Organised by Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate, “Cup of Nation Basketball” tournament finished with final matches which took place at EMU Lala Mustafa Paşa Sports Center. The tournament which commenced on 14 December 2015 hosted 13 men’s and 11 women’s teams. Following the final matches, TRNC women’s team and Palestine men’s team became champions of the tournament.
While the final match in men’s teams took place between Palestine and Nigeria (27-24), the match for the third place was played between Syria and Turkey (7-27). In men’s group, Palestine came the first, Nigeria the second, Turkey the third and Syria the fourth.
In women’s group, the final match took place between the TRNC and Turkey (17-14). The match for the third place was played between Nigeria and Kazakhstan (26-9). According to the match results, TRNC came the first, Turkey the second, Nigeria the third and Kazakhstan the fourth. Awards were presented to the winning teams by Vice Rector for Student Affairs Prof. Dr. Hıfsiye Pulhan, Student Affairs Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Derviş Subaşı and Sports Affairs Director Cemal Konnolu.
Among individual sports players who received personal awards were Khanled Bibi (Jordan), Merve Nesin (TRNC), Ehap Hayek (Palestine), Gülnaz Konysbuyara (Kazkhstan), Özge Öztürk (Turkey), Sael Qasem (Palestine), Uğur Nalbant (Turkey), Walid Safar (Lebanon) and Maria Kurenkova (Russia).
