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Our National Women’s and Men’s Squash Teams achieved a historic success at the European Squash Teams Championship held in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, between 17–20 April 2024, defeating strong opponents one after another. Victories against countries such as Bulgaria, Greece, Gibraltar and Luxembourg, which have been playing Squash for far longer than us, promised great hopes for the future. The average age of our teams being in their twenties also caught the attention of European Squash authorities.
Our Squash National Teams:
Men
Ergin Yörükoğlu (C) / Kalahan Istanbul Squash Club
Mümin F. Bilen / Istanbul Squash Club
Egebey Sesli / Istanbul Squash Club
Emirhan Şen / Tema Istanbul Sports Club
Malik Bilen / Istanbul Squash Club
Levent Canbeyli / Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality Sports Club
Women
Esmehan Kabakçı (C) / Istanbul Squash Club
Zeynep Kabakçı / Kalahan Istanbul Squash Club
İpeksu Dolma / Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality Sports Club
Selenay Kılıç / Bursa ADS Squash Club
Tuana Karaca / Bursa ADS Squash Club
Our men’s team defeated Luxembourg and Bulgaria 3–1 in group matches and finished their group unbeaten with a 2–2 draw against Jersey, thus securing qualification to the quarter-finals. Our team faced Croatia in the quarter-finals and lost a highly competitive match 3–1. In the ranking matches, our team lost to Slovenia 3–1 and won against Greece 3–1, finishing 7th in Europe.
Our women’s team won 3–0 against Gibraltar but finished 3rd in their group after losing to Sweden and Greece. After easily defeating Isle of Man 3–0 in our first ranking match, our team lost to Luxembourg 2–1 and won 3–0 against Jersey, finishing 11th in Europe.
We congratulate our players, our coaches and their clubs, and wish them continued success.
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