Basketball: Turkey Women's Team Aim 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Turkey's women's basketball team set their sights on qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through success in the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019.



"Our aim is to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It will be a difficult process in the EuroBasket tournament from the first to the last match," team member Bahar Caglar told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.



"l believe we will have a synergy with the new players on our national team," she added.



FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 will be held in Latvia and Serbia from June 27 to July 7.



Sixteen teams will compete in the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019. Latvia and Serbia are qualified directly as the league's hosts.



The top six teams in the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.



The groups are as follows:



Group A: Ukraine, Great Britain, Latvia, Spain



Group B: Sweden, France, Czech Rep, Montenegro



Group C: Turkey, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary



Group D: Belarus, Russia, Belgium, Serbia -