The candidate squad for the matches in which the National Men’s Basketball Team, under the management of Ergin Ataman, will face Hungary in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers Group B, on Friday, November 22, at the Basketball Development Center, and on Monday, November 25, away at the Savaria Arena, has been announced.
It was noteworthy that no player from Fenerbahçe Beko was included in the announced squad. The yellow-dark blue team had previously announced that they would not send players to the National Men’s Basketball Team during Ergin Ataman’s term in office.
Ergin Ataman included the following names in the National Men’s Basketball Team:
Yiğit Arslan, Onuralp Bitim, Furkan Haltalı, Şehmus Hazer, Sadık Emir Kabaca, Göksenin Köksal, Kerem Konan, Furkan Korkmaz, Shane Larkin, Sarper David Mutaf, Cedi Osman, Ercan Osmani, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu, Yiğitcan Saybir, Kenan Sipahi, Emre Tunca, Muhsin Yaşar, Erkan Yılmaz, Ömer Faruk Yurtseven.
The National Men’s Basketball Team lost 87-80 away to Italy in its first match in the group. In the second match, the Crescent-Stars team won 76-75 against Iceland.
The schedule of the group matches of the National Men’s Basketball Team against Hungary is as follows:
Friday, November 22
20.30 Türkiye-Hungary (Basketball Development Center)
Monday, November 25
20.00 Hungary-Türkiye (Savaria Arena)
