Izmir Metropolitan Municipality wheelchair basketball team came in third in Europe

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club wheelchair basketball team came third in Europe in IWBF EuroCup-3. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which beat England representative London Titan with a score of 69-56 in the last match of IWBF EuroCup 3, which was held in Yalova and is one of the most important cups in Europe, won the third place in Europe. German team Hannover United finished first in this important championship, while Dinamo Sassari came in second. Ahmet Efetürk, who showed a good performance in the championship, was selected as the most valuable athlete and entered the best five of the tournament.

5 MATCHES 4 WINS

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club, which is in Group B in IWBF EuroCup-3, defeated French Toulouse IC 74-61, Italian Dinamo Sassari 71-67 and Swiss representative Pilatus Dragon 67-42 in their first match. finished the group leader. Losing 58-82 to Germany’s Hannover United in the semi-final match, the Izmir team won the third place in Europe by beating the British representative London Titan with a score of 69-56 in the 3-point-4 match.

REYHANI: “WE ARE HAPPY”

Coach Ali Reyhani, who said that they are happy to return to Izmir with a trophy, said, “We came third in Europe in EuroCup-3 held in our country. We lost to the champion team in the semi-finals, and we beat the other finalist in our group. It was a nice and productive championship for us. Now, our entire goal is to finish in the best place in the league and we are strong enough to achieve this.”