The 2012–13 season (known as the Acıbadem Turkish First League for sponsorship reasons*) will be the 29th since its establishment. The regular season will begin on 20-21 October 2012 and will end on 30-31 March 2013 and the Playoffs are going to start on April. Eczacibasi VitrA will be the reigning champions after winning the 2011–12 Turkish League.
* Turkish Volleyball Federation signed 2 year contract sponsorship agreement with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group.
Turkish Volleyball Federation has decided to continue 2+1 rule next season that manages the presence of foreign players in the national league rosters. That means only 2 foreign players will be on the court during the matches and only 1 additional foreign player will be allowed on the bench BUT European Cup participants can play with 3 foreign players against each other and so next season those clubs will be able to play with their 3 foreign players on the court. (It was accepted by all clubs)
A total of 12 teams will contest the league including 10 sides from the 2011–12 season and 2 promoted from the Second League. MKE Ankaragücü and Pursaklar Voleybol İhtisas were relegated to 2012–13 Turkish Second League the previous season. The two relegated teams were replaced by two 2011–12 Second League sides: Sarıyer Belediyesi made return to first league as Second League champion. The second placing team Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyesi was also promoted to AcıbademTurkish First League for the first time.
Following the regular season, eight teams in league rankings qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight. In playoffs, home court advantage goes to the first seeding and the 4 winners advance to the second round or semifinals with a match-up between the 1-8 and 4-5 winners and a match-up between the 2-7 and 3-6 winners then the 2 winners advance to the third round or finals.
First roud is a best of three series. The quarter finals are played in a 1-1-1 format, meaning the team with home court advantage hosts games 1,3* while their opponent hosts game 2. (* - if needed)
Second round is a best of three series. The semi finals are played in a 1-1-1 format, meaning the team with home court advantage hosts games 1,3* while their opponent hosts game 2. (* - if needed)
Third round is a best of five series. The finals are played in a 1-2-2 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 4*, 5* and their opponent hosts games 2,3. (* - if needed)
At the end of season; the Turkish League winner and runners-up automatically qualify for the CEV Champions League upcoming season. The Turkish Cup winner and third place team has automatically qualify for the CEV CUP. If the Turkish Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish and if the runners-up have also qualified, the next highest placed club in the league takes their place.
PS: Team rosters will be constantly updated with new transfers
Beşiktaş Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
S: Çağla Akın - Seda Uslu Eryuz
OPPs: Natalia Hanikoğlu
OHs: Yağmur Koçyiğit - Ana Lazarevic (SRB) - Tanya Sabkova (BUL) - Ece Hocaoğlu
MBs: Dicle Nur Babat - Tülin Altıntaş - Fatma Sinem Karamuk - Tuğba Toprak - Gabi Koeva (BUL) - Sevcan Eyi
Libero: Funda Bilgi
Coach: Adnan Kıstak - Ercan Kayacan
Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi
S: Duygu Çetav - İrem Özgür
OPP: Dilara Bilge - Georgina Pinedo (ARG)
OHs: Nefize Gaffaroğlu - Mia Jerkov (CRO) - Şeyma Ercan
MBs: Pınar Cankarpusat – Ceren Çağlar – Deniz Avan
Liberos: Aylin Sarıoğlu - Dilara Bağcı
Coach: Emin İmen - Şahin Çatma
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
S: Özge Kırdar Çemberci – Asuman Karakoyun
OPP: Neslihan Darnel - Gözde Yılmaz
OHs: Melis Durul – Senna Usic Jogunica (CRO) – Esra Gümüş – Lioubov Sokolova (RUS)
MBs: Maja Poljak (CRO) – Büşra Cansu - Aleksandra Petrovic (SRB) - Ceylan Arısan
Liberos: Buse Kayacan – Gülden Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu
Coach: Lorenzo Micelli (ITA) – Mustafa Suphi Doğancı
Ereğli Belediyesi
S: Zülfiye Gündogdu - Derya Karabulut Öcal
OPPs: Merve Eskikaya
OHs: Bahar Bakırcıoğlu – Sibel Küçük - Diane Elizabeth Copenhagen (USA) - Deniz Çetinsaraç - Cemre Erol
MBs: Aslı Türker - Müge Şakar Kurt - Gözde Dal - Sara Barbarkova (CZE)
Libero: Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu
Antrenör: Mustafa Çayır - Tunahan Karkın
Fenerbahçe
S: Elif Ağca Öner – Nilay Özdemir
OPPs: Seda Tokatlıoğlu - Marianne Steinbrecher (BRA) - Meryem Boz Çalık
OHs: Paula Pequeno (BRA) – Elif Onur Başaran- Yeon Koung Kim (KOR)
MBs: Berenika Okuniewska (POL) – Gökçen Denkel Zop – Eda Erdem – İpek Soroğlu - Duygu Bal
Liberos: Nihan Güneyligil – Merve Dalbeler
Coach: Kamil Söz - Bai.
