İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Turkish: İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established 1979 in İzmir, Turkey by the city's metropolitan municipality (Turkish: İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi). The club's colors are blue and white. İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor is active in a total of 21 branches, including Paralympic and many Olympic sports.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The men's handball team of the club plays in the Turkish Handball Super League, the women's team in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League and the wheelchair basketball team in the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League successfully.[7][8]
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| Based in | İzmir |
| Colors | Blue & white |
| Owner | İzmir Metropolitan Municipality |
| President | Pervin Şenel Genç |
| Website | www |
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| Archery | Athletics | Badminton |
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| Basketball | Contract bridge | Fencing |
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| Football | Gymnastics | Handball (women) |
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| Ice hockey | Judo | Sailing |
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| Table tennis | Taekwondo | Volleyball |
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| Water polo (women) | Weightlifting | Wrestling |
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| Powerlifting | Wheelchair basketball | |
Venues
editMain venues of the club are:[9]
- Bornova Ice Sports Hall inside the Aşık Veysel Recreational Area, Bornova: Ice hockey[10]
- Celal Atik Sports Hall, Kültürpark: Basketball, handball, volleyball
- Evka-4 Sports Complex, Bornova: Basketball, handball, volleyball
Achievements
editHandball
edit- Champions (1): 2007–08
- Women's
- Runners-up (1): 2010–11
- Third place (2): 2007–08, 2021–22
Ice hockey
editWater polo
edit- Turkish Women's Water Polo First League
- Champions (1): 2022–23.[13]
- LEN Women's Challenger Cup
- Champions (1): 2023–24.[14]
Wheelchair basketball
edit- Turkish Wheelchair Basketball First League
- Champions (1): 1996–97
- Champions (4): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Runners-up (1): 2003.[15]
Notable sportspeople
edit- İbrahim Arat (born 1988), weightlifter
- Remzi Başakbuğday (born 1989), taekwondo practitioner
- Recep Çelik (born 1987), racewalker
- Duygu Çete (born 1989), 2012 Summer Paralympics bronze medalist female visually impaired judoka
- Begül Löklüoğlu (born 1988), female archer
- Semiha Mutlu (born 1987), female racewalker
References
edit- ^ "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor Buzda Buz Hokey Takımıyla Şov Yaptı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Büyükşehir Uzun Atladı". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ "BŞB'den milli isabet". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "İlk turnuvadan altınla döndü". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Bayanların Nefes Kesen Maçını İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kazandı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Hentbol-İzmir B.B.'nin rakipleri belli oldu". Spor X (in Turkish). 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbolu <". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Tesisler" (in Turkish). İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sğor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor'un Şampiyon Buz Hrkeyi Takımı Bu Yıl da İddialı" (in Turkish). Basketbolig. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "2013–2014 Sezonu TBHF Süper Ligi 1'incisi İzmir Büy. Bel. SK Oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "2012–2013 Sezonu TBHF Süper Lig 1'cisi Başkent Yıldızları S.K Oldu" (in Turkish). TBHF. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- ^ "2022-2023 Sezonu Kadınlar 1. Lig Şampiyonu İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Sutopu Federasyonu. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Water Polo Challenger Cup Women: Convincing wins for Izmir and Zvezda in the F6 openers". LEN European Aquatics. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ IWBF Official Website
External links
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