Turkey women's national volleyball team

Turkey

Association	TVF
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Ferhat Akbaş
FIVB ranking	12 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2012)
Best result	9th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2006)
Best result	6th (2010)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1963)
Best result	(2003)
www.voleybol.org.tr
Honours Medal record FIVB World Grand Prix 2012 Ningbo Team European Championship 2003 Turkey Team 2011 Serbia / Italy Team European Games 2015 Azerbaijan Team European League 2014 Rüsselsheim Team 2009 Kayseri Team 2011 Istanbul Team 2015 No Host Team 2010 Ankara Team Mediterranean Games 2005 Spain Team 1987 Syria Team 1991 Greece Team 1997 Italy Team 2001 Tunisia Team 2009 Italy Team 2013 Turkey Team 1975 Algeria Team 1993 France Team

TUR-FRA EVC 2009 Poland

The Turkey women's national volleyball team (Turkish: Türkiye Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı) is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations.

The team is one of the most successful national sport teams of the country and is nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları"^[1] (English: Sultans of the Net) since 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship hosted in Ankara, Turkey. It is ranked tenth in the FIVB World Rankings as of October, 2015. They are the bronze medalist of both 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. Ferhat Akbaş is the current head coach of the team as of August 2015.

Achievements

Olympic Games Year Position W L 2012 9th 2 3 Total 1/13 2 3 World Championship Year Position W L 2006[2] 10th 5 6 2010[3] 6th 6 5 2014 9th 5 4 Total 3/17 16 15 FIVB World Cup Year Position W L 2003[4] 7th 5 6 Total 1/12 5 6 World Grand Prix Year Position W L 2008 7th 4 5 2012 10 4 2013 8th 6 3 2014 4th 8 6 2015 11th 2 7 2016 10th 3 6 Total 6/24 33 31 Mediterranean Games Year Position 1975 1979 4th 1983 5th 1987 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Total 11/11

European Championship Year Position W L 1963 10th 3 3 1967 12th 3 5 1981[5] 12th 0 7 1989[6] 11th 2 5 1995[7] 12th 0 5 2003[8] 5 2 2005[9] 6th 3 4 2007[10] 10th 2 4 2009[11] 5th 4 2 2011[12] 5 2 2013 7th 3 2 2015 4th 4 2 Total 12/29 34 43 European Games Year Position W L 2015 7 1 Total 1/1 7 1 European League Year Position W L 2009 11 3 2010 10 5 2011 11 3 2012 8th 5 7 2013 6th 6 6 2014 11 3 2015 11 3 Total 7/8 65 28 Montreux Volley Masters Year Position W L 2007 6th 2 3 2015 4 1 2016 3 2 Total 3/31 9 6

Results and fixtures

2016

Croatia  v  Turkey

January 04, 2016 SO Qualification	Croatia	0 – 3	Turkey	Ankara, Turkey
Time : 19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	18 22 17 57	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75	Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Attendance : 3,800 Referee(s) : Adler Laszlo, Di Giacomo Arturo Report : Match report

Germany  v  Turkey

January 05, 2016 SO Qualification	Germany	1 – 3	Turkey	Ankara, Turkey
Time : 19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	25 25 16 17 83	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	27 23 25 25 100	Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Attendance : 7,000 Referee(s) : Dudek Piotr, Adler Laszlo Report : Match report

Turkey  v  Netherlands

January 06, 2016 SO Qualification	Turkey	0 – 3	Netherlands	Ankara, Turkey
Time : 19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	14 10 21 45	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75	Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Attendance : 7,500 Referee(s) : Adler Laszlo, Dudek Piotr Report : Match report

Russia  v  Turkey

January 08, 2016 SO Qualification	Russia	3 – 1	Turkey	Ankara, Turkey
Time : 19:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	21 25 25 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 18 12 20 75	Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Attendance : 7,500 Referee(s) : Rodriguez Jativa Susana Maria, Zahorcova Karin Report : Match report

Turkey  v  Italy

January 09, 2016 SO Qualification	Turkey	2 – 3	Italy	Ankara, Turkey
Time : 16:30 EET (UTC+02:00)	23 25 23 25 13 109	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 19 25 15 15 99	Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Attendance : 4,000 Referee(s) : Adler Laszlo, Dudek Piotr Report : Match report

Turkey  v  Belgium

May 31, 2016 Montreux Volley	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	Montreux, Switzerland
Time : 21:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	24 25 21 13 83	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	26 16 25 25 92	Arena : Pierrier Clarens Attendance : 1,040 Referee(s) : Cor Van Gompel,Sonja Sımonovska Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  China

