Turkish Basketball League History

TBL Champion Eczacibasi

Regular Season Record	10-0-0 (Group C)
Regular Season Position	1st (Group C)
Final Group Record	14-0-1
Coach	Aydan Siyavus

Squad
Husamettin Akyurek
Engin Alpaslan
Efe Aydan
Hakan Buyukbayrak
Kemal Dincer
Melih Ercin
Tevfik Eroskay
Necati Guler
Ronald Haigler
Toma Istavridis
Ahmet Sari
Orhan Tuncer

Final Group Standings
		GP	W	D	L	Pts
1.	Eczacibasi	17	16	0	1	49
2.	Besiktas	17	9	1	7	36
3.	Efes Pilsen	17	9	0	8	35
4.	Karsiyaka	17	8	1	8	34
5.	Tofas SAS	17	5	0	12	27
6.	Sekerspor	17	3	0	14	23

Regular Season Red Group Standings

GP W D L Pts

1. Eczacibasi 10 10 0 0 30

2. Tofas SAS 10 8 0 2 26

3. Tacspor 10 4 0 6 18

4. Fenerbahce 10 4 0 6 18

5. Mulkiye 10 2 0 8 14

6. Kolej 10 2 0 8 14

Regular Season White Group Standings

GP W D L Pts

1. Karsiyaka 10 8 0 2 26

2. Efes Pilsen 10 8 0 2 26

3. Muhafizgucu 10 3 2 5 18

4. DSI Spor 10 3 1 6 17

5. Ziraat Fakultesi 10 3 1 6 17

6. ODTU 10 3 0 7 16

Regular Season Green Group Standings

GP W D L Pts

1. Besiktas 10 9 0 1 28

2. Sekerspor 10 7 0 3 24

3. Ist.Bnk.Yenisehir 10 7 0 3 24

4. Galatasaray 10 5 0 5 20

5. ITU 10 1 0 9 12

6. Guney Sanayi 10 1 0 9 12

Notes
Erman Kunter from Besiktas led TBL with 848 total points in 25 games played. Other players of total points leaderboard; 2.Ron Haigler 754 points, 3.Cevat Soydas 514 points, 4.Dogan Hakyemez 500 points, 5.Behcet Uner 490 points. Kolej and Mulkiye relegated to second division. Antbirlik and Cukurova Sanayi promoted for next season.

* All data related to 1980-1981 TBL season taken from
"TURK BASKETBOLUNUN 100 YILLIK TARIHI"
by Mehmet Durupinar