Turkey’s head coach, Giovanni Guidetti, started the Belgium match with 3 new names in the first six, unlike the Bulgaria match. Meliha İsmailoğlu, İlkin Aydın and libero Simge Şebnem Aköz, replaced the Italian coach Saliha Şahin, Hande Baladin and libero Ayça Aykaç. Having difficulty in establishing a game in the first minutes of the match, the national team entered the technical time-out behind 12-6. The crescent-star team, who could not be present after the break, lost the first set 25-15.
Starting the second set with good defense, the national team went ahead 12-10 in the first technical time-out. Belgium equalized 13-13 after the timeout, but the national team Zehra Güneş, Ebrar Karakurt and Eda Erdem Dündar effectively gave their opponent a timeout at 18-14. Continuing their good game, the crescent-stars set took 25-21 and made the score 1-1.
Starting the 3rd set with the superiority of the game and morale, the national team was effective with captains Eda Erdem and Ebrar Karakurt, leading 12-8 in the technical timeout. Balchika tied the ball in 19-19 against the militia team who made simple mistakes and Guidetti took a time-out at 19-21. After the break, Zehra Güneş took the lead 23-21 with 4 points from slam dunks and blocks, and won the set 25-21.
The national team maintained its superiority in the 4th set with the support of the audience in the 2nd set and entered the technical timeout 12-4 ahead. The crescent-stars, who returned well after the break, took the set 25-15 and the match 3-1.
After the match, the militia posed for victory on the field with the volunteers who took part in the organization.
Addressing the fans in the stands, Ebrar Karakurt said that they did not want to say goodbye to Ankara, but that they wanted to experience the same support when they came back for the finals.
Captain Eda Erdem Dündar also stated that they will improve their game until the finals and show it in Ankara, and thanked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who watched the match from the stands, and Mehmet Akif Üstündağ, the President of the Turkish Volleyball Federation, for their support.
Living room: Ankara
Referees: Nicholas Hackford (England), Igor Porvaznik (Slovakia)
Turkey: Cansu Özbay, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Zehra Güneş, Ebrar Karakurt, İlkin Aydın, Eda Erdem Dündar (Simge Şebnem Aköz, Sıla Çalışkan, Ceren Kapucu, Hande Baladin)
Belgium: Van Gestel, Lemmens, Martin, Herbots, Van Avermaet, Van De Vyver (Rampelberg, Van Sas, Stragier, Goris)
Sets: 15-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15
Duration: 106 minutes (22, 29, 30, 25)