Women’s Basketball World Cup

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Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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TUR

Türkiye

Group C

World Cup appearances

Best: Fourth place (2014)

Olympic appearances

Best: 5th place (2012)

How they qualified

Qualifier

Istanbul tournament →

Türkiye finished fourth as hosts in 2014 and have not been to an Olympics since 2016. Kennedy Burke fills their naturalised place — an American who won a WNBA title with New York in 2024 and now plays for the Connecticut Sun.

Head coach

Andrea Mazzon

WNBA connection — 1 current player

Player	Pos	WNBA team
Kennedy Burke	F	CON Connecticut Sun

Also: Sevgi Uzun (former, CHI).

Roster — provisional — 20-player pool

FIBA has published a 20-name pool; the individual names are not yet available.

A pool, not a squad — it will be cut to 12 before the tournament. Nothing here should be read as a confirmed selection.

Group C fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇧🇪 Belgium	11:30 ET 17:30 CEST
Sun 6 Sep	vs	🇦🇺 Australia	05:30 ET 11:30 CEST
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	05:30 ET 11:30 CEST