Turkey bags bronze in women’s volleyball tournament

By Ruslan Rehimov

BAKU

Turkey finished third in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship on Sunday.

The Turkish female team defeated Azerbaijan 3 sets to 1 to win the bronze medal.

After losing the first set 22-25, Turkey went on to claim the next three, 25-21, 25-14 and 25-8.

Serbia later defeated the Netherlands 3 set to 1 to win the tournament.

Serbia won on the first two sets 25-20 and 25-22, then lost the third 18-25, but bounced back to claim the fourth 25-18.

The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia.