Underwater hockey in Turkey

The Turkey men's national underwater hockey team was the runner-up at the 2007 World Underwater Hockey Games in Italy.[4] The team placed 8th at the Elite Underwater Hockey World Championships conducted by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) in 2011 at Coimbra, Portugal,[9] and ranked 5th in 2013 World Championships at Eger, Hungary.[10] They won the silver medal at the 2016 World Championships at Stellenbosch, South Africa,[11] and in 2018 took the bronze medal at the 20th Underwater Hockey World Championship in Quebec, Canada,[12][13] winning the European Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, the same year.[4] The national team won the 2017 CMAS Underwater Hockey European Championship held in Eger, Hungary, after defeating the United Kingdom team 5–3 in the final.[14][15] The national team repeated their victory at the European Championship in 2019 held in Spain, defeating France in the final by 3–1.[16][17] It was their second consecutive European championship title.[17]

The women's national under-23 team's achievements include fourth place at the 18th CMAS Elite Underwater Hockey World Championships in 2013 at Eger, Hungary,[10] and sixth rank at the 3rd World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2015 at Castellón de la Plana, Spain.[18]

The men's national under-23 team won the championship at the World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2015 at Castellón de la Plana, Spain,[18] and in 2017 at Hobart, Australia.[4][19] The men's national under-24 team won the 5th World Age Group CMAS Underwater Hockey Championship in 2019 at Sheffield, England, for the third consecutive time,[20] becoming the only national team to win the title three times in a row.[17]