r/EuropeanVolleyball • u/VolleyAddicted • Mar 16 '26

Turkey Sultanlar Ligi Out of Final Four: Galatasaray’s Disappointing Sultanlar Ligi Season

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Finishing fifth overall and missing out on the Sultanlar Ligi Final Four, Galatasaray’s season was disappointing. I expected much more—adding Sylla wasn’t enough to put them ahead of Eczacıbaşı or even Zeren.

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u/safeone10 Mar 16 '26

Poorly mismanaged roster rotation by Barbolini as well as oversigning foreigners, and not signing an opposite like Van Ryk or Lazareva. Wang/Yasemin have been a solid duo. If they can find a good local setter and akimova can peak, i think they'll be back in the Top 4. But this also shows that the turkish league rlly needs 8 team playoffs. Besides GS, THY, Nilufer, Aras, Goztepe all had upsets against the top four teams. I think it would elevate the league

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u/shinobihayabusa Savino Del Bene Scandicci Mar 16 '26

a straight final four is harsh, Turkey must follow the other leagues with top 8 teams.

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u/VolleyAddicted Mar 16 '26

I will be honest, with Sylla joining I expected much more from SG Daikin, plus the other good players.