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The Bulgaria men's national basketball team ( bg, Български национален отбор по баскетбол, Balgarski natsionalen otbor po basketbol) represents
Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
in international
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. The governing body is the
Bulgarian Basketball Federation The Bulgarian Basketball Federation ( bg, Българска федерация по баскетбол, Bǎlgarska federatsiya po basketbol) also known as (BFB) is the national governing body of basketball in Bulgaria. They organize national comp ...
. Bulgaria's first appearance at an international tournament came at the
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in
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. They have reached the premier European basketball competition 25 times, with their best results coming in
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as the runners-up on home soil, and their bronze medal finish in
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respectively. Bulgaria has also qualified for the
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, where they finished seventh in their lone appearance in
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. Competing at the
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multiple times, the national team had their top performance in
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. Bulgaria has also competed at smaller events, such as the Balkan Championship, winning gold medals in 1959, 1960, and 1971.


History


EuroBasket 1935

Bulgaria debuted on the international stage at the first
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(European Basketball Championship), which was held in
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, in
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. The Bulgarian side started the tournament off with a loss to
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in the preliminary round, but bounced back to defeat
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in their next match. Following this, Bulgaria lost their classification matches to
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, and to Italy again. The national team would finishing off their tournament debut in 8th place.


EuroBasket 1947

Twelve years later, the Bulgarian national team reached the tournament once again, for their second appearance overall. At the
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, Bulgaria split their two preliminary round matches against
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, and
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advancing to the upper bracket semifinal groups. There they lost all three of their games, putting them in a 7th/8th place classification match versus
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, which they lost. The national team would once again end the tournament reaching the quarterfinals.


EuroBasket 1951

Bulgaria's third appearance was at
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in
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. They won their two contested preliminary games, outscoring opponents 145–70, and gained a third win by Romania's forfeit. In the semifinal round, the national team became enmeshed in a three-way tie for first place in the four-team group after losing to
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but winning the other two matches, and ended up finishing in second place in the group. This pitted them against the
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in a semifinal matchup, which the Bulgarians lost. The national team then went on to lose again, in the bronze medal game to France.


EuroBasket 1953

The national team's next appearance was in
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for
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. They found themselves on the unfortunate end of a three-way tiebreaker after finishing 3–1 in their preliminary group, and their 3rd place rank in the group sent them to the classification round, a disappointing turn of events for Bulgaria which had expected to do at least as well as they had two years prior. They won their next five matches to take the highest place available, after the preliminary round. Thus, reaching the quarterfinals in the tournament with an 8–1 record.


EuroBasket 1955

At
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in
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, the Bulgarian side open up their campaign at the tournament with a 107-33 dismantling of
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. They would go on to only drop one match in their preliminary group to finish with a 2–1 record, which allowed them to advance to the final round along with group leader
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. After losing to the three eventual medalists in the final round, Bulgaria finished the round with a 4–3 record while once again reaching the semifinals.


EuroBasket 1957

Bulgaria hosted the
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, in
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. The national team breezed through their three preliminary round matches, and kept their win streak through the first six of the final round games, including an 82–80 victory over Czechoslovakia. In their final game of the tournament, which by chance was against the similarly undefeated
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squad, Bulgaria led by 4 points at halftime, 23–19. Their lead did not last through the second half though, however, as the Soviets powered to a 60–57 final, Bulgaria finished as the runners-up with the
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.


1959 World Cup

Bulgaria made its debut at the
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in
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. They were placed in Group C, where they went undefeated (3-0) and advanced to the final round. There, they finished with a 2–4 record, but after controversy struck. As they along with the
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refused to play
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, due to political reasons. This mishap caused the national team to be relegated to seventh place at the tournament.


EuroBasket 1961

At the
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, the national team returned to the top European basketball tournament looking to place better than their last trip at the event. In their preliminary round group they finished with a 2–0 record to move on to the second round. There they finished with an impressive 4–1 record to advance to the semifinals with a matchup against the
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. The outcome did not turn out in the favour of the Bulgarian side though, as they were manhandled 77–54. The devastating loss sent the Bulgarians to the bronze medal match versus
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, where they came away with a victory to end the tournament on a high note.


