Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team

Azerbaijan

Association	AVF
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Faig Garayev
FIVB ranking	24 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1994)
Best result	9th (1994)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2005)
Best result	4th (2005)
Honours Medal record European League 2016 No Host Team

The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments.

Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team squad in 2011 European Championship

Competitive record

World Championship

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1952–1990	Part of  Soviet Union
1994	Group stage	9th	3	1	2	4	6
1998	Did Not Qualify
2002
2006	Second round	13th	9	4	5	14	18
2010	Did Not Qualify
2014	Second round	15th	9	4	5	14	19
2018	To Be Determined
Total	0 titles	3/17	21	9	12	32	43

European Championship

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1949–1991	Part of  Soviet Union
1993	Did Not Participate
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	12	11
/ 2007	Second round	12th	8	1	7	4	21
2009	Playoff round	12th	8	1	7	8	23
/ 2011	Playoff round	9th	4	1	3	6	10
/ 2013	Preliminary round	15th	3	0	3	1	9
/ 2015	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	3	1	9
/ 2017	Host
Total	0 titles	6/29	33	7	26	32	83

European Games

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

European Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2015	Semifinals	4th	8	5	3	19	13
Total	0 titles	1/1	8	5	3	19	13

European League

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place

European League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2009	Did Not Participate
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	League round	4th	12	5	7	21	25
2015	Did Not Participate
2016	Final	1th	10	10	0	30	5
Total	1 titles	2/8	22	15	7	41	30

Team

Current squad

The following is the Azerbaijani roster in the 2015 European Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Bülent Karslioglu

# Name Position Birth Year Height Weight Spike Block 1 Jeyran Aliyeva Libero 1995 165 m (5 ft 5 in) 51 kg (112 lbs) 250 m (8 ft 2 in) 242 m (7 ft 11 in) 2 Kseniya Kovalenko Middle-blocker 1986 190 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lbs) 310 m (10 ft 2 in) 286 m (9 ft 5 in) 4 Oksana Kurt Setter 1984 184 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lbs) 295 m (9 ft 8 in) 286 m (9 ft 5 in) 5 Odina Bayramova Outside-spiker 1990 186 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lbs) 315 m (10 ft 4 in) 295 m (9 ft 8 in) 6 Ayshan Abdulazimova Middle-blocker 1993 184 m (6 ft 0 in) 66 kg (146 lbs) 292 m (9 ft 7 in) 280 m (9 ft 2 in) 11 Katerina Zhidkova Outside-spiker 1989 187 m (6 ft 2 in) 68 kg (150 lbs) 298 m (9 ft 9 in) 285 m (9 ft 4 in) 12 Valeriya Mammadova Libero 1984 174 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lbs) 286 m (9 ft 5 in) 272 m (8 ft 11 in) 14 Krystsina Yagubova Setter 1996 184 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lbs) 295 m (9 ft 8 in) 285 m (9 ft 4 in) 15 Aynur Karimova Middle-blocker 1988 168 m (5 ft 6 in) 62 kg (137 lbs) 250 m (8 ft 2 in) 242 m (7 ft 11 in) 16 Oksana Kiselyova Libero 1992 176 m (5 ft 9 in) 64 kg (141 lbs) 280 m (9 ft 2 in) 275 m (9 ft 0 in) 17 Polina Rahimova Opposite 1990 198 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lbs) 318 m (10 ft 5 in) 302 m (9 ft 11 in) 20 Marharyta Azizova Opposite 1993 186 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lbs) 308 m (10 ft 1 in) 289 m (9 ft 6 in)

Managers

Azerbaijan Team Managers	From	To
Faig Garayev	1992	2013
Aleksandr Chervyakov	2013	2015
Faig Garayev	2015	Present

References

1. "Team players – Azerbaijan". Eurovolley2015.eu. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile