Tournament 2017


Yekaterinburg is preparing for the anniversary Yeltsin Cup:

Spectators of the Urals capital city will be the first to see a new women’s team in play!

Annual international tournament among women’s volleyball teams – Yeltsin Cup will be held for the 15th time in Yekaterinburg, 26-30 June. This year teams from Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Russia are going to compete for the Cup.

Interestingly, Bulgarian team won the Cup in 2014. Then Vladimir Kuzuytkin was its head coach. In February, he headed Russian national women’s volleyball team. The play of Serbian team will be also worth seeing, as the girls are the silver winners of the Olympic Games 2016!

Of course, the main fan of the Cup, who has not missed any game, Naina Yeltsin, will be on the Palace of Sports stands.

Uralians, we are waiting for you! Spend this June bright and noteworthy in the company of world volleyball stars. Entrance to all games of Yeltsin Cup is free!

MATCH SCHEDULE 2017

26 June, Monday
16.00 Bulgaria – Serbia
19.30 Russia – Kazakhstan

27 June, Tuesday
16.30 Kazakhstan – Bulgaria
19.00 Turkey – Russia

28 June, Wednesday
16.30 Bulgaria – Turkey
19.00 Serbia – Kazakhstan

29 June, Thursday
16.30 Turkey – Serbia
19.00 Russia – Bulgaria

30 June, Friday
16.30 Kazakhstan – Turkey
19.00 Serbia – Russia
Followed by closing ceremony

TEAM

BULGARIA KAZAKHSTAN SERBIA RUSSIA

Bulgaria BULGARIA
Болгария

№ Name Last name Birth date Height Position
1 Gergana DIMITROVA 28.02.96 182 Attacker
3 Rusena SLANCHEVA 23.08.86 182 Libero
4 Nasya DIMITROVA 06.11.92 190 Middle blocker
6 Miroslava PASKOVA 16.02.96 180 Attacker
9 Petya BARAKOVA 18.06.94 175 Setter
10 Elitsa BARAKOVA 11.03.97 184 Middle blocker
11 Hristina RUSEVA 01.10.91 190 Middle blocker
12 Mariya DANCHEVA 04.12.95 195 Middle blocker
15 Kathryn DIMITROVA 27.11.99 191 Attacker
16 Elitsa VASILEVA 13.05.90 190 Attacker
18 Veselina GRIGOROVA 06.09.95 194 Attacker
20 Kristina GUNCHEVA 23.03.94 178 Setter

Head coach: Ivan DIMITROV
Assistant coach: Nikolay IVANOV

Kazahstan KAZAKHSTAN
Казахстан

№ Name Last name Birth date Height Position
2 Lyudmila ISSAEVA 26.09.89 184 Middle blocker
4 Yekaterina ZHDANOVA 28.05.92 183 Attacker
5 Diana KEMPA 30.12.92 167 Libero
6 Natalya AKILOVA 31.05.93 183 Setter
7 Inna Yakovleva 04.03.88 177 Attacker
8 Yana Petrenko 30.07.90 181 Middle blocker
10 Irina KENZHEBAYEVA 20.02.92 180 Attacker
11 Katerina TATKO 15.12.92 182 Attacker
13 Radmila BERESNEVA 06.06.83 185 Attacker
14 Antonina RUBTSOVA 30.12.84 184 Middle blocker
15 Aliya BATKULDINA 18.11.95 181 Setter
20 Tatyana FENDRIKOVA 23.02.90 169 Libero

SERBIA SERBIA
SERBIA

№ Name Last name Birth date Height Position
1 Bianka BUSA 25.07.94 187 Attacker
3 Sanja MALAGURSKI 08.06.90 193 Attacker
4 Bojana ZIVKOVIC 29.03.88 186 Setter
6 Tijana MALESEVIC 18.03.91 185 Attacker
7 Ana ANTONIJEVIC 26.08.87 185 Setter
9 Brankica MIHAJLOVIC 13.04.91 190 Attacker
11 Stefana VELJKOVIC 09.01.90 190 Middle blocker
12 Teodora PUSIC 12.03.93 170 Libero
13 Ana BJELOCA 03.04.92 190 Attacker
14 Nadja NINKOVIC 01.11.91 193 Middle blocker
15 Jovana STEVANOVIC 30.06.92 192 Middle blocker
16 Milena RASIC 25.10.90 191 Middle blocker
20 Jelena BLAGOJEVIC 01.12.88 181 Attacker
21 Ana LAZAREVIC 04.07.91 186 Attacker

