The Bulgaria national rugby union team is governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation, and has yet to qualify for the

Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...

. The national side is ranked 66th in the world (as of 4 April 2022).

History

Bulgaria played their first rugby international in 1963, where they met

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. They were defeated by the Romanians, 70-3. There was no qualifying tournament held for the first

, and Bulgaria did not attempt to qualify for the tournament until the Welsh hosted the

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ...

. They competed in Pool 2 of Round A, but did not advance to the next stage. Bulgaria again tried to qualify for the

2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...

in Australia, and competed in Pool B of Round 1. Although Bulgaria won one pool match, they did not advance to Round 2. For the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

, Bulgaria were able to advance past Round 1, and entered Pool D of Round 2. However, they were then knocked out of the qualifying tournament.

World Cup record

Recent Squad

Previous squad

Squad to 2019 European Nations Cup - Division 2D. *Georgi Gidionov *Dimo Dimov *Dimitar Georgiev *Vladi Mihov *Alex Tenev *Tsvetomir Stoyanov *Iliya Krastev *Nikolay Hinov *Denis Ivanov *Borislav Borisov *Kostadin Petkov *Vasil Borisov *Petar Nikolov (c) *Tsvetostin Tsvetkov *Ivailo Petrov *Ivailo Ivanov *Kristian Kotsev *Kristian Pavlov *Ricardo Attye *Tsvetan Rashev *Hristo Georgiev *Smilko Debrenliev *Deyan Parvanov *Dimitar Kotsev *Victor Iliev

References

{{National sports teams of Bulgaria Teams in European Nations Cup (rugby union) European national rugby union teams Rugby union in Bulgaria

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

History

World Cup record

Recent Squad

Previous squad

See also

External links

References