Turkey women's national handball team

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AssociationTurkey Handball Federation (THF)
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Turkey women's national handball team
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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[edit]

As of 23 April 2022.[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
GK Merve Durdu (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28) 1.82 m Turkey lKastamonu
GK Yaren Berfe Göker (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 24) 1.83 m Turkey Üsküdar
LW Fatma Gül Sakızcan (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32) 1.73 m Turkey Yalıkavak
LW Kübra Sarıkaya (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 27) 1.68 m Turkey Kastamonu
RW Beyza İrem Türkoğlu (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) 1.73 m Denmark Esbjerg
RW Nurşah Sancak (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 (age 26) 1.68 m Turkey Yalıkavak
P Cansu Akalın (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 25) 1.82 m Turkey Kastamonu
P Ceren Demirçelen (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32) 1.73 m Turkey Kastamonu
P Nurceren Akgün Göktepe (1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 31) 1.81 m Turkey Kastamonu
LB Aslı İskit (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 30) 1.78 m Germany Thüringer
LB Betül Yılmaz (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 35) 1.78 m Turkey Kastamonu
LB Neslihan Çalışkan (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 26) 1.81 m Turkey Kastamonu
CB Ayşenur Sormaz (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 23) 1.76 m Turkey Anadolu University
CB Yasemin Şahin (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 35) 1.68 m Turkey Yalıkavak
RB Beyza Karaçam (2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 23) 1.76 m Turkey Yenimahalle
RB Merve Özbolluk (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 29) 1.80 m Turkey Üsküdar

Notable former members[edit]

Coaches[edit]

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Competitive record[edit]

Islamic Solidarity Games[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Qualified
Czech RepublicPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTurkey 2026 Qualified as co-hosts
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028 TBD
Total 2/18 0 0 0 0 0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, İsveç'e 33-21 mağlup oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

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