Turkey takes on Latvia in world qualifiers

Turkey's national basketball team will take on Latvia in a FIBA World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers Group B match on Friday.

The qualifying group matches for Turkey will begin Friday in Bursa's TOFAŞ Sports Hall at 7 p.m. local time (GMT1600).

The 14-man squad for Turkey is missing some key NBA players, such as Furkan Korkmaz and Cedi Osman are in the U.S. for league matches.

Two Fenerbahce Doğus players, Sinan Güler and Barış Hersek, were also not invited due to their team's Turkish Airlines Euroleague fixture clash.

The last time Turkey was matched against Latvia was during EuroBasket 2017 this summer, with Latvia beating the Turkish side 89-79.

Here is the squad list for the Turkish national basketball team ahead of the Latvia match:

Doğus Balbay, Birkan Batuk (Anadolu Efes), Melih Mahmutoğlu (Fenerbahce Doğuş), Tolga Geçim (Banvit), Sertaç Şanlı, Semih Erden (Beşiktaş Sompo Japan), Furkan Aldemir (Daruşşafaka), Göksenin Köksal, Ege Arar (Galatasaray Odeabank), Berk Ibrahim Uğurlu, Metin Turen, Alp Karahan (Pınar Karşıyaka), Metecan Birsen (Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyespor), Barış Ermiş (TOFAS).

Here are the all groups:

Group A: Montenegro, Slovenia, Belarus, Spain

Group B: Sweden, Turkey, Latvia, Ukraine

Group C: Poland, Kosovo, Lithuania, Hungary

Group D: Italy, Netherlands, Croatia, Romania

Group E: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, France, Russia

Group F: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Iceland, Finland

Group G: Germany, Serbia, Austria, Georgia

Group H: Israel, Great Britain, Greece, Estonia