Turkey men's national water polo team explained

Turkey
Fina Code:	TUR
Association:	Türkiye Sutopu Federasyonu
Confederation:	LEN
Coach:	Sinan Turunç
Asst Coach:	Oytun Okman Mehmet Özkol
Captain:	Berk Bıyık
Fina Ranking:	19
Fina Ranking Date:	9 August 2021
Biggest Win:	29–0 (27 September 2015)
Biggest Defeat:	1–27 (16 July 2018)
Regional Cup Name:	European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	7
Regional Cup First:	1966
Regional Cup Best:	10th (2010)

The Turkish men's national water polo team was formed in the 1930s.

Results

Olympic Games

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
width=25%	Year^[1]	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	GA	width=10%	GD
1900–2020	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Olympic Games Qualification

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
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2012	7th place	7	1	2	4	56	98	−42
Total	1/14	7	1	2	4	56	98	−42

FINA World League

FINA Water Polo World League
width=25%	Year	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	GA	width=10%	GD
2010	Preliminary Round	6	0	0	6	36	87	−51
2011	Preliminary Round	6	0	0	6	20	68	−48
2012	Preliminary Round	6	0	0	6	27	81	−54
2013	Preliminary Round	6	0	0	6	22	104	−82
2015	Preliminary Round	8	1	0	7	40	105	−65
2016	Preliminary Round	6	0	0	6	34	97	−63
Total	6/16	38	1	0	37	179	542	−363

European Championship

European Water Polo Championship
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1966	16th place	7	0	1	6	6	69	−63
1991	14th place	6	1	1	4	50	88	−38
2010	10th place	8	1	0	7	45	102	−57
2012	12th place	7	0	0	7	33	119	−86
2016	16th place	7	0	1	6	51	110	−59
2018	15th place	5	1	0	4	31	99	−68
2020	12th place	6	1	0	5	40	92	−52
Total	7/34	46	4	3	39	256	679	−423

European Championship Level II

European Water Polo Championship
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1987	9th place	4	2	0	2	28	28	0
1994	9th place	2	2	0	0	15	13	+2
1996	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	4th place	6	4	0	2	39	33	+6
2004	4th place	7	5	0	2	66	40	+24
2007	8th place	7	3	1	3	74	68	+6
2009	Champion	8	7	0	1	87	50	+37
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LEN Europa Cup

LEN Europa Cup
width=25%	Year	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	GA	width=10%	GD
2018	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

European Games (Junior Team)

European Games
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2015	13th place	5	2	0	3	37	54	−17
Total	1/1	5	2	0	3	37	54	−17

FINA World Development Trophy

FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy
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2007–2017	ِDid not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games
width=25%	Year	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	GA	width=10%	GD
2005	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Champion	4	3	1	0	64	20	+44
Total	1/2	4	3	1	0	64	20	+44

Mediterranean Games

Water polo at the Mediterranean Games
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1951	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	6th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	Third place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	6th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Did enter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	8th place	4	0	1	3	18	40	−22
2009	8th place	5	0	0	5	33	57	−24
2013	7th place	3	0	0	3	15	39	−24
2018	8th place	4	0	0	4	14	70	−56
Total	10/18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Sinan Turunç

No	Name	Pos.	L/R	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Caps	Club
1	Attila Sezer	GK	R	13 September 1975	1.970NaN0	105kg (231lb)	295	Enka SK
2	Selçuc Can Caner	AR	R	3 December 2001	1.860NaN0	83kg (183lb)	30	Adalar SS
3	Mehmet Yutmaz	AR	R	7 July 2002	1.930NaN0	98kg (216lb)	25	Enka SK
4	Fatih Acar	AR	R	22 November 1998	1.880NaN0	84kg (185lb)	35	Enka SK
5	Berk Bıyık (C)	CF	R	1 January 1993	1.940NaN0	110kg (240lb)	100	Heybeliada SK
6	Emre Gürdenli	CB	R	17 May 2000	1.920NaN0	90kg (200lb)	15	Enka SK
7	Emirhan Yenigün	CB	R	11 December 1993	1.930NaN0	95kg (209lb)		Heybeliada SK
8	Oğuz Berke Senemoğlu	AR	R	7 March 1995	1.860NaN0	77kg (170lb)	40	Galatasaray
9	Nadir Sönmez	AR	R	29 October 1992	1.870NaN0	100kg (200lb)	60	Heybeliada SK
10	Neşfet Toğkan Ozbek	AR	R	2 September 1994	1.850NaN0	75kg (165lb)	100	Enka SK
11	Ege Kahraman	AR	R	8 March 1999	1.860NaN0	80kg (180lb)	40	Enka SK
12	Mehmet Dilek Gökmen	CF	R	5 February 1999	1.980NaN0	107kg (236lb)	20	Galatasaray
13	Hüseyin Kağan Kil	GK	R	23 July 1999	1.920NaN0	83kg (183lb)	28

See also

• Turkey women's national water polo team
• LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship
• LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship

Notes and References

1. mnt . dmy .
2. News: 2020 European Championships roster. wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. 14 January 2020. 16.