Turkey women's national basketball team explained

Type:Women
Country:Turkey
Nickname:Potanın Perileri
(Fairies of the Rim)
Coach:Ekrem Memnun
Joined Fiba:1936
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
National Fed:TBF
Oly Appearances:2
Wc Appearances:2
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:10
A Title:Away
A Body:white
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H Title:Home
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The Turkey women's national basketball team 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.[1] [2]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

YearPosition
20125th642
20166th633
2020Did not qualify
2024Did not qualify
Total1275

FIBA Women's World Cup

YearPosition
20144th642
201810th413
2022Did not qualify
2026To be determined
2/191055

EuroBasket Women

YearRankMWLPFPAPD
1938-2003Did not qualify or Did not enter
20058th826593633-40
20079th624394432-38
20099th633372395-23
2011954545538+7
2013972592484+108
/ 20155th1082603521+82
20175th651410388+22
/ 201914th312168177-9
/ 202114th303162199-37
/ 202314th312198219-21
To be determined
/ 2027
10/4163342940373986+51

Mediterranean Games

YearPosition
1987
440
5th 532
Cancelled
312
Total1284

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[3] [4]

Past rosters

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women Basketball European Championships Archive.
  2. Web site: Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive.
  3. Web site: Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Avrupa Şampiyonası Kadrosu Belli Oldu. tbf.org.tr. 12 June 2023. 12 June 2023. tr.
  4. Web site: Team Roster: Turkey. fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. 15 June 2023. 16.