Later years

Bulgaria would go on to qualify to the European Basketball Championship 16 more times after 1961, but never came away with a top three finish at the event. The Bulgarian side have endured multiple droughts without qualifying as well, e.g. not reaching the tournament for 12 years after
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until
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. As well as not having qualified to the tournament since
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. They have also attempted to qualify for the
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on numerous occasions since 1959, although they have yet to succeed in their bid.


Competitive record


FIBA World Cup


Olympic Games


EuroBasket


Results and fixtures


2021


2022


2023


Team


Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 10 and 13 November 2022 against
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and
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.


Depth chart


Head coach position

*
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
– (2004–2007) *
Pini Gershon Pinhas "Pini" Gershon ( he, פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three top-level European-wide club championships as the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He w ...
– (2008–2010) *
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
– (2010–2012) * Konstantin Papazov – (2013) *
Georgi Mladenov Georgi Mladenov (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forwar ...
– (2014) *
Lubomir Minchev Lubomir, Lyubomir, Lyubomyr, Lubomír, Ľubomír, or Ljubomir is a Slavic given name meaning lub (love) and mir (peace, world). Feminine forms are: Lubomira and Ljubica. Nicknames Lubor, Luboš, Luborek, Lubošek, Borek, Lubo, Ľubo, Ljubo, ...
– (2015–2019) *
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
– (2019–present)


Notable players

*
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
– Most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of all-time. As he was named one of
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. *
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
– First player from an
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country to compete in the American
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(NBA)


Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 10 teams 3 Krum Konstantinov, 4 Pinkas, 5 Etropolski, 6 Rogachev, 7 Tsankov, 8 Kevorkjan, 9 Khaimov (Coach: Krum Konstantinov) ---- 1947 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 14 teams 3 Veselin Temkov, 4 Krhisto Khajtov, 5 Ljudmil Katerinski, 6 Aleksandar Damjanov, 7 Sharkov, 8 Kosanov, 9 Peev, 10
Konstantin Georgiev Konstantin Dimitrov Georgiev ( bg, Константин Димитров Георгиев, 26 October 1931 – 25 December 2016) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References Ex ...
, 11 Nikola Kolev, 12 Rajkov, 13 Bozhidar Takev, 14 Ilija Asenov, 15 Stefan Bankov (Coach: Georgi Petkov) ----
1951 EuroBasket The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...
: finished 4th among 17 teams 3
Iliya Georgiev Iliya Asenov Georgiev ( bg, Илия Асенов Георгиев, born 25 July 1925) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 4 Stefan Bankov, 5
Neycho Neychev Neycho Ivanov Neychev ( bg, Нейчо Иванов Нейчев, born 9 June 1930 – 1995) was a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolymp ...
, 6
Vladimir Savov Vladimir Stoyanov Savov ( bg, Владимир Стоянов Савов, born 19 August 1928) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 ...
, 7 Ilija Asenov, 8
Petar Shishkov Petar Angelov Shishkov ( bg, Петър Ангелов Шишков, 8 April 1924 – 8 September 2008) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kes ...
, 9
Kiril Semov Kiril Marinov Semov ( bg, Кирил Семов, 23 May 1930 – 23 November 2001) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 10
Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12
Gencho Khristov Gencho Rashkov Khristov ( bg, Генчо Рашков Христов, born 1932) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 13 Ivan Nikolov, 14 Dimitar Popov, 15 Metodi Tomovski, 16
Konstantin Georgiev Konstantin Dimitrov Georgiev ( bg, Константин Димитров Георгиев, 26 October 1931 – 25 December 2016) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References Ex ...
(Coach: Veselin Temkov) ---- 1952 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 23 teams 3
Iliya Georgiev Iliya Asenov Georgiev ( bg, Илия Асенов Георгиев, born 25 July 1925) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 4
Kiril Semov Kiril Marinov Semov ( bg, Кирил Семов, 23 May 1930 – 23 November 2001) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 5
Neycho Neychev Neycho Ivanov Neychev ( bg, Нейчо Иванов Нейчев, born 9 June 1930 – 1995) was a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolymp ...
, 6 Khristo Donchev, 7
Vasil Manchenko Vasil Pavlov Manchenko ( bg, Васил Павлов Манченко, 5 April 1931 – 17 May 2010) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäo ...
, 8
Petar Shishkov Petar Angelov Shishkov ( bg, Петър Ангелов Шишков, 8 April 1924 – 8 September 2008) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kes ...
, 9
Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10
Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12
Gencho Khristov Gencho Rashkov Khristov ( bg, Генчо Рашков Христов, born 1932) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 13 Ivan Nikolov, 14 Veselin Penkov, 15
Konstantin Georgiev Konstantin Dimitrov Georgiev ( bg, Константин Димитров Георгиев, 26 October 1931 – 25 December 2016) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References Ex ...
, 16
Vladimir Savov Vladimir Stoyanov Savov ( bg, Владимир Стоянов Савов, born 19 August 1928) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 ...
(Coach: Veselin Temkov) ---- 1953 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams 3
Iliya Georgiev Iliya Asenov Georgiev ( bg, Илия Асенов Георгиев, born 25 July 1925) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 4 Vladimir Stefanov, 5 Velko Velkov, 6 Khristo Donchev, 7
Vasil Manchenko Vasil Pavlov Manchenko ( bg, Васил Павлов Манченко, 5 April 1931 – 17 May 2010) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäo ...
, 8
Konstantin Georgiev Konstantin Dimitrov Georgiev ( bg, Константин Димитров Георгиев, 26 October 1931 – 25 December 2016) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References Ex ...
, 9
Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10
Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12 Dimitar Popov, 13 Lyubomir Panov, 14 Veselin Penkov, 15
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
, 16
Vladimir Savov Vladimir Stoyanov Savov ( bg, Владимир Стоянов Савов, born 19 August 1928) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 ...
(Coach: Veselin Temkov) ---- 1955 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 18 teams 3
Vasil Manchenko Vasil Pavlov Manchenko ( bg, Васил Павлов Манченко, 5 April 1931 – 17 May 2010) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäo ...
, 4 Vladimir Ganchev, 5
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
, 6 Rajkov, 7
Gencho Khristov Gencho Rashkov Khristov ( bg, Генчо Рашков Христов, born 1932) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
, 8 Anton Kuzov, 9
Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10
Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Cvjatko Barchovski, 12 Metodi Tomovski, 13
Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 14 Emanuil Gyaurov (Coach: Bozhidar Takev) ---- 1956 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 15 teams 3 Atanas Atanasov, 4
Vladimir Savov Vladimir Stoyanov Savov ( bg, Владимир Стоянов Савов, born 19 August 1928) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 ...
, 5
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
, 6
Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Vasil Manchenko Vasil Pavlov Manchenko ( bg, Васил Павлов Манченко, 5 April 1931 – 17 May 2010) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäo ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
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Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13
Nikolay Ilov Nikolay Vasilev Ilov ( bg, Николай Василев Илов, born 30 April 1932) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Oly ...
(Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski) ----
1957 EuroBasket The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIB ...
: finished 2nd among 16 teams 3 Mikhail Semov, 4 Vladimir Ganchev, 5
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
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Konstantin Totev Konstantin Khristov Totev ( bg, Константин Христов Тотев, 24 January 1927 – 2006) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, K ...
, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Metodi Tomovski, 14 Atanas Atanasov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski) ---- 1959 FIBA World Cup: finished 7th among 13 teams 3 Mikhail Semov, 4
Gencho Khristov Gencho Rashkov Khristov ( bg, Генчо Рашков Христов, born 1932) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
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Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10 Emanuil Gyaurov, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Metodi Tomovski, 14 Atanas Atanasov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski) ---- 1959 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 17 teams 3 Angel Shipkov, 5
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10 Khristo Donchev, 12 Mikhail Semov, 13
Nikolay Ilov Nikolay Vasilev Ilov ( bg, Николай Василев Илов, born 30 April 1932) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Oly ...
, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Tsvetko Slavov, 16
Gencho Khristov Gencho Rashkov Khristov ( bg, Генчо Рашков Христов, born 1932) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
(Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski) ---- 1960 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams 3 Stefan Stoykov, 5
Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10 Emanuil Gyaurov, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13
Nikolay Ilov Nikolay Vasilev Ilov ( bg, Николай Василев Илов, born 30 April 1932) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Oly ...
, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15
Khristo Tsvetkov Khristo Tsvetkov ( bg, Христо Цветков, 6 March 1934 – 31 January 2018) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi ...
(Coach: Nikola Kolev) ---- 1961 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 19 teams 4
Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
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Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Stefan Stoykov, 8
Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10 Khristo Donchev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13
Khristo Tsvetkov Khristo Tsvetkov ( bg, Христо Цветков, 6 March 1934 – 31 January 2018) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi ...
, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Radko Zlatev (Coach: Veselin Temkov) ----
1963 EuroBasket The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation ...
: finished 5th among 16 teams 4
Stefan Filipov Stefan Filipov ( bg, Стефан Филипов, born 8 January 1943) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1943 births Living people Bulgarian men's bask ...
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Iliya Mirchev Iliya Georgiev Mirchev ( bg, Илия Георгиев Мирчев, 1 February 1934 – 5 August 2007) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 S ...
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Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...
, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8
Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
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Georgi Panov Georgi Marinov Panov ( bg, Георги Маринов Панов, born 14 February 1933) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympic ...
, 10 Dimitar Donev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Nikola Atanasov, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Kliment Kamenarov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov) ----
1965 EuroBasket The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Results First round Group A – Moscow Group B – Tbilisi ...
: finished 5th among 16 teams 4
Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
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Pando Pandov Pando Pandov ( bg, Пандо Пандов; born 6 November 1946) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 7 Georgi Barzakov, 8
Emil Mikhaylov Emil Mikhaylov ( bg, Емил Михайлов, born 14 May 1943) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
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Valentin Spasov Valentin Spasov ( bg, Валентин Спасов, born 16 April 1946) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1 ...
, 10 Kamen Ilchev, 11
Stefan Filipov Stefan Filipov ( bg, Стефан Филипов, born 8 January 1943) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1943 births Living people Bulgarian men's bask ...
, 12 Borislav Kolev, 13 Slavey Raychev, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Radko Zlatev, 16 Boto Paspalanov (Coach: Kiril Semov) ---- 1967 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams 4
Emil Mikhaylov Emil Mikhaylov ( bg, Емил Михайлов, born 14 May 1943) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 5 Slavey Raychev, 6
