Turkey: big match of Round 27 postponed. Three points for other top teams

Only 7 of the 8 matches of Efelerligi’s Round 27 were played yesterday. Due to coronavirus cases in Fenerbahce, the big match between the leaders and the Ziraat Bankkart has been postponed until further notice.
Full booty for all the top teams who took to the field: Halkbank overwhelmed TFL Altekma 3-0, Spor Toto won with the same result on the Haliliye field, leaving Wallace on the bench, Arkas Izmir defeated Inegol 3-1 and also Galatasaray, despite suffering much more than expected, won 3-1 against Istanbul BBSK. Among other results stands out the 3-2 of Solhan Spor on Sorgun, thus mortgaging salvation. The picture is closed by Bursa BBSK’s 3-0 over last-placed Arhavi and Afyon’s 3-0 over Tokat that let hope for the salvation.

| Results Round 27 | February 13

• Bursa BBSK – Arhavi 3-0 (25:9, 25:15, 25:14)
Top Scorers: Ghafour 17, Cihan 13, Alisson Melo 11; Sarac 9, Altintas 6.

• Haliliye Bld. – Spor Toto Ankara 0-3 (17:25, 22:25, 21:25)
Top Scorers: Atli 16, Bisset 13, Sharifi 8; Nicolas Bruno 16, Leonardo Ferreira Do Nascimento “Leozinho” 14, Kantarcioglu 11, Bidak 9.

• Solhan Spor Bingol – Sorgun Bld. 3-2 (25:20, 20:25, 25:19, 21:25, 15:10)
Top Scorers: Massari 22, Kuklinski 22, Miskevich 16, Sahin 8, Polat 8; Cepeda 29, Cirovic 13, Zakharov 8.

• Arkas Spor Izmir – Inegol Bld. Bursa 3-1 (25:17, 25:20, 21:25, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Mandiraci 25, Gulmezoglu 19, Gungor 13, Matic 8; Gjorgiev 19, Bahov 18, Ondes 7.

• Afyon Bld. Yuntas – Tokat Belediye Plevne 3-0 (25:22, 25:19, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Bruno Lima 19, Alfonso Gavilan 15, Poglajen 8, Sertel 8; Geraldo Graciano Da Silva Filho 14, Kvalen 12, Hacibekiroglu 5.

• Halkbank Ankara – TFL Altekma Izmir 3-0 (25:22, 25:21, 25:14)
Top Scorers: Berger 14, Hernandez 13, Bayram 12; Hugo Hamacher 8, Gurbuz 7, Daniel Muniz De Oliveira 7, Tarakci 7.

• Galatasaray HDI Sigorta – Istanbul BBSK 3-1 (35:33, 25:21, 24:26, 26:24)
Top Scorers: Torres 27, Berezhko 18, Ulu 14, Savas 13, Siratca 9; Yalcin 20, Dogruluk 16, Coskun 16, Hayirli 10, Ozturk 10.

| Postponed for COVID
• Ziraat Bankkart Ankara – Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta

| Standings (updated on February 13, 2021)
Halkbank Ankara 64
Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta 62
Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 60
Arkas Spor Izmir 59
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 59
Spor Toto Ankara 53
Inegol Bld. Bursa 39
TFL Altekma Izmir 37
Tokat Belediye Plevne 33
Solhan Spor Bingol 32
Sorgun Bld. 33
Afyon Bld. Yuntas 30
Haliliye Bld. 23
Bursa BBSK 22
Istanbul BBSK 20
Arhavi 1