Turkish Women's National Basketball Team faces Montenegro

The Turkish Women's National Basketball Team will face Montenegro today in their first match of the 2027 European Championship Qualifiers 2nd Round Group I. The match, which will be played at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center in Istanbul and start at 19.00, will be broadcast live on TRT Spor Yıldız screens.

The red-and-white team, playing their first official match under the management of head coach Frederic Dusart, aims to start the qualifiers with a victory by defeating Montenegro. Dusart stated during the media day that he knows the team and they have prepared as much as possible in a short time. Meanwhile, Turkish Basketball Federation President Hidayet Türkoğlu expressed that their primary goal is to participate in the European Championship.

In Group I, alongside Turkey, are Poland, Montenegro, and Israel. In the other match of the group, Israel will play against Poland. In the qualifiers with a total of 24 teams, the teams finishing their groups in the top two positions will secure a ticket to the European Championship, which will be jointly hosted by Belgium, Finland, Sweden, and Lithuania from June 16-27, 2027. Following the Montenegro match, the national team will face Israel away on Saturday, November 14, and Poland on Tuesday, November 17.