Turkish Basketball Second League
Current season, competition or edition: TB2L 2015–16 season | |
Formerly | Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L) |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 2011 |
No. of teams | 24 |
Country | Turkey |
Confederation | Turkish Basketball Federation |
Most recent champion(s) | Acıbadem Üniversitesi |
Level on pyramid | 3rd tier |
Promotion to | TBL |
Relegation to | EBBL |
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The Turkish Basketball Second League, also called TB2L, is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously called the Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L).
Format and promotion and relegation
There are a total of 24 teams participating in the league for the TB2L 2015–16 season. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. The top 8 teams from each group qualify to an elimination round (best of 3 games). Winners in elimination games qualify to the Quarterfinals (best of 3 games). Winners in the quarterfinals qualify to a final group (round robin). The top two teams in the final group are promoted to the second-tier level Turkish Basketball First League (TBL) for the next season.
Clubs 2015–16 Season
The league currently consists of the following member clubs:
Club | City |
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68 Aksaray Belediye | Aksaray |
Boluspor | Bolu |
Bostanlıspor | İzmir |
Bursaspor | Bursa |
Çorlu Belediyesi | Çorlu |
Düzce Belediyesi | Düzce |
FMV Işıkspor | Istanbul |
Gemlik Gücümspor | Bursa |
İstanbulspor | Istanbul |
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | İstanbul |
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi | İzmir |
Kepez Belediyespor | Antalya |
Maliye Milli Piyango | Ankara |
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi | Mersin |
Muğla Orman | Muğla |
Orman Gençlik | Ankara |
Samsunspor DSİ | Samsun |
Selçuklu Belediyesi | Konya |
TED İstanbul | İstanbul |
Tofaş Gelişim | Bursa |
Trakya Üniversitesi Meriçspor | Edirne |
Yalova Belediyesi | Yalova |
Yeşilyurt | İstanbul |
Zirve Üniversitesi | Gaziantep |
Clubs 2014–15 season
Club | City |
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68 Aksaray | Aksaray |
Acıbadem Üniversitesi | Istanbul |
Bandırma Kırmızı | Bandırma |
Batman Petrol | Batman |
Bilecik Belediyesi | Bilecik |
Boluspor | Bolu |
Bostanlıspor | İzmir |
Bursaspor | Bursa |
Çorlu Belediyesi | Çorlu |
Düzce Belediyesi | Düzce |
FMV Işıkspor | Istanbul |
Gemlik Gücümspor | Bursa |
İstanbulspor | Istanbul |
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi | İzmir |
Kepez Belediyespor | Antalya |
Kuşadası Gençlik | Aydın |
Maliye Milli Piyango | Ankara |
Melikgazi Belediye Spor | Kayseri |
Muğla Orman | Muğla |
Orman Gençlik | Ankara |
Selçuklu Belediyesi | Konya |
Tofaş Gelişim | Bursa |
Trakya Üniversitesi Meriçspor | Edirne |
Zirve Üniversitesi | Gaziantep |