Turkey: also after Round 29, Playoffs and relegations still uncertain!

Due to the several matches still to be recovered one Round before the end of the regular season, the verdicts for both play off and relegation zone of the Turkish Efelerligi have not yet been defined. 5 teams remain in the running for the 4 places for playoffs: Fenerbahce (currently stopped by the coronavirus) and Ziraat (who yesterday won 3-1 against IstanbuI BBSK) should have no problem winning the last 2 games, while to miss the goal will be one between Halkbank (who is confirmed in great shape by winning 3-0 over Haliliye, but will not be able to afford to loss the last match against Galatasaray), Arkas (currently fifth in the standings, but who yesterday has won 3-0 against Altekma and with 2 affordable matches on the horizon) and Galatasaray (who in addition to today’s postponement will have to win at least one match against Halkbank and Ziraat).
Spor Toto has been mathematically out since yesterday, for whom the tie-break success at Afyon is not enough to hope again.
In the queue the 3 teams remain to be defined that will relegate together with last-placed Arhavi (today 0-3 against Sorgun who thus secured salvation).
At risk 5 teams: one step to salvation but still postponed for Tokat (today defeated at the tie-break by Solhan Spor who thus celebrates salvation), Afyon, Bursa BBSK and Haliliye while only mathematics keeps Istanbul BBSK running which does not seem have realistic chances of exiting the relegation zone.

| Results & Program Round 29
| February 21
• Arhavi – Sorgun Bld. 0-3 (15:25, 11:25, 22:25)
Top Scorers: Tatar 10, Tatar 7, Sarac 7; Cepeda 25, Pavlovic 11, Zakharov 9.

• Haliliye Bld. – Halkbank Ankara 0-3 (18:25, 13:25, 19:25)
Top Scorers: Bisset 14, Atli 6, Sharifi 6; Bayram 13, Hernandez 11, Berger 9.

• Solhan Spor Bingol – Tokat Belediye Plevne 3-2 (25:19, 19:25, 35:33, 23:25, 15:13)
Top Scorers: Miskevich 34, Kuklinski 20, Massari 18, Polat 8; Geraldo Graciano Da Silva Filho 27, Kvalen 26, Cam 11, Aydin 6, Topal 6.

• Afyon Bld. Yuntas – Spor Toto Ankara 2-3 (25:22, 20:25, 19:25, 28:26, 13:15)
Top Scorers: Alfonso Gavilan 23, Poglajen 17, Bruno Lima 15, Enaboifo 10, Dur 10; Wallace Souza 31, Nicolas Bruno 21, Yilmaz 14, Dautefendic 6.

• Ziraat Bankkart Ankara – Istanbul BBSK 3-1 (25:19, 25:12, 30:32, 25:23)
Top Scorers: Atanasov 30, Ter Maat 27, Van Garderen 19, Gok 10, Bulbul 7; Coskun 18, Durul 16, Dogruluk 15.

• Arkas Spor Izmir – TFL Altekma Izmir 3-0 (25:14, 25:17, 27:25)
Top Scorers: Mandiraci 16, Gulmezoglu 15, Winkelmuller 13; Gurbuz 15, Hugo Hamacher 8, Tumer 6, Daniel Muniz De Oliveira 6.

| February 22
• Galatasaray HDI Sigorta – Inegol Bld. Bursa 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 32:30)

| Postponed for Covid
• Bursa BBSK – Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta

| STANDINGS (updated on February 21)
Halkbank Ankara 70
Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 66
Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta 62
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 62
Arkas Spor Izmir 62
Spor Toto Ankara 55
Inegol Bld. Bursa 41
TFL Altekma Izmir 40
Sorgun Bld. 36
Solhan Spor Bingol 34
Tokat Belediye Plevne 34
Afyon Bld. Yuntas 31
Bursa BBSK 25
Haliliye Bld. 24
Istanbul BBSK 23
Arhavi 1