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LIVE: Türkiye face Serbia with a place in the final at stake

From Sabah · () Turkish

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  • Türkiye’s women’s volleyball team will play Serbia in the 2026 CEV Women’s European Championship semifinal in Istanbul.
  • Türkiye has reached the last four eight times and won the 2023 European Championship final against Serbia.
  • Serbia, a three-time European champion, reached the semifinal after conceding only two sets in seven matches.

Türkiye’s women’s volleyball team takes on Serbia in Istanbul with a place in the 2026 CEV Women’s European Championship final at stake.

Türkiye has reached the semifinal eight times in European Championship history. The team made the last four in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2026, as well as in 2003 and 2011. It enters the tournament ranked third by the FIVB and will look to reach the final in front of its home crowd.

Türkiye has won one European title, two silver medals and three bronze medals. Its most recent championship came in 2023, when it defeated Serbia 3-2 in the final.

Serbia arrives with three European titles and appearances in the last four at the previous four championships. The team gave up only two sets in seven matches before the semifinal. Serbia finished first in Group B with five wins from five matches, then defeated Croatia 3-1 in the round of 16 and Greece 3-0 in the quarterfinal.

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Originally published by Sabah in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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