Pando Pandov Pando Pandov ( bg, Пандо Пандов; born 6 November 1946) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 8 Georgi Guenev, 9 Boris Krastev, 10
Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
, 11 Cvjatko Barchovski, 12 Ivan Vodenicharski, 13
Boycho Branzov Boycho Branzov ( bg, Бойчо Брънзов, 28 May 1946 – 2 June 2003) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...
, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov) ---- 1968 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 16 teams 4
Emil Mikhaylov Emil Mikhaylov ( bg, Емил Михайлов, born 14 May 1943) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 5 Stanislav Boyadzhiev, 6
Pando Pandov Pando Pandov ( bg, Пандо Пандов; born 6 November 1946) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 8
Valentin Spasov Valentin Spasov ( bg, Валентин Спасов, born 16 April 1946) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1 ...
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Stefan Filipov Stefan Filipov ( bg, Стефан Филипов, born 8 January 1943) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1943 births Living people Bulgarian men's bask ...
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Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
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Ivaylo Kirov Ivaylo Kirov ( bg, Ивайло Киров; born 30 December 1965) is a former Bulgarian Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He earned 12 caps for the Bulgaria national football team, Bulgarian national team, scoring one ...
, 12 Dimitar Sakhanikov, 13
Boycho Branzov Boycho Branzov ( bg, Бойчо Брънзов, 28 May 1946 – 2 June 2003) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...
, 14 Slavey Raychev, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov) ---- 1969 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams 4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Rumen Pejchev, 6
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
, 7 Dimitar Galabov, 8 Ivan Rusinov, 9 Georgi Barzakov, 10
Mincho Dimov Mincho Dimov ( bg, Минчо Димов, born 4 January 1940) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offi ...
, 11 Bogomil Chanev, 12 Stancho Kostov, 13
Boycho Branzov Boycho Branzov ( bg, Бойчо Брънзов, 28 May 1946 – 2 June 2003) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...
, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev) ---- 1971 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams 4 Rumen Pejchev, 5
Stefan Filipov Stefan Filipov ( bg, Стефан Филипов, born 8 January 1943) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1943 births Living people Bulgarian men's bask ...
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Pando Pandov Pando Pandov ( bg, Пандо Пандов; born 6 November 1946) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 9 llija Yankov, 10 Boto Paspalanov, 11
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
, 12 Docho Petrov, 13
Ivaylo Kirov Ivaylo Kirov ( bg, Ивайло Киров; born 30 December 1965) is a former Bulgarian Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He earned 12 caps for the Bulgaria national football team, Bulgarian national team, scoring one ...
, 14 Slavey Raychev, 15 Georgi Khristov, 16 Bogomil Chanev (Coach: Dimitar Mitev) ---- 1973 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams 4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Georgi Stojanov, 6
Pando Pandov Pando Pandov ( bg, Пандо Пандов; born 6 November 1946) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), o ...
, 7 Rumen Pejchev, 8
Ivaylo Kirov Ivaylo Kirov ( bg, Ивайло Киров; born 30 December 1965) is a former Bulgarian Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He earned 12 caps for the Bulgaria national football team, Bulgarian national team, scoring one ...
, 9 Khristo Borisov, 10 Marin Romanski, 11
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
, 12 Boris Krastev, 13
Boycho Branzov Boycho Branzov ( bg, Бойчо Брънзов, 28 May 1946 – 2 June 2003) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...
, 14 Bogomil Chanev, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev) ---- 1975 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams 4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Valentin Petkov, 6 Atanas Stojanov, 7 Docho Petrov, 8 Mikhail Mikhajlov, 9 Valentin Sharkov, 10 Marin Romanski, 11
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
, 12 Mikhail Dukov, 13
Boycho Branzov Boycho Branzov ( bg, Бойчо Брънзов, 28 May 1946 – 2 June 2003) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...
, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Ivan Kolev) ---- 1977 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams 4 Milko Arabadzhijski, 5 Linben Yosifov, 6
Petko Marinov Petko Marinov ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Петко Маринов) (born on 11 June 1949 in Bourgas) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball manager. Career He started his career with Botev (Burgas) and then played for Akademik ...
, 7 Stojan Shantov, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Mikail Smochevski, 10 Valentin Sharkov, 11
Atanas Golomeev Atanas Golomeev ( bg, Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of a ...
, 12 Plamen Takev, 13 Atanas Kolev, 14 Todor Bogdanov, 15 Rumen Pejchev (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev) ----
1979 EuroBasket The 1979 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1979, was the 21st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation enter ...
: finished 11th among 12 teams 4
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
