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Thursday, 07 September 2006

ImageTomas Rubacek, Ankara 2004
Sport in Turkey is not only the most popular football, volleyball league is also interesting.

Competition

How many teams play in the competition? How many go lower, how many come up?
18 teams play the competition, the first 4 teams play the play-off, the last 4 teams go lower from the league.
Which system do you play? ( basic part, play-off, play-down )
We play the double bout at home and abroad - 34 matches of basic part, play-off - 2 tournaments first 4 teams, everybody with each other - in neutral towns.
When does the competition start, when does it finish? How many matches a week?
This year it has started 2nd October - we play once a week mostly - the playing day is Sunday. This year the basic part will finish 2nd April, the play-off will be played to the end of April.
Matches on Tv? When do the matches start?
Scarcely ever on TV, the beginning of matches is influenced by peculiarity of the system - there is one official hall in the cities where matches are played ( 5 teams in Ankara use it, the same in Istambul ) so the first match begins at 1 pm and the last at 9 pm. for example.
Visit rate of matches?
It depends which city is the match played in and how much important it is, 200-1000 people
Level, quality of league, legionaries are ( maximum number )?
Level of the prominent teams is high, maximum number of foreigners is 3 but just the 7 prominent teams employ them, the rest of league is bad besides some exceptions.
Which balls do you play with?
The last year it was Gala
Cups: How many teams are in the LM,CEV and the other cups?
The Champions league- I don´t know, 2 teams are in the Top teams cup, 1 team is in the CEV cup
WWW pages where I can find the statistics?
You´ll not find any statistics but the tablet and records you can find on www.volleyturk.com
How many stars would you evaluate the competition? 1-bad, 5- the best


Traveling

Departures to matches?
Mostly by bus, one day before, there it is everywhere near from Ankara (500 km), the best teams from periphery towns travel by plane mostly.
Infrastructure, quality?
It´s worth shit
How many stars would you evaluate the traveling? 1-bad, 5-the best


Clubs

Do they give or pay:
A car?

No.
A meal?
No.
An accomodation?
Yes-not so much
Vitamines and food adjuncts?
No.
Language school, teacher?
No.
What about rehabilitation, doctors, masseurs?
Nothing.
How many stars would you evaluate the clubs? 1-bad, 5-the best


Money

Average season pay?
A foreigner has got about 50 000 dollars but the problem is that a lot of teams don´t pay promised money. A little of teams keeps their commitments!
How much does the best star get?
About 100 000 dollars ( unfortunately it´s not my case )
Average pay in the country?
I knew but I have forgotten so I don´t want to drivel, but sure it´s low
How many stars would you evaluate the money? 1-bad, 5-the best


Life

How much difficult is the language to learn?
Unpossible
Life style, entertainment?
They are muslims - they drink just a little, they don´t speak English, so no entertainments.
Women and their charm?
Covered, and if not they aren´t beautiful
How much is 1/2 l of known beer in the restaurant? ( Heineken, Budweiser...)
Alcohol is very expensive, muslims have too big excises - about 3 euro
How much is 1 km by taxi?
about 0,3 euro
Climate, hot or cold?
Ankara is the same as Czech, there is warmer weather in Istambul
How many stars would you evaluate the life? 1-bad, 5-the best
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