniversitesiTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2006–07FenerbahçeBeşiktaşGalatasarayBOTAŞTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2007–08FenerbahçeGalatasarayTED KayseriBeşiktaşTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2008–09FenerbahçeMersin BBGalatasaraySamsun BasketbolTurkey Haydar Kemal Ateş
2009–10FenerbahçeGalatasarayBOTAŞMersin BBTurkey Aydın Uğuz
2010–11FenerbahçeGalatasarayTED KayseriBOTAŞHungary László Rátgéber
2011–12FenerbahçeGalatasarayKayseri KASKİMersin BBGreece George Dikeoulakos
2012–13FenerbahçeGalatasarayKayseri KASKİİstanbul ÜniversitesiSpain Roberto Íñiguez
2013–14GalatasarayFenerbahçeBOTAŞKayseri KASKİTurkey Ekrem Memnun
2014–15GalatasarayAGÜ SporAdana ASKİFenerbahçeTurkey Ekrem Memnun
2015–16FenerbahçeHatay BBAGÜ SporMersin BBGreece George Dikeoulakos
2016–17Yakın Doğu ÜniversitesiFenerbahçeBeşiktaşGalatasarayTurkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2017–18FenerbahçeYakın Doğu ÜniversitesiHatay BBÇukurova BasketbolFrance Valérie Garnier
2018–19FenerbahçeÇukurova BasketbolBOTAŞGalatasarayFrance Valérie Garnier
2019–20Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
2020–21FenerbahçeGalatasarayNesibe AydınÇankaya ÜniversitesiSpain Víctor Lapeña
2021–22Fenerbahçe SafiportÇukurova BasketbolOrmansporNesibe AydınSerbia Marina Maljković
2022–23Fenerbahçe SafiportÇukurova BasketbolGalatasarayBOTAŞSerbia Marina Maljković

Notable players

Players written in italic still play in the league.

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100705054203/http://tbf.org.tr/tbfweb/tbfweb2.nsf/0/6E03D9A203D41B4AC225738E0056AB50/%24FILE/TUM.pdf
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