Turkey women's national volleyball team

Turkey

Association	Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Alessandro Chiappini
FIVB ranking	17 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
www.voleybol.org.tr

Turkey women's national volleyball team

Medal record
European Championships
	2003 Ankara	Team

The Turkey women's national volleyball team 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 the Ankara. The current head coach is Alessandro Chiappini.

Results

World Championship

• 1952 — did not compete
• 1956 — did not compete
• 1960 — did not compete
• 1962 — did not compete
• 1967 — did not compete
• 1970 — did not compete
• 1974 — did not compete
• 1978 — did not compete

• 1982 — did not compete
• 1986 — did not compete
• 1990 — did not compete
• 1994 — did not compete
• 1998 — did not compete
• 2002 — did not compete
• 2006 — 10th place

World Cup

• 1973 — did not compete
• 1977 — did not compete
• 1981 — did not compete
• 1985 — did not compete
• 1989 — did not compete
• 1991 — did not compete
• 1995 — did not compete
• 1999 — did not compete
• 2003 — 7th place
• 2007 — did not compete

World Grand Prix

• 1993 — did not compete
• 1994 — did not compete
• 1995 — did not compete
• 1996 — did not compete
• 1997 — did not compete
• 1998 — did not compete
• 1999 — did not compete
• 2000 — did not compete

• 2001 — did not compete
• 2002 — did not compete
• 2003 — did not compete
• 2004 — did not compete
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2006 — did not compete
• 2007 — did not compete
• 2008 — 7th place

European Championship

• 1949 — did not participate
• 1950 — did not compete
• 1951 — did not participate
• 1955 — did not compete
• 1958 — did not compete
• 1963 — 10th place
• 1967 — 12th place
• 1971 — did not compete
• 1975 — did not compete
• 1977 — did not compete
• 1979 — did not compete
• 1981 — 12th place
• 1983 — did not compete

• 1985 — did not compete
• 1987 — did not compete
• 1989 — 11th place
• 1991 — did not compete
• 1993 — did not compete
• 1995 — 11th place
• 1997 — did not compete
• 1999 — did not compete
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2003 — Silver Medal
• 2005 — 6th place
• 2007 — 10th place
• 2009 —

Current squad

Team roster Women European League 2009.

Technical Staff

• Cengiz Göllü (Women’s National Teams Coordinator)
• Sinem Mavili (Team Manager)
• Alessandro Chiappini (Head Coach)
• Nicola Negro (Assistant Coach)
• Kamil Söz (Assistant Coach)
• Alessandro Fazio (Physiotherapist)
• Alper Hamurcu (Statistic)

No	Player	Birth Date	Height	Club	Position
1.	Pelin Çelik	23.05.1982	172	DYO Karşıyaka	Setter
2.	Gülden Kayalar	05.12.1980	167	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Libero
3.	Nihan Yeldan	07.02.1982	172	VB Güneş Sigorta	Libero
4.	Seray Altay	25.08.1987	180	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Opposite
5.	Ayşe Gökçen Denkel	02.08.1985	193	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Middle Blocker
6.	Polen Uslupehlivan	27.08.1990	190	VB Güneş Sigorta	Opposite
7.	Duygu Bal	25.03.1987	187	VB Güneş Sigorta	Middle Blocker
8.	Bahar Toksoy	06.02.1988	188	VB Güneş Sigorta	Middle Blocker
9.	Deniz Hakyemez	03.02.1983	188	VB Güneş Sigorta	Outside Hitter
10.	Gözde Kırdar	26.06.1985	182	VB Güneş Sigorta	Outside Hitter
11.	Naz Aydemir	14.08.1990	186	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Setter
12.	Esra Gümüş	02.10.1982	181	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Outside Hitter
13.	Neriman Özsoy	13.07.1988	188	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Outside Hitter
14.	Eda Erdem	22.05.1987	188	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Middle Blocker
15.	Meryem Boz	03.02.1988	194	İller Bankası	Outside Hitter
16.	İpek Soroğlu	12.03.1985	194	Beşiktaş	Middle Blocker
17.	Neslihan Demir Darnel	09.12.1983	187	VB Güneş Sigorta	Opposite
18.	Özge Kırdar	26.06.1985	183	VB Güneş Sigorta	Setter
19.	Seda Tokatlıoğlu	25.06.1986	190	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Opposite
20.	Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak	20.04.1990	184	VB Güneş Sigorta	Middle Blocker
21.	Neşve Büyükbayram	01.01.1990	188	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Middle Blocker
22.	Büşra Cansu	16.07.1990	193	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Middle Blocker
23.	Asuman Karakoyun	16.07.1990	182	Eczacıbaşı Zentiva	Setter
24.	Serpil Ersarı	28.02.1990	167	VB Güneş Sigorta	Libero

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 Demir. 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 Demir. 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 Demir. 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.

See also

• See also Turkey men's national volleyball team

External links

• Turkish Volleyball Federation Official Website Template:Tr iconTemplate:En icon

References

• Turkish Volleyball Federation
• FIVB Website/Turkey - Team Composition