London Welcomes Turkey

admin Apr 30, 2012, 11:31 pm 12 Comments

Turkey wins the Olympic Ticket to London for the very first time!

”We are so happy. Being in the Olympic Games is the dream of every athlete. I would like to thank to everybody, especially the spectators who have never given up supporting us throughout the tournament. As for the match, of course, we were on the court to win. However, I have to confess that I did not expect such a straight victory. The team of Poland is a well-organized and strong team, but we played well.” -Turkey’s one and only Neslihan Darnel.

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Final Match: Turkey 3-0 Poland (25-22/ 25-22/ 25-19)

Semifinal Round

Poland 3-1 Germany (25-22, 16-25, 25-14, 25-17)

Turkey 3-1 Russia (26-28/ 26-24, 25-16/ 25-21)

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Complete Coverage of the 2012 Women’s European Olympic Qualification Tournament from May 1st – May 6th, 2012 in Ankara, Turkey.

Competing Teams: Russia, Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Poland and Turkey (host)

Who do you think will WIN this tournament and qualify for the 2012 Olympics?

Pool A

Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Croatia

Pool B

Serbia
Poland
Russia
Netherlands

Preliminary Round Schedule & Results: Click the match of your choice to view the stats.

May 1st:

Germany 3-0 Croatia (25-12, 25-16, 25-17)
Poland 3-1 Netherlands (25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 25-13)
Turkey 3-0 Bulgaria (25-21, 25-17, 25-15)

May 2nd:

Turkey 3-0 Croatia (25-19, 25-20, 25-14)
Netherlands 3-2 Serbia (20-25, 28-30, 28-26, 30-28, 15-11)
Poland 3-2 Russia (25-17, 16-25, 25-21, 19-25, 18-16)

May 3rd:

Russia 3-1 Serbia (29-27, 22-25, 25-16, 25-19)
Bulgaria 3-0 Croatia (25-21, 25-21, 25-20)
Turkey 3-1 Germany (18-25, 25-16, 25-23, 30-28)

May 4th:

Germany 3-0 Bulgaria (25-22, 25-22, 25-11)
Poland 3-2 Serbia (29-27, 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 15-13)
Russia 3-1 Netherlands (23-25, 25-11, 25-16, 25-14)

Team Rosters:

RUSSIA:

1 BORISENKO Maria
3 PEREPELKINA Maria
4 ESTES Evgenia
5 SHASHKOVA Liubov
7 KRYUCHKOVA Svetlana L
8 GONCHAROVA Nataliya
11 GAMOVA Ekaterina
13 STARTSEVA Evgenia
14 ULANOVA Ekaterina
15 KOSHELEVA Tatiana
16 MERKULOVA Iuliia
18 AKULOVA Marina

GERMANY:

1 DÜRR Lenka L
2 WEISS Kathleen
4 TZSCHERLICH Kerstin L
7 GRÜN Angelina
9 SSUSCHKE-VOIGT Corina
10 MATTHES Anne
11 FÜRST Christiane
12 BEIER Heike
14 KOZUCH Margareta Anna
15 BRINKER Maren
18 SCHAUS Nadja
20 APITZ Mareen

CROATIA:

1 GLIGOROVIC Biljana
5 KALEB Antonija
6 POPOVIC Sanja
7 KLARIC Karla
8 CUTURA Hana
9 DUGANDZIC Ilijana
10 TOPIC Mira
13 KATIC Marina
14 KOVACIC Nikolina
15 MILOS Ivana
16 DOSEN Paola L
17 ALAJBEG Jelena

SERBIA:

2 BRAKOCEVIC Jovana
5 KRSMANOVIC Natsha
6 MALESEVIC Brizitka
7 MOLNAR Brizitka
8 ANTONIJEVIC Ana
9 VESOVIC Jovana
10 OGNJENOVIC Maja
14 NINKOVIC Nadja
16 RASIC Milena
18 CEBIC Suzana L
19 STAROVIC Sanja
20 BLAGOJEVIC Jelena

BULGARIA:

1 NENOVA Diana (Valentinova)
2 NIKOLOVA Desislava
4 KITIPOVA Lora
5 RABADZHIEVA Dobriana
6 ZARKOVA Tsvetelina
7 KOEVA Gabriela
8 YANEVA Eva
12 KARAKASHEVA Mariya
13 FILIPOVA Mariya L
16 VASILEVA Elitsa
17 FILIPOVA Strashimira
18 NIKOLOVA Emiliya

POLAND:

3 KOSEK Karolina
5 OKUNIEWSKA Berenika
6 BEDNAREK-KASZA Agnieszka
7 KACZOR Joanna
8 SKORUPA Katarzyna
10 KASPRZAK Kinga
11 WERBLIŃSKA Anna
12 ŻEBROWSKA Izabela
13 MAJ Paulina L
14 WOŁOSZ Joanna
17 SKOWROŃSKA-DOLATA Katarzyna Ewa
19 MARTAŁEK Monika

NETHERLANDS:

1 STAELENS Kim
5 DE KRUIJF Robin
6 GROTHUES Maret
7 STEENBERGEN Quinta
9 SCHOOT Myrthe L
10 VAN TIENEN Janneke
11 WENSINK Caroline Catharina H.
12 FLIER Manon
14 DIJKEMA Laura
15 VERGEER Angelique
16 STAM-PILON Debby
18 SLOETJES Lonneke

TURKEY:

2 KUZUBASIOGLU Gülden L
3 GÜRESEN Gizem L
6 USLUPEHLIVAN Polen
7 CANSU Büsra
8 TOKSOY Bahar
9 CEMBERCI KIRDAR Özge
10 SONSIRMA KIRDAR Gözde
11 AYDEMIR Naz
12 GÜMÜS Esra
13 OZSOY Neriman
14 ERDEM DÜNDAR Eda
17 DARNEL Neslihan