Turkey women's national volleyball team

This article is about women's national volleyball team. For men's, see Turkey men's national volleyball team.

Turkey
Nickname(s)
  • Filenin Sultanları
  • (Sultans of the Net)
AssociationTurkish Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachDaniele Santarelli[1]
FIVB ranking 4 (29 June 2025)[2]
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 2012)
Best result4th place (2024)
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 2006)
Best result (2025)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 2003)
Best result (2023)
European Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1963)
Best result (2023)
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Honours
World Championship
2025 Thailand Team
World Cup
2023 Tokyo Team
Nations League
2023 Arlington Team
2018 Nanjing Team
2021 Rimini Team
World Grand Prix
2012 Ningbo Team
European Championship
2023 Belgium-Estonia-Germany-Italy
2003 Turkey
2019 Slovakia-Hungary-Poland-Turkey
2011 Serbia-Italy
2017 Azerbaijan-Georgia
2021 Serbia-Bulgaria-Croatia-Romania
European Games
2015 Azerbaijan Team
European League
2014 Rüsselsheim
2009 Kayseri
2011 Istanbul
2015 No Host
2010 Ankara
Montreux Volley Masters
2015 Montreux
2016 Montreux
2018 Montreux
Mediterranean Games
2005 Spain Team
1987 Syria Team
1991 Greece Team
1997 Italy Team
2001 Tunisia Team
2009 Italy Team
2013 Turkey Team
2022 Algeria Team
1975 Algeria Team
1993 France Team
2018 Spain Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya Team
2025 Riyadh Team
2017 Baku Team

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 the most successful national sports team in the country and has been nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları"[3] (English: Sultans of the Net) since the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship hosted in Ankara, Turkey. As of 8 September 2025, the team is ranked third in the FIVB World Rankings. Daniele Santarelli is the head coach of the team.[1]

History

Sabiha Gürayman was the first Turkish woman to engage in the game of volleyball, which was introduced in Turkey in the 1910s. As a young woman Gürayman founded and played for the Fenerbahçe women's volleyball team, having previously played in the men's team of that club.

Turkey debuted at the European Championship in 1963, finishing 10th, and hosted the 1967 edition, finishing 12th. In 2003, Turkey won the silver medal at the European Championship on home soil, with Neslihan Demir as their top player. Turkish women's volleyball has undergone a rapid transformation since the 2000s, achieving many successes at both club and national team level.

The team became the first women's volleyball team to score a perfect season by winning 22 consecutive games between June 29 and September 24, 2023.[4] In that period, it completed the final stage of the Nations League, European Championship and Olympic Qualification Round. The team furthermore played the semi-final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal at the 2025 FIVB World Championship.

Due to the national team's recent successes, particularly since the 2019 summer season, women's volleyball has surged in popularity and is now among the most widely followed sports in Turkey.

Achievements

Summer Olympics

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
1964 did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012 Preliminary round 9th place 5 2 3 9 11 Squad
2016 did not qualify
2020 Quarterfinals 5th place 6 3 3 14 11 Squad
2024 Semifinals 4th place 6 3 3 10 14 Squad
2028 future events
2032
Total 0 titles 3/18 17 8 9 33 36

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
2006 9th–12th places 10th Place 11 5 6 17 22 Squad
2010 5th–8th places 6th Place 11 6 5 23 22 Squad
2014 Second round 9th Place 9 5 4 21 15 Squad
2018 Second round 10th Place 9 5 4 15 15 Squad
2022 Quarterfinals 8th place 10 6 4 21 16 Squad
2025 Final 7 6 1 20 5 Squad
2027 future events
2029
Total 0 Titles 6/22 57 33 24 117 95 —

FIVB World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2003[5] 7th 5 6
2023[6] 7 0

World Grand Prix

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2008 7th 4 5
2012 10 4
2013 8th 6 3
2014 4th 8 6
2015 11th 2 7
2016 10th 3 6
2017 11th 2 7
Total 7/25 35 38

Nations League

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
2018 Final 15 10 5 35 23 Squad
2019 Semifinals 4th 19 13 6 43 25 Squad
2021 Semifinals 17 12 5 40 24 Squad
2022 Semifinals 4th 15 8 7 31 25 Squad
2023 Final 15 12 3 40 13 Squad
2024 Quarterfinals 6th 13 8 5 31 21 Squad
2025 Quarterfinals 6th 13 8 5 30 20 Squad
Total 7/7 107 71 36 250 151

Mediterranean Games

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position
1975
1979 4th
1983 5th
1987
1991
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2018
2022
2026
Total 13/13

European Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1963 Round Robin 10th 6 3 3 9 10
1967 Round Robin 12th 8 3 5 16 19
1981[7] Final Round 12th 8 0 8 1 23
1989[8] Final Round 11th 7 2 5 8 17
1995[9] Preliminary Round 12th 5 0 5 2 15
2003[10] Final 7 5 2 17 6
2005[11] Final Round 6th 7 3 4 11 12
2007[12] Playoff Round 10th 6 2 4 6 20
2009[13] Playoff Round 5th 6 4 2 14 8
2011[14] Semifinal 7 5 2 17 11
2013 Quarter Final 7th 5 3 2 9 8
2015 Semifinal 4th 6 4 2 12 8
2017 Semifinal 7 4 3 15 12
2019[15] Final 9 7 2 24 12
2021 Semifinal 9 8 1 25 5
2023 Final 9 9 0 27 6
2026
Total Qualified: 16/33 112 62 50 213 192

European Games

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2015 7 1
Total 1/1 7 1

European League

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2009 11 3
2010 10 5
2011 11 3
2012 8th 5 7
2013 6th 6 6
2014 11 3
2015 11 3
Total 7/12 65 30

Montreux Volley Masters

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2007 6th 2 3
2015 4 1
2016 3 2
2018 4 1
2019 5th 3 1
Total 5/34 16 8

Islamic Solidarity Games

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Position W L
2017 3 2
2021 4 0
2025 5 0
Total 3/3 12 2

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

No. Pos. Player Birth date and age Height
(cm)		 Block
(cm)		 Spike
(cm)
1 L Gizem Örge (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 173 263 270
3 S Cansu Özbay (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 179 294 299
4 OP Melissa Vargas (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 194 315 325
7 OH Hande Baladın (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 187 304 310
8 MB Sinead Jack Kısal (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 195 304 310
11 OP Derya Cebecioğlu (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 181 303 308
12 S Elif Şahin (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 184 302 306
14 MB Eda Erdem (C) (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 188 304 313
18 MB Zehra Güneş (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 198 312 318
19 MB Aslı Kalaç (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 185 302 309
20 OH Yaprak Erkek (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 182 300 306
22 OH İlkin Aydın (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 179 298 304
23 L Eylül Yatgın (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 170 270 285
99 OH Ebrar Karakurt (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 195 315 325

Former squads

See also

References

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  7. ^ "Women Volleyball XII European Championship 1981 Sofia (BUL) – 19–27.09". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  8. ^ "Women Volleyball XVI European Championship 1989 Stuttgart (FRG) – 02-10.09". Todor 66. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  9. ^ "Women Volleyball XIX European Championship 1995 Arnhem (NED) 23.09–01.10". Todor 66. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
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