2015–16 TBL season

TBL
Relegated	İstanbul DSİ Adanaspor
Teams	18
Games played	306 (Regular season)

The 2015–16 TBL season is the 46th season of the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL), the second-tier level league of Turkish club basketball.

Format and promotion and relegation

There are a total of 18 teams participating in the league for the season. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. The top two teams are promoted to the top-tier Turkish Super League for the next season, and the last three teams are relegated to the third-tier Turkish Basketball Second League.

Clubs and venues

Acıbadem

Adanaspor

Ankara DSİ

Akhisar

Afyon Belediye

Bandırma Kırmızı

Best Balıkesir

Denizli Basket

Eskişehir Basket

Final Gençlik

Gediz Üniversitesi

İstanbul DSİ

Melikşah Üniversitesi

Gelişim

Pertevniyal

Sakarya BB

Socar

Tofaş

Locations of the 2015–16 Turkish Basketball First League Clubs

Club Location Foun.Year Arena Capacity Head Coach Acıbadem Üniversitesi Istanbul 2014 Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sports Hall 500 Alp Bayramoğlu Adanaspor Adana 2006 Menderes Sports Hall 2,000 Cengiz Karadağ Afyonkarahisar Bld. Afyon 2013 Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall 2,000 Mehmet Kabaran Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar 2009 Akhisar Belediye Sports Hall 1,800 Serhat Yapıcı Ankara DSİ Era Ankara 2011 Mamak Belediyesi Sports Hall 4,250 Haydar Kemal Ateş Bandırma Kırmızı Bandırma 2005 Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall 3,000 Menderes Gümüşdal Best Balıkesir Balıkesir 2004 Kurtdereli Sports Hall 2,000 Mete Babaoğlu Sinpaş Denizli Basket Denizli 2006 Pamukkale University Arena 5,000 Hakan Yavuz Eskişehir Basket Eskişehir 2006 Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall 5,000 Brad Greenberg Final Gençlik Bursa 2006 Final Okulları Sports Hall 1,000 Ali Uruk Orkide Gediz Üniversitesi İzmir 2010 Gediz Üniversitesi Sports Hall 250 Doğan Deniz İstanbul DSİ Istanbul 2012 Caferağa Sports Hall 1,500 Erkan Kaplanoğlu Mondi Melikşah Üniversitesi Kayseri 2013 Recep Mamur Sports Hall 500 Halil Atlı Gelişim Koleji İzmir 2000 Gelişim Koleji Sports Hall 500 Arda Vekiloğlu Pertevniyal Istanbul 1968 Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall 3,500 Bilal Han Duru Sakarya BB Sakarya 2013 Sakarya Atatürk Sports Hall 1,500 Okan Çevik Socar Petkim İzmir 2013 İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall 10,000 Şahin Ateşdağlı Tofaş Bursa 1974 Tofaş Sport Hall 7,500 Orhun Ene Regular Season League Table Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Tofaş (Q) 34 31 3 3002 2449 +553 65 Qualification to playoffs 2 Acıbadem Üniversitesi (Q) 34 25 9 2751 2474 +277 59 3 Sinpaş Denizli Basket (Q) 34 24 10 2652 2445 +207 58 4 Gediz Üniversitesi (Q) 34 22 12 2682 2597 +85 56 5 Sakarya BB (Q) 34 21 13 2597 2533 +64 55 6 Best Balıkesir (Q) 34 19 15 2729 2687 +42 53 7 SOCAR Petkim (Q) 34 18 16 2626 2608 +18 52 8 Afyon Belediye (Q) 34 17 17 2692 2689 +3 51 9 Pertevniyal 34 17 17 2665 2703 −38 51 10 Gelişim Koleji 34 16 18 2653 2650 +3 50 11 Mondi Melikşah Üniversitesi 34 14 20 2553 2552 +1 48 12 Bandırma Kırmızı 34 14 20 2577 2721 −144 48 13 Mamak Bld. Ankara DSİ Era 34 14 20 2626 2686 −60 48 14 Akhisar Belediyespor 34 14 20 2627 2653 −26 48 15 Eskişehir Basket 34 13 21 2555 2661 −106 47 16 Final Gençlik 34 11 23 2464 2614 −150 45 17 İstanbul DSİ (R) 34 10 24 2575 2813 −238 44 Relegation to TB3L 18 Adanaspor (R) 34 5 29 2469 2963 −494 39 Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2015. Source: TBF (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated. Playoffs   Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals                                               1  Tofaş 105 109 93       8  Afyon Belediye 68 67 78         1  Tofaş 101 82     5  Sakarya BB 68 80   4  Gediz Üniversitesi 62 83 65       5  Sakarya BB 76 92 78                       2  Acıbadem Üniversitesi 83 80 88       7  SOCAR Petkim 60 53 48         2  Acıbadem Üniversitesi 58 82   6  Best Balıkesir 69 80     3  Denizli Basket 59 65 78 57     6  Best Balıkesir 87 58 88 69     External links Official Site Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu