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 eleventh in the FIVB World Rankings as of September 7, 2015. They are the bronze medalist of both 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix . Ferhat Akbaş is the current head coach of the team as of August 2015.
Achievements [ edit ]
Olympic Games [ edit ]
Year
Position
W
L
2012
9th
2
3
Total
1/13
2
3
World Championship [ edit ]
FIVB World Cup [ edit ]
Year
Position
W
L
2003 [ 4]
7th
5
6
Total
1/10
5
6
World Grand Prix [ edit ]
Year
Position
W
L
2008
7th
4
5
2012
03 !
10
4
2013
8th
6
3
2014
4th
8
6
2015
11th
2
7
Total
5/23
30
25
Mediterranean Games [ edit ]
European Championship [ edit ]
European Games [ edit ]
Year
Position
W
L
2015
01 !
7
1
European League [ edit ]
Montreux Volley Masters [ edit ]
Year
Position
W
L
2015
01 !
4
1
Total
1/32
4
1
Current squad [ edit ]
The following is the Turkish roster in the 2015 European Games.[ 24]
Head coach: Ferhat Akbas
No.
Name
Date of birth
Height
Weight
Spike
Block
2015 club
02 ! 2
Dalbeler, Merve Merve Dalbeler
000000001987-06-27-0000 27 June 1987
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
73 kg (161 lb)
310 cm (120 in)
300 cm (120 in)
Fenerbahçe Grundig
03 ! 3
Karadayı, Gizem Gizem Karadayı
000000001987-01-14-0000 14 January 1987
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
60 kg (130 lb)
290 cm (110 in)
285 cm (112 in)
Fenerbahçe Grundig
04 ! 4
Nur Babat, Dicle Dicle Nur Babat
000000001992-09-15-0000 15 September 1992
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
78 kg (172 lb)
296 cm (117 in)
289 cm (114 in)
Fenerbahçe Grundig
05 ! 5
Akman, Kübra Kübra Akman
000000001994-10-13-0000 13 October 1994
1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
89 kg (196 lb)
314 cm (124 in)
305 cm (120 in)
Vakıfbank
06 ! 6
Uslupehlivan, Polen Polen Uslupehlivan
000000001990-08-27-0000 27 August 1990
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
65 kg (143 lb)
305 cm (120 in)
298 cm (117 in)
Fenerbahçe Grundig
07 ! 7
Aslanyurek, Seda Seda Aslanyurek
000000001986-06-25-0000 25 June 1986
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
70 kg (150 lb)
310 cm (120 in)
303 cm (119 in)
Vakıfbank
09 ! 9
Cansu, Büşra Büşra Cansu
000000001990-07-16-0000 16 July 1990
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
84 kg (185 lb)
297 cm (117 in)
291 cm (115 in)
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
10
Önal, Güldeniz Güldeniz Önal (C )
000000001986-03-25-0000 25 March 1986
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
75 kg (165 lb)
302 cm (119 in)
293 cm (115 in)
Galatasaray Daikin
11
Aydemir, Naz Naz Aydemir
000000001990-08-14-0000 14 August 1990
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
75 kg (165 lb)
290 cm (110 in)
249 cm (98 in)
Vakıfbank
13
Özsoy, Neriman Neriman Özsoy
000000001988-07-13-0000 13 July 1988
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
76 kg (168 lb)
310 cm (120 in)
291 cm (115 in)
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
14
Yılmaz, Gözde Gözde Yılmaz
000000001991-09-09-0000 9 September 1991
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
82 kg (181 lb)
306 cm (120 in)
299 cm (118 in)
Busto Arsizio Volley
16
İsmailoğlu, Meliha Meliha İsmailoğlu
000000001993-09-17-0000 17 September 1993
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
70 kg (150 lb)
304 cm (120 in)
301 cm (119 in)
Fenerbahçe Grundig
18
Kalac, Asli Asli Kalac
000000001995-12-13-0000 13 December 1995
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
73 kg (161 lb)
300 cm (120 in)
290 cm (110 in)
Galatasaray Daikin
20
Akın, Çağla Çağla Akın
000000001995-01-19-0000 19 January 1995
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
70 kg (150 lb)
287 cm (113 in)
280 cm (110 in)
Vakıfbank
Former squads [ edit ]
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 .
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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