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Turkey women's national basketball team
Women's national basketball team representing Turkey
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Women's national basketball team representing Turkey
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Turkey |
| type | Women |
| logo | Turkish Basketball Federation.png |
| logo_width | 150px |
| nickname | Potanın Perileri |
| (Fairies of the Basket) | |
| coach | Ekrem Memnun |
| fiba_ranking | |
| joined_fiba | 1936 |
| fiba_zone | FIBA Europe |
| national_fed | TBF |
| oly_appearances | 2 |
| wc_appearances | 2 |
| zone_championship | EuroBasket |
| zone_appearances | 11 |
| zone_medals | |
| a_title | Away |
| a_body | white |
| a_pattern_b | _red_shoulders |
| a_shorts | white |
| a_pattern_s | _redbottom |
| h_title | Home |
| h_body | E30A17 |
| h_pattern_b | _whitesholders |
| h_shorts | E30A17 |
| h_pattern_s | _whitebottom |
the women's team
(Fairies of the Basket)
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.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 2012 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| BRA 2016 | 6th | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| JPN 2020 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| FRA 2024 | Did not qualify |
FIBA Women's World Cup
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | 2/19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHL 1953 | did not enter | ||||||||||
| Brazil 1957 | |||||||||||
| Soviet Union 1959 | |||||||||||
| Peru 1964 | |||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia 1967 | |||||||||||
| Brazil 1971 | |||||||||||
| COL 1975 | |||||||||||
| KOR 1979 | |||||||||||
| Brazil 1983 | |||||||||||
| Soviet Union 1986 | |||||||||||
| Malaysia 1990 | |||||||||||
| Australia 1994 | |||||||||||
| Germany 1998 | |||||||||||
| CHN 2002 | |||||||||||
| Brazil 2006 | |||||||||||
| Czech Republic 2010 | |||||||||||
| Turkey 2014 | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Spain 2018 | 10th | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Australia 2022 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Germany 2026 | To be determined |
EuroBasket Women
| Year | Rank | M | W | L | PF | PA | PD | 11/41 | 69 | 37 | 32 | 4526 | 4442 | +84 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA 1938 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URS 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YUG 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROU 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NED 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YUG 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ESP 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISR 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CZE 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUN 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GRE 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey 2005 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy 2007 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latvia 2009 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary/Romania 2015 | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic 2017 | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latvia/Serbia 2019 | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France/Spain 2021 | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia/Israel 2023 | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic/Germany/Italy/Greece 2025 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium/Finland/Sweden/Lithuania 2027 | To be determined |
Mediterranean Games
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria 1987 | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Italy 1997 | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Tunisia 2001 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Spain 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Italy 2009 | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Turkey 2013 | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| Spain 2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Algeria 2022 |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025.
- TUR Ekrem Memnun
- TUR Firat Okul
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 18 June 2025
Past rosters
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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)
2018 FIBA World Championship for Women: finished 10th among 16 teams
Asena Yalçın, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Cansu Köksal, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben (C), Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Tilbe Şenyürek, Merve Aydın, İlayda Güner, Esra Ural (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)
2019 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams
Asena Yalçın, Pelin Bilgiç, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Cansu Köksal, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Tuğçe Canıtez, Tilbe Şenyürek, İnci Güçlü, Esra Ural, Kiah Stokes (Coach: Osman Orak)
2021 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams
Pelin Bilgiç, Sevgi Uzun, Olcay Çakır, Melis Gülcan, Bahar Çağlar, Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Meltem Yıldızhan, İnci Güçlü, Alperi Onar, Esra Ural Topuz, Gökşen Fitik (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)
2023 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams
Sevgi Uzun, Feride Akalan, Olcay Çakır (C), Gökşen Fitik, Teaira McCowan, Alperi Onar, Elif Bayram, Derin Erdoğan, Tilbe Şenyürek, Meltem Yıldızhan, İlayda Güner, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)
2025 EuroBasket : finished 7th among 16 teams
Elif İstanbulluoğlu, Sevgi Uzun, Olcay Çakır (C), Gökşen Fitik, Teaira McCowan, Pelin Bilgiç, Alperi Onar, Elif Bayram, Tilbe Şenyürek, Derin Erdoğan, Sinem Ataş, Esra Ural (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)
References
References
- "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
- "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
- "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Avrupa Şampiyonası Kadrosu Belli Oldu". tbf.org.tr.
- "Team roster: Turkey". fiba.basketball.
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