, 5 Atanas Kolev, 6 Dimitar Donov, 7 Mikhail Manolov, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Hristo Borissov, 10 Valentin Sharkov, 11 Rumen Pejchev, 12 Ognjan Rusev, 13 Milko Arabadzhijski, 14 Todor Bogdanov, 15 Dimitar Marchin (Coach: Ivan Todorov) ----
1985 EuroBasket The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Cze ...
: finished 8th among 12 teams 4 Kojo Koev, 5 Atanas Kolev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Saško Vezenkov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11
Georgi Mladenov Georgi Mladenov (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forwar ...
, 12 Cvetan Antov, 13 Emil Jonov, 14
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
, 15 Ljubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Cvjatko Barchovski) ---- 1989 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams 4 Kojo Koev, 5 Eduard Vălčev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7 Robert Gergov, 8
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
, 9 Ventsislav Slavov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11 Saško Vezenkov, 12
Georgi Mladenov Georgi Mladenov (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forwar ...
, 13 Emil Jonov, 14 Cvetan Antov, 15 Ljubomir Amiorkov (Coach:
Kiril Semov Kiril Marinov Semov ( bg, Кирил Семов, 23 May 1930 – 23 November 2001) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
) ----
1991 EuroBasket The 1991 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1991, was the 27th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Italy between 24 and 29 June 1991. Eight national teams entered the eve ...
: finished 8th among 8 teams 4 Ivajlo Ravucov, 5 Cvetan Nedelčev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7 Robert Gergov, 8 Spas Natov, 9 Plamen Petrov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11 Saško Vezenkov, 12
Georgi Mladenov Georgi Mladenov (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forwar ...
, 13 Daniel Dimitrov, 14
Georgi Glouchkov Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov (alternate spelling: Gueorgui) ( bg, Георги Николов Глушков; born January 10, 1960 in Tryavna) is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player and president of Bulgarian Basketball Federation. A ...
, 15 Lubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Saško Vezenkov) ---- 1993 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams 4 Stanislav Stankov, 5 Anton Kharalanov, 6 Dimo Kostov, 7 Ivajlo Ravutsov, 8 Spas Natov, 9 Ventsislav Slavov, 10 Daniel Dimitrov, 11 Vladimir Dimitrov, 12
Georgi Mladenov Georgi Mladenov (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forwar ...
, 13 Vasil Stojanov, 14 Robert Gergov, 15 Lubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Saško Vezenkov) ---- 2005 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams 4
Dejan Ivanov Dejan Ivanov (born March 18, 1986) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player who plays for BC Levski Sofia, Levski Sofia of the Bulgarian National Basketball League (Bulgaria), NBL. He is also a longtime member of the Bulgaria national basketb ...
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Kaloyan Ivanov Kaloyan Toshkov Ivanov (born March 18, 1986) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for Levski Sofia of the NBL. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Professional career From 2006 to 2009, Ivanov played with ViveMenorc ...
, 6 Tenčo Banev, 7 Yulian Radionov, 8
Filip Videnov Filip Aleksandrov Videnov (born June 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian retired professional basketball player who last played for Beroe of the NBL. He was also a longtime member of the Bulgarian men's national team. Videnov played college basketball ...
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Yordan Bozov Yordan Bozov ( Bulgarian: Йордан Бозов, born 25 January 1979) is a former Bulgarian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangula ...
, 10 Georgi Davidov, 11
Dimitar Angelov Dimitar Angelov (born August 25, 1979) is retired Bulgarian professional basketball player. He plays as a Power forward (basketball), power forward or small forward and his height is 202 cm. Angelov currently is the head coach for BC Levski ...
, 12 Stefan Georgiev, 13 Boyko Mladenov, 14 Hrisimir Dimitrov, 15
Todor Stoykov Todor Stoykov (born 3 March 1977 in Varna) is a Bulgarian retired professional basketball player, who played for Cherno More, Cordivari Roseto, Scafati Basket, Valencia BC and Lukoil Academic. At 1.98 m, his position was shooting guard/small ...
(Coach:
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
) ---- 2009 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams 4 Deyan Ivanov, 5
Kaloyan Ivanov Kaloyan Toshkov Ivanov (born March 18, 1986) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for Levski Sofia of the NBL. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Professional career From 2006 to 2009, Ivanov played with ViveMenorc ...
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Chavdar Kostov Chavdar Kostov ( bg, Чавдар Костов; born 18 April 1988) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player who currently plays for Rilski Sportist of the NBL. Standing at , he plays as a shooting guard and small forward. Professional c ...
, 7 Earl Rowland, 8
Filip Videnov Filip Aleksandrov Videnov (born June 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian retired professional basketball player who last played for Beroe of the NBL. He was also a longtime member of the Bulgarian men's national team. Videnov played college basketball ...
