Turkey: Altekma stun Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe sweep Spor Toto in big match and the others of Round 12

Five matches of Turkish 2021/22 AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi Round 12 were played on Sunday.
The news of the day is about Altekma (still without Luan Weber), who stunned super favorite and title contenders Galatasaray HDI Sigorta. A clear 0-3 is the final result, (19:25, 20:25, 17:25)c and Altekma are 12th in the standings out of 14 teams, while Galatasaray are fourth, which speaks of the value of this great triumph.
Oğuzhan Tarakçı top-scored the winners with 18 points, including four aces, while Yunus Emre Tayaz set up four blocks.

Sweeping Spor Toto in the big match, Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta recorded the fifth win in a row in Efelerligi, the sixth in a row in all competitions, to keep pace with the leading Halkbank, whose advantage in the charts has been reduced to one point (31-30), but the Ankara side has one match played less.
Good performance of Fenerbahce’s outside-hitters Hidalgo (15 points, 50% in attack and 42% efficiency and 3 aces) and Louati (15 points, 43% in attack, 32% efficiency and 3 blocks) while, on the other side of the net, cancelled (or almost) Buchegger (29% in attack and 0% efficiency) and Gungor (30%
in attack and 15% efficiency).

Another upsed is clear 3-0 of Tokat over favorite Bursa (without Bahov).
Taking three points each, and each on the road, Sorgun Bld. and Yeni Kızıltepe Spor broke their own losing streaks of five and four games respectively.

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🏐| AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi 2021/22 – Round 12

| December 9, 2021
• Bingol Solhan Spor – Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 0-3 (23:25, 21:25, 16:25)

👉🏼 December 12

• Allpower Aku Cizre Bld. – Sorgun Bld. 1-3 (23:25, 25:22, 13:25, 21:25)
Top Scorers: Coskun 17, Uriarte 14, Hayirli 9, Gok 7; Danilov 22, Poluian 19, Ozdemir 16, Edis 7.

• Avsar Maden Suyu Afyon Bld. Yuntas
Yeni Kiziltepe Spor 0-3 (20:25, 19:25, 17:25)
Top Scorers: Enaboifo 12, Firincioglu 11, Eken 4; Bojic 15, Gavilan 15, Filip 8, Emet
8.

• Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta Istanbul – Spor Toto Ankara 3-0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:19)
Top Scorers: Louati 15, Hidalgo 15, Toy 9; Sharifi 10, Buchegger 8, Gungor 6.

• Altekma Izmir – Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Istanbul 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:17)
Top Scorers: Tarakci 18, Kirkit 14, Tayaz 8; Torres 11, Divis 6, Sedlacek 5.

• Tokat Bld. Plevne – Bursa B.Sehir Bld. 3-0 (25:22, 25:19, 25:19)
Top Scorers: Alisson Melo 17, Teppan 14, Hacioglu 9, Cihan 8; Geraldo Graciano Da Silva Filho 12, Gokgoz 8, Zorluer 5, Ugur 5.

| December 13
• Halkbank Ankara – Arkas Spor Izmir 3-2 (21:25, 23:25, 25:16, 25:20, 18:16)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
Halkbank Ankara 31
Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 30
Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta Istanbul 30
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Istanbul 24
Arkas Spor Izmir 21
Spor Toto Ankara 20
Yeni Kiziltepe Spor 15
Allpower Aku Cizre Bld. 14
Bursa B.Sehir Bld. 14
Altekma Izmir 13
Sorgun Bld. 13
Tokat Bld. Plevne 11
Bingol Solhan Spor 7
Avsar Maden Suyu Afyon Bld. Yuntas 6

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