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EUROBASKET 1949 Turkey's European championship debut came at Eurobasket 1949 , held in Cairo , Egypt . The Turks split their six games in the seven-team round robin tournament, finishing with three wins and three losses for 4th place. EUROBASKET 1951 Turkey competed again at Eurobasket 1951 in Paris . Their only loss in the preliminary round was to the Soviet Union as Turkey earned the second-rank spot with a 3-1 record. Their single loss to Bulgaria in the semifinal round, however, was enough to bump them from championship contention as they came out on the bottom of a three-way tie with a 2-1 record. They won their classificiation 5-8 game, but lost the 5/6 game to Italy . EUROBASKET 1955 Turkey returned after missing 1953's edition to Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest . They went 1-2 in their preliminary round group, taking third in the pool and moving to classification play. There they lost only to France on their way to a 3-1 record in classification round 1. They lost their 9-12 semifinal by 1 point to Finland , but defeated England 77-54 in the next game to take 11th place of the 18 team tournament. EUROBASKET 1957 Turkey appeared again at Eurobasket 1957 in Sofia . Losing to the Soviet Union and Poland in the preliminary round, Turkey took third in the group to be sent to the classification pool. They defeated each of the other seven teams in the classification round in order to take 9th place of the 16 teams. EUROBASKET 2001 The Turkey national basketball team, which rose to final at Eurobasket 2001 in Istanbul for the first time, was defeated by Yugoslavia with a score of 69-78 and won the silver medal. Spanish Basketball Team became third defeating Germany 99-90. MEDITERRANEAN GAMES 2005 Turkish team reached the semifinals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería , Spain . The bronze medal match, it played against the Spain National Basketball Team , but became fourth losing 84-70. EUROBASKET 2005 Turkey qualified for Eurobasket 2005 held in Serbia And Montenegro , but lost to Lithuania (87-75) and Croatia (80-67) defeating only Bulgaria (94-89) in the preliminary round. It took third in the group to be sent to the classification pool. Germany eliminated Turkish team defeating 66-57. It achieved the final standing 9-12. Turkey was awarded one of the four Wild Card s by FIBA for the qualification to the Basketball World Championship 2006 in Japan . CURRENT SQUAD SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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