, 9 Stanislav Slaveykov, 10 Stefan Georgiev, 11
Dimitar Angelov Dimitar Angelov (born August 25, 1979) is retired Bulgarian professional basketball player. He plays as a Power forward (basketball), power forward or small forward and his height is 202 cm. Angelov currently is the head coach for BC Levski ...
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Vassil Evtimov Vassil Iliev "Vasco" Evtimov ( bg, Васил Илиев "Васко" Евтимов) (born 30 May 1977) is a French-Bulgarian former professional basketball player and head coach of BC Chernomorets in National Basketball League. A 2.08 m pow ...
, 13 Boyko Mladenov, 14 Bozhidar Avramov, 15
Todor Stoykov Todor Stoykov (born 3 March 1977 in Varna) is a Bulgarian retired professional basketball player, who played for Cherno More, Cordivari Roseto, Scafati Basket, Valencia BC and Lukoil Academic. At 1.98 m, his position was shooting guard/small ...
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Pini Gershon Pinhas "Pini" Gershon ( he, פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three top-level European-wide club championships as the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He w ...
) ---- 2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams 4
Dejan Ivanov Dejan Ivanov (born March 18, 1986) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player who plays for BC Levski Sofia, Levski Sofia of the Bulgarian National Basketball League (Bulgaria), NBL. He is also a longtime member of the Bulgaria national basketb ...
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Kaloyan Ivanov Kaloyan Toshkov Ivanov (born March 18, 1986) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for Levski Sofia of the NBL. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Professional career From 2006 to 2009, Ivanov played with ViveMenorc ...
, 6 Earl Rowland, 7
Chavdar Kostov Chavdar Kostov ( bg, Чавдар Костов; born 18 April 1988) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player who currently plays for Rilski Sportist of the NBL. Standing at , he plays as a shooting guard and small forward. Professional c ...
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Filip Videnov Filip Aleksandrov Videnov (born June 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian retired professional basketball player who last played for Beroe of the NBL. He was also a longtime member of the Bulgarian men's national team. Videnov played college basketball ...
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Pavel Marinov Pavel Marinov ( bg, Павел Маринов) (born June 12, 1988) is a Bulgarian professional basketball small forward who currently plays for Yambol Yambol ( bg, Ямбол ) is a town in Southeastern Bulgaria and administrative centre of ...
, 10 Bozhidar Avramov, 11 Zlatin Georgiev, 12 Aleksandar Yanev, 13 Asen Velikov, 14 Tencho Banev, 15 Nikolay Varbanov (Coach:
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
) ---- 2022 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams 0 Ivan Alipiev, 1
Dee Bost Demarquis "Dee" Bost ( bg, Демаркис "Дий" Бост; born October 12, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Bulgaria ...
, 2 Deyan Karamfilov, 9
Chavdar Kostov Chavdar Kostov ( bg, Чавдар Костов; born 18 April 1988) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player who currently plays for Rilski Sportist of the NBL. Standing at , he plays as a shooting guard and small forward. Professional c ...
(C), 12 Aleksandar Yanev, 17 Emil Stoilov, 22
Pavlin Ivanov Pavlin Ivanov ( bg, Павлин Иванов; born March 28, 1993) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for CSU Sibiu of the Liga Națională (men's basketball). He plays as a shooting guard. Career Ivanov started playing basketball a ...
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23 Stanimir Marinov, 24 Andrey Ivanov, 34 Dimitar Dimitrov, 41
Aleksandar Vezenkov Aleksandar Vezenkov ( bg, Александър Везенков; gr, Αλέξανδρος Βεζένκοφ; born 6 August 1995), also known as Sasha Vezenkov ( bg, Саша Везенков; gr, Σάσα Βεζένκοφ), is a professional b ...
, 99 Alex Simeonov (Coach:
Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...
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See also

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Sport in Bulgaria Bulgaria has established traditions in a great variety of sports. Olympics Bulgaria participates both in the Summer and Winter Olympics, and its first appearance dates back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, when the Swiss gymnast C ...
* Bulgaria women's national basketball team * Bulgaria men's national under-20 basketball team *
Bulgaria men's national under-18 basketball team The Bulgaria men's national under-18 basketball team is the national representative for Bulgaria in international under-18 basketball tournaments. The team is administered by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. FIBA U18 European Championship par ...
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Bulgaria men's national under-16 basketball team The Bulgaria men's national under-16 basketball team is the national representative for Bulgaria in international under-16 basketball tournaments. The team is administered by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. FIBA U16 European Championship par ...


References


External links

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Bulgaria FIBA profileBulgarian National Team – Men
at Eurobasket.com

at FIBA Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulgaria National Basketball Team Men's national basketball teams
Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
1935 establishments in Bulgaria