the turkey women's national goalball team qualified for the rio games after finishing third at the 2014 ibsa goalball world championships. they defeated japan in the bronze medal game to qualify. turkey’s assistant coach eren yıldırım said after his team qualified, "we had a nightmare in the semi-final against russia (a 2-1 defeat). but our main aim was a place at rio 2016 and we managed to recuperate and focus on this. we’re really pleased.” turkey's women enter the tournament ranked 5th in the world.