Turkey women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Turkey. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Current squad
Coach : Gültekin Karasu
No. Player Class Date of birth (age)1 Fatma Gül Güler B2 2 Reyhan Yılmaz B2 3 Sevda Altunoluk (C) B2 4 Şeydanur Kaplan B2 7 Sevtap Altunoluk B2 8 Berfin Altan B3
Former players Sadiye Ardıç (2012-2014) Buket Atalay (2012-2016) Kader Çelik (2017-2020) Gülşah Düzgün (2012-2019) Neşe Mercan (2012-2019) Sümeyye Özcan (2012-2016) Seda Yıldız (2013-2019)
Competitions and results
Event Host Ranking2003 IBSA World Games Quebec City, Canada 10th2007 IBSA Goalball European Championship Antalya, Turkey 10th2009 IBSA Goalball European Championship Munich, Germany 11th2010 IBSA Goalball European Women's Group B Championship Eskişehir, Turkey 2011 IBSA World Games Antalya, Turkey 2011 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. A Assens, Denmark 8th2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. BAscoli Piceno, Italy 2013 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. AKonya, Turkey 2013 Malmö Lady Inter CupMalmö, Sweden 4th2013 Pajulahti Games Nastola, Finland 2014 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup Malmö, Sweden2014 International Goalball TournamentSupraśl, Poland 2014 Pajulahti Games Nastola, Finland 4th2015 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup Malmö, Sweden2015 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. AKaunas, Lithuania 2016 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup Malmö, Sweden2016 International Goalball TournamentSupraśl, Poland 2016 Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017 IBSA European Goalball ChampionshipsNastola, Finland 2018 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup Malmö, Sweden2018 Goalball World Championships Malmö, Sweden 2019 IBSA European Goalball ChampionshipsRostock, Germany 2020 Paralympics Tokyo, Japan 2021 IBSA European Goalball ChampionshipsSamsun, Turkey 2024 Paralympics Paris, France
2020
The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. They qualified by placing second at the 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships.
Round-robin
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
2021 The team competes in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 4 to 13 November 2021 in Samsun, Turkey. Turkey won the silver medal after losing to Russia 4–5 in the final.
Turkey team consisted of Fatma Gül Güler (#1), Reyhan Yılmaz (#2), Sevda Altunoluk (#3), Şeydanur Kaplan (#4), Sevtap Altunoluk (#7), Berfin Altan (#8) coached by Gültekin Karasu. 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championships - Samsun, Turkey Date Opponent Result Ref5 November W 9-5 6 November W 2-1 7 November L 2-3 9 November W 6-2 10 November W 10-0 11 November W 7-6 12 November L 4-5
See also
Disabled sports IBSA Europe Goalball Championships Turkey men's national goalball team Turkey at the Paralympics
References