By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish women's volleyball team on Friday won against Belgium 3-2 in a tie-breaker to qualify for the CEV European qualification semifinals for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Turkey led the first two sets 25-20 and 25-15, a great advantage to win the match in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, but the Belgians managed to equalize, winning the third and fourth sets, 25-20 and 25-22.
The Turkish team were victorious in the tie-breaking set 15-10 to bag the final four ticket in the Tokyo 2020 qualifiers.
The best player of the match was Turkey's opposite Meryem Boz, who scored 26 points at Omnisport.
Belgian middle blocker Marlies Janssens had 4 aces.
Turkish middle blocker Eda Erdem Dundar had 5 winning blocks to be the best blocker in the match.
So Pool B ended with Turkey completing the group stage in second place.
Turkey, with two wins but one loss in this phase, qualified for the final four.
Pool B winners Germany have already gone to the semifinals, having won all three games.
Belgium and Croatia have been eliminated from the qualifiers.
Turkey will face Poland or the Netherlands in Saturday's semifinals.
Only the winning team will secure their place in the women’s volleyball competition of the global tournament scheduled from July 24 to Aug. 9.
The winner-takes-it-all final is set for Jan. 12.
Italy, Russia and Serbia have already secured their participation in the 2020 Olympics.
