İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor

Founded	1979
Based in	İzmir
Colors	Blue & white
Owner(s)	İzmir Metropolitan Municipality
President	Pervin Şenel Genç
Website	www.izmirbsbspor.org

Active branches of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Archery	Athletics	Badminton
Basketball	Contract bridge	Fencing
Football	Gymnastics	Handball (women)
Ice hockey	Judo	Sailing
Table tennis	Taekwondo	Volleyball
Water polo	Weightlifting	Wrestling
Powerlifting	Wheelchair basketball

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Turkish: İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established 1979 in İzmir, Turkey by the city's metropolitan municipality (Turkish: İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi). The club's colors are blue and white. İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor is active in a total of 21 branches, including paralympic and many olympic sports.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} The men's handball team of the club plays in the Turkish Handball Super League, the women's team in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League and the wheelchair basketball team in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League successfully.^[7][8]

Venues

Main venues of the club are:^[9]

• Bornova Ice Sports Hall inside the Aşık Veysel Recreational Area, Bornova: Ice hockey^[10]
• Celal Atik Sports Hall, Kültürpark: Basketball, handball, volleyball
• Evka-4 Sports Complex, Bornova: Basketball, handball, volleyball

Achievements

Handball

Men's

Turkish Handball Super League

• Champions (1): 2007–08

Women's

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

• Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Third place (1):2007–08

Ice hockey

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League

• Champions (1): 2013–14.^[11]
• Runners-up (3): 2012–13,^[12] 2014–15, 2015–16

Wheelchair basketball

Turkish Wheelchair Basketball First League

• Champions (1): 1996–97

Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League

• Champions (4): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04

André Vergauwen Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2003.^[13]

Notable sportspeople

• İbrahim Arat (born 1988), weightlifter
• Remzi Başakbuğday (born 1989), taekwondo practitioner
• Recep Çelik (born 1987), racewalker
• Duygu Çete (born 1989), 2012 Summer Paralympics bronze medalist female visually impaired judoka
• Begül Löklüoğlu (born 1988), female archer
• Semiha Mutlu (born 1987), female racewalker

References

1. "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
2. "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor Buzda Buz Hokey Takımıyla Şov Yaptı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
3. "Büyükşehir Uzun Atladı". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
4. "BŞB'den milli isabet". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
5. "İlk turnuvadan altınla döndü". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
6. "Bayanların Nefes Kesen Maçını İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kazandı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
7. "Hentbol-İzmir B.B.'nin rakipleri belli oldu". Spor X (in Turkish). 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
8. "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbolu <". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
9. "Tesisler" (in Turkish). İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sğor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
10. "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor'un Şampiyon Buz Hrkeyi Takımı Bu Yıl da İddialı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
11. "2013–2014 Sezonu TBHF Süper Ligi 1'incisi İzmir Büy. Bel. SK Oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
12. "2012–2013 Sezonu TBHF Süper Lig 1'cisi Başkent Yıldızları S.K Oldu" (in Turkish). TBHF. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
13. IWBF Official Website

External links

• Official website