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 (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 the Ankara. The current head coach is Alessandro Chiappini.

The national team is nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları" (English: Sultanas of the Net).

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

FIVB 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 — 5th place

Current squad

Technical Staff

• Cengiz Göllü (Women’s National Teams Coordinator)
• Nilüfer Shimonsky (Team Manager)
• Alessandro Chiappini (Head Coach)
• Nicola Negro (Assistant Coach)
• Taner Atik (Assistant Coach)
• Alessandro Fazio (Physiotherapist)
• Alper Hamurcu (Statistic)
• Onur Çarıkçı (Statistic)

No	Player	Birth Date	Height	Club	Position
1.	Pelin Çelik	23.05.1982	172	Türk Telekom Ankara	Setter
3.	Nihan Yeldan	07.02.1982	172	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Libero
6.	Elif Onur	20.12.1989	185	Nilüfer Belediye	Outside Hitter
7.	Gizem Güreşen	14.01.1987	178	VB Güneş Sigorta	Libero
8.	Bahar Toksoy	06.02.1988	188	VB Güneş Sigorta	Middle Blocker
9.	Deniz Hakyemez	03.02.1983	188	Galatasaray	Outside Hitter
10.	Gözde Kırdar	26.06.1985	182	VB Güneş Sigorta	Outside Hitter
11.	Naz Aydemir	14.08.1990	186	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	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	Fenerbahçe Acıbadem	Middle Blocker
17.	Neslihan Darnel	09.12.1983	187	VB Güneş Sigorta	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 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.

• 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.

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