National Women’s Volleyball Team is chasing the championship again in the Nations League! – Last minute Volleyball news

The National Women’s Volleyball Team, which will take part in the 2026 FIVB Nations League (VNL), will fight to win the organization once again after 2023. The national team will take to the court in Brazil on June 3-8 in the first stage of the tournament, whose regular season will consist of three legs. The crescent-star team, which will host the second stage in Ankara on 17-21 June, will be in Japan on 8-12 July for the third stage matches.

If the national team finishes among the top 8 teams in the league stage of the VNL, in which a total of 18 teams will take part, it will enter the finals to be held in China on July 22-26.

AT THE TOP IN 2023

The National Women’s Volleyball Team succeeded in winning the VNL in 2023. In the Women’s Nations League, which will be held for the 8th time this season, the star and crescent team won the championship by beating China 3-1 in the final played in Arlington, Texas, USA in 2023.

While the national team won the silver medal in 2018, it won the bronze medal in 2021. Türkiye, one of the most successful teams in the organization, finished fourth in 2019 and 2022. The crescent-star team lost 3-2 to Japan in the quarter-finals last year.

ONLY 3 COUNTRIES WON

Only 3 countries in history have won the FIVB Women’s Nations League.

In the organization held since 2018, USA and Italy have 3 championships each, and Türkiye has 1 championship.

VOLLEYBALL FESTIVAL IN ANKARA

National Women’s Volleyball Team will meet volleyball fans in the capital Ankara in the second stage of VNL.

In addition to Türkiye, countries that have a say in women’s volleyball such as Germany, China, France, Brazil and Belgium will participate in the stage on June 17-21 at Ankara Sports Hall.

Türkiye will play against Belgium on June 17, France on June 18, Germany on June 20, and China on June 21 in the matches in Ankara.

LARGE SQUAD FOR VNL

National Women’s Volleyball Team Head Coach Daniele Santarelli called 30 volleyball players to the large squad for the VNL. The names called for the three stages are as follows:

SETTERS: Cansu Özbay, Elif Şahin, Dilay Özdemir, Buse Ünal Pehlivan, Arelya Karasoy Koçaş

SUNKERS: Ebrar Karakurt, Yaprak Erkek, Hande Balâdın, İlkin Aydın, Saliha Şahin, Ayşe Çürük, Liza Safronova

SETTER’S CROSSES: Melissa Vargas, Aylin Uysalcan, Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç, Beren Yeşilırmak, Defne Başyolcu

MIDDLE PLAYERS: Yasemin Güveli, Zehra Güneş, Sinead Jack Kısal, Berka Buse Özden, Deniz Uyanık, Aslı Kalaç, Karmen Aksoy, Ezel Balık, Merve Atlıer

LIBEROS: Eylül Akarçeşme Yatgın, Gizem Örge, Merve İzbilir, Melis Yılmaz.

BRAZIL SQUAD HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

Türkiye’s final squad for the first stage to be held in Brazil on June 3-8 has also been announced. The squads of the national teams that will face the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Italy and Bulgaria in the first stage, which will be held in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, are as follows:

SETTERS: Dilay Özdemir, Buse Ünal Pehlivan

SUNKERS: İlkin Aydın, Saliha Şahin, Yaprak Erkek, Ayşe Çürük

MIDDLE PLAYERS: Deniz Uyanık, Berka Buse Özden, Karmen Aksoy, Merve Atlıer, Ezel Balık

SETTER’S CROSSES: Beren Yeşilırmak, Defne Başyolcu, Aylin Uysalcan

LIBEROS: Eylül Akarçeşme Yatgın, Melis Yılmaz

Türkiye’S MATCH SCHEDULE

The match schedule of the Sultans of the Net in the VNL league stage is as follows:

WEEK 1 (BRASILIA-BRAZIL)

June 3

19.00 Dominican Rep.-Türkiye

4 June

22.30 Türkiye-Netherlands

June 6

21.30 Italy-Türkiye

8 June

00.00 Bulgaria-Türkiye

WEEK 2 (ANKARA-Türkiye)

17 June

19.30 Türkiye-Belgium

18 June

19.30 Türkiye-France

20 June

19.30 Türkiye-Germany

21 June

19.30 Türkiye-China

WEEK 3 (KANSAI-JAPAN)

8 July

06.00 Poland-Türkiye

10 July

07.00 USA-Türkiye

11 July

13.20 Japan-Türkiye

12 July

09.30 Thailand-Türkiye

WINNERS OF THE ORGANIZATION

VNL’s championship and third place matches since 2018 are as follows: