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 was coached by Costică Buceschi from Romania in 2023. In 2024, Turkey qualified for the country's first European Women's Handball Championship, a competition they would participate in as hosts in December 2026.
Current squad The squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.
Heah coach: Costică Buceschi
Notable former members Coaches Péter Kovács (born 1955), head coach (2007-2010)
Players
Competitive record World Championship YearPosition+/– 1957Did not qualify 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027To be determined 2029 2031Total0/300000000
European Championship European Women's Handball Championship
YearRoundPosition 1994 Did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Preliminary 20th 3 0 1 2 68 102 2026 Qualified as co-hosts 2028 TBD 2030 2032Total 2/20 – 3 0 1 2 68 102
Islamic Solidarity Games Year Host Result 2005 MeccaDid not participate2010 Tehran Cancelled2013 PalembangNot held2017 Baku 5 3 0 2 152 125 +272021 Konya 5 5 0 0 191 109 +822025 Riyadh 5 5 0 0 143 112 +31Total 3/6 – 15 13 0 2 486 346 +140
Mediterranean Games Year Host Result 2001 Tunis5th 5 3 1 1 162 138 +242005 Almeria5th 4 2 0 2 152 146 +62009 Pescara 6 5 0 1 190 154 +362013 Mersin6th 5 2 0 3 119 137 -82018 Tarragona5th 5 3 0 2 148 149 -12022 Oran5th 4 2 0 2 121 117 +4Total 0/0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mediterranean Handball Championship
Carpathian Trophy (women's handball) 2024: 6th
Former squads 2009 Mediterranean Games — Silver Medal Sevilay İmamoğlu, Öcal Serpil Çapar, Gonca Nahcıvanl, Yeliz Özel , Esra Öztürk, Yeliz Yılmaz, Senar Dayat, Yasemin Şahin, Serpil İskenderoğlu, Selma Pekmutlu, Betül Yılmaz, Sevda Akbulut, Esra Gündar, Fatma Atalar, Derya Tınkaoğlu 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games — Silver Medal Sevilay İmamoğlu Öcal, Esra Öztürk, Beyza İrem Türkoğlu, Gonca Nahcıvanlı, Yeliz Özel, Yeliz Yılmaz, Serpil İskenderoğlu, Nurceren Akgün, Derya Tınkaoğlu, Fatma Atalar, Yasemin Şahin, Aslı İskit, Ümmügülsüm Bedel, Olha Vashchuk 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games — Gold Medal Merve Durdu, Halime İslamoğlu, Kübra Sarıkaya, Elif Sıla Aydın, Emine Gökdemir, Bilgenur Öztürk, Neslihan Çalışkan, Betül Yılmaz, Ayşenur Sormaz, Yasemin Şahin, Gülcan Tügel, Beyza Karaçam, Merve Özbolluk, Cansu Akalın, Ceren Demirçelen, Meryem Erdoğan. Head coach: 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games — Gold Medal 3 Seval Bozova, 7 Edanur Burhan, 10 Melike Kasapoğlu, 11 Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya, 12 Sude Karademir, i6 Buğu Sönmez, 20 Gülcan Tügel, 21 Halime Tuana Arslan, 25 Sude Çifçi, 28 Sümeyye Durdu, 45 Betül Yılmaz, 48 Ümmügülsüm Bedel, 84 Açelya Kaya, 87 Ceyhan Coşkunsu, 96 Sinem Vatan Güney, 99 Ceren Demirçelen. Head coach: David Ginesta Montes
References
External links
Official website IHF profile