Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team explained

Type:Men's Wheelchair
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Country:Turkey
Country Alt:Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team
Türkiye Tekerlekli Sandalye Erkek Milli Takımı
National Fed:Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF)
Coach: Tacettin Çıpa
Nickname:12 Cesur Yürek
(12 Brave Hearts)
Iwbf Zone:IWBF Europe
Zone Championship:European Championships
Wc Appearances:2
Wc Medals: 2014
Paraly Appearances:2
Zone Appearances:5
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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 (2009, 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 Tacettin Çıpa
Assistant coach Ahmet Akın
Assistant coach Ali Arda Öztürk
Name Date of birth and age Club
1 align=right 1 May 1993 4.0 TSK Karagücü SK
3 Kaan Dalayalign=right 26 July 1981 2.0 Beşiktaş JK
5 Özgür Gürbulak (C) align=right 30 April 1981 4.0 Beşiktaş JK
7 Uğur Toprakalign=right 19 July 1992 3.0 Balıkesir BBSK
9 align=right 9 January 1976 2.5 Beşiktaş JK
10 align=right 1 September 1985 4.5 Beşiktaş JK
11 align=right 15 June 1985 1.0 Galatasaray SK
13 align=right 27 July 1985 Beşiktaş JK
15 align=right 26 January 1983 Kardemir Karabükspor
35 align=right 1 January 1981 3.0 Beşiktaş JK
77 align=right 28 October 1985 1.5 Galatasaray SK
99 align=right 14 October 1986 4.0 KKTCell SK

Competitions

European Championship

YearPositionWL
44
2011[4] 5th 6 2
20137 1
20157 1
20178 0
20196 2
202112th
Total 6/24 38 10

World Championship

YearPositionWL
8th 2 6
5 4
8th 2 5
Total 3/13 9 15

Paralympics

YearPositionWL
7th 4 4
4th 5 3
6th 3 4
Total 3/14 12 11

Past Rosters

finished champion among 12 teams

#1 Deniz Acar, #3 Kaan Dalay, #5 Özgür Gürbulak, #9 Uğur Toprak, #10 Cem Gezinci, #11 Fikri Gündoğdu, #15 Selim Sayak, #35 Ferit Gümüş, #55 Murat Aeslanoğlu, #61 Metin Bahçekapılı, #77 İsmail Ar, #99 |İbrahim Yavuz, Coach: Tacettin Çıpa.[5]

Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team

Current roster

This is the roster for the 2017 IWBF Men's U22 Wheelchair Basketball European Championship:[6]

Head Coach: Mahmut Kemal Okur
Assistant Coach: Caner Cesur
Physiotherapist: Ali Imran Yalçın
Mechanic: Haluk Taşınçay
Companion: Gülcan Girgin

NameClass
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

IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

[7]

YearPositionWL
1997 Did not participate
2001
2005 10th
2009 5th
2013[8] 7th 5 3
2017

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Milli Takımı, Paralimpik Oyunları’nda sahne alıyor! . TrendBasket . Coşkun, Onur . 2016-09-04 . turkish . 2016-09-18 .
  2. Web site: Turkey . Rio 2016 . 2016-09-18 . 2016-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923075948/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/team/turkey-wheelchair-basketball-men . dead .
  3. Web site: GBR 82-76 TUR . Rio 2016 . 2016-09-18 . 2016-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923080014/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball-mens-bronze-medal-match-wb-2 . dead .
  4. Web site: Results European Championships 2011 . Euro Basketball 2013 . 2011-09-30 . 2013-09-11 . dead . https://archive.today/20130911143229/http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/m-appeals20/120-results-european-championships-2011 . 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. Web site: Türkiye . Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol U22 Gençler Avrupa Şampiyonası . Turkish . 2013-09-10 . dead . https://archive.today/20130910134254/http://www.adanau23.com/trk/?page_id=55 . 2013-09-10 .
  7. Web site: Under 23 World Championship Results . . 2013-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130912014901/http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/world-events/under-23-world-championships . 2013-09-12 .
  8. Web site: Ranking WCM-U23 - 2103 . . Coppenrath, Ron . 2013-09-14 .