Turkey secure World Cup place after thrashing Iceland 110-73
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- Turkey defeated Iceland 110-73 in the second game of Group J’s second round of the FIBA 2027 World Cup European qualifiers.
- The victory gave Turkey its eighth consecutive win in the qualifying campaign.
- Turkey became the first unbeaten team to qualify for the World Cup from the qualifiers.
Turkey’s men’s national basketball team secured a place at the 2027 FIBA World Cup with a 110-73 victory away to Iceland.
The result came in the second game of Group J’s second qualifying round. Turkey extended its perfect record to eight wins from eight matches and remains the only unbeaten team in the World Cup qualifiers.
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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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