FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship Qualification was completed with competitions played in 9 groups.
Our A Women’s National Team competed in Group E with Serbia, Lithuania and Albania in the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship Qualifiers. After Albania’s withdrawal from the organization, three teams took part in Group E. While beating Lithuania with the scores of 74-51 and 67-55 in the matches in our moon-stars group, it lost to Serbia with the scores of 59-56 and 83-76.
Our Nationals qualified to participate in the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship, being among the winners of the 9 groups as well as the runner-up in the top 5 groups.
Turkey Basketball Federation National Teams Director Haluk Yildirim, Women’s National Team Manager Jasmine Khorasan and the Women’s National Team Başantrenörü Yıldızoğlu Ceyhun, Month-star of our FIBA 2021 women found in our assessment regarding the participation in the European Championship.
TBF National Teams Director Haluk Yıldırım said the following:
“We finished our group in second place as a result of the qualifying matches. If we evaluate the matches we play; We came to the point of winning both competitions against Serbia, which finished our group first. However, we lost both matches due to simple mistakes. Against Lithuania, we were superior in the game in both games. We completed our group matches with two wins and we qualified to participate in the FIBA Women’s 2021 European Championship. Thus, we have reached our first goal. providing once more the lantern held in our country in the process of the pandemic, especially Hedo Turkoglu of Turkey Basketball Federation President, I thank you once again to all the officials of the federation. I believe that we will evaluate the process until the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship and achieve the best result in the tournament. “
A Women’s National Team Manager Yasemin Horasan said, “We played well in the Lithuanian match, the last game we played in our group. We got a satisfactory result in terms of both score and game. We could have won the match with a different score. However, we had some ups and downs in the game. With the completion of the matches in other groups, we qualified to participate in the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship. Although we have experienced some injuries and unlucky during the pandemic process, we are happy to participate in the tournament. As of today, a new page will open in front of us. Our aim; The best way will be to prepare for the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship and to represent our country in the organization in the best way possible. ” used the expressions.
Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu, Head Coach of the A Women’s National Team said, “We are delighted to participate in the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship to be hosted by Spain and France. Serbia and Lithuania in providing encounters take place once again in this organization to the best of our country from the hands of our players, the Turkey Basketball Federation, together with our technical and administrative team would like to thank forever. I am sure that we will do everything to honor our country in the FIBA 2021 Women’s European Championship and we will achieve good results. ” said.
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