Turkey Basketball Team Roster, Schedule, Matches FIBA World Cup 2019
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Turkey Basketball Team Roster & Schedule for FIBA World Cup 2019 China. Find Men’s Türkiye world cup games, matches schedule, players & National basketball team squad for FIBA 2019.
The Turkey national basketball team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Basketbol Takımı) is one of the most successful Basketball team in FIBA world cup. Turkish Basketball Federation is managing Turkey national basketball team. Turkey is a favorite team in every major international basketball tournament.
Till now Turkey national basketball team won two silver medals at the EuroBasket (2001), and FIBA World Cup (2010). They also won 2 gold (1987, 2013), one silver (1971), and three bronze (1967, 1983, 2009) until now.
Turkey Basketball team is in the Group E of Fiba 2019 Championship in which total 6 matches is to be played & 3 matches will be played by each team in the group stages. The other 3 teams are Czech Republic, Japan and USA.
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Turkey Basketball Team History
Turkey has 17th rank in FIBA World Rankings. Turkey played their first match against Greece, winning 49–12. Turkey won the gold medal at the 1981 Balkan Championship. They won the silver medal at EuroBasket 2001, and the 2010 FIBA World Cup.
Turkey at the EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia. Turkey defeated each of the other seven teams in the classification round. Also, Turkey also won the gold medal at the Balkan Championship.
Medals
FIBA World Cup
- Silver: (2010)
EuroBasket
- Silver: (2001)
Head Coaches
- Aydan Siyavuş (1992)
- Ercüment Sunter (1995–1997)
- Erman Kunter (1997–1999)
- Aydın Örs (1999–2003)
- Orhun Ene (2011)
- Ergin Ataman (2014–2016)
- Ufuk Sarıca (2017–present)
Turkey FIBA World Cup History Records
| Year | Position |
| 1950 to 1982 | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | |
| 1990 to 1998 | |
| 2002 | 9th |
| 2006 | 6th |
| 2010 | |
| 2014 | 8th |
| 2019 | Qualified |
Turkey Basketball Team Roster & Matches for Basketball World Cup 2019
*Updated Türkiye Team Squad & Roster for FIBA Basketball World Championship 2019
| Player | Position | Height(Feet-Inch) | BirthDate | NBA Draft |
| Furkan Aldemir | PF | 6-10 | Aug 9, 1991 | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Ege Arar | C | 6-10 | Sep 2, 1996 | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Yigit Arslan | SG | 6-5 | May 12, 1996 | Tofas SC (Turkey) |
| Dogus Balbay | G | 6-1 | Jan 21, 1989 | Texas |
| Birkan Batuk | SF | 6-4 | Jan 30, 1990 | Pinar Karsiyaka (Turkey) |
| James Birsen | SF | 6-10 | Apr 6, 1995 | Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi (Turkey) |
| Berkan Durmaz | F | 6-9 | Feb 20, 1997 | Tofas SC (Turkey) |
| Semih Erden | C | 7-0 | Jul 28, 1986 | Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) |
| Baris Ermis | G | 6-4 | Jan 3, 1985 | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| Tolga Gecim | PG | 6-8 | Mar 27, 1996 | Banvit Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey) |
| Sinan Guler | SG | 6-4 | Nov 8, 1983 | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| Ersan Ilyasova | F | 6-10 | May 15, 1987 | Alpella B.K. (Turkey) |
| Alp Karahan | SG | 6-4 | Jul 20, 1998 | Pinar Karsiyaka (Turkey) |
| Goksenin Koksal | GF | 6-5 | Jan 8, 1991 | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Furkan Korkmaz | SG | 6-7 | Jul 24, 1997 | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| Emircan Kosut | PF | 7-1 | Jul 3, 1995 | Bakirkoy Basket (Turkey) |
| Melih Mahmutoglu | SG | 6-3 | May 12, 1990 | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Ali Muhammed | G | 5-10 | Apr 10, 1983 | Troy |
| Cedi Osman | GF | 6-8 | Apr 8, 1995 | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| Kartal Ozmizrak | PG | 6-2 | Aug 29, 1995 | Besiktas Sompo Japan (Turkey) |
| Sertac Sanli | FC | 7-0 | Aug 5, 1991 | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Oguz Savas | F | 6-9 | Jul 13, 1987 | Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) |
| Kenan Sipahi | PG | 6-6 | May 26, 1995 | Karsiyaka Izmir (Turkey) |
| Ahmet Tuncer | G | 6-3 | Mar 23, 1993 | Aliaga Petkim (Turkey) |
| Metin Turen | SF | 6-10 | May 2, 1994 | Darussafaka Basketbol Istanbul (Turkey) |
| Berk Ugurlu | SG | 6-3 | Apr 27, 1996 | Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) |
| Scottie Wilbekin | G | 6-2 | Apr 5, 1993 | Florida |
FIBA World Cup 2019 Turkey Basketball Team Matches within GROUP E
| Date | Match |
| September 1, 2019 (Sunday) | (4:30PM) Turkey vs. Japan |
| September 3, 2019 (Tuesday) | (8:30PM) USA vs. Turkey |
| September 5, 2019 (Thursday) | (4:30PM) Turkey vs. Czech Republic |
- Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
| 1 September 2019 | |||||
Turkey  |
– |  Japan |
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Czech Republic  |
– |  United States |
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| 3 September 2019 | |||||
| Japan |
– | Czech Republic |
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| United States |
– | Turkey |
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| 5 September 2019 | |||||
| Turkey |
– | Czech Republic |
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| United States |
– | Japan |
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