Country | Turkey |
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Sport | Basketball |
Promotion and relegation | Yes |
National system | |
Federation | Turkish Basketball Federation |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Top division | Super League |
Second division | First League |
Cup competition | |
Basketball in Turkey |
The Turkish basketball league system or Turkish basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Turkey. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently five different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL), the 2nd-tier Turkish Basketball First League (TBL), the 3rd-tier Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L), the 4th-tier Turkish Men's Regional Basketball League (EBBL), and the 5th-tier Men's University League (Ünilig).
Level | League | ||||
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1 | Basketball Super League (BSL) (formerly known as Turkish Basketball League (TBL)) National 1st Division (16 teams) | ||||
2 | Turkish Basketball League (TBL) (formerly known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L)) National 2nd Division (18 teams) | ||||
3 | Turkish Basketball 2. League (TB2L) (formerly known as Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L)) National 3rd Division (25 teams in one 9 team group and two 8 team groups) | ||||
4 | Turkish Men's Regional Basketball League [ tr ] (EBBL) National 4th Division (TBA) |
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