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Turkish Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1946
Ceased	1967
Country	Turkey
Last; champion(s)	Altınordu; (1st title)
Most titles	Galatasaray; (11 titles)
Official website	tbf.org.tr

The Turkish Basketball Championship (Turkish: Türkiye Basketbol Şampiyonası) was a top-level basketball championship competition in Turkey, that was run by the Turkish Basketball Federation, from 1946 to 1967. In the 1966–67 season, the competition was replaced by the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).

Title holders

1946: Beykoz
1947: Galatasaray
1948: Galatasaray
1949: Galatasaray
1950: Galatasaray
1951: Harp Okulu
1952: Harp Okulu
1953: Galatasaray
1954 Modaspor
1955: Galatasaray & Modaspor ^[1]
1956: Galatasaray
1957: Fenerbahçe
1958: Modaspor
1959: Fenerbahçe
1960: Galatasaray
1961: Darüşşafaka
1962: Darüşşafaka
1963: Galatasaray
1964: Galatasaray
1965: Fenerbahçe
1966: Galatasaray
1967: Altınordu

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning years
Galatasaray	11	4	1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
Fenerbahçe	3	6	1957, 1959, 1965
Modaspor	3	1	1954, 1955, 1958
Harp Okulu	2	2	1951, 1952
Darüşşafaka	2	1	1961, 1962
Beykoz	1	–	1946
Altınordu	1	–	1967

1955 two domestic champions

On April 25, 1955, the last game of the championship was Fenerbahçe against Galatasaray at Spor Sergi Sarayı. Galatasaray and Modaspor were in the championship race until the last game and they had the same number of points. Therefore, the last game was very important for both Galatasaray and Modaspor since the champion would be determined by total point difference. In the game against Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe officials withdrew their team from the match with just 44 seconds left to the end of the match due to Fenerbahçe being behind by 13 points, with no chance of turning the game. Thus the match could not be concluded. Nevertheless, the Federation of Sports declared that such behavior of the Fenerbahçe officials would not be acceptable and there were two domestic champions, Galatasaray and Modaspor, in that year. The trophy was split into two pieces and both clubs could keep these in their museums.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Final ranking

Pos.	Club	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Galatasaray	5	9	4	1	302	222	+80
1.	Modaspor	5	9	4	1
3.	Fenerbahçe	5	9	4	1	251	159	+92
4.	Ankaragücü	5	6	1	4	232	287	-55
5.	Altınordu	5	6	1	4
6.	Harp Okulu	5	6	1	4	226	330	-104

Pos.=Position, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, D=Draws, L=Matches lost, PF=Points for, PA=Points against, PD=Points difference

Participants

20 seasons: Galatasaray
18 seasons: Altınordu
13 seasons: Fenerbahçe
9 seasons: Harp Okulu, Mülkiye
8 seasons: Modaspor
6 seasons: TED Ankara Kolejliler
5 seasons: İTÜ, MKE Ankaragücü
3 seasons: Beyoğluspor, Darüşşafaka
2 seasons: Deniz Harp Okulu, Karşıyaka, Stadyum Ankara
1 season: Ankara DSİ, Beykozspor, Eskişehir Havagücü, Gençlerbirliği, İzmir Karması, Kurtuluş, Vefaspor, Yüksek Ekonomi ve Ticaret Okulu İzmir

Turkish basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Notes

References

^ see the "1955 two domestic champions" section
^ Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453-1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(259).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
^ "Fenerbahçe, 1955'te 40 saniye kala sahadan çekilmiş". Bugün Newspaper. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "Fenerbahçe, 1955'te 40 saniye kala sahadan çekilmiş". Milliyet Newspaper. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453-1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(557).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
Milliyet Newspaper Archive April 26, 1955
Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 Yıllık Tarihi (2009).sf (48). Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9