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Turkey women's national handball team

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Turkey Turkey
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AssociationTurkey Handball Federation (THF)
CoachCostică Buceschi
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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World Championship
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best result20th (2024)
Last updated on .
Turkey women's national handball team
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Team
Turkey (white/red) vs Austria at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship European qualification match.

The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation.

The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidarity Games in 2022. The team is being coached by Costică Buceschi from Romania in 2023. Turkey qualified for the country's first European Women's Handball Championship in 2024. Two years later, they will take part as co-host in 2026.

Current squad

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The official squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.[1]

Heah coach: Romania Costică Buceschi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 RB Beyza Gedik (2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 24) 1.76 m 31 78 Turkey Yalıkavak SK
2 LW Beyzanur Türkyılmaz (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) 1.65 m 0 0 Turkey Adasokağı SK
9 LB Aslı İskit (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 31) 1.78 m 72 242 Romania SCM Craiova
10 LW Elif Sıla Aydın (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28) 1.68 m 30 72 Poland AZS Koszalin
11 RB Döne Gül Bozdoğan (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25) 1.72 m 30 43 Romania CSM Slatina
13 RW Bilgenur Öztürk (1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25) 1.71 m 13 36 Turkey Yalıkavak SK
14 P Nurceren Akgün Göktepe (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32) 1.81 m 72 127 Turkey Yalıkavak SK
16 LB Buğu Sönmez (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18) 1.82 m 0 0 Turkey Anadolu University
17 LW Beyza İrem Türkoğlu (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) 1.76 m 27 103 Romania SCM Gloria Buzău
18 GK Yağmur Bembeyaz (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 25) 1.83 m 3 0 Turkey Üsküdar Belediyespor
20 CB Gülcan Tügel (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 24) 1.73 m 18 43 Turkey Adasokağı SK
21 LB Betül Yılmaz (c) (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36) 1.78 m 85 182 Turkey Bursa BBSK
22 RW Emine Gökdemir (2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 (age 21) 1.63 m 18 27 Turkey Bursa BBSK
23 CB Yasemin Şahin (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36) 1.68 m 96 341 Turkey Üsküdar Belediyespor
26 LB Diğdem Hoşgör (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33) 1.80 m 29 34 Poland MKS Kalisz
47 P Büşra Işıkhan (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25) 1.76 m 0 0 France Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball
58 GK Merve Erbektaş (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28) 1.82 m 36 7 Romania CSM Slatina
61 RB Edanur Çetin (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24) 1.71 m 6 10 Turkey Bursa BBSK
99 P Ceren Demirçelen (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32) 1.71 m 36 82 Turkey Bursa BBSK

Notable former members

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Coaches

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Players

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Competitive record

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Islamic Solidarity Games

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Year Host Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2005 Saudi Arabia Mecca Did not participate
2010 Iran Tehran Cancelled
2013 Indonesia Palembang Not held
2017 Azerbaijan Baku 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 0 2 152 125 +27
2021 Turkey Konya 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 0 191 109 +82

Mediterranean Games

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Year Host Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2001 Tunisia Tunis 5th Data missing
2005 Spain Almeria 5th 4 2 0 2 152 146 +6
2009 Italy Pescara 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 5 0 1 190 154 +36
2013 Turkey Mersin 6th 5 2 0 3 119 137 -8
2018 Spain Tarragona 5th 5 3 0 2 148 149 -1
2022 Algeria Oran 5th 4 2 0 2 121 117 +4

World Championship

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Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 Did not qualify
Romania 1962
West Germany 1965
Netherlands 1971
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973
Soviet Union 1975
Czechoslovakia 1978
Hungary 1982
Netherlands 1986
South Korea 1990
Norway 1993
Hungary 1995
Germany 1997
Norway 1999
Italy 2001
Croatia 2003
Russia 2005
France 2007
China 2009
Brazil 2011
Serbia 2013
Denmark 2015
Germany 2017
Japan 2019
Spain 2021
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2023
GermanyNetherlands 2025 To be determined
Hungary 2027
Spain 2029
Czech RepublicPoland 2031
Total 0/30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


European Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Germany 1994 Did not qualify
Denmark 1996
Netherlands 1998
Romania 2000
Denmark 2002
Hungary 2004
Sweden 2006
North Macedonia 2008
DenmarkNorway 2010
Serbia 2012
HungaryCroatia 2014
Sweden 2016
France 2018
DenmarkNorway 2020
SloveniaNorth MacedoniaMontenegro 2022
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024 Preliminary 20th 3 0 1 2 68 102
Czech RepublicPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTurkey 2026 Qualified as co-hosts
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028 TBD
Total 2/18 3 0 1 2 68 102

References

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  1. ^ "Team Roster Türkiye - WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP EHF EURO 2024". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
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