Turkey women's national goalball team

Turkey women's national goalball team
	Finalists of the women's division of the World Goalball Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018). Russia in white, Turkey in red, start of Brazil in blue.
Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Women
Region	IBSA Europe
Location	Turkey
Colours	White, red ;
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: : 3 : : ; World Championship medals: : 1 : 1 :
Parent group	Turkish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.tmpk.org.tr

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

As of 12 November 2021^[update]

Coach : Gültekin Karasu

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Fatma Gül Güler	B2	(2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20)
2	Reyhan Yılmaz	B2	(2001-11-18) 18 November 2001 (age 22)
3	Sevda Altunoluk (C)	B2	(1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 30)
4	Şeydanur Kaplan	B2	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)
7	Sevtap Altunoluk	B2	(1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 29)
8	Berfin Altan	B3	(2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 20)

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	Ranking
2003 IBSA World Games	Quebec City, Canada	10th^[1]
2007 IBSA Goalball European Championship	Antalya, Turkey	10th^[2]
2009 IBSA Goalball European Championship	Munich, Germany	11th^[3]
2010 IBSA Goalball European Women's Group B Championship	Eskişehir, Turkey	^[4]
2011 IBSA World Games	Antalya, Turkey	^[5]
2011 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. A	Assens, Denmark	8th^[6]
2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. B	Ascoli Piceno, Italy	^[7]
2013 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. A	Konya, Turkey	^[8]
2013 Malmö Lady Inter Cup	Malmö, Sweden	4th^[9]
2013 Pajulahti Games	Nastola, Finland	^[10]
2014 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup	Malmö, Sweden	^[11]
2014 International Goalball Tournament	Supraśl, Poland	^[12]
2014 Pajulahti Games	Nastola, Finland	4th^[13]
2015 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup	Malmö, Sweden	^[14]
2015 IBSA European Goalball Championships Div. A	Kaunas, Lithuania	^[15]
2016 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup	Malmö, Sweden	^[16]
2016 International Goalball Tournament	Supraśl, Poland	^[17]
2016 Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[18]
2017 IBSA European Goalball Championships	Nastola, Finland	^[18]
2018 Malmö Lady- and Men InterCup	Malmö, Sweden	^[16]
2018 Goalball World Championships	Malmö, Sweden	^[19]
2019 IBSA European Goalball Championships	Rostock, Germany	^[18]
2020 Paralympics	Tokyo, Japan
2021 IBSA European Goalball Championships	Samsun, Turkey	^[20]
2024 Paralympics	Paris, France	^[21]

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.

The following is the Turkey roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[22]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Fatma Gül Güler	B2	(2004-02-12)12 February 2004 (aged 17)
2	Reyhan Yılmaz	B2	(2001-11-18)18 November 2001 (aged 19)
3	Sevda Altunoluk	B2	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 27)
4	Şeydanur Kaplan	B2	(2000-03-23)23 March 2000 (aged 21)
6	Kader Çelik	B2	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 20)
7	Sevtap Altunoluk	B2	(1995-01-10)10 January 1995 (aged 26)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	3	0	1	30	11	+19	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	22	10	+12	9
3	Japan (H)	4	2	1	1	18	13	+5	7
4	Brazil	4	1	1	2	23	19	+4	4
5	Egypt	4	0	0	4	3	43	−40	0

Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Round-robin

25 August 2021

14:45

Turkey	7–1	Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 3', 11', 17', 21' Güler 5', 20' Yilmaz 21'	Report	Hagiwara 5'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)

26 August 2021 14:45	Egypt	2–12	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Raili Sipura (Finland)
	Elgabry 1 Ezzeldin 1	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 8 Sevt. Altunoluk 2 Güler 1 Çelik 1

28 August 2021

20:30

Turkey	8–4	Brazil
Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 1', 5', 16', 17', 23' Güler 2', 3'	Report	Amorim 6', 10' Custodio 13', 15'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raili Sipura (Finland)

30 August 2021

19:00

United States	4–3	Turkey
Mason 8' Miller 11' Dennis 13', 22'	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 4', 9'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Quarterfinal

1 September 2021

13:15

Turkey	10–6	Australia
Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 3', 4', 6', 6', 9', 17', 17' Güler 5' Çelik 24'	Report	Horsburgh 2', 11', 20', 21', 24' Smith 5'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Launel Scott (Canada)

Semifinal

2 September 2021

15:00

Turkey	8–5	Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 2', 3', 8', 10', 18', 18', 22', 23'	Report	Hagiwara 1', 1', 8', 18', 19'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

Final

3 September 2021

17:45

United States	2–9	Turkey
Mason 9' Miller 22'	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 1', 5', 6', 6', 8', 18', 18', 20'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

2021

The team competes in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 4 to 13 November 2021 in Samsun, Turkey.^[23] Turkey won the silver medal after losing to Russia 4–5 in the final.^[20]

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	Ref
5 November	Denmark	W 9-5	^[24]
6 November	Russia	W 2-1	^[25]
7 November	Great Britain	L 2-3	^[26]
9 November	Finland	W 6-2	^[27]
10 November	Germany	W 10-0	^[28]
11 November	Israel	W 7-6	^[29]
12 November	Russia	L 4-5	^[20]