Rabita will face Turkish National team twice in Samsun.

Rabita Baku will play two friendly matches against Turkish National team which will participate in the World Championship this month.
After two days "Errea Cup" tournament Rabita Baku will face Turkish National team 0n the 5th and 7th October. Rabita came to Turkey without 4 players which will also participate in the World Championship which will take place in Japan. Libero Silvija Popovic and middle-blocker Natasa Krsmanovic will play for the Serbian,outside-hitter Kimberly Glass for the USA and another middle-blocker Mirela Delic for the Croatian National team in Mundial.

Errea Cup schedule.

"Errea" Cup will start tomorrow in Samsun,Turkey with the match Rabita Baku- Vakifbank GSTT at 16:00 in local time. The two days tournament will take part in Yashar Dogu Sport hall.
Schedule of the matches:
02 October 2010
16:00 Rabita Baku-Vakifbank GSTT
18:00 Igtisadchi Baku-Ecazcibashi Vitra

03 October 2010
16:00 Bronze medal match
18:00 Final

All the matches will shown live on Sky Turk Tv.

Former Russian coach Mikhail Omelchenko signs with "Shakhdag-Guba"

The debutant of Azerbaijani Superleague, "Shakhdag-Guba" signed a contract with the former Russian National team coach,Mikhail Omelchenko. Before that Mr. Omelchenko was a candidate for the head coach post of Azerrail and Baku team,but at the last moment he signed with the debutant of the Superleague. Mikhail Omelchenko will mostly work with the young Azeri players and will try to prepare young players for the Azerbaijani Nation team.
Mikhail Omelchenko worked with legendary Nikolai Karpol and won 1988 Seoul Olympic Games` Gold Medal. He also worked in the teams like Eczacibashi Turkey,Dinamo and etc.
His last work place was Dinamo Krasnodar where played Azeri Star Natalya Mammadova last season. He left his post in the middle of the season.
We wish him the best in his new job and we hope that he will prepare new talented players for the future of Azeri volleyball.

Azerbaijan National Team members` profiles.

Our site, www.azerivolley.com now has full profiles of all Azerbaijani National team members:

Link: http://azerivolley.com/teams/wnational.php

Note:We are working on the other squads of Azeri Superleague teams. Rabita and Igtisadchi`s squads have already been updated in our official site.

You may also visit the updated "Gallery" section. Our first folder of pics: "Zubr Cup" in Czech Republic.

The Azerbaijani Superleague starts on the 25th November.

The Azerbaijani Volleyball Federation announced the start date and reglament of next Super-league season.
First day of the Super-league will start on the 25th of November. The Super-league main phase will consist of two rounds,5 tours for each round. The best four teams in the ranking will continue their way to the main prize.
These teams will play two rounds of the "Play-off" phase among each other. After these rounds the first team in the ranking will face the fourth one,and the second team will compete with the third one. The winners of these pairs will be known after the "Best of three" (two wins).
The winner will play in the finals which will be played till three wins with the formula "Best of Five". The losers will meet for the bronze medals with the same formula.
The last day of Azerbaijani Super-league is the 10th of May.
Participants for the 2010/11 season:
Rabita
Lokomotiv
Igtisadchi
Azerrail
Baku VC
Shakhdag -Guba

"Nagliyyatchi" changes its name to "Baku" VC

The Azerbaijani Superleague participant,Nagliyyatchi" has been renamed to "Baku" VC from this season.
Adnan Kistak`s team,which finished 5th last season will play under new name from next game season and will play its matches in the new hall of Baku.

Azerrail and Lokomotiv win the tournament in Czech Republic

Azerrail and Lokomotiv began their pre-season camp in Czech Republic by winning the mini-tournament, held in the town of Prerov. The two-day tournament, named "Zubr Cup", drew together three Czech and two Azerbaijani teams that played on a single round-robin format. At the end of the tourney, Azerrail and Lokomotiv shared the first place.

Azerrail - Frydek-Mistek 3:1 (20:25, 25:19, 25:15, 25:17)
Lokomotiv - Slavia Prague 3:2 (21:25, 25:23, 26:28, 25:19, 15:12)

Slavia Prague - Azerrail 1:3 (25:23, 14:25, 7:25, 15:25)
Frydek-Mistek - Lokomotiv 1:3 (16:25, 25:16, 15:25, 15:25)

Azerrail - Lokomotiv did not play

Prerov – Azerrail 0:3 (18:25, 14:25, 14:25)
Lokomotiv – Prerov 3:0 (25:15, 25:11, 25:20).

Final Standing:
1. Azerrail - 6 points (9:2)
2. Lokomotiv - 6 points (9:3)
3. Slavia Prague - 6 points (9:8)
4. Prerov - 5 points (3:10)
5. Frydek-Mistek - 4 points (5:12).

Azerrail and Lokomotiv start joint camp in Czech Republic

Azerrail and Lokomotiv traveled to Czech Republic for their first foreign joint camp. The camp is expected to last a week to 10 days as both teams prepare for new season. Both teams has also scheduled a friendly against Czech champions Modranska Prostejov on September 28 (Lokomotiv) and September 29 (Azerrail).
Modranska Prostejov will participate in the European Champions League next season. Club transferred players like Anna Velikiy and Tatyana Artmenko from Israel NT,and lost Kimberly Glass and Ogonna Nnamani from the USA NT.