Among all sportin Turkey, the most popular one is football. Turkey's top teams include Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş. In 2000, Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. Two years later, the Turkish national team finished third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals in Japan and South Korea, while in 2008, the national team reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Euro 2008 competition. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul hosted the 2005 and 2023 UEFA Champions League Final, while the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul hosted the 2009 UEFA Cup Final. Turkey will host the UEFA Euro 2032 along with Italy.
Jaka Lakovič is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB, as well as an assistant coach of the senior Slovenia national team.
Sinan Güler is a former Turkish professional basketball player.
Işıl Alben is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray, who is often considered to be among the top Turkish female athletes. She was the captain of the first Turkish team that won the EuroLeague title in 2014.
Bahar Çağlar Ökten is a Turkish professional basketball player for Botaş SK. She competed at two Summer Olympic Games: the 2012 and 2016. Married to the advocate Emin Ökten since 29 August 2020.
Erman Kunter is a Turkish-French former professional basketball player and coach. He most recently served as head coach of Galatasaray, of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
Alba Torrens Salom is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position. She is currently captain of Valencia Basket.
Moustapha Fall is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the senior men's French national team. Standing at 2.18 m, Fall plays at the center position. He is an excellent defender, finishing effectively in almost all pass under the basket, while often serving as a racket playmaker as he is very good passer.
Tuğçe Canıtez is a Turkish retired female professional basketball player. The 1.90 m tall athlete plays in the power forward position.
Alexander Trent Tyus is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League in which he was the 2018 Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team. Standing at 2.03 meters tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.
Samet Geyik is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Marina Maljković is a Serbian professional basketball coach. She currently serves as a head coach for the Serbia women's national basketball team.
The Belgium women's national basketball team represents Belgium in international basketball, and are controlled by Basketball Belgium. Belgium's first appearance in a major international tournament came at EuroBasket 1950. The team has participated in the European Championship fourteen times overall. Their best results at the event are winning the title in 2023, and two third place finishes. Belgium has also competed on the global stage, where they have made two appearances at the World Cup, and one at the Olympic Games (2020).
Emma Meesseman is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Kamilė Nacickaitė is a Lithuanian professional female basketball player, currently playing for Tango Bourges Basket in France.
Kyara Linskens is a Belgian basketball player for Lattes-Montpellier and the Belgian national team.
Antonia Delaere is a Belgian basketball player for Perfumerías Avenida, in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, the Spanish Women's League. She also plays in the Belgian national team.
Tina Krajišnik is a Serbian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg and for the Serbian national team.
Muhaymin Mustafa is a Sudanese-Turkish professional basketball player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
LDLC ASVEL Féminin is a French professional women's basketball club from the Lyon suburb Villeurbanne. LDLC is a French e-commerce company that sponsors the club. ASVEL stands for Association Sportive de Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais, an acronym combining ASV and EL that merged into one club. LDLC ASVEL is the men's basketball team owned by the same ASVEL multi-sport company.
