The Northern Cyprus national basketball team is the
basketball team of
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
. The team is not affiliated to
FIBA, so only plays friendly games.
History
Northern Cyprus's first match was played on 25 January 2006, against
Kyrgyzstan. The team won by 84–78.
In May 2015, the team played two matches against
Abkhazia national team in Northern Cyprus, invited by the TRNC Federation. The team won their second match by 59–47, while the third match was cancelled.
In 2021, the team played two friendly matches against
Kyrgyzstan. Northern Cyprus won the first of them.
Matches
See also
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Sport in Northern Cyprus
There are 29 sports federations in Northern Cyprus and 13,838 people registered in them as of 2008. Taekwondo- karate-aikido-kurash is the most popular sport with 6054 athletes. It is followed by association football (2240 athletes), shooting (1 ...
References
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European national teams not affiliated to FIBA
Basketball in Northern Cyprus