The European volleyball champion and the Nations League winner Turkey smashed Bulgaria by 3-0 (25:20, 25:19, 25:15) in the second match of Group B at the Olympic qualification in Japan.
Thus, Bulgaria remained without a victory until the moment of the tournament after yesterday’s loss to Belgium with 0-3. Turkey has 2 wins from 2 matches and 6 points.
Tomorrow (September 18) is the rest day of the tournament, and on Tuesday (September 19) Bulgaria will play against the current Olympic and world runner-up Brazil, while Turkey will face Peru.
Melissa Vargas was the most effective for Turkey, scoring 15 points (1 block, 1 ace), while Eda Erdem Dundar added 13 points (1 block, 2 aces)
For Bulgaria, Miroslava Paskova (1 block, 1 ace) and Radostina Marinova (1 block) were the most successful for Bulgaria with a modest 9 points each.