Galatasaray
S: Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA) – Gamze Alikaya - Cansu Aydınoğulları
OPP: Rosir Calderon (CUB)
OHs: Ezgi Arslan – Neriman Özsoy – Selime İlyasoğlu – Ecem Alıcı - Brizitka Molnar (SRB)
MBs: Özge Nur Yurtdagülen – Nilay Özek – Sinem Barut – Simona Gioli (ITA)
Liberos: Derya Çayırgan – Necla Güçlü Esepaşa - Yuko Sano (JPN)
Coach: Massimo Barbolini (ITA)
İBA Kimya TED Kolejliler
S: Merve Çarkçı - Merve Tanıl - Aleksandra Peretyatko (UKR)
OPP: Ceyda Aktaş
OHs: Damla Çakıroğlu - Olena Sych (UKR) - Miniriye Vatansever - Ezgi Yeşiloğlu
MBs:Aslıhan Atıkır - Duygu Sipahioğlu - Deniz Çekirge
Libero: Songül Dikmen Gürsoytrak - Ece Gören
Coach: Velibor Ivanovic (SRB)
İlbank
S: Tuğçe Atıcı – Alica Szekelyova (SVK)
OPP: Marina Tumas (BLR)
OHs: Elif Uzun – Ezgi Dağdelenler – Lila Toner – Ferda Bulut
MBs: Ebru Mandıracı – Selin Toy – Gamze Gülcan
Liberos: Bahanur Şahin – Dilara Bağcı
Coach: Burhan Ş. Canbolat – Mehmet Duygun
Nilüfer Belediyesi
S Yuliya Bogmatser (UKR)
OPP: Ece Hocaoglu
OHs: Gülbahar Akgül – Birgül Güler - Jelena Josovic (SRB)
MBs: Kübra Akman - Aslıhan Sinanoğlu
Libero: Gizem Örge
Coach: Ali Kamberoğlu
Sarıyer Belediyesi
S: Berat Küçük – Ezgi Kapdan - Ezgi Dilik
OPP: Ceren Kestirengöz
OHs: Yaima Ortiz (CUB) - Raquel Peluci Xavier da Silva (BRA) - Sibel Kızavul - Cansu Çetin - Banu Toktamış
MBs: Selen Öndeş – İkbal Albayrak - Emel Çelikpazı - Fulya Türük
Libero: Aslıhan Köyel - Serpil Ersarı
Coach: Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu – Salih Tavacı
VakıfBank Türk Telekom
S: Tuğçe Hocaoğlu – Naz Aydemir
OPPsı: Jovana Brakocevic (SRB) – Polen Uslupehlivan
OHs: Saori Kimura (JPN) – Güldeniz Önal – Malgorzata Glinka (POL) – Jelena Nikolic (SRB) – Gözde Sonsırma
MBs: Christiane Fürst (GER) – Ergül Avcı – Bahar Toksoy – Melis Gürkaynak
Liberos: Gizem Güreşen - Dilek Kınık
Coach: Giovanni Guidetti (ITA) – Ferhat Akbaş
Yeşilyurt B.B
S: Seda Türkkan
OPPs: Seray Altay
OHs: Kristin Richards (USA) – Karolina Kosek (POL) - Ülkü Burcu Genç – Müge Örencik
MBs: Neşve Büyükbayram – Aslı Kalaç - Hazal Selin Uygun
Liberos: Didem Ege – Simge Aköz
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