Turkey: Ziraat prevail over Halkbank in a classic to get to 6th win in row – Three points also for Arkas

Ziraat Bankkart prevailed over Halkbank in a classic of the Turkish Volleyball Championship.
Ziraat are redeeming for the unsatisfying start of the 2020/21 AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi regular season as in Round 17, they prevailed in Ankara derby in four sets (28:30, 25:22, 25:20, 25:20).
The Dutchman Wouter Ter Maat was the most prolific player in the sixth successive win of the winners with 24 points, while Cuban Fernando Hernández made 21 points for Halkbank, who suffered a third defeat in the last four matches. Faik Samet Güneş added 4 blocks, while Volkan Done had 74 % reception (53 % perfect).

In the other match played today, Arkas Spor moved from the fifth to the second place in the charts after they downed Afyon Bld. Yüntaş. Led in scoring by Yiğit Gülmezoğlu, author of 16 points, and in reception by Brazilian veteran João Paulo Bravo (83 %; 17 % perfect), the İzmir team swept rivals by a 3-0.

📌| 2020/21 Efelerligi Regular Season | Round 17

🗓| November 24
• Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta – TFL Altekma Izmir 3-0 (25:17, 25:21, 25:23)
• Istanbul BBSK — Arhavi 3-0 (25:18, 25:19, 25:15)
• Tokat Belediye Plevne – Sorgun Bld. 3-1 (25:20, 19:25, 25:19, 25:16)

🗓| November 25

• Arkas Spor Izmir — Afyon Bld. Yuntas 3-0 (25:19, 25:11, 25:15)
Top Scorers: Gulmezoglu 16, E. Mandiraci 10, Koc 7, Cengiz 5; Serce 12, Enaboifo 8.

• Halkbank Ankara — Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 1-3 (30:28, 22:25, 20:25, 20:25)
Top Scorers: Hernandez 21, Gokgoz 18, Berger 10, Gunes 9, Karasu 8; Ter Maat 24, Van Garderen 15, Atanasov 12, Bulbul 12.

🦠| Postponed for Covid
• Spor Toto Ankara — Bursa BBSK
• Inegol Bld. Bursa — Solhan Spor Bingol
• Haliliye Bld. — Galatasaray HDI Sigorta

📄| Standings
Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta 42
Arkas Spor Izmir 35
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 34
Halkbank Ankara 34
Tokat Belediye Plevne 27
Spor Toto Ankara 25
Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 23
TFL Altekma Izmir 21
Inegol Bld. Bursa 19
Istanbul BBSK 19
Solhan Spor Bingol 15
Afyon Bld. Yuntas 14
Sorgun Bld. 12
Bursa BBSK 11
Haliliye Bld.10
Arhavi 1