Turkey women's national volleyball team

Turkey
Association	Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Giovanni Guidetti
FIVB ranking	4 (as of 4 February 2022)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2012)
Best result	5th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2006)
Best result	6th (2010)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2003)
Best result	7th (2003)
European Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1963)
Best result	(2003, 2019)
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FIVB Nations League
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Championship
European Games
European League
Mediterranean Games

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.

Turkey against France EVC 2009 Poland

Turkey won the European Games in 2015

The team is one of the most successful national sports teams in the country and is nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları"[1] (English: Sultans of the Net) since the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship hosted in Ankara, Turkey. It is ranked 4th in the FIVB World Rankings as of August, 2021. It was the bronze medallist in both 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. Giovanni Guidetti is the current head coach of the team.

History

Sabiha Gürayman was the first Turkish woman to engage in the game of volleyball, which was introduced in Turkey in the 1910s. As a young woman Gürayman played for the Fenerbahçe women's volleyball team. Turkish women volleyball has undergone a rapid transformation since the 2000s, achieving many successes at both club and national level. As a result, women volleyball is one of the best followed sports in Turkey.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Year	Position	W	L
2012	9th	2	3
2016	Did not qualify
2020	5th	3	3
Total		5	5

World Championship

Year	Position	W	L
2006[2]	10th	5	6
2010[3]	6th	6	5
2014	9th	5	4
2018	10th	5	4
2022	Qualified
Total	4/18	21	19

FIVB World Cup

Year	Position	W	L
2003[4]	7th	5	6
Total	1/13	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
2017	11th	2	7
Total	7/25	35	38

Nations League

Year	Position	W	L
2018		13	6
2019	4th	13	6
2021		12	5
2022
Total	3/3	38	17

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position
1975
1979	4th
1983	5th
1987
1991
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2018
Total	12/12

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European Championship

Year	Position	W	L
1963	10th	3	3
1967	12th	3	5
1981[5]	12th	0	8
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
2017		4	3
2019[13]		7	2
2021		8	1
2023	Qualified
Total	15/32	53	50

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	7/12	65	30

Montreux Volley Masters

Year	Position	W	L
2007	6th	2	3
2015		4	1
2016		3	2
2018		4	1
2019	5th	3	1
Total	5/34	16	8

Team

Current squad

The following was the Turkish team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020–21 club
2	Simge Şebnem Aköz	23 April 1991	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	250 cm (98 in)	245 cm (96 in)	Eczacıbaşı VitrA
3	Cansu Özbay	17 October 1996	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	285 cm (112 in)	284 cm (112 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
4	Tuğba Şenoğlu	2 February 1998	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
5	Şeyma Ercan	5 July 1994	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Türk Hava Yolları
6	Kübra Akman	13 October 1994	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
7	Hande Baladın	1 September 1997	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Eczacıbaşı VitrA
9	Meliha İsmailoğlu	17 September 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Fenerbahçe
11	Naz Aydemir Akyol	14 August 1990	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Fenerbahçe
13	Meryem Boz	3 February 1988	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
14	Eda Erdem Dündar (c)	22 June 1987	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	311 cm (122 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Fenerbahçe
18	Zehra Güneş	7 July 1999	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
99	Ebrar Karakurt	17 January 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Igor Gorgonzola Novara

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.

References

"Filenin Sultanları bu kez üzdü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XV World Championship 2006 Japan – 31.10–16.11". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XIV World Championship 2010 Japan – 28.10–13.11". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball World Cup 2003 – Japan 01-15.11". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XII European Championship 1981 Sofia (BUL) – 19–27.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XVI European Championship 1989 Stuttgart (FRG) – 02-10.09". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XIX European Championship 1995 Arnhem (NED) 23.09–01.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XXIII European Championship 2003 Ankara (TUR) – 20–28.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XXIV European Championship 2005 Zagreb,Pula (CRO) 17–25.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XXV European Championship 2007 Belgium, Luxembourg – 20–30.09". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XXVI European Championship 2009 – Poland 25.09–04.10". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Women Volleyball XXVII European Championship 2011 Serbia and Italy 23.09 – 02.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
"Serbia silence record-breaking crowd to retain EuroVolley crown". CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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[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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

[3] "Women Volleyball XIV World Championship 2010 Japan – 28.10–13.11". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. 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. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

[11] "Women Volleyball XXVI European Championship 2009 – Poland 25.09–04.10". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. 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] "Serbia silence record-breaking crowd to retain EuroVolley crown". CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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