Iranian Basketball Super League

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Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL)
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Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Iranian Basketball Super League
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Sport Basketball
Founded1975 (official)
1998 (current format)
No. of teams 12
Country Iran
Continent FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
Tabiat Eslamshahr (1st title)
Most titles Zob Ahan (7 titles)
TV partner(s) IRIB
Official website IranBasketball.org

The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Tabiat Eslamshahr. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams are relegated to 1st Division.

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Current clubs

Valiahd Cup

The Valiahd Cup (Prince Cup) was the first Iranian basketball league where clubs from all around the country competed to win the title. This league was abandoned after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

The picture of the Tehran Pahlavi team, the champion of the first Iranian men's club basketball league, the Prince Cup in 1975. Pahlavi-Tehran-Basketball-1354.jpg
The picture of the Tehran Pahlavi team, the champion of the first Iranian men's club basketball league, the Prince Cup in 1975.
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1975Pahlavi TehranPerspolis GorganPas Tehran
1976Perspolis TehranPas Tehran
1977Dokhaniat TehranIrana TehranSepahan Isfahan

League champions

Division One

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1989–1990 Jandarmeri Tehran Shahin Gorgan
1991–1992 Shahrdari Isfahan Shahrdari Gorgan Gostaresh Tehran
1992–1993 Shahrdari Isfahan Azad University Tehran Etka Gorgan
1993–1994 Zob Ahan Isfahan Bank Tejarat Tehran Etka Gorgan
1994–1995 Zob Ahan Isfahan Bank Tejarat Tehran Etka Gorgan
Rah Ahan Tehran
1995–1996 Paykan Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Rah Ahan Tehran
1996–1997 Zob Ahan Isfahan Paykan Tehran Rah Ahan Tehran
1997–1998 Paykan Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Fath Tehran

Super League

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1998–1999 Zob Ahan Isfahan Paykan Tehran Fajr Sepah Tehran
1999–2000 Zob Ahan Isfahan Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Gorgan
2000–2001 Zob Ahan Isfahan Foolad Mobarakeh Isfahan Iran Nara Tehran
2001–2002 Zob Ahan Isfahan Sanam Tehran Paykan Tehran
2002–2003 Sanam Tehran Iran Nara Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan
2003–2004 Saba Battery Tehran Sanam Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan
2004–2005 Sanam Tehran Saba Battery Tehran Paykan Tehran
2005–2006 Saba Battery Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam Paykan Tehran
2006–2007 Saba Battery Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam Mahram Tehran
2007–2008 Mahram Tehran Saba Battery Tehran Kaveh Tehran
2008–2009 Mahram Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Saba Mehr Qazvin
2009–2010 Mahram Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2010–2011 Mahram Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2011–2012 Mahram Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam Foolad Mahan Isfahan
2012–2013 Petrochimi Bandar Imam Mahram Tehran Foolad Mahan Isfahan
2013–2014 Petrochimi Bandar Imam Mahram Tehran Azad University Tehran
2014–2015 Mahram Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam Azad University Tehran
Mahram Tehran Azad University Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2015–2016 Petrochimi Bandar Imam Palayesh Naft Abadan Chemidor Tehran
2016–2017 Petrochimi Bandar Imam Palayesh Naft Abadan Azad University Tehran
2017–2018 Shahrdari Tabriz Mahram Tehran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2018–2019 Palayesh Naft Abadan Shahrdari Gorgan Chemidor Tehran
Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2019–2020 The league has been canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–2021 Shahrdari Gorgan Mahram Tehran Chemidor Qom
2021–2022 Shahrdari Gorgan Zob Ahan Isfahan Chemidor Qom
Nazmavaran Sirjan
2022–2023 Shahrdari Gorgan Kalleh Mazandaran Palayesh Naft Abadan
Zob Ahan Isfahan
2023–2024 Tabiat Eslamshahr Shahrdari Gorgan Mahram Tehran
Zob Ahan Isfahan

Titles by club

TeamWinnersRunners-UpYears WonYears Runner-Up
Zob Ahan Isfahan 761994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 20021996, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022
Mahram Tehran 642008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 20152013, 2014, 2018, 2021
Petrochimi Bandar Imam 432013, 2014, 2016, 20172006, 2007, 2012
Shahrdari Gorgan 342021, 2022, 20231990, 1992, 2019, 2024
Saba Battery Tehran 322004, 2006, 20072005, 2008
Paykan Tehran 231996, 19981997, 1999, 2000
Sanam Tehran 222003, 20052002, 2004
Shahrdari Isfahan201992, 1993
Palayesh Naft Abadan 1220192016, 2017
Jandarmeri Tehran101990
Shahrdari Tabriz102018
Tabiat Eslamshahr102024
Bank Tejarat Tehran021994, 1995
Azad University Tehran 021993, 2015
Foolad Mobarakeh Isfahan 012001
Iran Nara Tehran012003
Kalleh Mazandaran012023

Titles by city

City (Province)WinnersRunners-up
Tehran (Tehran)1416
Isfahan (Isfahan)97
Mahshahr (Khuzestan)43
Gorgan (Golestan)34
Abadan (Khuzestan)12
Tabriz (East Azerbaijan)10
Eslamshahr (Tehran)10
Amol (Mazandaran)01

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