June 1, 2016 Montreux Volley	Turkey	3–1	China	Montreux, Switzerland
Time : 18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	25 15 25 25 90	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	21 25 19 15 80	Arena : Pierrier Clarens Attendance : 1,140 Referee(s) : Christian Wolf,PIMTHONGKHONGBURI S Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Brazil

June 3, 2016 Montreux Volley	Turkey	3–2	Brazil	Montreux, Switzerland
Time : 18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	25 26 20 25 15 111	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	19 28 25 21 12 105	Arena : Pierrier Clarens Attendance : 1,420 Referee(s) : PIMTHONGKHONBURI S,Christian Wolf Report : P2 P3

Thailand  v  Turkey

June 4, 2016 Montreux Volley	Thailand	3–2	Turkey	Montreux, Switzerland
Time : 18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	25 21 25 16 19 106	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	22 25 18 25 17 107	Arena : Pierrier Clarens Attendance : 2,020 Referee(s) : VAN GOMPEL Cor &JANKOVIC Mirko Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Netherlands

June 5, 2016 Montreux Volley	Turkey	3–1	Netherlands	Montreux, Switzerland
Time : 13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	21 25 25 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 16 15 22 78	Arena : Pierrier Clarens Attendance : 1,570 Referee(s) : WENSHENG Luo ,LUTS Koen Report : P2P3

Turkey  v  Belgium

June 10, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	3–0	Belgium	Kaliningrad, Russia
Time : 14:40 GMT (UTC+00:00)	25 25 26 76	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	22 23 24 69	Arena : DS Yantarny Attendance : 884 Referee(s) : RAPISARDA Daniele,SCHURMAN Philippe Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Netherlands

June 11, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	Kaliningrad, Russia
14:40 GMT (UTC+00:00)	25 21 22 68	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	27 25 25 77	Arena : DS Yantarny Attendance : 890 Referee(s) : ZAHORCOVA Kariin,SIMONIVICH Vladimir Report : P2 P3

Russia  v  Turkey

June 12, 2016 2016 WGP	Russia	3–2	Turkey	Kaliningrad, Russia
17:10 GMT (UTC+00:00)	26 20 20 25 15 106	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	24 25 25 20 10 104	Arena : DS Yantarny Attendance : 4,220 Referee(s) : : RAPISARDA Daniele,SIMONOVICH Vladimir Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Japan

June 18, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	3–2	Japan	Long Beach, United States
00:10GMT (UTC+00:00)	21 25 23 25 15 109	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 16 25 21 13 100	Arena : Water Pyramid Attendance : 3,000 Referee(s) : Scott McLean,Susana Rodriquez Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Germany

June 19, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	3–1	Germany	Long Beach, United States
00:10GMT (UTC+00:00)		Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total		Arena : Water Pyramid Report : P2 P3

United States  v  Turkey

June 20, 2016 2016 WGP	United States	3–0	Turkey	Long Beach, United States
00:10GMT (UTC+00:00)		Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total		Arena : Water Pyramid Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Belgium

June 24, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	Ankara, Turkey
14:30GMT (UTC+00:00)		Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total		Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Italy

June 25, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	1–3	Italy	Ankara, Turkey
14:30GMT (UTC+00:00)		Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total		Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Report : P2 P3

Turkey  v  Brazil

June 25, 2016 2016 WGP	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	Ankara, Turkey
14:30GMT (UTC+00:00)		Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total		Arena : Başkent Volleyball Hall Report : P2 P3

Team

Current squad

The following is the Turkish roster in the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.^[13]

Head coach: Ferhat Akbas

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015 club
1	Gizem Örge, HaticeHatice Gizem Örge	26 April 1993	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	260 cm (100 in)	Vakıfbank
2	Dalbeler, MerveMerve Dalbeler	27 June 1987	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
3	Karadayı, GizemGizem Karadayı	14 January 1987	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
4	, Tutku Burcu YüzgençTutku Burcu Yüzgenç	15 January 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Halkbank
5	Akman, KübraKübra Akman	13 October 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Vakıfbank
6	Uslupehlivan, PolenPolen Uslupehlivan	27 August 1990	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
7	, Hande BaladınHande Baladın	1 September 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Eczacıbaşı
8	İsmailoğlu, MelihaMeliha İsmailoğlu	17 September 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
9	Kalac, AsliAsli Kalac	13 December 1995	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Galatasaray Daikin
10	Önal, GüldenizGüldeniz Önal (C)	25 March 1986	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Galatasaray Daikin
11	Aydemir, NazNaz Aydemir	14 August 1990	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	249 cm (98 in)	Vakıfbank
12	Melis Durul	21 October 1993	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	275 cm (108 in)	Sarıyer
14	Erdem Dündar, EdaEda Erdem Dündar	22 June 1987	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	311 cm (122 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
16	Ceylan Arısan	1 January 1994	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Eczacıbaşı
17	Aydınlar, NursevilNursevil Aydınlar	28 November 1995	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	293 cm (115 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Galatasaray Daikin
19	Ezgi Dilik	12 June 1995	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
20	Gözde Yılmaz	9 September 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	299 cm (118 in)	Busto Arsizio Volley
21	Özge Nur Yurtdagülen	6 August 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Sarıyer
25	Fatma Yıldırım	6 August 1993	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	288 cm (113 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Halkbank

