Bulgaria men's national volleyball team 2014

Bulgarian national volleyball team in the match against Japan in the FIVB World League 2011

Bulgaria and Serbia men's national volleyball teams

The Bulgaria men's national volleyball team is controlled by the

Bulgarian Volleyball Federation Bulgarian Volleyball Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация по Волейбол, ''Bŭlgarska Federatsiya po Voleĭbol'') is the governing body of volleyball in Bulgaria. The teams of the national club competition, the Supe ...

, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.

History

The team's achievements include winning the Balkan Championships in 1980, Runners-Up (1970) and Third Place (1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) at the

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. At the

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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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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. The team has one third place at the

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(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

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in 2015. Bulgaria first took part in the World League in

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. 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 Martin Stoyanov Stoev ( bg, Мартин Стоянов Стоев; born 3 December 1971 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball coach and former player. He currently is head coach of the Romanian team CVM Tomis Constanța. He played volleyball fro ...

, etc. In the next four editions, Bulgaria took part but did not manage to surpass its prior performance by reaching fifth in

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, eight in

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, sixth in

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, and seventh in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. 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 Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

, Nikolay Ivanov, Vladimir Nikolov,

Hristo Tsvetanov Hristo Tsvetanov ( bg, Христо Цветанов; born 29 March 1978, in Cherven Bryag) is a Bulgarian male volleyball player who was a member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team. He was a part of the Bulgarian national team that ...

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 Matey Kaziyski ( bg, Матей Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games ...

and Milushev. In

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with a new coach,

, the team finished as the fifth rank, followed by another tied best-ever performance of reaching the Semi-Finals in

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, and another fifth rank in

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. In

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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 Arena Sofia ( bg, Арена София, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Sofia, Bulgaria. Opened in July 2011, it has a seating capacity of 12,373. It was formerly called Arena Armeets after the Bulgarian insurance company Armeets pur ...

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, and the host reached the Semi-Finals once again.

Statistics

Olympic Games

* 1972 Munich — 4th place * 1980 Moscow — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal *: Gunchev,

Stoyanov Stoyanov ( bg, Стоянов), feminine Stoyanova ( bg, Стоянова) is a Bulgarian surname. Sometimes, when abroad, the spelling is changed, for instance, to Stoianov or Estoyanoff. A migration of Jewish families with the name Stoyanov/Stoia ...

, Zlatanov, Dimitrov, Tsanov, Dimitrov,

Petkov Petkov ( bg, Петков), feminine Petkova ( bg, Петкова) is a Bulgarian surname derived from the first name Petko. Notable people with the surname include: * Dimitar Petkov (1856–1907), Bulgarian politician, Mayor of Sofia, Prime Minist ...

Todorov Todorov ( bg, Тодоров), feminine Todorova ( bg, Тодорова) is a Bulgarian surname. Notable people with the name include: Athletes * Antoaneta Todorova (born 1963), Bulgarian javelin thrower * Daniela Todorova (born 1980), Bulgarian Pa ...

, Simeonov, Valtchev, Iliev, Angelov. * 2012 London — 4th place *: G. Bratoev, Skrimov, Dimitrov, V. Bratoev, V. Nikolov (), Yosifov, Salparov,

, Aleksiev, Penchev, N. Nikolov, Sokolov. Head coach: Naydenov

World Championship

* 1949 Czechoslovakia — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 1952 Soviet Union — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 1962 Soviet Union — 4th place * 1970 Bulgaria — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal * 1986 France — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 2006 Japan — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 2010 Italy — 7th place * 2014 Poland — 13th place * 2018 Italy/Bulgaria — 11th place * 2022 Poland/Slovenia — 20th place

World Cup

* 1969 East Germany — 4th place * 2007 Japan — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal

European Championship

* 1950 Bulgaria — 4th place * 1951 France — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal * 1955 Romania — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 1958 Czechoslovakia — 4th place * 1963 Romania — 4th place * 1981 Bulgaria — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 1983 East Germany — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 1995 Greece — 4th place * 2009 Turkey — Bronze medal with cup

Bronze medal * 2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 6th place * 2013 Denmark/Poland — 4th place * 2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 4th place * 2017 Poland — 6th place * 2019 France/Slovenia/Belgium/Netherlands — 11th place * 2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland — 11th place

World League

— 4th place *

— 5th place *

— 8th place *

— 6th place * 1998 Milan — 7th place * 2003 Madrid — 5th place * 2004 Rome — 4th place * 2005 Belgrade — 5th place * 2006 Moscow — 4th place * 2007 Katowice — 5th place * 2008 Rio de Janeiro — 7th place * 2009 Belgrade — 10th place * 2010 Córdoba — 7th place * 2011 Gdańsk — 5th place * 2012 Sofia — 4th place * 2013 Mar del Plata — 4th place * 2014 Florence — 8th place * 2015 Rio de Janeiro — 10th place * 2016 Kraków — 11th place * 2017 Curitiba — 9th place

Nations League

* 2018 Lille — 11th place * 2019 Chicago — 12th place * 2021 Rimini — 15th place * 2022 Bologna — 14th place

European Games

* 2015 Baku — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal

Universiade

* 1961 Sofia — Silver medal with cup

Silver medal * 1977 Sofia — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Bulgaria roster in the

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.Daily bulletin Poland
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Nikolay Jeliazkov Nikolay Jeliazkov or Zheliazkov ( bg, Николай Желязков) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player and coach. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ...

Tsvetan Sokolov Tsvetan Sokolov ( bg, Цветан Соколов; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, a member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, Bulgarian national team and Russian club VC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Mo ...

missed out on the first

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and the

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as he went on a knee surgery. However, he had recovered and participated in his club tournaments.

Head coaches

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

The main sponsor of the national team is the Bulgarian betting company efbet, while Asics,

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and

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are secondary sponsors.http://www.volleyball.bg/

References

External links

Official websiteFIVB profile
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