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The Turkish Women’s Basketball League (Turkish: "Türkiye 1. Bayanlar Basketbol Ligi", TBBL) is the top women’s professional basketball league in Turkey organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The women’s league started in 1980. There is also a Turkish Women’s Second Basketball League (TBB2L).

[edit] The competition

The competitions are played in two categories: Standard league and playoffs. There are 12 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 8 teams qualify for the playoff games. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League, ranking 11th and 12th, relegate into the Second League. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League.

The playoffs follow a tournament format in three rounds for 8 teams: first round, semifinals and final. The four winners of the first round go to the semifinal round. The two victors of the semifinals compete in the final playoff round for the TBBL championship.

[edit] Clubs

The Premier League currently consists of the following member clubs (number of championship titles won):

• Beşiktaş JK (3)
• Botaş (2)
• Burhaniye Municipality
• Ceyhan Municipality
• Çankaya Üniversitesi
• Erdemirspor
• Fenerbahçe SK (3)
• Galatasaray SK (11)
• İÜSK (Istanbul University SK) (1)
• Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
• Migros
• Orim Cam

Former champion clubs:

MTA (2), ODTÜ (3)