Overview
The semi-final encounter between two EuroVolley co-hosts - Poland and Turkey promises to be a thrilling battle. Poland have reached the top four for the first time since 2009, when the took bronze. It was also the last medal for the Polish women's national team at a major international tournament. On the other hand, the "Sultans of the Net" demonstrated their power by smashing the Netherlands in the quarterfinals and looking forward to play in front of their passionate and raucous home crowd, all dreaming of their first ever European crown. In 2003, also in Ankara, these teams fought for the gold in European Championship, back then Poland emerged victorious.
Pre-match
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeJuraj MOKRYSVKSecond RefereeKoen LUTSBEL
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Venue Information
The Ankara Spor Salonu is an indoor sporting hall that is located in Ankara, Turkey that opened in April 2010. The seating capacity of the hall is 10,400 spectators. Built for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the new venue replaced the nearby Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall as the home of Turkish Basketball League clubs, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türk Telekom Basketbol, and Optimum TED Ankara Kolejliler. In 2015, the hall hosted the FIVB U23 Girls Youth World Championship, along with the Baskent Voll Capacity: 10400
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- Tickets
Due to popular demand, unfortunately all 40,600 tickets for the finals weekend have been sold!
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Head-to-Head
· Turkey and Poland will face each other for the third time at European championships.
· Poland won the final against Turkey in 2003 (3-0) and Turkey beat Poland in the qualification match for the quarter-finals in 2017 (3-1).
· Turkey are on a four-match winning streak versus Poland in major competitions since their last defeat in the preliminary round at the European Games in 2015. Turkey then won the final against Poland at those Games.
· The most recent match between Turkey and Poland was in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League. Turkey won 3-2 after Poland had taken a 2-0 lead in this match. Ebrar Karakurt scored 30 points for Turkey in this match.
Turkey
· Turkey have reached the European championship semi-finals for the fifth time. They won their first semi-final, in 2003, but suffered defeats in their next three semi-final appearances, in 2011, 2015 and 2017.
· Turkey hope to win the European championship for the first time. Their best result was a second-place finish in 2003.
· Turkey reached the semi-final stage in the 2018 and 2019 Volleyball Nations League seasons. They won their match in 2018, but lost in 2019. Brazil were the opponents on both occasions.
· Turkey's six wins at the 2019 European Championship are already the most for the country in a single edition of the tournament.
· Hande Baladin (16 points) was Turkey's top scorer in their 3-0 victory against Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
· Eda Erdem Dündar was Turkey's top scorer in four of their other six matches this tournament.
Poland
· Poland have reached the European championship semi-finals for the first time since they reached this stage in four editions in a row from 2003 to 2009.
· Poland won their semi-final match in 2003 and 2005, when they also won their two European trophies. They lost their semi-finals in 2007 and 2009.
· Poland (6) can win seven matches at a single European championship for the first time since 2005 (7 wins).
· Magdalena Stysiak (22 points, including 5 aces) and Malwina Smarzek-Godek (21) were Poland's top scorers in their quarter-final win against Germany.
Quarter-Final Highlights
Team
TURKEY 
Address
Emniyet Mahallesi Milas Sokak, 9/A - Besevler ANKARAContacts
Previous Games
| 08/09/2019 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 04/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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20Competitions Played
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3Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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7Matches Won
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78%Win %
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24Sets Won
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825Points Won
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44%Attack %
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63%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Kutahya
- Height: 189 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Gradačac
- Height: 187 cm
Recent Results
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Turkey to make second appearance in EuroVolley title-deciding match
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of TURKEY compared to POLAND.
TURKEY number of service aces compared to POLAND
Errors leading to points of TURKEY, next to those from POLAND
Kübra Akman, player of Turkey: “Of course, we are very happy to be in the final. It was a dream day with both our audience and our own performance. We made some mistakes in the third set, but we knew how to make up for these. We are very happy. Many thanks to all the supporters!
Tomorrow we expect such an atmosphere again. It will be a much harder match than this one but we will be ready for it. We made it happen today and I hope we can do the same tomorrow and become European champions on home soil.”
Jacek Nawrocki“Today Turkey played a very good game. Eda Erdem Dündar was great. Turkey were better than us – and they did so in every aspect of the game. Our team played the best they can. We are very happy with playing the semi in Ankara, in such an arena. The match with Italy will be a great challenge. Italy have a very complete and strong team. We will fight for every ball.”
Coach of Poland