Turkey men's national goalball team

Turkey men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Turkey. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international goalball competitions.

Turkish men's national goalball team
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionMen
RegionIBSA Europe
LocationTurkey
ColoursRed
 
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

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World Championship medals:

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Parent groupTurkish Blind Sport Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu, TGESF)
Turkey men's national goalball team at the 2015 IBSA World Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Paralympic Games
Main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. There were twelve men's and ten women's teams (an increase of two more women's teams from past years).[1]

The national team qualified for the first time at the Paralympics in the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won the bronze medal defeating the team of Lithuania in the third place match.[2]

The following is the Turkey roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Player Age
1Tekin Okan Düzgün24
2Hüseyin Alkan24
3Mehmet Cesur30
5Yusuf Uçar25
6Abdullah Aydoğdu21
7Tuncay Karakaya23
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 5410266+2013
 Brazil 53023020+109
 Lithuania 52213320+138
 Finland 52031624−86
 Sweden 51221625−95
 Great Britain 5014935−261

The bronze medal winning squad at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, consisted of following players:

Name City
Tekin Okan Düzgün Ankara
Tuncay Karakaya Ankara
Hüseyin Alkan Ankara
Abdullah Aydoğdu Ankara
Yusuf Uçar Istanbul
Mehmet Cesur Ankara

2020 Tokyo
Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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.

The following is the Turkey roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1Hüseyin AlkanB1 (1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 33)
3Ebubekir Sıddık KaraB2 (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 26)
4Ekrem GündoğduB1 (1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 30)
6Tekin Okan DüzgünB1 (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 33)
7Tuncay KarakayaB1 (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 (aged 31)
8Abdullah AydoğduB3 (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 29)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 4 2 0 2 18 13 +5 6 Quarter-finals
2  Ukraine 4 2 0 2 18 15 +3 6
3  Turkey 4 2 0 2 15 15 0 6
4  China 4 2 0 2 21 22 −1 6
5  Germany 4 2 0 2 16 23 −7 6
Source: TOCOG
Round-robin
25 August 2021
17:30
Germany  6–4  Turkey Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
Dennis 4
Hörauf 1
Steiger 1		 Report Karakaya 3
Gündoğdu 1
27 August 2021
09:00
Turkey  4–6  Belgium Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Karakaya 3
Gündoğdu 1		 Report B. Vanhove 3
Mapreni 2
T. Vanhove 1
28 August 2021
10:30
Turkey  6–3  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
Kara 3
Karakaya 3		 Report Yang Mingyuan 2
Cai Changgui 1
30 August 2021
09:00
Ukraine  0–1  Turkey Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
Report Karakaya 1

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.[5] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

2007 Antalya

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.[6]

2011 Assens (Group A)

In 2011, the national team became runner-up at the IBSA European Championships in Assens, Denmark, and was promoted to the Group A.[7]

Results
Event Date Host Ranking
IBSA World Summer Games (Goalball) 1–12 Aug 2003  Canada, Quebec 28th
Islamic Solidarity Games (Goalball) 8–20 Apr 2005  Saudi Arabia, Jeddah 5th
Goalball World Youth Championships 4–10 Aug 2005  United States, Colorado Springs [8]
IBSA International Goalball Tournament 6–9 Apr 2006  United Kingdom, Bolton 5th
IBSA International Goalball Tournament 21–24 Jul 2006  Bulgaria, Sofia
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group C 24–29 Apr 2007  Turkey, Alanya [6]
IBSA Wotld Championships and Games 24 Jul – 8 Aug 2007  Brazil, Sao Paulo 16th
International Goalball Tournament 19–22 Apr 2008  United Kingdom, Manchester 4th
IBSA European Goalball Championship 26–30 Jun 2008  Finland, Nastola 5th
International Goalball Tournament 29–31 Oct 2009  United Kingdom, Manchester [9]
IBSA European Goalball Championship 19–24 Oct 2010  Denmark, Assens [10]
International Goalball Tournament 17–20 Feb 2011  United Kingdom, Sheffield [11]
4th IBSA World Championships and Games 1–10 Apr 2011  Turkey, Antalya [12]
International Goalball Tournament 1–5 Sep 2011  Belgium, Ghent
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group B 19–24 Oct 2011  Denmark, Assens [7]
Int'l Goalball Development Tournament for Men 23–26 Feb 2012  Turkey, Antalya [13]
Goalball at the Summer Paralympics 29 Aug – 9 Sep 2012  United Kingdom, London [2]
IBSA European Goalball Championships 1–11 Nov 2013  Turkey, Konya [14]
4th International Goalball Tournament 5–8 Jun 2014  Poland, Suprasl [15]
Malmö Lady- and Men Intercup 2015 2–5 Apr 2015  Sweden, Malmö [16]
IBSA World Games Goalball Tournament 10–17 May 2015  South Korea, Seoul 4th[17]
IBSA European Goalball Championship 8–12 Jul 2015  Lithuania, Kaunas [18]
IBSA European Goalball Championship 22–29 Aug 2015  United Kingdom, Hereford [19]
Pajulahti Games 2016 22–24 Jan 2016  Finland, Nastola [20]
2016 Rio Open Goalball Men's Tournament 6–8 May 2016  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro [21]
6th International Goalball Tournament 14–15 May 2016  Poland, Suprasl 4th[22]

See also

References
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