Turkish Basketball Second League

Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L)

Current season, competition or edition: TB2L 2015–16 season
Formerly	Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L)
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
Official website	[1]

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.

Seasons

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Other teams promoted
2014–15	Yeşilgiresun Belediye	Tüyap Büyükçekmece
2015–16	Tofaş	Best Balıkesir
2016–17	Sakarya BB	Eskişehir

Clubs 2015–16 Season

The league currently consists of the following member clubs:

Club	City
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
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