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Bulgaria men's national volleyball team

{{Short description|Men's national volleyball team representing Bulgaria}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox national volleyball team

| name = Bulgaria

| image = 200px

| nickname =

| federation = Bulgarian Volleyball Federation

| confederation = CEV

| coach = Gianlorenzo Blengini

| Olympic apps = 8

| Olympic first = 1964

| Olympic best = {{OG2}} (1980)

| World Champs apps = 20

| World Champs first = 1949

| World Champs best = {{World2}} (1970)

| World Cup apps = 4

| World Cup first = 1965

| World Cup best = {{World3}} (2007)

| Regional name = European Championship

| Regional cup apps = 28

| Regional cup first = 1950

| Regional cup best = {{Eur2}} (1951)

| website = [http://www.volleyball.bg www.volleyball.bg] {{in lang|bg}}

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{{MedalSport|Medal record}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1980 Moscow|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1970 Bulgaria|}}

{{MedalBronze|1949 Czechoslovakia|}}

{{MedalBronze|1952 Soviet Union|}}

{{MedalBronze|1986 France|}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1951 Paris|}}

{{MedalBronze|1955 Bucharest|}}

{{MedalBronze|1981 Varna|}}

{{MedalBronze|1983 East Berlin|}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Turkey|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Baku|Team}}

}}

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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 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{{Cite web |last=volleyballworld.com |title=Bulgaria VNL 2024 |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/teams/men/6585/players/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=volleyballworld.com |language=en}} in the 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Head coach: {{Flag|Italy}} Gianlorenzo Blengini

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!No.

!Player Name

!Position

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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  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1949–1950 – Valentin Ankov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1951–1952 – Dimitar Elenkov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1952–1955 – Georgi Krastev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1957–1958 – Dimitar Elenkov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1964–1971 – Dimitar Gigov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1971–1972 – Todor Simov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1979–1980 – Todor Piperkov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1980–1982 – Tsvetan Pavlov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1982–1983 – Vasil Simov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1984–1986 – Bogdan Kjuchukov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1991–1992 – Georgi Vasilev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1992–1994 – Stoyan Stoev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1994–1994 – Brunko Iliev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1994–1996 – Bogdan Kjuchukov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1996–1997 – Stefan Sokolov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1998–1999 – Georgi Vasilev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 1999–2000 – Brunko Iliev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2000–2002 – Hristo Iliev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2002–2003 – Assen Galabinov
  • {{flagicon|SCG}} 2003–2004 – Milorad Kijac
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2004–2005 – Brunko Iliev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2005–2008 – Martin Stoev
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} 2009–2010 – Silvano Prandi
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2010–2012 – Radostin Stoychev
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2012–2012 – Nayden Naydenov
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} 2012–2014 – Camillo Placì
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2014–2019 – Plamen Konstantinov
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} 2019–2022 – Silvano Prandi
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2022–2023 – Nikolay Jeliazkov
  • {{flagicon|BUL}} 2023 – Plamen Konstantinov
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} 2024–present – Gianlorenzo Blengini

Kit providers

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

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Period

!Kit 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.{{Cite web|url=https://bvf.bg/|title=Българска Федерация Волейбол|website=bvf.bg|accessdate=8 September 2023}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.volleyball.bg Official website]
  • [http://www.fivb.org/EN/FIVB/Federation.asp?NF=BUL FIVB profile]

{{Volleyball in Bulgaria}}

{{CEV teams}}

{{National sports teams of Bulgaria}}

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