Bulgaria men's national volleyball team
FIVB ranking | 19 (as of 8 January 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 4 (First in 1965) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result |  (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 28 (First in 1950) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result |  (1951) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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2011 FIVB World League
Defeating Asian Giants Japan
The Bulgaria men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It is controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation.
History
The team's achievements include winning the Balkan Championships in 1980, Runners-Up (1970) and Third Place (1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) at 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
Armeets Arena in Sofia
, and the host reached the Semi-Finals once again.
Statistics
Olympic Games
1972 Munich — 4th place
1980 Moscow — 
Silver medal
2012 London — 4th place
- G. Bratoev, Skrimov, Dimitrov, V. Bratoev, V. Nikolov (C), Yosifov, Salparov, Todorov, Aleksiev, Penchev, N. Nikolov, Sokolov. Head coach: Naydenov
World Championship
- 1949 Czechoslovakia —Bronze medal
- 1952 Soviet Union —Bronze medal
- 1962 Soviet Union— 4th place
- 1970 Bulgaria —Silver medal
- 1986 France —Bronze medal
- 2006 Japan —Bronze medal
- 2010 Italy— 7th place
- 2014 Poland— 13th place
- 2018 Italy/Bulgaria— 11th place
- 2022 Poland/Slovenia— 20th place
- 2025 Philippines– Qualified
World Cup
1969 East Germany — 4th place
2007 Japan — Bronze medal
European Championship
1950 Bulgaria — 4th place
1951 France — Silver medal
1955 Romania — Bronze medal
1958 Czechoslovakia — 4th place- 1963 Romania — 4th place
1981 Bulgaria — Bronze medal- 1983 East Germany — Bronze medal
1995 Greece — 4th place
2009 Turkey — Bronze medal
2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 6th place
2013 Denmark/Poland — 4th place-
2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 4th place - 2017 Poland — 6th place
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2019 France/Slovenia/Belgium/Netherlands — 11th place -
2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland — 11th place -
2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel — 15th place
World League
- 1994 — 4th place
1995 — 5th place- 1996 — 8th place
1997 — 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
- 2023 Gdańsk — 15th place
- 2024 Łódź — 14th place
European Games
2015 Baku — Silver medal
Universiade
- 1961 Sofia — Silver medal
- 1977 Sofia —
Gold medal
Team
Current Squad
The following is the Bulgaria roster[1] in the 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Head coach: 
Italy Gianlorenzo Blengini
| No. | Player Name | Position |
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| 1 | Simeon Nikolov | S |
| 6 | Georgi Petrov | OH |
| 8 | Asparuh Asparuhov | OH |
| 9 | Vladimir Garkov | OH |
| 10 | Denis Karyagin | OH |
| 11 | Aleks Grozdanov | MB |
| 12 | Georgi Tatarov | OH |
| 13 | Dimitar Dimitrov | O |
| 14 | Martin Bozhilov | L |
| 16 | Svetoslav Stankov | S |
| 19 | Nikolay Kartev | MB |
| 22 | Damyan Kolev | L |
| 24 | Iliya Petkov | MB |
| 27 | Boris Nachev | MB |
Head coaches
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Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Bulgaria national volleyball team.
| Period | Kit provider |
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| 2002–2019 | Asics
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| 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
- Bulgaria men's team
- Bulgaria men's U19 team
- Bulgaria men's U21 team
- Bulgaria men's U23 team
- Bulgaria women's team
References
- ^ volleyballworld.com. "Bulgaria VNL 2024". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Българска Федерация Волейбол". bvf.bg. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
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