Büyükçekmece Basketbol, mostly known as ONVO Büyükçekmece for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club based in
Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece is a district and municipality in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city. It is largely an industrial area with a population of 380,000. The mayor is Hasan Akgün ( CHP) ...
,
Istanbul
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, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
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which plays in the
Turkish Basketball Super League
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
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*** Turkish alphabet
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. Their home arena is Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall with a capacity of 3,000 seats.
History
Tüyap Büyükçekmece was founded in 2011, in
Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece is a district and municipality in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city. It is largely an industrial area with a population of 380,000. The mayor is Hasan Akgün ( CHP) ...
. The team began playing in the
TB3L for 2011-12 season. In 2012-13 season, the team promoted to
TB2L
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
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as a champion. In their first season in TB2L the team finished ninth and they completed the league. In the
2014–15 season, the team finished fourth of regular season. The team beat
Akhisar Belediye in quarter-final. Then the team beat
Denizli Basket
Sinpaş Denizli Basket, also known as Pamukkale Üniversitesi Basketbol Kulübü was a Turkish professional basketball club. It was based in Denizli and played in the Turkish Basketball First League. The team was founded by the Pamukkale Univers ...
in semi-final and Tüyap Büyükçekmece reached the
TB2L
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
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Final. The Final was lost to
Yeşilgiresun Belediye
Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor, more commonly known as Yeşilgiresun, was a Turkish professional basketball club based in Giresun that played in the Turkish Basketball Super League. The team was founded by Giresun Municipality in 2006. Their home are ...
, but Tüyap was still promoted to the highest tier.
Logos
Tüyap Büyükçekmece logo.png, Primary logo used from 2011 till 2015
Season by season
: Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
*
Jerry Johnson
References
External links
Büyükçekmece Basketbol Twitter Official Twitter Account
Demir Inşaat Büyükçekmece Basketball Eurobasket profile
TBLStat.net Profile
Basketball teams in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 2011
Sport in Istanbul
Sports teams in Istanbul
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