Turkey women's national volleyball team

Turkey

Association	Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Marco Aurélio Motta
FIVB ranking	11 (as of 2011-01-15)
Website	www.voleybol.org.tr
Uniforms
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Medal record
European Championship
Silver	2003 Turkey	Team
Bronze	2011 Serbia / Italy	Team
European League
Silver	2009 Turkey	Team
Bronze	2010 Turkey	Team
Silver	2011 Turkey	Team

The Turkey women's national volleyball team (Turkish: Türkiye Bayan Millî Voleybol Takımı) is the women's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions. The team's biggest success came in 2003, when Turkey won the silver medal at the 2003 European Championship in Ankara.

The national team is nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları" (English: Sultanas of the Net). With players like Bahar Mert, Esra Gümüş, Özlem Özçelik, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Çiğdem Can Rasna, Gülden Kayalar, Aysun Özbek, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Eda Erdem and Neslihan Darnel, Turkey women's national volleyball team has his spot among the European volleyball elite.

Competitions

European Championship

Year	Position	W	L
1963	10th	3	3
1967	12th	3	5
1981	12th	0	7
1989	11th	2	5
1995	11th	0	5
2003	2 !	5	2
2005	6th	3	4
2007	10th	2	4
2009	5th	4	2
2011	3 !	5	2
Total	10/27	27	39

World Championship

Year	Position	W	L
2006	10th	5	6
2010	6th	6	5
Total	2/16	11	11

World Cup

Year	Position	W	L
2003	7th	5	6
Total	1/10	5	6

World Grand Prix

Year	Position	W	L
2008	7th	4	5
Total	1/19	4	5

European Volleyball League

Year	Position	W	L
2009	2 !	11	3
2010	3 !	10	5
2011	2 !	11	3
Total	3/3	32	11

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position
1975	3 !
1979	4th
1983	5th
1987	2 !
1991	2 !
1993	3 !
1997	2 !
2001	2 !
2005	1 !
2009	2 !
Total	10/10

Current squad

Technical Staff

• Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu (Head Coach)
• Taner Atik (Assistant Coach)
• Nilüfer Shimonsky (Team Manager)
• Cengiz Göllü (Women’s National Teams Coordinator)
• Alper Hamurcu (Statistic)
• Onur Çarıkçı (Statistic)

No.	Player	Birth Date and Age	Height	Club	Position
1.	Nihan Yeldan	February 7, 1982 (1982-02-07)	172	Fenerbahçe Universal	Libero
6.	Elif Onur	December 20, 1989 (1989-12-20)	185	Nilüfer Belediyespor	Outside Hitter
7.	Gizem Güreşen	January 14, 1987 (1987-01-14)	178	VB Güneş Sigorta	Libero
8.	Bahar Toksoy	February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)	188	VB Güneş Sigorta	Middle Blocker
9.	Deniz Hakyemez	February 3, 1983 (1983-02-03)	188	Galatasaray	Outside Hitter
10.	Gözde Kırdar	June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26)	182	VB Güneş Sigorta	Outside Hitter
11.	Naz Aydemir	August 14, 1990 (1990-08-14)	186	Fenerbahçe Universal	Setter
12.	Esra Gümüş	October 2, 1982 (1982-10-02)	181	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Outside Hitter
13.	Neriman Özsoy	July 13, 1988 (1988-07-13)	188	Pge Trefl Sopot	Outside Hitter
14.	Eda Erdem	May 22, 1987 (1987-05-22)	188	Fenerbahçe Universal	Middle Blocker
15.	Meryem Boz	February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03)	194	Pge Trefl Sopot	Outside Hitter
16.	İpek Soroğlu	March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12)	194	Fenerbahçe Universal	Middle Blocker
17.	Neslihan Darnel	December 9, 1983 (1983-12-09)	187	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Opposite
19.	Seda Tokatlıoğlu	June 25, 1986 (1986-06-25)	192	Fenerbahçe Universal	Opposite

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.

• 2003 FIVB World Cup — 7th place

  Bahar Mert, Esra Gümüş, Sinem Akap, Özlem Özçelik, Aysun Özbek, Gökçen Denkel, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Gözde Kırdar, Pelin Çelik, Gülden Kayalar, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları.

• 2005 European Championship — 6th place

  Bahar Mert, Gülden Kayalar, Özlem Özçelik, Aysun Özbek, Duygu Sipahioğlu, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Deniz Hakyemez, Güldeniz Önal, Elif Ağca, Eda Erdem, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları.

• 2006 World Championship — 10th place

  Bahar Mert, Gülden Kayalar, Özlem Özçelik, Aysun Özbek, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Deniz Hakyemez, Gözde Kırdar, Esra Gümüş, Elif Ağca, Eda Erdem, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları.

• 2007 European Championship — 10th place

  Bahar Mert, Gülden Kayalar, Aysun Özbek, Gökçen Denkel, Deniz Hakyemez, Gözde Kırdar, Pelin Çelik, Esra Gümüş, Çiğdem Can Rasna, Eda Erdem, Neriman Özsoy and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini.

• 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix — 7th place

  Nihan Yeldan, Seray Altay, Ergül Avcı, Duygu Bal, Bahar Toksoy, Deniz Hakyemez, Gözde Kırdar, Pelin Çelik, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Naz Aydemir. Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini.

• 2009 European League — 2nd place

  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.

• 2009 European Championship — 5th place

  Pelin Çelik, Nihan Yeldan, Elif Onur, Gizem Güreşen, Bahar Toksoy, Deniz Hakyemez, Gözde Kırdar, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Eda Erdem, Meryem Boz, İpek Soroğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini.

• 2011 European Championship — Silver 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.

See also

• See also Turkey men's national volleyball team

External links

• Turkish Volleyball Federation Official Website (Turkish)(English)
• Turkish Volleyball Federation
• FIVB Website/Turkey – Team Composition