Turkish Basketball Federation President Hidayet Türkoğlu stated on Tuesday he’s assured that Türkiye will acquire the best to play within the 2024 Olympic qualifying event by profiting from internet hosting the occasion.
“We are a federation that always organizes such events,” Türkoğlu stated. “We have a very successful team. FIBA wants to benefit from our experience at every opportunity. Playing the Olympic qualifying matches in front of a home audience excites us.”
The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament shall be held at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall in Istanbul from Aug. 12-20. The prime three groups within the event will qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
Türkoğlu stated Türkiye has a younger however gifted staff that’s able to qualifying for the Olympics.
“We have a very successful coach (Ergin Ataman),” Türkoğlu stated. “I believe that we will have a good camp process and have the opportunity to play the Olympic qualifying matches. This will add a lot of value to us.”
Türkoğlu additionally spoke concerning the Basketball Development Center, which is below development on the location of Abdi Ipekçi Sports Hall. The heart is anticipated to open in January-February 2024.
“The latest situation is very pleasing,” Türkoğlu stated. “We are more excited that something emerges every day. The biggest thanks are always reserved for our president. He has been following the project closely since the first day. Our ministers also expressed that the construction process needs to be expedited. We will have the opportunity to follow all the teams closely. We will have more time to camp. I hope we will induce this facility into Turkish basketball as soon as possible. We anticipate that we will have it open in January-February 2024. This makes us very happy. We have very good plans for that place.”
Türkoğlu additionally commented on the settlement between FIBA and the Europa League to forestall the conflict of nationwide staff and membership competitions for the 2023-2024 season.
“We are very happy,” Türkoğlu stated. “That process was damaging to European basketball. It was a process that brought clubs and federations against each other and did not benefit stakeholders. We rectified this process. We always managed players invited into the national team. I hope that in the coming years, different dimensions of these agreements will be realized and add value to European basketball every day. I wish both sides a good start.”
Finally, Türkoğlu analyzed the third place that the Under-19 nationwide staff achieved within the World Cup.
“We are very happy to crown the fruits of a project we initiated about six years ago with such success,” Türkoğlu stated. “Last year, the Under-18 national team featured well in the championship held in our country. We are happy to continue with the same generation and coming third in the world. Congratulations to Fikret Doğan and his team for this achievement. This age generation makes us approach the next years with more hope. These young people will don this jersey in the best way at the national level.”
Türkoğlu’s feedback come as Türkiye prepares for a busy summer time of basketball. In addition to internet hosting the Olympic qualifying event, Türkiye can even take part within the EuroBasket event in September.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
