Highlights
Overview
The second match of the day is an interesting encounter between group favourites Turkey and team Finland. Turkey has won everything so far and are confident of taking the game in straight sets today. Dominant performances by Ebrar Karakurt, Eda Erdem and Meryem Boz have helped team TUR put together a series of very good results. For Finland, the first line of defence is Anna Czakan, their top blocker during the match against Ukraine. Tune in for the match in BTarena, because "the Sultans of the Net" will play beautiful volleyball.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeChristian Peter WOLFSUISecond RefereeIgor SCHIMPLSVK
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Venue Information
Opened in 2014, the BTarena is a multi-purpose indoor arena. Is one of the biggest and most modern of its kind in southeastern Europe. It can house more than 7,000 guests for sporting events and around 10.000 for a concert. The arena opened on 21 October 2014. The arena hosted a concert, on 31 October 2014, by English musician James Blunt, who sang from his album Moon Landing. The concert had an attendance of upwards of 6.000. Since then, Julio Iglesias, Eros Ramazzotti, Lara Fabian and Modern Talking have held concerts in BTarena. In 2017, the European Gymnastics Championship took place inside. The arena's seating capacity for basketball games was expanded to 10.000 seats for the FIBA EuroBasket 2017. In recent years, many Fed Cup tennis matches have been played at the BT Arena. Construction cost for BTarena: 21,5 million euros. Capacity: 10000
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How To Attend
Aleea Stadionului, nr.4, CLUJ NAPOCA, 400375 Capacity: 10000
The BTarena located next to the Cluj Arena soccer stadium. Directions to Cluj Arena (Cluj-Napoca) with public transportation Bus: 30, 9, M26. Station: Hotel Sport (5 min. walk), Agronomia (12 min. walk), Piața 14 Iulie Sud (12 min. walk) Train: R 3085, R 3624. Tram: 102. Station: Cluj Arena (6 min. walk) Get directions
Featured Players
Simge SEBNEM AKOZ
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TURKEY
Libero
Bio
Born on April 23 1991, is a Turkish volleyball player for Eczacıbası VitrA and the Turkish national team. She participated at the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. Her awards are: 2017 European Championship - Bronze Medal 2018 Nations League -Silver Medal 2019 European Championship -Silver Medal 2021 Nations League - Bronze Medal
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Team
Team Profile
TURKEY
Address
Emniyet Mahallesi Milas Sokak, 9/A - Besevler ANKARAContacts
+90 312 221 40 40
international@tvf.org.tr
Team Leaders
Team Schedule
Previous Games
04/09/2021 | vs. | 3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
03/09/2021 | vs. | 1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
31/08/2021 | vs. | 3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
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21Competitions Played
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4Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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8Matches Won
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89%Win %
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25Sets Won
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748Points Won
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49%Attack %
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56%Reception %
Team
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BALADİN Hande
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Kutahya
- Height: 189 cm
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DIKEN Meliha
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Gradačac
- Height: 187 cm
Recent Results
Gallery
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Match Report
Straight-set victory for Turkey
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The match in numbers
83
Points
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
72
Duration
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
230
Spectators
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
190
Match Spikes
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
57%
Reception Level
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
7-1
Net Domination
The number of successful point winning blocks of TURKEY compared to FINLAND.
3-1
Ace Count
TURKEY number of service aces compared to FINLAND
18-25
Error Difference
Errors leading to points of TURKEY, next to those from FINLAND
From team Turkey, captain Eda Erdem told us: "I believe my younger teammates have taken their chances pretty well up until now. They are hungry for performance and we need everyone because this will be a very long tournament. We have a great team spirit right now. Against the Netherlands, we will play our best volleyball and we’ll see what we can get."
After the match, the youngster (19) PENTTILÄ Laura declared that "it was very exciting for me to play against Turkey, I was very nervous. Tomorrow, we will give everything we got against Romania, that is for sure. It’s going to be a great match."