TUR W: This is why FIVB bans Meliha to compete for Turkey – she used to play for Bosnia youth team

Meliha-Ismailoglu

The case of the Bosnian-born female Volleyball player Meliha İsmailoğlu significantly disturbed Turkey national team plans in the recent FIVB International Qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She was disqualified by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), who has spoken in regard to this in a written statement for our website, to wear the Turkish jersey in the tournament despite competing for this country for six years prior to this.

Gian Luca Pasini wrote in his blog that Meliha was prevented from playing for Turkey due to the fact that she has already appeared in youth national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This means that she would have to wait for two years before competing for another country. This explains what kind of paperwork error Turkey head coach Giovanni Guidetti may have referred to in his angry tweet.

But, what no one has explained was how did Meliha manage to play for Turkey for the whole six years without previously fulfilling the FIVB’s requirement of a two-year waiting to change the sports nationality? And how will this be resolved – will she keep playing for Turkey or not?

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