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Turkey men's national goalball team

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Turkey men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Blind Sport Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu, TGESF), and takes part in international goalball competitions.

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Competitions and achievements

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

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

Current squad

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

References

Turkey men's national goalball team Wikipedia