Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team

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").

Turkey
IWBF zoneIWBF Europe
National federationTurkish Basketball Federation (TBF)
CoachTurkey Tacettin Çıpa
Nickname(s)12 Cesur Yürek
(12 Brave Hearts)
Paralympic Games
Appearances2
World Championships
Appearances2
Medals 2014
European Championships
Appearances5
Medals 2017
2015
2013
2009

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 coachTurkey Tacettin Çıpa
Assistant coachTurkey Ahmet Akın
Assistant coachTurkey Ali Arda Öztürk
#NameDate of birth and ageClass.Pos.Club
1Kaan Kemal Şafak (1993-05-01) May 1, 19934.0PGTSK Karagücü SK
3Kaan Dalay (1981-07-26) July 26, 19812.0SGBeşiktaş JK
5Özgür Gürbulak (C) (1981-04-30) April 30, 19814.0FBeşiktaş JK
7Uğur Toprak (1992-07-19) July 19, 19923.0SGBalıkesir BBSK
9Deniz Acar (1976-01-09) January 9, 19762.5FBeşiktaş JK
10Cem Gezinci (1985-09-01) September 1, 19854.5FBeşiktaş JK
11Fikri Gündoğdu (1985-06-15) June 15, 19851.0SGGalatasaray SK
13Yasin Cırgaoğlu (1985-07-27) July 27, 1985PFBeşiktaş JK
15Selim Sayak (1983-01-26) January 26, 1983SGKardemir Karabükspor
35Ferit Gümüş (1981-01-01) January 1, 19813.0SGBeşiktaş JK
77İsmail Ar (1985-10-28) October 28, 19851.5FGalatasaray SK
99İbrahim Yavuz (1986-10-14) October 14, 19864.0SGKKTCell SK

Competitions

European Championship
Year Position W L
Turkey 20092nd place, silver medalist(s)44
Israel 2011[4]5th62
Germany 20132nd place, silver medalist(s)71
United Kingdom 20152nd place, silver medalist(s)71
Spain 20171st place, gold medalist(s)80
Poland 20193rd place, bronze medalist(s)62
Spain 202112th
Total6/243810

World Championship
Year Position W L
United Kingdom 20108th26
South Korea 20143rd place, bronze medalist(s)54
Germany 20188th25
Total3/13915

Paralympics
Year Position W L
United Kingdom 20127th44
Brazil 20164th53
Japan 20206th34
Total3/141211

Past Rosters
#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: Turkey 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: Turkey Mahmut Kemal Okur
Assistant Coach: Turkey Caner Cesur
Physiotherapist: Turkey Ali Imran Yalçın
Mechanic: Turkey Haluk Taşınçay
Companion: Turkey Gülcan Girgin

# Name Class
4Gürkan Taş2.0
5Halil İbrahim Bağlı3.5
6Mücahit Günaydın4.0
7Ahmet Efetürk4.0
8Burak Şrn1.5
9Dilara Barın Girgin1.0
10Enes Bulut4.0
11Volkan Gülem2.0
12Ali Kabakülekler1.0
13Mevlüt Erdenci4.0
14Ebu Bekir Kabakülekler1.0
15Ahmet Umut Can Dolaşan3.5

IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

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Year Position W L
Canada 1997Did not participate
Brazil 2001
United Kingdom 200510th
France 20095th
Turkey 2013[8]7th53
Canada 20172nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

References
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  2. "Turkey". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. "GBR 82-76 TUR". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. 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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