Former squads

• 2003 European Championship — Silver Medal

  Bahar Mert, Esra Gümüş, Sinem Akap, Özlem Özçelik, Aysun Özbek, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Mesude Kuyan, Pelin Çelik, Çiğdem Can, Gülden Kayalar, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları.

• 2009 European League — Silver Medal

  İpek Soroğlu, Pelin Çelik, Neslihan Darnel, Nihan Yeldan, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Deniz Hakyemez, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Eda Erdem, Duygu Bal, Gözde Kırdar and Gülden Kayalar Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini.

• 2011 European Championship — Bronze Medal

  Asuman Karakoyun, Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma, Gizem Güreşen, Elif Onur, Ergül Avcı, Polen Uslupehlivan, Bahar Toksoy, Güldeniz Önal, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Eda Erdem, Neşve Büyükbayram, Selime İlyasoğlu, Neslihan Darnel, Özge Kırdar Çemberci and Ceren Kestirengöz. Head Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta.

• 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix — Bronze Medal

  Gülden Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu, Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma, Gizem Güreşen, Ergül Avcı, Bahar Toksoy, Güldeniz Önal, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Eda Erdem, Neslihan Darnel and Nilay Özdemir. Head Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta.

• 2014 European League — Gold Medal

  Ezgi Dilik, Kübra Akman, Ceylan Arısan, Bihter Dumanoğlu, Polen Uslupehlivan, Yeliz Başa, Hatice Gizem Örge, Cansu Çetin, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Çağla Akın and Özgenur Yurtdagülen. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.

• 2015 Montreux Volley Masters — Gold Medal

  Seniye Merve Dalbeler, Gizem Karadayı, Dicle Nur Babat, Kübra Akman, Polen Uslupehlivan, Seda Aslanyürek, Büşra Cansu, Güldeniz Önal Paşalıoğlu (C), Naz Aydemir Akyol, Neriman Özsoy, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Aslı Kalaç, Çağla Akın and Ezgi Dağdelenler. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.

• 2015 European Games — Gold Medal

  Seniye Merve Dalbeler, Gizem Karadayı, Dicle Nur Babat, Kübra Akman, Polen Uslupehlivan, Seda Aslanyürek, Büşra Cansu, Güldeniz Önal Paşalıoğlu (C), Naz Aydemir Akyol, Neriman Özsoy, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Aslı Kalaç and Çağla Akın. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.

• 2015 European League — Silver Medal

  Melike Yılmaz, Birgül Güler, Buse Kayacan, Fatma Yıldırım, Ceren Kestirengöz, Ezgi Dilik, Ezgi Dağdelenler, Meryem Boz, Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak, Damla Çakıroğlu, Cansu Aydunoğulları, Serpil Ersarı. Head Coach: Ismail Yengil.

See also

• Turkey men's national volleyball team
• Turkey women's junior national volleyball team
• Turkey girls' youth national volleyball team
• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "Filenin Sultanları bu kez üzdü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
2. "Women Volleyball XV World Championship 2006 Japan – 31.10–16.11". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
3. "Women Volleyball XIV World Championship 2010 Japan – 28.10–13.11". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
4. "Women Volleyball World Cup 2003 – Japan 01-15.11". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
5. "Women Volleyball XII European Championship 1981 Sofia (BUL) – 19–27.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
6. "Women Volleyball XVI European Championship 1989 Stuttgart (FRG) – 02-10.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
7. "Women Volleyball XIX European Championship 1995 Arnhem (NED) 23.09–01.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
8. "Women Volleyball XXIII European Championship 2003 Ankara (TUR) – 20–28.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
9. "Women Volleyball XXIV European Championship 2005 Zagreb,Pula (CRO) 17–25.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
10. "Women Volleyball XXV European Championship 2007 Belgium, Luxembourg – 20–30.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
11. "Women Volleyball XXVI European Championship 2009 – Poland 25.09–04.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
12. "Women Volleyball XXVII European Championship 2011 Serbia and Italy 23.09 – 02.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
13. "Team Roster – Turkey".

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile