The Turkey men's national volleyball team is the men's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
Medals EventGoldSilverBronzeTotal Challenger Cup 1 1 0 2 European League 3 2 3 8Mediterranean Games 0 4 4 8Islamic Solidarity Games 0 0 2 2 Summer Universiade 2 0 0 2 Total 6 7 9 22
Competitions
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Championship record YearRoundResultSquad 1949 – 1952did not enter 195621st–24th places22nd52389 1960 – 1962did not enter 19669th–16th places16th1028719 1970 – 1994did not qualify 1998First round19th30329Squad 2002 – 2018did not qualify 2022Round of 1611th42286Squad 2025Quarterfinals6th541125Squad 2027Future event 2029Total5/212710173748
Record by Opponent FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship(by team)Opponent 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 Total 27 10 17
World Cup
YearResult2023 Japan4th place743Total1/15743
World League
World League Record YearRoundResult 1990 – 2009did not enter 2010 – 2013did not qualify 2014Group 3 Final22nd853 2015Intercontinental round25th651 2016Group 2 Final16th1183 2017Intercontinental round23rd936Total5/21342113
Nations League
YearResult 2018did not qualify 2019 2021 2022 2023 202416th place 12 1 11 13 34 1024 1124 202517th place 12 3 9 14 28 945 992 20266th place 13 8 5 28 22 1145 1119 2027 qualified Total4/9371225558431143235—
Record by opponent FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League matches (by team)Opponent312110101211211220312211220202202303312404211303Total371225
Challenger Cup
Challenger Cup Record YearRoundResult 2018did not qualify 2019Semifinal4th413 2022Final321 2023Final330 2024did not enter(Participated in Nations League)Total3/5Titles:11064
Record by opponent FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup matches (by team)Opponent101110202110220101110110Total1064
European Championship
European Championship RecordQualification Record YearResultMWLSWSLPWPLMWLSWSLPWPL 1948did not enterno qualification 1950 1951 1955 195812/2011652219489 500 196311/1712842714551 425 196714/2010371525428 512 197115/227341016291 321 1975did not qualify 1977413610 1979did not start 1981532109 198330309 1985523611 198752379 198931238 199152379 1993624814 19956421411 19978531812 199910461719 2001642139 2003615715 2005651164 200715/1630339243 287 651 175 200913/1630329234 269 via host 201111/1641369320 332 862209 201314/1630349283 293 8441914 2015did not qualify6331213 201711/16413510339 357 8622110 201912/24624913474 496 via 2017 ranking 202110/246331411579554431104328263 202313/246241213574546431114349278 202619/2451461239242943195326253 2028 To be determinedTo be determinedTotal13/358030501351695197 5321 1266957 1975 results unknown 1983: - result unknown
European Volleyball League
European League Record YearRoundResult 2004League Round5th1275 2005Semifinal4th1486 2006Semifinal4th1468 2007League Round5th1293 2008Semifinal1477 2009League Round5th1284 2010Semifinal1477 2011League Round11th1239 2012Final1468 2013Semifinal4th14410 2014League Round8th835 2015League Round6th1266 2016did not enter 2017 2018Semifinal853 2019Final880 2021Final880 2022Final651 2023Final871 2024did not enter(Participated in Nations League) 2025Total 17/2119010783
Mediterranean Games
YearPosition 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 5th 1979 7th 1983 7th 1987 1991 6th 1993 1997 2001 2005 8th 2009 5th 2013 4th 2018 7th 2022 5th 2026
Other tournaments Balkan Volleyball Championship BVA Cup
Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 – 3rd place 2017 – 4th 2021 – 3rd place
Universiade 2005 – Champions 2007 – Champions
Team
Current squad The following is the Turkish roster in the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.
Head coach: Slobodan Kovac
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2023–24 club Galatasaray Halkbank Ziraat Bankası Ramazan Efe Mandıracı Piacenza Arkas Spor Volley Lube Galatasaray Galatasaray Ziraat Bankası Ziraat Bankası Spor Toto Altekma S.K Arkas Spor İstanbul Gençlik S.K
Former coaches Dates Name 1958–1959 Nicolae Sotir 1966 Nicolae Murafa 1970–1971 Kosta Shapov 2006–2008 Gennady Parshin 2008–2010 Fausto Polidori 2010–2013 Veljko Bašić 2013–2016 Emanuele Zanini 2017 Joško Milenkoski 2018–2022 Nedim Özbey 2023 Alberto Giuliani 2024 Cédric Énard 2025 Umut Çakır 2025–present Slobodan Kovač
Former squads 2010 European League — Silver Medal Volkan Güç, Enver Kıdoğlu, Sinan Cem Tanık, Selçuk Keskin, Hasan Yeşilbudak, Arslan Ekşi, Rahmi Çağlar Aksoy, Erhan Dünge, Kadir Cin, Serhat Coşkun, Cüneyt Dağcı, Emre Batur, Burutay Subaşı, Kemal Kuvanç Elgaz, Ahmet Pezük, Zafer Ceyhun Tendar, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Ufuk Minici, Fatih Cihan, Berkan Bozan, Mustafa Koç, Özer Özger, Mustafa Kırıcı and Sabit Karaağaç. Head coach: Veljko Bašić 2012 European League — Silver Medal Ulaş Kıyak, Murat Yenipazar, Ahmet Pezük, Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz, Gökhan Gökgöz, Emin Gök, Burutay Subaşı, Serhat Coşkun, Halil İbrahim Yücel, Emre Batur, Murathan Kısal, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Berkan Bozan, Baturalp Burak Güngör, Alperay Demirciler, Shoyo Hinita, Arslan Ekşi, Sabit Karaağaç, Selçuk Keskin, Serkan Oğuz, Ali Berke Sağır, Sinan Cem Tanık, Resul Tekeli and Koray Şahin. Head coach: Veljko Bašić
See also Men's Turkey Men's national volleyball team Turkey Men's national volleyball team U23 Turkey Men's national volleyball team U21 Turkey Men's national volleyball team U19 Women's Turkey Women's national volleyball team Turkey Women's national volleyball team U23 Turkey Women's national volleyball team U20 Turkey Women's national volleyball team U18
References
External links Official website FIVB profile CEV profile