
The 43rd season of the Vodafone Sultans League in volleyball starts with the matches to be played tomorrow.
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14 teams from 7 cities will compete in the 43rd season of the Vodafone Sultans League. Last season, VakıfBank won the championship.
The excitement in the 43rd season of the Vodafone Sultans League in volleyball will begin with the matches to be played tomorrow.
In the first match of the new season, the last champion VakıfBank will host Beşiktaş. The first service of the match to be played at VakıfBank Sports Palace will be at 14.00.
In the other match of the day, Nilüfer Belediyespor will host Eczacıbaşı Peron at 16.00.
14 teams from 7 cities will compete in the 2026-27 season. Bursa, Aksaray, Afyonkarahisar and Manisa will be represented by one team each in the league, which includes 6 teams from Istanbul and two teams from Ankara and Izmir.
The first half of the Vodafone Sultans League will be completed on December 13. Second half matches will start on December 20 and the regular season will end on March 20, 2027. Play-off matches in the league will be played in April.
VakıfBank lifted the cup in the Vodafone Sultans League last season.
The yellow-blacks won the championship by defeating Fenerbahçe Medicana 3-2 in the 2025-26 season play-off final series.
Having achieved its 15th championship in the history of the league, VakıfBank will try to equalize the number of championships with Eczacıbaşı in the 2026-27 season.
The team that won the most championships in the away league was Eczacıbaşı. The orange-white team reached a happy ending 16 times in the organization.
Eczacıbaşı won 5 championships in a row between 1984-85 and 1988-89, the first seasons of the away league. The orange-whites took the cup to their museum 5 times in a row between 1999-2000 and 2002-03.
While Eczacıbaşı achieved its last championship in the 2011-12 season, the difference between the two clubs remained as one championship with VakıfBank's success in the 2025-26 season.
The match schedule is as follows:
Saturday, October 3:
14.00 VakıfBank-Beşiktaş (VakıfBank Sports Palace)
16.00 Nilüfer Belediyespor Eker-Eczacıbaşı Peron İstanbul (TVF Cengiz Göllü)
Sunday, October 4:
13.00 Fenerbahçe Medicana-Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (TVF Burhan Felek Vestel)
14.00 Kuzeyboru-Sinnada Hotels Afyon Belediye Yüntaş (Aksaray)
16.00 İlbank-Göztepe (TVF Ziraat Bankkart)
16.00 Aras Kargo-Zerenspor (TVF Atatürk Volleyball Sports Complex)
19.00 Turkish Airlines-Galatasaray Daikin (TVF Burhan Felek Vestel)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The first half of the league will be completed on December 13.
Very likely · Within months
The regular season will end on March 20, 2027.
Very likely · Within months
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