The 2002–03 Turkish Basketball League was the 37th season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. The season started on October 4, 2002. Efes Pilsen won their tenth national championship this season.
| Turkish Basketball League | ||||||||||
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| Season | 2002–03 | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Efes Pilsen (10th title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Ülker | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Galatasaray, Türk Telekom | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2001–02 2003–04 → | ||||||||||
Regular season edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ülker | 26 | 25 | 1 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Efes Pilsen | 26 | 24 | 2 | |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 26 | 16 | 10 | |
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 26 | 15 | 11 | |
| 5 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 26 | 15 | 11 | |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 26 | 14 | 12 | |
| 7 | Darüşşafaka | 26 | 13 | 13 | Qualification to first round |
| 8 | Oyak Renault | 26 | 13 | 13 | |
| 9 | Tekelspor | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| 10 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| 11 | Büyük Kolej | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| 12 | İTÜ | 26 | 7 | 19 | |
| 13 | Göztepe (R) | 26 | 5 | 21 | Relegated to Turkish First League |
| 14 | TED Kolejliler (R) | 26 | 4 | 22 |
- Göztepe and TED Kolejliler have been relegated from the Turkish Basketball First League.
Tofaş and Tuborg Pilsener won promotion from the second league and played the 2004–2005 season in the Turkish Basketball First League.
Turkish Basketball League 2002–03 play-offs edit
as of June 30, 2003
The 2003 Turkish Basketball League play-offs is the final phase of the 2002–2003 regular season.
First round, Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season matchups starts with a 1–0 lead to the series. If teams split up the regular season meetings, series starts with a 1–1 draw.
Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.
| 1.Round | Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ülkerspor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Oyak Renault | 3 | 8 | Oyak Renault | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tekelspor | 2 | 1 | Ülkerspor | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Türk Telekom | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ülkerspor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Efes Pilsen | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Efes Pilsen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Darüşşafaka | 2 | 10 | Beşiktaş | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Beşiktaş | 3 | 2 | Efes Pilsen | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Galatasaray | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Galatasaray | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | |||||||||||||||||