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:
StaffHead coach Tacettin ÇıpaAssistant coach Ahmet AkınAssistant coach Ali Arda Öztürk
# Name Date of birth and age Club1 Kaan Kemal Şafak 4.0 PG TSK Karagücü SK3 Kaan Dalay 2.0 SG Beşiktaş JK5 Özgür Gürbulak (C) 4.0 F Beşiktaş JK7 Uğur Toprak 3.0 SG Balıkesir BBSK9 Deniz Acar 2.5 F Beşiktaş JK10 Cem Gezinci 4.5 F Beşiktaş JK11 Fikri Gündoğdu 1.0 SG Galatasaray SK13 Yasin Cırgaoğlu PF Beşiktaş JK15 Selim Sayak SG Kardemir Karabükspor35 Ferit Gümüş 3.0 SG Beşiktaş JK77 İsmail Ar 1.5 F Galatasaray SK99 İbrahim Yavuz 4.0 SG KKTCell SK
Competitions European Championship YearPositionWL 2009 44 2011 5th 6 2 2013 7 1 2015 7 1 2017 8 0 2019 6 2 2021 12th Total 6/24 38 10
World Championship YearPositionWL 2010 8th 2 6 2014 5 4 2018 8th 2 5Total 3/13 9 15
Paralympics YearPositionWL 2012 7th 4 4 2016 4th 5 3 2020 6th 3 4Total 3/14 12 11
Past Rosters 2017 European Championship: 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.[http://hosted.wh.sportingpulseinternational.com/IWBF/en/competition/16055/team/64791? Player list at the 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship
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:
Head Coach: Mahmut Kemal Okur Assistant Coach: Caner Cesur Physiotherapist: Ali Imran Yalçın Mechanic: Haluk Taşınçay Companion: Gülcan Girgin #NameClass 4 Gürkan Taş 2.0 5 Halil İbrahim Bağlı 3.5 6 Mücahit Günaydın 4.0 7 Ahmet Efetürk 4.0 8 Burak Şrn 1.5 9 Dilara Barın Girgin 1.0 10 Enes Bulut 4.0 11 Volkan Gülem 2.0 12 Ali Kabakülekler 1.0 13 Mevlüt Erdenci 4.0 14 Ebu Bekir Kabakülekler 1.0 15 Ahmet Umut Can Dolaşan 3.5
IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
YearPositionWL 1997 Did not participate 2001 2005 10th 2009 5th 2013 7th 5 3 2017
See also Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team
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