Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team

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Azerbaijan
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
AssociationAVF
ConfederationCEV
Head coachVugar Aliyev
FIVB ranking42 (as of 12 June 2021)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
World Championship
Appearances4 (First in 1994)
Best result9th (1994)
European Championship
Appearances9 (First in 2005)
Best result4th (2005, 2017)
Federation Website
Honours
European League
Gold medal – first place 2016 Nitra / Baku Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku Team

The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments.[1]

Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team squad in 2011 European Championship

Competitive record[]

World Championship[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
1952–1990 Part of  Soviet Union
Brazil 1994 Group stage 9th 3 1 2 4 6 Squad
Japan 1998 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2002
Japan 2006 Second round 13th 9 4 5 14 18 Squad
Japan 2010 Did Not Qualify
Italy 2014 Second round 15th 9 4 5 14 19 Squad
Japan 2018 Second round 15th 9 2 7 8 22 Squad
Total 0 titles 4/18 30 11 19 40 65 —

European Championship[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
1949–1991 Part of  Soviet Union
Czech Republic 1993 Did Not Participate
Netherlands 1995
Czech Republic 1997
Italy 1999
Bulgaria 2001
Turkey 2003 Did Not Qualify
Croatia 2005 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 12 11 Squad
Belgium/Luxembourg 2007 Second round 12th 8 1 7 4 21 Squad
Poland 2009 Playoff round 12th 8 1 7 8 23 Squad
Italy/Serbia 2011 Playoff round 9th 4 1 3 6 10 Squad
Germany/Switzerland 2013 Preliminary round 15th 3 0 3 1 9 Squad
Netherlands/Belgium 2015 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 3 1 9 Squad
Azerbaijan/Georgia (country) 2017 Semifinals 4th 6 4 2 15 7 Squad
Slovakia/Hungary/Poland/Turkey 2019 Round of 16 10th 6 4 2 12 10 Squad
Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania 2021 First round 24th 5 0 5 1 15 Squad
Total 0 titles 9/32 50 15 35 60 115 —

European Games[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Azerbaijan 2015 Semifinals 4th 8 5 3 19 13 Squad
Total 0 titles 1/1 8 5 3 19 13 —

European League[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Turkey 2009 Did Not Participate
Turkey 2010
Turkey 2011
Czech Republic 2012
Bulgaria 2013
Germany 2014 League round 4th 12 5 7 21 25
2015 Did Not Participate
Azerbaijan/Slovakia 2016 Final 1st 10 10 0 30 5
Ukraine/Finland 2017 Did Not Participate
Hungary 2018 Golden league 5th 6 5 1 16 7
Croatia 2019 Golden league 10th 6 0 6 6 18
Bulgaria 2021 Golden league 11th 6 0 6 2 18
Total 1 titles 5/12 40 20 20 65 73 —

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the Azerbaijani roster in the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach: Vugar Aliyev

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2021–22 club Debut Year
2 Yana Doroshenko 5 July 1994 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 285 cm (112 in) Israel Maccabi Hadera Hefer 2018
4 9 April 1999 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 59 kg (130 lb) 215 cm (85 in) 205 cm (81 in) Azerbaijan Murov VC 2021
6 Ayshan Abdulazimova (c) 11 April 1993 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 265 cm (104 in) 260 cm (100 in) Hungary Vasas SC 2011
7 Olena Kharchenko 25 November 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 285 cm (112 in) Turkey 2014
10 17 July 2001 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 303 cm (119 in) 286 cm (113 in) Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku 2021
11 5 December 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 310 cm (120 in) Hungary DVTK 2021
14 Kristina Besman 13 February 1996 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in) Russia 2015
15 19 June 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 57 kg (126 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 305 cm (120 in) Azerbaijan Murov VC 2021
16 Yuliya Karimova 7 February 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 280 cm (110 in) 270 cm (110 in) Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku 2018
18 3 August 1991 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 287 cm (113 in) 280 cm (110 in) Greece AOF Porfyras 2013
19 9 June 1990 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 285 cm (112 in) Azerbaijan Absheron VC 2019
20 25 April 1993 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 300 cm (120 in) Greece Panathinaikos 2015
21 30 August 1993 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Greece AOF Porfyras 2014
22 16 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 290 cm (110 in) Russia 2019

Records[]

Rankings[]

Azerbaijan achieved its highest position in the FIVB Senior World Rankings in 2019 when it was ranked as #22 in the world.[2] As of January 2022, Azerbaijan national team is ranked as #42 in the world with 94 points.[3]

Managers[]

Azerbaijan Team Managers From To
Azerbaijan Faig Garayev 1992 2013
Azerbaijan 2013 2015
Azerbaijan Faig Garayev 2015 2018
Italy Giovanni Caprara 2019 2019
Azerbaijan Vasif Talibov 2020 2020
Azerbaijan Vugar Aliyev 2021 present

Captains[]

Azerbaijan Team Captains From To
Alla Hasanova 1992 2005
Oksana Kurt 2006 2010
Natalya Mammadova 2010 2011
Oksana Kurt 2011 2015
Odina Bayramova 2016 2019
Ayshan Abdulazimova 2020 present

Notable players[]

References[]

  1. ^ Azerbaijani women’s volleyball team makes it to CEV championship quarterfinals (PHOTO) trend news agency, 25 September 2017. Accessed 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ Voleybol üzrə yığmamız FİVB-nin reytinq siyahısında mövqeyini qoruyub
  3. ^ FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women

External links[]

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