Bulgaria men's national volleyball team

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Bulgaria
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Association Bulgarian Volleyball Federation
Confederation CEV
Head coach Gianlorenzo Blengini
FIVB ranking 20 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
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Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances8 (First in 1964 )
Best resultSilver medal.svg (1980)
World Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1949 )
Best resultSilver medal world centered-2.svg (1970)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1965 )
Best resultBronze medal world centered-2.svg (2007)
European Championship
Appearances28 (First in 1950 )
Best resultSilver medal europe.svg (1951)
www.volleyball.bg (in Bulgarian)
Honours
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1970 Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1949 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1952 Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 France
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Japan
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Japan
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1951 Paris
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1955 Bucharest
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Varna
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 East Berlin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Turkey
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Baku Team
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The Bulgaria National Team in 2014
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Bulgaria Defeating Powerful Rivals Serbia in 2011
The Bulgaria National Team at the 2011 FIVB World League Defeating Asian Giants Japan Bulgarian national volleyball team in the match against Japan in the FIVB World League 2011.jpg
The Bulgaria National Team at the 2011 FIVB World League Defeating Asian Giants Japan
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Bulgaria and Serbia Match in 2014

The Bulgaria men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It is controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation.

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History

The team's achievements include winning the Balkan Championships in 1980, Runners-Up (1970) and Third Place (1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) at the World Championship. At the European Championships Bulgaria has one Runners-Up (1951) and four Third Place (1955, 1981, 1983, 2009) finishes. Bulgaria has also achieved Runners-Up at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The team has one third place at the World Cup (2007) and five Semi-Final appearances in the World League (1994, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013). The team's most significant recent results include earning Third Place at the 2006 World Championship, the 2007 World Cup and 2009 European Championship as well as achieving Runners-Up at the first European Games in 2015.

Bulgaria first took part in the World League in 1994. During the debut season in the tournament, the team went all the way to the semi-finals; led by players like Lubo Ganev, Dimo Tonev, Martin Stoev, etc. In the next four editions, Bulgaria took part but did not manage to surpass its prior performance by reaching fifth in 1995, eight in 1996, sixth in 1997, and seventh in 1998. Under the guidance of Milorad Kijac, the new wave of players including Teodor Salparov, Danial Mihaylov, etc. mixed well with the more experienced Evgeni Ivanov, Plamen Konstantinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Vladimir Nikolov, Hristo Tsvetanov to result in the fifth-place rank in 2003. The next year, once again under Kijac, the team played some impressive games and succeeded to tie its best performance of reaching the Semi-Finals. The team included more players from the Under-21 team that the previous year won a medal at the World Championships, such as Matey Kaziyski and Milushev. In 2005 with a new coach, Martin Stoev, the team finished as the fifth rank, followed by another tied best-ever performance of reaching the Semi-Finals in 2006, and another fifth rank in 2007. In 2011 Bulgaria qualified for first time in the Final Round after four years, they finished as the fifth rank. The 2012 Final Round was held in the newly opened Armeets Arena in Sofia, and the host reached the Semi-Finals once again.

Statistics

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

European Championship

World League

Nations League

European Games

Universiade

Team

Current Squad

The following is the Bulgaria roster [1] in the 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Head coach: Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianlorenzo Blengini

No.Player NamePosition
1Simeon NikolovS
6Georgi PetrovOH
8Asparuh AsparuhovOH
9Vladimir GarkovOH
10 Denis Karyagin OH
11 Aleks Grozdanov MB
12Georgi TatarovOH
13Dimitar DimitrovO
14 Martin Bozhilov L
16Svetoslav StankovS
19Nikolay KartevMB
22Damyan KolevL
24Iliya PetkovMB
27Boris NachevMB

Head coaches

  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1949–1950 – Valentin Ankov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1951–1952 – Dimitar Elenkov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1952–1955 – Georgi Krastev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1957–1958 – Dimitar Elenkov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1964–1971 – Dimitar Gigov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1971–1972 – Todor Simov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1979–1980 – Todor Piperkov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1980–1982 – Tsvetan Pavlov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1982–1983 – Vasil Simov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1984–1986 – Bogdan Kjuchukov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1991–1992 – Georgi Vasilev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1992–1994 – Stoyan Stoev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1994–1994 – Brunko Iliev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1994–1996 – Bogdan Kjuchukov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1996–1997 – Stefan Sokolov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1998–1999 – Georgi Vasilev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1999–2000 – Brunko Iliev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2000–2002 – Hristo Iliev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2002–2003 – Assen Galabinov
  • Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg 2003–2004 – Milorad Kijac
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2004–2005 – Brunko Iliev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2005–2008 – Martin Stoev
  • Flag of Italy.svg 2009–2010 – Silvano Prandi
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2010–2012 – Radostin Stoychev
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2012–2012 – Nayden Naydenov
  • Flag of Italy.svg 2012–2014 – Camillo Placì
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2014–2019 – Plamen Konstantinov
  • Flag of Italy.svg 2019–2022 – Silvano Prandi
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2022–2023 – Nikolay Jeliazkov
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2023 – Plamen Konstantinov
  • Flag of Italy.svg 2024–present – Gianlorenzo Blengini

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Bulgaria national volleyball team.

PeriodKit provider
2002–2019 Asics
2019– Erreà

Sponsorship

The main sponsor of the national team is the Bulgarian betting company efbet, while Asics, Mikasa and Lidl are secondary sponsors. [2]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ volleyballworld.com. "Bulgaria VNL 2024". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Българска Федерация Волейбол". bvf.bg. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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