Turkey head coach Giovanni Guidetti has called up 35 players ahead of his team's participation in the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, which starts next month in a secure 'bubble' in the Italian resort of Rimini.
“A very busy national team season awaits us," said Guidetti. "We will compete in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, the Tokyo Olympic Games and CEV European Volleyball Championship. The Turkish national team will prepare in two groups. The players in the first group will prepare and play in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League. This group includes players from the European Olympic Qualifiers and players who performed successfully in the Turkish League."
Players - Group 1:
Setters: Naz Aydemir Akyol, Cansu Ozbay, Buse Unal
Opposites: Meryem Boz, Ebrar Karakurt, Tutku Burcu Yuzgenc
Middle Blockers: Eda Erdem Dundar, Zehra Gunes, Kubra Akman, Aslı Kalac, Yasemin Guveli
Outside Hitters: Hande Baladın, Meliha İsmailoglu, Seyma Ercan, Fatma Yıldırım, Tugba Senoglu, Saliha Sahin
Liberos: Simge Akoz, Ayca Aykac
A second group of players will get an opportunity to play for the national team in other tournaments.
Players - Group 2:
Setters: Elif Sahin, Buket Gulubay
Opposites: Yagmur Karaoglu, Pelin Eroktay
Middle Blockers: Aycin Akyol, Yasemin Yıldırım, Busra Sahin, Beliz Baskır
Outside Hitters: İlkin Aydın, Derya Cebecioglu, Ipar Kurt, Ezgi Akyaldiz, Yaprak Erkek
Liberos: Dilek Kinik, Gulce Guctekin, Eylul Akarcesme
"Each tournament has a different goal," added Guidetti. "Our goal is to prepare well for the Olympic Games, to choose the best players to be with us in Tokyo, and to finalise our squad during the FIVB Volleyball Nations League which starts next month in Rimini. We will play to win every match in the VNL, but our main goal will be to give a chance to all the players in our squad and to select our final team for Tokyo."
"We are in a very tough group at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Our first goal is to qualify for the next round. I think anything is possible if we manage to do that. Progressing means you're in the quarterfinals and you're only one game away from fighting for a medal.
"We did a good job in the last two European Volleyball Championships and we already have one bronze and one silver medal in the books. We’ll try to keep the same performance in the 2021 European Volleyball Championship.”
Turkey were silver medallists in the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in 2018. They followed that up by finishing fourth in 2019.
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