Turkey women's national basketball team

The Turkey women's national basketball team (Turkish: Türkiye kadın millî basketbol takımı) is the women's basketball side that represents Turkey in international tournaments. They have come away from the EuroBasket tournaments with a silver medal in 2011 and bronze medal in 2013.[2][3]

Turkey
FIBA ranking14 Steady (15 February 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationTBF
CoachEkrem Memnun
Nickname(s)Potanın Perileri
(Fairies of the Rim)
Olympic Games
Appearances2
World Cup
Appearances2
EuroBasket
Appearances10
Medals
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Competitive record edit

Olympic Games edit

Year Position Pld W L
  2012 5th 6 4 2
  2016 6th 6 3 3
  2020 Did not qualify
  2024 To be determined
Total 12 7 5

FIBA Women's World Cup edit

Year Position Pld W L
  2014 4th 6 4 2
  2018 10th 4 1 3
  2022 Did not qualify
  2026 To be determined
2/19 10 5 5

EuroBasket Women edit

Year Rank M W L PF PA PD
1938-2003 Did not qualify or Did not enter
  2005 8th 8 2 6 593 633 -40
  2007 9th 6 2 4 394 432 -38
  2009 9th 6 3 3 372 395 -23
  2011   9 5 4 545 538 +7
  2013   9 7 2 592 484 +108
 /  2015 5th 10 8 2 603 521 +82
  2017 5th 6 5 1 410 388 +22
 /  2019 14th 3 1 2 168 177 -9
 /  2021 14th 3 0 3 162 199 -37
 /  2023 14th 3 1 2 198 219 -21
 / / /  2025 To be determined
 /  2027
10/41 63 34 29 4037 3986 +51

Mediterranean Games edit

Year Position Pld W L
  1987  
  1997  
  2005   4 4 0
  2009 5th 5 3 2
  2013 Cancelled
  2018 3 1 2
  2022
Total 12 8 4

Team edit

Current roster edit

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[4][5]

Turkey women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 2 Sevgi Uzun 25 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Botaş SK  
SF 3 Feride Akalan 21 – (2001-10-14)14 October 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Nesibe Aydın GSK  
PG 4 Olcay Çakır (C) 29 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe  
SF 6 Gökşen Fitik 21 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Çukurova Basketbol  
C 7 Teaira McCowan 26 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray  
PG 10 Alperi Onar 27 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Fenerbahçe  
PF 11 Elif Bayram 21 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Beşiktaş  
PG 14 Derin Erdogan 20 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Northeastern Huskies  
PF 15 Tilbe Şenyürek 28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Gorzów  
PF 23 Meltem Yıldızhan 23 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray  
C 28 İlayda Güner 23 – (1999-11-05)5 November 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Nesibe Aydın GSK  
C 33 Esra Ural 31 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Çukurova Basketbol  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

Past rosters edit

 
Turkey (red kit) vs. Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
 
Turkey (white kit) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

2005 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Birsel Vardarlı, Müjde Yüksel, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesir, Yasemin Horasan, Arzu Bildirir, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Gülşah Akkaya, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Didem Sarıca, Yasemin Horasan, Bahar Çağlar, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Yasemen Saylar, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Gülşah Gümüşay, Sariye Gökçe, Melek Bilge, Naile İvegin, Yasemin Horasan, Nevin Nevlin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Nilay Yiğit, Birsel Vardarlı, Işıl Alben, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Seda Erdoğan, Gülşah Akkaya, Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Bahar Çağlar, Yasemin Horasan, Naile Ivegin, Nevriye Yılmaz, Nevin Nevlin, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Ayşegül Günay, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Naile Çırak, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women: finished 4th among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, LaToya Pringle, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2015 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 20 teams

Pınar Demirok, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Olcay Çakır, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Lara Sanders, Ayşe Cora, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, (Coach: Sevgi Karasu)

2017 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 16 teams

Pelin Bilgiç, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Birsel Vardarlı, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Tilbe Şenyürek, Cansu Köksal, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

2019 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
  3. ^ "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
  4. ^ "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Avrupa Şampiyonası Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). tbf.org.tr. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Team Roster: Turkey" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 16. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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