Turkey - Aroma First League 2012/13

The regular season will begin on 13-14 October 2012 and will end on 16-17 March 2013 and the Playoffs are going to start on Marchl. Fenerbahçe Grundig will be the reigning champions after winning the 2011–12 Turkish League.

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.

Teams
1) Çankaya Belediyesi Anka – Ankara
2) TED Kolejliler – Ankara
3) Maliye Milli Piyango – Ankara
4) Halkbank - Ankara
5) Ziraat Bankası - Ankara
6) Bursa Yenişehir Belediyesi – Bursa
7) Torul Gençlerbirliği - Gümüşhane
8 ) Fenerbahçe Grundig – İstanbul
9) Galatasaray – İstanbul
10) İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi – İstanbul
11) Arkasspor İzmir - İzmir
12) Sivas 4 Eylül Belediyesi – Sivas

Arkasspor
Setters: Kevin Hansen (USA) - Mustafa Oğuz Ramazanoğlu - Eren Öner
OPPs: Ufuk Minici - Liberman C.Urango Agamez (COL)
OHs: Gord Perrin (CAN) - Burutay Subaşı - Joao Paolo Bravo (BRE) - Bülent Kandemir - Andaç Kapan
MBs: Ahmet Pezük - Justin Duff (CAN) - Emin Gök - Mustafa Koç - Hakkı Çapkınoğlu
Libero: Hasan Yeşilbudak
Coach: Glenn Hoag (CAN) - Fazıl Demirci

Çankaya Bld. ANKA
Setters: Hasan Özkan - Burak Yavuz
OPPs:
OHs: Vlademir Jekic (SRB) - Ender Kıdoğlu
MBs: Umut Yücel Baran - Mehmet Almaz - Şevki Pehlivanoğlu
Liberos: Fatih Gündoğdu - Tolgahan Demirbaş
Coach: Abdulhamit Binmez - Yunus Şahin

TED Ankara Kolejliler
Setters: Çağlar Aksoy - Rıdvan Karataş
OPP: Nemanja Bozic (BIH)
OHs: Faik Yaz - Caner Demirci - Armin Mustedanovic (BIH)
MBs: Niyazi Durmaz - Engin Yılmaz - Süleyman Kolişler
Libero: Mehmet Özbek

Fenerbahçe Grundig
Setters: Arslan Eksi - Sercan Abanoz - Ali Berke Sağır
OPP: Ivan Miljkovic (SRB)
OHs: Soner Mezgitci - Turgay Dogan - Leonel Marshall (CUB) - Matej Cernic (ITA) - İzzet Ünver
MBs: Ahmet Tocoglu - Kemal Kayhan - Hakan Fertelli - Novica Bjelica (SRB) - İbrahim Basaran
Libero: Serkan Kilic - Burak Hazırol
Coach: Daniele Bagnoli (ITA) - Fabio Soli (ITA)

Galatasaray
Setters: Caner Pekşen - Ulaş Kıyak
OPPs: Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz - Vladimir Nikolov (BUL)
OHs: Bojan Janic (SRB) - Murat Aslan - Tomislav Coskovic (TUR/CRO)
MBs: Ferhat Akdeniz - Erhan Dünge - Murat Han Kısal
Libero: Caner Dengin - Teodor Salparov (BUL)
Coach: Dragan Nesic (SRB)

Halkbank
Setters: Hüseyin Koç - Aslan Ekşi
OPPs: Ahmed Salah Abdelhay (EGP) - Serhat Coşkun
OHs: Halil İbrahim Yücel - William Reid Priddy (USA) - Luis Augusto Díaz (VEN) - Can Ayvazoğlu
MBs: Emre Batur - Resul Tekeli - Sabit Karaağaç - Faik Samed Güneş
Libero: Nuri Şahin
Coach: Veselin Vukovic - Taner Atik

İstanbul B.B.
Setters: Sercan Abanoz - Murat Yenipazar
OPPs: Çağlar Aksoylu - Broke Billings (USA)
OHs: Mustafa Kırıcı - Ali Samet İçmeğiz - Kadir Cin - Sadi Yankı Uslu - Sergey Antanovich (BLR) - Jeroen Paul Trommel (NED)
MBs: Özkan Hayırlı - Muhammet Ertuğrul - Fatih Cihan
Liberos: Barış Özdemir - Burak Mert
Coach: Nedim Özbey - Hakan Özkan

