Turkey defeated Ukraine 77-69

While Turkey has slowly been building up to the championships, its preparation has not been the best, with poor form in preliminary matches and concerns over the health of some players.
The draw hasn’t done Turkey any favours either, with Croatia, Greece and Friday night’s opponent Ukraine the other teams in Group D.
Both Hidayet Türkolu, who now plies his trade with the US team the San Antonio Spurs and Hüseyin Be?ok have a question mark over their fitness, the former having only just overcome illness and the later injury.