Turkish Basketball League History

TBL Champion Galatasaray

Regular Season Record	15-6
Regular Season Position	3rd
Play Off 1/4 Final	vs. Fenerbahce (2-0)
Play Off 1/2 Final	vs. Cukurova Sanayi (2-1)
Play Off Final	vs. Efes Pilsen (2-1)
Coach	Fehmi Sadikoglu

Squad
Mehmet Altioklar
Mehmet Bac
Cem Caniklioglu
Paul Dawkins
Turgay Demirel
Okan Gedik
Bulent Ildiz
Nihat Izic
Cihat Levent
Michaelle Scearce
Mehmet Senova
Turgut Tayyar
Mehmet Ali Tlabar

Play Off

Final

Efes Pilsen
Galatasaray

109
102

86
90

65
79

1
2

1/2 Finals

Efes Pilsen
Hortas Yenisehir

83
82

72
74

81
76

2
1

Cukurova Sanayi
Galatasaray

95
107

109
107

81
82

1
2

1/4 Finals

Efes Pilsen
Tofas SAS

62
60

94
74

2
0

Cukurova Sanayi
Karsiyaka

114
107

112
98

2
0

Galatasaray
Fenerbahce

75
73

96
90

2
0

Eczacibasi
Hortas Yenisehir

86
88

111
110

58
62

1
2

Regular Season Standings

GP W L Pts

1. Efes Pilsen 21 16 5 37

2. Cukurova Sanayi 21 16 5 37

3. Galatasaray 21 15 6 36

4. Eczacibasi 21 13 8 34

5. Hortas Yenisehir 21 12 9 33

6. Fenerbahce 21 11 10 32

7. Karsiyaka 21 11 10 32

8. Tofas SAS 21 9 12 30

9. Besiktas 21 8 13 29

10. ITU 21 6 15 27

11. Hilalspor 21 4 17 25

12. Tarsus IY Erkutspor 11 0 11 0

Notes
Paul Dawkins from Galatasaray led TBL regular season with 602 total points. Paul Dawkins from Galatasaray made TBL season high 49 points against Efes Pilsen on March 18th, 1986. Hilalspor and Tarsus IY Erkutspor relegated to second division. Beslenspor, Nasas, Sekerspor and Oyak Renault promoted for next season. Hortas Yenisehir and newly promoted Oyak Renault withdrew from TBL.

* All data related to 1985-1986 TBL season taken from
"TURK BASKETBOLUNUN 100 YILLIK TARIHI"
by Mehmet Durupinar