Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman was named the Turkish national team head coach, the Turkish Basketball Federation announced earlier today in a press conference.
The veteran coach will guide the team in the 2022 edition of Eurobasket. This will be his second stint with the national team.
Turkey is set to face Russia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Belgium, and Spain in Tbilisi in the competition starting on September 1st.
The top four teams will move from Group A to the knockout stage, which will be held between 10 and 18 September in Berlin.
The 2021 EuroLeague champion was the head coach of the Turkish NT between 2014 and 2016. His initial stint featured an eighth place in the 2014 World Cup and a 14th place in the 2015 EuroBasket.
Prior to the participation in the 2022 EuroBasket, Ataman and his team will have to go through the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers Group B. Turkey will host Belarus and Great Britain to complete the six-game round of the preliminary phase.
Turkey will try to clinch its place in the next round of the Basketball World Cup as one of the top three sides of the four-team group.
“I want to make it clear to all fans and players who will be selected that we are here to win EuroBasket, World Cup, and Olympic medals,” Ataman said in the press conference (h/t to Matteo Andreani).
OFFICIAL.
Ergin Ataman is the new Head Coach of Turkey.
"I want to make it clear to all fans and players who will be selected that we are here to win EuroBasket, World Cup, and Olympic medals"#basketball #Baloncesto #turkey #EuroLeague #FIBAWC #EuroBasket #Olympics #Turkiye— Matteo Andreani (@matty_vanpersie) April 16, 2022
