Turkey women's national handball team

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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.

Current squad

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 27) 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 31) 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 26) 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 31) 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

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Competitive record

Islamic Solidarity Games

Year !Host Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2005 Saudi ArabiaMecca 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

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

References

  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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