Congratulations to our head coach, Ferhat Akbaş, who will take on the role of head coach of the Japan Women’s National Volleyball Team as the first foreign head coach in the team’s history during the national team season.
Who is Ferhat Akbaş?
Born in 1986, Ferhat Akbaş is a former volleyball player.
He started his coaching career as a volleyball statistics coach in 2004, working at Galatasaray and later at Türk Telekom Ankara. In 2011, he became an assistant coach for China’s Guangdong Evergrande Volleyball Team. He later worked with VakıfBank (2012-2015), CSM Bucharest (2017-2019), and Chemik Police (2019-2021).
The young coach led the Turkish Women’s National Volleyball Team during the 2015-2016 season and was also an assistant coach for the Japanese National Team in the 2017-2018 season.
National Team Achievements
• 2013 Mediterranean Games – Silver Medal
• 2014 European League – Gold Medal
• 2015 Montreux Volley Masters – Gold Medal
• 2015 European Games – Gold Medal
• 2015 U-23 World Championship – Silver Medal
• 2016 Montreux Volley Masters – Bronze Medal
• 2017 Asian Championship – Gold Medal
Club Achievements
• 2012 Chinese League – Champion
• 2013 & 2014 Turkish Cup – Champion
• 2013 & 2014 Turkish League – Champion
• 2013 & 2014 Turkish Super Cup – Champion
• 2013 Club World Championship – Champion
• 2013 CEV Champions League – Champion
• 2014 CEV Champions League – Runner-up
• 2015 CEV Champions League – Third Place
• 2017 & 2019 Romanian League – Runner-up
• 2018 Romanian League – Champion
• 2018 Romanian Cup – Champion
• 2019 Polish Super Cup – Champion
• 2020 & 2021 Polish Cup – Champion
• 2020 & 2021 Polish League – Champion
• 2022 CEV Cup – Champion
• 2023 Club World Championship – Champion