Maliye Milli Piyango
Setter: Gökhan Çatal - Vefa Yılmaz
OPPs: Nikola Gjorgiev (MKD) - Çağlar Dayı
OHs: Kerem Can Acar - Marko Ivovic (SRB) - Milos Vemic (SRB) - Murat Tokgöz
MBs: Fatih Eren Uğur - Burak Hascan - Barış Hamaz - İbrahim Emet
Libero: Akif Gürgen
Coach: Joshko Milenkoski (MKD) - Serdar Uslu

Sivas 4 Eylül Belediye
Setters: Selçuk Keskin - Cihan Kırıcı - Kert Toobal (EST)
OPPs: Marcel Gromadowski (POL) - Anıl Tokat - Ersin Durgut
OHs: Fırat Ezel Filiz - Ali Candan - Engin Özbek - Esat Dalgıç
MBs: Taner Kabakcı - Ersin Durgut - Cansın Hacibekiroğlu
Liberos: Bulut İnan Kurt - Özger Özger
Coach: Levent Zoroğlu - Ertuğrul Erdoğan

Torul Gençlerbirliği
Setters: Akif Yurtsal - Vefa Yılmaz
OPP: Jose Luis Gonzalez (ARG)
OHs: Leonardo Dos Santos (BRE) - Çağlar Özer - Tolga Altıntaş
MBs: Hüseyin Alper Aydın - Alper Güllü - Murat Palavar
Liberos: Hüseyin Alper Aydın - Alper Güllü - Murat Palavar
Coach: Bahadır Aksoy

Yenişehir Belediye
Setters: Özgür Uludağ - Burak Köse - Zafer Ceyhun Tendar
OPPs: Görkem Sertel - Bahadır Güçlüyıldız
OHs: Suat Alender - Osman Babagiray - Faik Yaz
MBs: Tarık Hepşen - Hürol Temel - Yasin Sancak
Liberos: Hasan Kunter - Selim Yıldırım
Coach: Senai Yıldız - Suat Yağcıoğlu

Ziraat Bankası
Setters: Berkan Bozan - Orçun Ergün
OPPs: Emre Şenol - Kaan Çiçek - Serkan Oğuz
OHs: Mustafa Kavaz - Burak Güngör - Gökhan Gökgöz - Murat Karakaya
MBs: Koray Şahin - Uğur Güneş - Cüneyt Dağcı
Libero: Alperay Demirciler
Coach: Berkan Bozan - Orçun Ergün

Super Cup Match (October 10,2012)
Fenerbahçe Grundig- Galatasaray - Başkent Voleybol S.S

Matchday One
4 Eylül Bld - Yenişehir Bld.
Ziraat Bankası - İstanbul B.B
Torul Gençlerbirliği - Arkasspor
Fenerbahçe Grundig - Çankaya Bld Anka
TED Kolejliler - Galatasaray
Halkbank - M.Milli Piyango

Matchday 2
İstanbul B.B - 4 Eylül Bld
Çankaya Bld Anka - Ziraat Bankası
Yenişehir Bld. - Torul Gençlerbirliği
M.Milli Piyango - Fenerbahçe Grundig
Arkasspor - TED Kolejliler
Galatasaray - Halkbank

Matchday 3
Torul Gençlerbirliği - 4 Eylül Bld
İstanbul B.B - Çankaya Bld. Anka
Halkbank - Arkasspor
Fenerbahçe Grundig - Galatasaray
TED Kolejliler - Yenişehir Bld
Ziraat Bankası - M.Milli Piyango

Matchday 4
Çankaya Bld Anka - 4 Eylül Bld
Torul G.Birliği - TED Kolejliler
M.Milli Piyango - İstanbul B.B
Yenişehir Bld - Halkbank
Galatasaray - Ziraat Bankası
Arkasspor - Fenerbahçe Grundig

Matchday 5
4 Eylül Bld - TED Kolejliler
Çankaya Bld Anka - M.Milli Piyango
Halkbank - Torul G.birliği
İstanbul B.B - Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe Grundig - Yenişehir Bld
Ziraat Bankası - Arkasspor

