Turkish national basketball team
| Turkey Türkiye |
|
| Nickname (s) | 12 Dev Adam |
| Association | Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) |
| FIBA member since | 1936 |
| FIBA world rankings | 8th |
| Trainer | Ufuk Sarıca |
| World championships | |
|---|---|
| Participation in the finals | 3 |
| Best results | 2nd place 2010 |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation in the finals | 2 |
| Best results | 21st place in 1936 |
| Continental championships | |
| championship | European championships |
| Participation in the finals | 21st |
| Best results | 2nd place 2001 |
| Homepage | tbf.org.tr |
| (As of October 28, 2013) | |
The Turkish national basketball team represents Turkey at international and friendly matches. The team celebrated their greatest triumphs to date when they became vice European champion at the European Championships in their own country in 2001 and vice world champion at the 2010 World Cup in their own country. Basketball is the second most popular team sport in Turkey after football .
The founder and first national coach of the Turkish national basketball team was the Armenian-born Rupen Semerciyan . Turkey was automatically qualified as host for the 2010 Basketball World Cup.
The Turkish national team in international competitions
The national team at the Olympic Games
| year | Venue and country | participation | opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Berlin, Germany | First consolation round | Egypt | 21st place |
| 1948 | London, UK | not participated | - | - |
| 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | Preliminary round | Italy | 22nd place |
| 1956 | Melbourne, Australia | not participated | - | - |
| 1960 | Rome, Italy | not participated | - | - |
| 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | not participated | - | - |
| 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | not participated | - | - |
| 1972 | Munich, Germany | not participated | - | - |
| 1976 | Montréal, Canada | not participated | - | - |
| 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | not participated | - | - |
| 1984 | Los Angeles, United States | not participated | - | - |
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | not participated | - | - |
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | not participated | - | - |
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States | not participated | - | - |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | not participated | - | - |
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | not participated | - | - |
| 2008 | Beijing, China | not participated | - | - |
| 2012 | London, UK | not participated | - | - |
The national team at world championships
| year | Venue and country | participation | opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | not participated | - | - |
| 1954 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | not participated | - | - |
| 1959 | Santiago de Chile, Chile | not participated | - | - |
| 1963 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | not participated | - | - |
| 1967 | Montevideo, Uruguay | not participated | - | - |
| 1970 | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | not participated | - | - |
| 1974 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | not participated | - | - |
| 1978 | Manila, Philippines | not participated | - | - |
| 1982 | Cali, Colombia | not participated | - | - |
| 1986 | Madrid, Spain | not participated | - | - |
| 1990 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | not participated | - | - |
| 1994 | Toronto, Canada | not participated | - | - |
| 1998 | Athens, Greece | not participated | - | - |
| 2002 | Indianapolis, United States | Play for 9th place | Russia | 9th place |
| 2006 | Japan | Play for 5th place | France | 6th place |
| 2010 | Turkey | final | United States | 2nd place |
| 2014 | Spain | Quarter finals | Lithuania | 8th place |
| 2019 | China | Preliminary round | USA, Czech Republic, Japan | 22nd place |
The national team at European championships
| year | Venue and country | participation | opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Geneva, Switzerland | not participated | - | - |
| 1937 | Riga, Latvia | not participated | - | - |
| 1939 | Kaunas, Lithuania | not participated | - | - |
| 1946 | Geneva, Switzerland | not participated | - | - |
| 1947 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | not participated | - | - |
| 1949 | Cairo, Egypt | Group games | - | 4th Place |
| 1951 | Paris, France | Play for 5th place | Italy | 6th place |
| 1953 | Moscow, Russia | not participated | - | - |
| 1955 | Budapest, Hungary | Classification Round II | England | 11th place |
| 1957 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Classification Round | - | 9th place |
| 1959 | Istanbul, Turkey | Classification Round II | Finland, GDR | 12th place |
| 1961 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Play for 9th place | Poland | 10th place |
| 1963 | Wroclaw, Poland | Play for 15th place | Netherlands | 15th place |
| 1965 | Moscow and Tbilisi, Soviet Union | not participated | - | - |
| 1967 | Helsinki and Tampere, Finland | not participated | - | - |
| 1969 | Naples, Italy | not participated | - | - |
| 1971 | Essen and Boeblingen, Germany | Game for 11th place | Israel | 12th place |
| 1973 | Barcelona, Spain | Game for 7th place | Israel | 8th place |
| 1975 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Classification Round | - | 9th place |
| 1977 | Liege, Belgium | not participated | - | - |
| 1979 | Gorizia, Italy | not participated | - | - |
| 1981 | Bratislava, Havírov and Prague, Czechoslovakia | Classification Round | - | 11th place |
| 1983 | Limoges, Caen and Nantes, France | not participated | - | - |
| 1985 | Karlsruhe, Leverkusen and Stuttgart, Germany | not participated | - | - |
| 1987 | Athens, Greece | not participated | - | - |
| 1989 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | not participated | - | - |
| 1991 | Rome, Italy | not participated | - | - |
| 1993 | Karlsruhe, Berlin and Munich, Germany | Intermediate round | - | 11th place |
| 1995 | Athens, Greece | Preliminary round | - | 13th place |
| 1997 | Badalona and Barcelona, Spain | Game for 7th place | Poland | 8th place |
| 1999 | France | Game for 7th place | Germany | 8th place |
| 2001 | Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul, Turkey | final | Serbia and Montenegro | 2nd place |
| 2003 | Sweden | Elimination Round | Serbia and Montenegro | 12th place |
| 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | Elimination Round | Germany | 9th place |
| 2007 | Spain | Intermediate round | - | 11th place |
| 2009 | Poland | Game for 7th place | Russia | 8th place |
| 2011 | Lithuania | Intermediate round | - | 11th place |
| 2013 | Slovenia | Preliminary round | - | 17th place |
| 2015 | Germany, France, Croatia and Latvia | Round of 16 | France | 14th place |
Awards
- 2 × Sedat-Simavi Prize
- 2001 (25th edition) in the category: Sport
- for the success at the 2001 European Basketball Championship , where they reached the final.
- 2010 (34th edition) in the category: Sport
- for success at the 2010 Basketball World Cup , where they reached the final.
- 2001 (25th edition) in the category: Sport
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 25. Sedat Simavi Ödülleri - 2001. … "Avrupa 2001 Basketbol Şampiyonası 2 'ncisi" olması nedeniyle… Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti , 2001, accessed on May 2, 2019 (Turkish).
- ↑ 34. Sedat Simavi Ödülleri - 2010. … “Dünya Basketbol Şampiyonası 2.si” olması nedeniyle övgüye değer gördü… Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti, 2010, accessed on May 2, 2019 (Turkish).
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