Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team

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Turkey
Turkish Basketball Federation logo.png
IWBF zone
National federationTurkish Basketball Federation (TBF)
CoachTurkey
Nickname(s)12 Cesur Yürek
(12 Brave Hearts)
Paralympic Games
Appearances2
World Championships
Appearances2
MedalsMed 3.png 2014
European Championships
Appearances5
MedalsMed 1.png 2017
Med 2.png 2015
Med 2.png 2013
Med 2.png

The Turkey Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for men. The team is nicknamed "12 Cesur Yürek" (literally "12 Brave Hearts").

History[]

The national team won a bronze medal (2014) at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and became three times runner-up (, 2013, 2015) and once champion (2017) at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship.

Current roster[]

Team roster at the Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics:[1][2][3]

Staff
Head coach Turkey
Assistant coach Turkey
Assistant coach Turkey
# Name Date of birth and age Class. Pos. Club
1 (1993-05-01) May 1, 1993 (age 28) 4.0 PG TSK Karagücü SK
3 Kaan Dalay (1981-07-26) July 26, 1981 (age 40) 2.0 SG Beşiktaş JK
5 Özgür Gürbulak (C) (1981-04-30) April 30, 1981 (age 40) 4.0 F Beşiktaş JK
7 (1992-07-19) July 19, 1992 (age 29) 3.0 SG Balıkesir BBSK
9 (1976-01-09) January 9, 1976 (age 46) 2.5 F Beşiktaş JK
10 Cem Gezinci (1985-09-01) September 1, 1985 (age 36) 4.5 F Beşiktaş JK
11 (1985-06-15) June 15, 1985 (age 36) 1.0 SG Galatasaray SK
13 (1985-07-27) July 27, 1985 (age 36) PF Beşiktaş JK
15 (1983-01-26) January 26, 1983 (age 39) SG Kardemir Karabükspor
35 Ferit Gümüş (1981-01-01) January 1, 1981 (age 41) 3.0 SG Beşiktaş JK
77 (1985-10-28) October 28, 1985 (age 36) 1.5 F Galatasaray SK
99 (1986-10-14) October 14, 1986 (age 35) 4.0 SG KKTCell SK

Competitions[]

European Championship[]

Year Position W L
Turkey 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 4
Israel [4] 5th 6 2
Germany 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1
United Kingdom 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1
Spain 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 0
Poland 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 2
Total 6/24 38 10

World Championship[]

Year Position W L
United Kingdom 2010 8th 2 6
South Korea 2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 4
Germany 2018 8th 2 5
Total 3/13 9 15

Paralympics[]

Year Position W L
United Kingdom 2012 7th 4 4
Brazil 2016 4th 5 3
Japan 2020 6th 3 4
Total 3/14 12 11

Past Rosters[]

#1 , #3 Kaan Dalay, #5 Özgür Gürbulak, #9 , #10 Cem Gezinci, #11 , #15 , #35 Ferit Gümüş, #55 , #61 , #77 , #99 | , Coach: Turkey .[5]

Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team[]

Current roster[]

This is the roster for the :[6]

Head Coach: Turkey
Assistant Coach: Turkey
Physiotherapist: Turkey Ali Imran Yalçın
Mechanic: Turkey Haluk Taşınçay
Companion: Turkey Gülcan Girgin

# Name Class
4 2.0
5 3.5
6 4.0
7 4.0
8 1.5
9 1.0
10 4.0
11 2.0
12 1.0
13 4.0
14 1.0
15 3.5

U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship[]

[7]

Year Position W L
Canada 1997 Did not participate
Brazil 2001
United Kingdom 2005 10th
France 2009 5th
Turkey 2013[8] 7th 5 3
Canada 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ Coşkun, Onur (2016-09-04). "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Milli Takımı, Paralimpik Oyunları'nda sahne alıyor!" (in Turkish). TrendBasket. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ^ "Turkey". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ "GBR 82-76 TUR". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ "Results European Championships 2011". Euro Basketball 2013. 2011-09-30. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  5. ^ [http://hosted.wh.sportingpulseinternational.com/IWBF/en/competition/16055/team/64791? Player list at the 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship
  6. ^ "Türkiye" (in Turkish). Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol U22 Gençler Avrupa Şampiyonası. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  7. ^ "Under 23 World Championship Results". IWBF. Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  8. ^ Coppenrath, Ron. "Ranking WCM-U23 - 2103". IWBF. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
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