Matchday 6
M.Milli Piyango - 4 Eylül Bld
TED Kolejliler - Halkbank
Galatasaray - Çankaya Bld Anka
Torul G.Birliği - Fenerbahçe Grundig
Arkasspor - İstanbul B.B
Yenişehir Bld - Ziraat Bankası

Matchday 7
4 Eylül Bld - Halkbank
M.Milli Piyango - Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe Grundig - TED Kolejliler
Çankaya Bld Anka - Arkasspor
Ziraat Bankası - Torul G.Birliği
İstanbul B.B - Yenişehir Bld

Matchday 8
Galatasaray - 4 Eylül Bld
Halkbank - Fenerbahçe Grundig
Arkasspor - M.Milli Piyango
TED Kolejliler - Ziraat Bankası
Yenişehir Bld - Çankaya Bld Anka
Torul G.Birliği - İstanbul B.B

Matchday 9
4 Eylül Bld - Fenerbahçe Grundig
Galatasaray - Arkasspor
Ziraat Bankası - Halkbank
M.Milli Piyango - Yenişehir Bld
İstanbul B.B - TED Kolejliler
Çankaya Bld Anka - Torul G.Birliği

Matchday 10
Arkasspor - 4 Eylül Bld.
Fenerbahçe Grundig - Ziraat Bankası
Yenişehir Bld - Galatasaray
Halkbank - İstanbul B.B
Torul G.Birliği - M.Milli Piyango
TED Kolejliler - Çankaya Bld Anka

Matchday 11
4 Eylül Bld - Ziraat Bankası
Arkasspor - Yenişehir Bld
İstanbul B.B - Fenerbahçe Grundig
Galatasaray - Torul G.Birliği
Çankaya Bld Anka - Halkbank
M.Milli Piyango - TED Kolejliler

He'll play for Galatasaray this season

Quote from volley17

Does the Aroma league still have a limit of 2 foreign players on court simultaneously?

yes, 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.

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So that means when Fenerbahce plays Ziraat Bankası, only 2 of the 4 foreigners can be on court, while for Fenerbahce - Galatasaray 3 of them can play, right?

yes

Super Cup - 10.10.2012

Fenerbahçe Grundig - Galatasaray - 17.00 CET live on NTVSPOR

www.ntvspor.net/canliyayin

Fenerbahce leads 2 sets to 1. 25-18, 25-19

Besiktas men's volleyball team has closed due to financial problems this year and Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyesi was also promoted to Aroma Turkish First League for the first time instead of Besiktas.

Yenişehir Belediye
Setters: Özgür Uludağ - Burak Köse - Zafer Ceyhun Tendar
OPPs: Görkem Sertel - Bahadır Güçlüyıldız
OHs: Suat Alender - Osman Babagiray - Faik Yaz
MBs: Tarık Hepşen - Hürol Temel - Yasin Sancak
Liberos: Hasan Kunter - Selim Yıldırım
Coach: Senai Yıldız - Suat Yağcıoğlu

Fenerbahçe Grundig - Galatasaray: 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-23)

Fenerbahçe Grundig: Kemal 11, Miljkovic 13, Marshall 16, İbrahim , Arslan 4, Cernic 5, Serkan ( L) (Ahmet 6, Metin , Sercan)

Galatasaray: Murathan, Vladimir 14 , Bojan 4, Erhan 6, Ulaş 1, Kemal 3, Sarparov (L) (Caner Pekşen, Murat, Ferhat 5, Coskovic 2)

Fenerbahçe Grundig - Galatasaray Süper Kupa Ceromony

Full Match

Matchday One
13.10.2012 16:30 CET Halkbank - M.Milli Piyango

14.10.2012 16:00 4 Eylül Bld - Yenişehir Bld.

14.10.2012 14.00 Ziraat Bankası - İstanbul B.B (Başkent S.S - voleyboltv.com)

14.10.2012 12:00 Torul Gençlerbirliği - Arkasspor

14.10.2012 14:00 Fenerbahçe Grundig - Çankaya Bld Anka (Live on ntvspor.net/canliyayin)

14.10.2012 Greenwich Saat TED Kolejliler - Galatasaray