Turkey women's national volleyball team

Turkey
Association	Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Giovanni Guidetti
FIVB ranking	12 (as of August 2017)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2012)
Best result	9th (2012)
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	13 (First in 1963)
Best result	(2003)
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FIVB Nations League
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Championship
European Games
European League
Mediterranean Games

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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. Giovanni Guidetti is the current head coach of the team.

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
2018	10th	5	4
Total	4/18	21	19

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
2017	11th	2	7
Total	7/25	35	38

Nations League

Year	Position	W	L
2018		13	6
Total	1/1	13	6

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
2017		4	3
2019	Qualified
Total	14/31	38	46

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

Team

Current squad

The following is the Turkish roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[13]

Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2017–18 club
1	Hatice 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 Istanbul
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	Beyza Arıcı	27 July 1995	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Eczacıbaşı VitrA
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)	Beşiktaş
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)	Eczacıbaşı VitrA
10	Çağla Akın	19 January 1995	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
13	Meryem Çalık	3 February 1988	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Seramiksan
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
15	Ebrar Karakurt	17 January 2000	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
18	Zehra Güneş	7 July 1999	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	309 cm (122 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul
20	Aylin Sarıoğlu	21 July 1995	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Bursa
23	Derya Cebecioğlu	24 October 2000	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Vakıfbank Istanbul

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.
↑ "A Bayan Milli Takımımız, Dünya Şampiyonası İçin Japonya'ya Gitti". TVF (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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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] "A Bayan Milli Takımımız, Dünya Şampiyonası İçin Japonya'ya Gitti". TVF (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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