Head coach: Zoran TERZIĆ
Assistant coach: Branko KOVAČEVIĆ

Russia Russia
Russia

№ Name Last name Birth date Height Position
2 Mariia FROLOVA 01.11.86 178 Attacker
3 Irina FILISHTINSKAIA 14.01.90 170 Setter
5 Luliia KUTIUKOVA 30.03.89 183 Attacker
6 Irina ZARYAZHKO 04.10.91 196 Middle blocker
7 Anna LAZAREVA 31.01.97 190 Attacker
11 Ekaterina TRETYAKOVA 19.10.84 176 Libero
12 Alla GALKINA 15.04.92 178 Libero
13 Evgeniya STARTSEVA 12.02.89 185 Setter
14 Irina FETISOVA 07.09.94 190 Middle blocker
16 Irina VORONKOVA 20.10.95 190 Attacker
17 Ekaterina POLYAKOVA 06.02.87 195 Middle blocker
18 Kseniia PARUBETS 31.10.94 183 Attacker
19 Ekaterina EVDOKIMOVA 10.09.94 190 Middle blocker
20 Angelina SPERSKAITE 11.02.97 188 Attacker
21 Ekaterina EFIMOVA 03.07.93 192 Middle blocker
22 Tatiana ROMANOVA 09.09.94 178 Setter

Head coach: Vladimir KUZIUTKIN
Assistant coach: Konstantin USHAKOV

Turkey Turkey
Turkey

№ Name Last name Birth date Height Position
1 Hatice Gizem ORGE 26.04.93 170 Libero
2 Simge Sebnem AKOZ 23.04.91 168 Libero
3 Seyma ERCAN 05.07.94 187 Attacker
4 Gamze ALIKAYA 01.01.93 179 Setter
5 Kubra CALISKAN 13.10.94 197 Middle blocker
6 Polen USLUPEHLIVAN 27.08.90 193 Attacker
7 Asli KALAC 13.12.95 183 Middle blocker
9 Meliha ISMAILOGLU 17.09.93 188 Attacker
13 Melis DURUL 21.10.93 185 Attacker
15 Hande BALADIN 01.09.97 189 Attacker
16 Cagla AKIN 19.01.95 177 Setter
17 Beyza ARICI 27.07.95 192 Middle blocker
18 Dicle Nur BABAT 15.09.92 190 Middle blocker
19 Fatma YILDIRIM 03.01.90 179 Attacker

Head coach: Giovanni GUIDETTI
Assistant coach: Dehri Can DEHRIOGLU

Results 2017

26 June, Monday
Bulgaria – Serbia 0:3 (12:25; 15:25; 14:25) Statistics
Russia – Kazakhstan 3:0 (25:17; 25:5; 25:17) Statistics

27 June, Tuesday
Kazakhstan – Bulgaria 1:3 (14:25; 20:25; 25:19; 27:29) Statistics
Russia – Turkey 3:1 (20:25; 25:18; 25:22; 25:22) Statistics

28 June, Wednesday
Bulgaria – Turkey 0:3 (11:25; 25:27; 20:25) Statistics
Serbia – Kazakhstan 3:0 (25:12; 25:10; 25:13) Statistics

29 June, Thursday
Turkey – Serbia 1:3 (17:25; 18:25; 25:21; 22:25) Статистика
Russia – Bulgaria 3:0 (25:22; 26:24; 25:18) Статистика

30 June, Friday
Kazakhstan – Turkey 0:3 (15:25; 15:25; 17:25)
Russia – Serbia 2:3 (19:25, 25:22, 21:25, 28:26, 14:16).

FINAL STANDING

1. Serbia
2. Russia
3. Turkey
4. Bulgaria
5. Kazakhstan

BEST PLAYERS

BEST ATTACKER – IRINA VORONKOVA (RUSSIA)
BEST BLOCKER – IRINA KOROLEVA (RUSSIA)
BEST LIBERO – SIMGE AKOZ (TURKEY)
BEST SERVER – RADMILA BERESNEVA (KAZAKHSTAN)
BEST SETTER – BOJANA ZIVKOVIC (SERBIA)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER OF RUSSIAN TEAM – ANNA LAZAREVA 
MISS YELTSIN CUP – ELITSA VASILEVA (BULGARIA)
MVP – BRANKICA MIHAJLOVIC (SERBIA)