The preparations for the camp of the A National Men's Handball Team, which will face Luxembourg away on March 2024 in the third match of the EHF Men's EURO 1 Qualification Group 8, have started.
The 27-man A National Team, which entered the camp in Konya on February 2023, 23 under the management of head coach Okan Halay, continues its activities at Konya Selçuk University 19 Mayıs Sports Hall.
A National Men's Handball Team Head Coach Okan Halay evaluated during the training; “The disaster experienced is too big to be described in words, it is a great loss for us as a handball family to lose our Cemal. I wish mercy to the deceased, a speedy recovery to the survivors, and patience to their relatives. Our prayers are for all those struggling in that area. I believe that the Turkish Nation will overcome these days as well, and as the handball family, we try our best. We all know that the flow of life needs to start as soon as possible in order to improve the psychology of society. First of all, we will try to come to ourselves psychologically. We need time. In line with these considerations, we will try to be ready for the Luxembourg matches as soon as possible. We know the importance of these matches, and we want to get victories from these matches in order to relieve our pain a little bit and to have a bit of peace where our Cemal sleeps.” he said.
The third match of the National Team in the group will start at 21.00:XNUMX at the National D'coque Sports Center in Luxembourg.
After this match, the National Team will host Luxembourg on March 12, 2023 in Konya in the fourth match of the group. The match to be played at Konya Selçuklu International Sports Hall will start at 17.00. Our National Team will face Portugal on April 26 in our country, and their last match in the group will be played away against North Macedonia on April 30.
A National Men's Handball Team candidate roster is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Mehmet Emre (Special Vefakent Hatay BB), Hüseyin Bereket (Bursa Nilüfer Municipality), Taner Günay (Sakarya BB)
Left wing: Samet Kanberoğlu (Beykoz Municipality SK), Enis Harun Hacıoğlu (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik)
Left Quarterback: Baran Nalbantoğlu (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik), Yakup Yaşar Simsar (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik), Genco İlanç (Koycegiz Municipality), Ali Emre Babacan (Beykoz Municipality), Danyel Kaya (Private Vefakent Hatay BB)
Middle Quarterback: Gökay Bilim (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik), Eray Karakoç (HC Ohrid / North Macedonia), Atakan Şirin (Spor Toto), Halil İbrahim Öztürk (HC Ohrid / North Macedonia)
Right Quarterback: Can Çelebi (Beykoz Municipality), Ömür Pehlivan (Beykoz Municipality), Eyüp Arda Yıldız (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik)
Right wing: Şevket Yağmuroğlu (Beşiktaş Yurtbay Seramik), Çetin Çelik (Sakarya BB)
Pivot: Ilkan Keleşoğlu (Private Vefakent Hatay BB), Alper Aydın (Beykoz Municipality), Çağlayan Öztürk (Beykoz Municipality), Tolga Durmaz (TuS Vinnhorst / Germany )
Technical Staff: Okan Halay (Head Coach), Rıfat Şahin (Assistant Trainer), İbrahim Demir (Goalkeeping Coach), Yasin Yüzbaşıoğlu (Sports Performance Coach), Mert Güven (Sports Performance Coach), Fuat Yüksel (Physiotherapist), Cenk Uzunca (Masseur), Mehmet Şakiroğlu (Psychologist), Bora Serter (Administrative Manager)