Türkiye beat Iceland, 73-110, in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 second round. Played at Laugardalsholl with tip-off scheduled for , the visitors secured a win that lifts their qualifying record to 8-0 in Europe · Group J.
The quarter scores (14-33, 23-27, 19-20, 17-30) trace a game Türkiye settled from the opening tip. A 33-14 first quarter opened a gap Iceland never closed: the hosts reached halftime down 23 (37-60), and a tighter third period (19-20) did not change the course. A 30-17 fourth quarter sealed the visitors' superiority.
Onuralp Bitim and Cedi Osman led the Turkish attack with 17 points apiece, while Kenan Sipahi added 15 and six assists and Malachi Flynn ran the offence with eight assists and 13 points.
On the home side, Martin Hermannsson and Kristinn Palsson answered with 11 points each, and Tryggvi Hlinason battled inside with nine rebounds.
Shooting efficiency proved decisive: Türkiye finished at 57.4% from the field (35/61) and 45.2% on threes (14/31), against Iceland's 42.6% and 34.5% (26/61 and 10/29). The visitors also controlled the glass (40-21) and assists (29-19), while the hosts committed 12 turnovers to Türkiye's nine.
The result keeps Türkiye unbeaten in a Europe · Group J where they sat first at 7-0 before tip-off. Iceland drop to 3-5 and face a tougher outlook near the bottom of a group where they were sixth at 3-4.
