The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a
professional
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men's
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 ...
league in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is
Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the
promotion and relegation
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system in which the worst two teams are relegated to 1st Division.
Current clubs
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Aftab Zagros Ahvaz
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Avijeh Sanat Parsa Mashhad
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Ayandehsazan Tehran
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Chemidor Qom
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Exxon Tehran
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Koochin Amol
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Mahram Tehran
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Niroo Zamini Tehran
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Palayesh Naft Abadan
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Raad Padafand Mashhad
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Sanat Mes Kerman
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Sanat Mes Rafsanjan
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Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
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Shahrdari Gorgan
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Shora & Shahrdari Qazvin
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Zob Ahan Isfahan
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Sanaye Hormozgan
League champions
Division One
Super League
Titles by club
Titles by city
Notable foreign players
External links
I.R. Iran Basketball FederationSuper League page on Asia-Basket
{{Men's professional basketball leagues
League
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 ...
Basketball leagues in Asia
Sports leagues established in 1998
1998 establishments in Iran
Professional sports leagues in Iran