Turkey: Ziraat down leaders Halkbank in big match of the day! Türsad defeat Galatasaray and the others of Round 10

After yesterday’s advance, Round 10 of 2022/23 AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi has been completed today with its last six games.

Halkbank and Ziraat Bankkart confronted each other for the first time since the playoff finals, and Ziraat prevailed over Halkbank 1-3 (21:25, 23:25, 25:20, 16:25) , beating the big rivals from Ankara for the fourth successive time, following the sweep of the series for the Turkish title in previous seasonC 2021/22.
Even though their CEV Champions League campaign is rather disappointing thus far (0-2) the one in the national championship consists of eight wins in a row (9-1 record). Moreover, the team commanded Mustafa Kavaz broke Halkbank’s invincibility, as it was the only team with a perfect record entering Round 10, in the Efeler Ligi in front of the huge number of rival fans 4,000 and leveled with them in the win-loss balance.
Today, Ziraat was led by Dutchman Wouter ter Maat author of 25 points and Bulgarian Martin Atanasov (78% attack; 14/18) while another Dutchman was notable in the match, Nimir Abdel-Aziz, who scored 22 points on the losing side, including as many as 7 aces!

In the other games played today, Spor Toto down Altekma 3-0 (25:23, 25:23, 25:22), just like Arkas over Develi Bld. 3-0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:16). Three points also for Cizre Belediyespor, who won with the same result on the field of Hekimoglu (18:25, 16:25, 22:25) and Bursa, who had no problem to defeat on the road last-placed Tokat (20:25, 18:25, 20:25).
Close the picture an upset: Türsad tie break win on the field of suler favorite Galatasaray HDI Sigorta (25:18, 17:25, 22:25, 25:21, 11:15).

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🇹🇷| 2022/23 AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi – regular season | Round 10

Friday | November 25, 2022
• Hatay B. Sehir Bld – Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta 1-3 (25:19, 16:25, 24:26, 19:25)

👉🏼 Saturday | November 26, 2022
• Spor Toto – Altekma 3-0 (25:23, 25:23, 25:22)
• Galatasaray HDI Sigorta – Türsad 2-3 (25:18, 17:25, 22:25, 25:21, 11:15)
• Hekimoglu Global Connect Travel BVI – Cizre Belediyespor 0-3 (18:25, 16:25, 22:25)
• Tokat BLD Plevne – Bursa Büyüksehir Belediye Spor 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 20:25)
• Arkas Spor – Develi Bld. 3-0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:16)
• Halkbank – Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 1-3 (21:25, 23:25, 25:20, 16:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Halkbank 26
2. Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 26
3. Bursa Büyüksehir Belediye Spor 21
4. Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 21
5. Arkas Spor 20
6. Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta 18
7. Türsad 18
8. Cizre Belediyespor 14
9. Spor Toto 12
10. Hatay B. Sehir Bld 11
11. Develi Bld. 9
12. Altekma 8
13. Hekimoglu Global Connect Travel BVI 6
14. Tokat BLD Plevne 0

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