Turkey men's national water polo team

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Turkey
FINA codeTUR
AssociationTürkiye Sutopu Federasyonu
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachSinan Turunç
Asst coachOytun Okman
Mehmet Özkol
CaptainBerk Bıyık
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current19 (as of 9 August 2021)
Biggest win
Turkey  29–0  Latvia
(27 September 2015)
Biggest defeat
Turkey  1–27  Greece
(16 July 2018)
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1966)
Best result10th (2010)

The Turkish men's national water polo team was formed in the 1930s.

Results[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Year[1] Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
1900–2020 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0/26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olympic Games Qualification[edit]

Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2012 7th place 7 1 2 4 56 98 −42
Total 1/14 7 1 2 4 56 98 −42

FINA World League[edit]

FINA Water Polo World League
Year[1] Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2010 Preliminary Round 6 0 0 6 36 87 −51
2011 Preliminary Round 6 0 0 6 20 68 −48
2012 Preliminary Round 6 0 0 6 27 81 −54
2013 Preliminary Round 6 0 0 6 22 104 −82
2015 Preliminary Round 8 1 0 7 40 105 −65
2016 Preliminary Round 6 0 0 6 34 97 −63
Total 6/16 38 1 0 37 179 542 −363

European Championship[edit]

European Water Polo Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
1966 16th place 7 0 1 6 6 69 −63
1991 14th place 6 1 1 4 50 88 −38
2010 10th place 8 1 0 7 45 102 −57
2012 12th place 7 0 0 7 33 119 −86
2016 16th place 7 0 1 6 51 110 −59
2018 15th place 5 1 0 4 31 99 −68
2020 12th place 6 1 0 5 40 92 −52
Total 7/34 46 4 3 39 256 679 −423

European Championship Level II[edit]

European Water Polo Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
1987 9th place 4 2 0 2 28 28 0
1994 9th place 2 2 0 0 15 13 +2
1996 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 4th place 6 4 0 2 39 33 +6
2004 4th place 7 5 0 2 66 40 +24
2007 8th place 7 3 1 3 74 68 +6
2009 Champion 8 7 0 1 87 50 +37
Total 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LEN Europa Cup[edit]

LEN Europa Cup
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2018 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

European Games (Junior Team)[edit]

European Games
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2015 13th place 5 2 0 3 37 54 −17
Total 1/1 5 2 0 3 37 54 −17

FINA World Development Trophy[edit]

FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy
Year[1] Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2007–2017 ِDid not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Islamic Solidarity Games[edit]

Islamic Solidarity Games
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
2005 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Champion 4 3 1 0 64 20 +44
Total 1/2 4 3 1 0 64 20 +44

Mediterranean Games[edit]

Water polo at the Mediterranean Games
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
1951 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 6th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 Third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 6th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Did enter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 8th place 4 0 1 3 18 40 −22
2009 8th place 5 0 0 5 33 57 −24
2013 7th place 3 0 0 3 15 39 −24
2018 8th place 4 0 0 4 14 70 −56
10/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Current squad[edit]

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[2]

Head coach: Sinan Turunç

No Name Pos. L/R Date of birth Height Weight Caps Club
1 Attila Sezer GK R (1975-09-13) 13 September 1975 (age 48) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 295 Turkey Enka SK
2 Selçuc Can Caner AR R (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 30 Turkey Adalar SS
3 Mehmet Yutmaz AR R (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 21) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 Turkey Enka SK
4 Fatih Acar AR R (1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 25) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 35 Turkey Enka SK
5 Berk Bıyık (C) CF R (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 110 kg (240 lb) 100 Turkey Heybeliada SK
6 Emre Gürdenli CB R (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 23) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 15 Turkey Enka SK
7 Emirhan Yenigün CB R (1993-12-11) 11 December 1993 (age 30) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) Turkey Heybeliada SK
8 Oğuz Berke Senemoğlu AR R (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 40 Turkey Galatasaray
9 Nadir Sönmez AR R (1992-10-29) 29 October 1992 (age 31) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 60 Turkey Heybeliada SK
10 Neşfet Toğkan Ozbek AR R (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 29) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 100 Turkey Galatasaray
11 Ege Kahraman AR R (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 40 Turkey Enka SK
12 Mehmet Dilek Gökmen CF R (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 20 Turkey Galatasaray
13 Hüseyin Kağan Kil GK R (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 Turkey Galatasaray

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020 European Championships roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. p. 16. Retrieved 14 January 2020.