Turkey men's national goalball team


Turkey men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Blind Sport Federation, and takes part in international goalball competitions.

Competitions and achievements

Turkey men's goalball national team, initially competing in the Group C, won the 2007 IBSA European Goalball Championships held in Antalya, Turkey, and was promoted to the Group B. In 2011, the national team became runner-up at the IBSA European Championships in Assens, Denmark, and was promoted to the Group A.
The national team qualified for the first time at the Paralympics in 2012 Summer Paralympics and won the bronze medal defeating the team of Lithuania in the third place match.
EventDateHostRanking
IBSA World Summer Games 1–12 Aug 2003, Quebec28th
Islamic Solidarity Games 8–20 Apr 2005, Jeddah5th
Goalball World Youth Championships4–10 Aug 2005, Colorado Springs
IBSA International Goalball Tournament6–9 Apr 2006, Bolton5th
IBSA International Goalball Tournament21–24 Jul 2006, Sofia
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group C24–29 Apr 2007, Alanya
IBSA Wotld Championships and Games24 Jul – 8 Aug 2007, Sao Paulo16th
International Goalball Tournament19–22 Apr 2008, Manchester4th
IBSA European Goalball Championship26–30 Jun 2008, Nastola5th
International Goalball Tournament29–31 Oct 2009, Manchester
IBSA European Goalball Championship19–24 Oct 2010, Assens
International Goalball Tournament17–20 Feb 2011, Sheffield
4th IBSA World Championships and Games1–10 Apr 2011, Antalya
International Goalball Tournament1–5 Sep 2011, Ghent
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group B19–24 Oct 2011, Assens
Int'l Goalball Development Tournament for Men23–26 Feb 2012, Antalya
Goalball at the Summer Paralympics29 Aug – 9 Sep 2012, London
IBSA European Goalball Championships1–11 Nov 2013, Konya
4th International Goalball Tournament5–8 Jun 2014, Suprasl
Malmö Lady- and Men Intercup 20152–5 Apr 2015, Malmö
IBSA World Games Goalball Tournament10–17 May 2015, Seoul4th
IBSA European Goalball Championship8–12 Jul 2015, Kaunas
IBSA European Goalball Championship22–29 Aug 2015, Hereford
Pajulahti Games 201622–24 Jan 2016, Nastola
2016 Rio Open Goalball Men's Tournament6–8 May 2016, Rio de Janeiro
6th International Goalball Tournament14–15 May 2016, Suprasl4th

Current squad

The bronze medal winning squad at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, consisted of following players:
NameCity
Tekin Okan DüzgünAnkara
Tuncay KarakayaAnkara
Hüseyin AlkanAnkara
Abdullah AydoğduAnkara
Yusuf UçarIstanbul
Mehmet CesurAnkara