Turkey beat Serbia without dropping a set to reach European Championship final
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- Turkey defeated Serbia 3-0 in the 2026 CEV European Championship semifinal in Istanbul.
- Turkey won the sets 25-20, 25-19 and 25-20, with Eda Erdem Dündar and Melissa Vargas leading the team’s performance.
- Turkey will face the winner of the Poland-Italy semifinal in the final.
Turkey’s women’s volleyball team reached the 2026 CEV European Championship final with a straight-sets victory over Serbia at Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Sports Hall.
Turkey won the semifinal 25-20, 25-19, 25-20. Eda Erdem Dündar and Melissa Vargas led the attack as Turkey controlled the opening set. Zehra Güneş helped the team make an early 3-0 run in the second, and Turkey pulled away late to win 25-19.
The hosts opened the third set 4-0 behind a Vargas spike and extended their lead to seven points at 10-3 through an Eda Erdem Dündar placement. Elif Şahin’s placement made it 20-14 before Turkey closed out the match.
Turkey will play the winner of the Poland-Italy semifinal in the final. The match lasted 86 minutes.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet 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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