The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the

Turkey Handball Federation Turkish Handball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of Team handball, handball and beach handball sports in Turkey. It was formed on February 4, 1976. The headquarters is located in Çankaya, Ankara, Çankaya dist ...

, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978–79 season as the Turkish Women's First League, it was renamed later to Super League. The current title holder is Muratpaşa Bld. SK (2011–12).

Competition format

The Turkish Women's Handball Super League shares the season style with the men's league. As of the 2011–12 season, it consists of 9 teams -one less than in previous seasons-, each playing 16

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games. The four teams with most points at the end of the regular season advance to the play-offs. They are divided into two groups of two, based on their placement. Group A is formed by 1 and 4 while Group B has 2 and 3. Three matches are played in each group, in home and away form. The two group winners advance to the championship finals, while the runners-up play for the bronze medal. Both the finals and the bronze matches are played as a "best of two" series. The lowest placed two teams of the regular season are directly relegated to the first division, and replaced by the winners of this. The group winners and the runners-up will qualify for the league in the next season.

Teams

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SK * Yenimahalle Bld. SK * Çankaya Belediyespor *

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SK * İstanbul Emniyet Spor Gücü * İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor *

Maliye Milli Piyango SK Maliye Milli Piyango Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club from Ankara active in basketball, handball, taekwondo and volleyball. The club's women's handball section won four national championships between 2007 and 2010. Having failed to reach th ...

* Muratpaşa Bld. SK * Üsküdar Belediyespor ;2015–16 season * Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK * Ankara 1910 SK *

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman ...

* Bursa Osmangazi Bld. SK * Genç Uşak SK * İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK * Kastamonu Bld. GSK * Muratpaşa Bld. SK * Sivas Bld. SK * Üsküdar Belediyespor * Yenimahalle Bld. SK * Zağnos SK

Champions

(incomplete)
The complete list of champions since 1978:

Medal table

(incomplete)
– end of the 2021-22 season, the all-time medal table for the women's championship is as follows:

References

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Competition format

Teams

Champions

Medal table

See also

References