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Turkey women's national basketball team

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Turkey
FIBA ranking17 Decrease 3 (26 August 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

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.[2][3]

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Year Position Pld W L
United Kingdom 2012 5th 6 4 2
Brazil 2016 6th 6 3 3
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
France 2024 Did not qualify
Total 12 7 5

FIBA Women's World Cup

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

EuroBasket Women

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Year Rank M W L PF PA PD
1938-2003 Did not qualify or Did not enter
Turkey 2005 8th 8 2 6 593 633 -40
Italy 2007 9th 6 2 4 394 432 -38
Latvia 2009 9th 6 3 3 372 395 -23
Poland 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 5 4 545 538 +7
France 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 7 2 592 484 +108
Hungary/Romania 2015 5th 10 8 2 603 521 +82
Czech Republic 2017 5th 6 5 1 410 388 +22
Latvia/Serbia 2019 14th 3 1 2 168 177 -9
France/Spain 2021 14th 3 0 3 162 199 -37
Slovenia/Israel 2023 14th 3 1 2 198 219 -21
Czech Republic/Germany/Italy/Greece 2025 To be determined
Finland/Lithuania 2027
10/41 63 34 29 4037 3986 +51

Mediterranean Games

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Year Position Pld W L
Syria 1987 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italy 1997 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Spain 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0
Italy 2009 5th 5 3 2
Turkey 2013 Cancelled
Spain 2018 3 1 2
Algeria 2022
Total 12 8 4

Team

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Current roster

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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) Dallas Wings United States
SF 3 Feride Akalan 21 – (2001-10-14)14 October 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Nesibe Aydın GSK Turkey
PG 4 Olcay Çakır (C) 29 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
SF 6 Gökşen Fitik 21 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Çukurova Basketbol Turkey
C 7 Teaira McCowan 26 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Turkey
PG 10 Alperi Onar 27 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
PF 11 Elif Bayram 21 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Beşiktaş Turkey
PG 14 Derin Erdogan 20 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Northeastern Huskies United States
PF 15 Tilbe Şenyürek 28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Gorzów Poland
PF 23 Meltem Yıldızhan 23 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 28 İlayda Güner 23 – (1999-11-05)5 November 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Nesibe Aydın GSK Turkey
C 33 Esra Ural 31 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Çukurova Basketbol Turkey
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 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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