Turkey’s 12 Giant Men climb two places to ninth in world rankings
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- Turkey climbed two places to ninth in the updated FIBA world rankings with 808.1 points.
- The United States remained first, followed by Germany and France.
- Turkey became the first team to qualify for the 2027 FIBA World Cup after winning all eight of its European qualifying games.
Turkey’s men’s national basketball team has moved up two places to ninth in the FIBA world rankings, adding another milestone to an unbeaten qualifying campaign.
FIBA updated the rankings after the fourth window of games in the European qualifiers for the 2027 World Cup. Turkey now has 808.1 points.
The United States leads the standings with 952.3 points. Germany follows on 877.4, while France is third with 870.9.
Turkey has won all eight of its games in the European qualifiers and became the first team to secure a place at the 2027 World Cup.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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