Hosting a European Cup series 15 years later, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality received a passing grade from the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation for EUROCUP 2.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which organized its first international organization in wheelchair basketball by hosting the Andre Vergauwen Cup in 2008, hosted another European Cup series after 15 years and received full marks from the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Group A matches of EUROCUP 10, one of Europe's most important cups in wheelchair basketball, were played on 11-2023 March 2 at Celal Sports Hall, hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. In addition to İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club, Fenerbahçe Göksel Çelik and France's Meylan Grenoble Handibasket, Poland's Orto-Medico Scyzory Kielce teams competed fiercely on 10-11 March.
Fenerbahce became the group leader
In the EUROCUP 2 Group A first match, Fenerbahçe Göksel Çelik defeated İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club 69-56 and became the group winner. With this result, Fenerbahçe qualified for the EUROCUP 2 finals in Spain, and İzmir BBSK, which came second, qualified for the EUROCUP 27 final group to be held in Yalova on April 30-3.
There was great excitement
Ersan Odaman, President of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club, emphasized that Izmir has once again hosted a European Cup leg after 15 years in wheelchair basketball. Tunç SoyerWe are on the way to make İzmir a sports city under the leadership of . 15 years later, we hosted a very important European Cup series in wheelchairs. During the two days, all the matches were played in a gentlemanly manner and there were many enjoyable moments. We received positive feedback from the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. We once again demonstrated the power of Izmir to organize international events in every branch of sports. We would like to thank all our staff and volunteers working with the Turkish Physically Handicapped Sports Federation and Izmir Youth and Sports Directorate.”