A National Women’s Basketball Team will face Slovenia in their first match of the 2021 FIBA Women’s European Championship, which will start tomorrow, hosted by Spain and France.
A National Women’s Basketball Team will face Slovenia in their first match of the 2021 FIBA Women’s European Championship, which will start tomorrow, hosted by Spain and France.
The national team, which will compete against Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgium in Group C, will play their group matches in Strasbourg, France.
Under the management of head coach Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu, the National Team will face Slovenia in the first match of the group at Rhenus Sports Hall at 19.00. The match will be broadcast live on NTV.
Turkey match schedule
The match schedule of the crescent-stars in Group C is as follows:
Tomorrow:
19.00 Slovenia – Turkey
Friday, June 18:
13.00 Turkey – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sunday, June 20:
16.00 Turkey – Belgium
9th consecutive participation in the European Championship
Turkish women’s basketball will be represented in the European Championship for the 9th time in a row.
Competing in the championship, which was held for the first time in 2005, the nationals finished the organization it hosted in 8th place. The crescent-star team, which took the 9th place in the 2007 and 2009 championships, came 2nd in 2011, 3rd in 2013, and 5th in 2015 and 2017. In 2019, he could not leave the crescent-star group.
Having managed to enter the top 5 in 4 of the last 5 championships, the nationals won their first medal in their history in 2011. At the European Championship held in Poland, the National Team reached the final. Facing Russia in the final, the national team lost 59-42 and were content with the silver medal.
The national team continued its debut in the 2013 European Championship. Losing to the host France in the semi-finals, A National Team beat Serbia differently and came in third and got the bronze medal.
Despite not winning a medal in 2015 and 2017, Turkey finished the tournament in the top 5.
The national team could not continue its debut in the 2019 European Championship. Participating in the organization held in Serbia with Italy, Slovenia and Hungary, Turkey finished last in the group with 2 defeats and 1 win and said goodbye to the championship early.
The national team played 428 official matches.
A National Women’s Basketball Team played 428 official matches in its history.
The national team won 251 of the remaining 428 matches and suffered 177 defeats in its adventure that started with the matches played in Munich against West Germany in 1964.
