Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team
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| Association | AVF | |||
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| Confederation | CEV | |||
| Head coach | Faig Garayev | |||
| FIVB ranking | 46  3 (29 June 2025)[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| World Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1994) | |||
| Best result | 9th (1994) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 2005) | |||
| Best result | 4th (2005, 2017) | |||
| Federation Website | ||||
The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is governed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments.[2]
World Championship
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| World Championship record | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad | |||
 1994 |
Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | |||
 1998 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
 2002 | |||||||||||
| 2006 |
Second round | 13th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | Squad | |||
| 2010 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
 2014 |
Second round | 15th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | Squad | |||
| 2018 |
Second round | 15th | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | Squad | |||
 / 2022 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
 2025 | |||||||||||
 / 2027 |
To be determined | ||||||||||
 2029 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 4/22 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 65 | — | |||
European Championship
| European Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad | |
 2003 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2005 |
Semifinals | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | Squad | |
 / 2007 |
Second round | 12th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | Squad | |
| 2009 |
Playoff round | 12th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | Squad | |
/ 2011 |
Playoff round | 9th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | Squad | |
/ 2013 |
Preliminary round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Squad | |
| / 2015 |
Preliminary round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Squad | |
 / 2017 |
Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | Squad | |
 / // 2019 |
Round of 16 | 10th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | Squad | |
/ // 2021 |
First round | 24th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | Squad | |
/// 2023 |
Preliminary round | 17th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | Squad | |
/ // 2026 |
Qualified as hosts | ||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 11/34 | 55 | 17 | 38 | 68 | 126 | — | |
European League
| European League record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad | |
| 2014 |
League round | 4th | 12 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | Squad | |
| / 2015 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
| / 2016 |
Final | 1st | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 5 | Squad | |
 / 2017 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
| 2018 |
Golden league | 5th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2019 |
Golden league | 10th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | Squad | |
| 2021 |
Golden league | 11th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | Squad | |
 2022 |
Withdrew | ||||||||
| / 2023 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
| 2024 |
Golden league | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | Squad | |
| 2025 |
Golden league | 12th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | Squad | |
| Total | 1 titles | 7/16 | 52 | 22 | 30 | 76 | 103 | — | |
Islamic Solidarity Games
| Islamic Solidarity Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | ||
| 2017 |
Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2021 |
Semifinal | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
 2025 |
Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Total | 1 title | 1/3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 11 | ||
European Games
| European Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad | |
| 2015 |
Semifinals | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | Squad | |
| Total | 0 titles | 1/1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | — | |
Current squad
The following is the Azerbaijani roster for the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games.
Head coach: Faig Garayev
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Valeriia Burkova | 26 November 2008 | Milli Aviasiya Akademiyasi |
| 5 | Elizaveta Burkova | 1 January 2008 | Milli Aviasiya Akademiyasi |
| 6 | Ayshan Abdulazimova (c) | 11 April 1993 | Turan VC |
| 7 | Valeriya Kondratyeva | 21 March 2000 | Absheron VC |
| 8 | Ulkar Karimova | 22 June 1994 | Turan VC |
| 10 | Nilufar Aghazada | 19 June 2001 | DH Volley |
| 11 | Aynur Imanova | 7 December 1988 | DH Volley |
| 16 | Yuliya Karimova | 7 February 1988 | Turan VC |
| 17 | Anastasiia Baidiuk | 5 December 1999 | Azerrail Baku |
| 19 | Bayaz Guluyeva | 9 June 1990 | Azerrail Baku |
| 20 | Margarita Stepanenko | 25 April 1993 | UNEC VC |
| 21 | Kseniya Pavlenko | 30 August 1993 | Milli Aviasiya Akademiyasi |