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Association Bulgarian Volleyball Federation
Confederation CEV
Head coach Gianlorenzo Blengini
FIVB ranking 8 (as of September 2014)
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Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 8 (First in 1964)
Best result Silver (1980)
World Championship
Appearances 19 (First in 1949)
Best result Silver (1970)
FIVB World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1965)
Best result Bronze (2007)
European Championship
Appearances 28 (First in 1950)
Best result Silver (1951)
Website www.volleyball.bg
Bulgaria men's national volleyball team 2014
The Bulgaria National Team in 2014
Bulgaria-serbia volley 2012
Bulgaria Defeating Powerful Rivals Serbia in 2011
Bulgarian national volleyball team in the match against Japan in the FIVB World League 2011
The Bulgaria National Team at the 2011 FIVB World League Defeating Asian Giants Japan
Bulgaria and Serbia men's national volleyball teams
Bulgaria and Serbia Match in 2014

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

  • West Germany 1972 Munich — 4th place
  • Soviet Union 1980 Moscow — Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
    Gunchev, Stoyanov, Zlatanov, Dimitrov, Tsanov, Dimitrov, Petkov, Todorov, Simeonov, Valtchev, Iliev, Angelov.
  • United Kingdom 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

  • Czechoslovakia 1949 Czechoslovakia — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Soviet Union 1952 Soviet Union — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Soviet Union 1962 Soviet Union — 4th place
  • Bulgaria 1970 Bulgaria — Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
  • France 1986 France — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Japan 2006 Japan — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Italy 2010 Italy — 7th place
  • Poland 2014 Poland — 13th place
  • Italy Bulgaria 2018 Italy/Bulgaria — 11th place
  • Poland Slovenia 2022 Poland/Slovenia — 20th place

World Cup

  • East Germany 1969 East Germany — 4th place
  • Japan 2007 Japan — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal

European Championship

  • Bulgaria 1950 Bulgaria — 4th place
  • France 1951 France — Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
  • Romania 1955 Romania — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Czechoslovakia 1958 Czechoslovakia — 4th place
  • Romania 1963 Romania — 4th place
  • Bulgaria 1981 Bulgaria — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • East Germany 1983 East Germany — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Greece 1995 Greece — 4th place
  • Turkey 2009 Turkey — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
  • Austria Czech Republic 2011 Austria/Czech Republic — 6th place
  • Denmark Poland 2013 Denmark/Poland — 4th place
  • Bulgaria Italy 2015 Bulgaria/Italy — 4th place
  • Poland 2017 Poland — 6th place
  • France Slovenia Belgium Netherlands 2019 France/Slovenia/Belgium/Netherlands — 11th place
  • Poland Czech Republic Estonia Finland 2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland — 11th place

World League

  • Italy 1994 — 4th place
  • Brazil 1995 — 5th place
  • Netherlands 1996 — 8th place
  • Russia 1997 — 6th place
  • Italy 1998 Milan — 7th place
  • Spain 2003 Madrid — 5th place
  • Italy 2004 Rome — 4th place
  • Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Belgrade — 5th place
  • Russia 2006 Moscow — 4th place
  • Poland 2007 Katowice — 5th place
  • Brazil 2008 Rio de Janeiro — 7th place
  • Serbia 2009 Belgrade — 10th place
  • Argentina 2010 Córdoba — 7th place
  • Poland 2011 Gdańsk — 5th place
  • Bulgaria 2012 Sofia — 4th place
  • Argentina 2013 Mar del Plata — 4th place
  • Italy 2014 Florence — 8th place
  • Brazil 2015 Rio de Janeiro — 10th place
  • Poland 2016 Kraków — 11th place
  • Brazil 2017 Curitiba — 9th place

Nations League

  • France 2018 Lille — 11th place
  • United States 2019 Chicago — 12th place
  • Italy 2021 Rimini — 15th place
  • Italy 2022 Bologna — 14th place
  • Poland 2023 Gdańsk — 15th place

European Games

  • Azerbaijan 2015 Baku — Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal

Universiade

  • Bulgaria 1961 Sofia — Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
  • Bulgaria 1977 Sofia — Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Bulgaria roster in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Head coach: Bulgaria Plamen Konstantinov

No. Name Position Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
1 Karyagin, DenisDenis Karyagin OH 28 September 2002 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 340 cm (130 in) France Spacer's Toulouse Volley
2 Chavdarov, StefanStefan Chavdarov MB 26 July 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 348 cm (137 in) 335 cm (132 in) Bulgaria Deya Volley
3 Kolev, NikolayNikolay Kolev MB 16 December 1997 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 340 cm (130 in) France Narbonne Volley
4 Atanasov, MartinMartin Atanasov OH 27 September 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 358 cm (141 in) 335 cm (132 in) Russia Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
8 Asparuhov, AsparuhAsparuh Asparuhov OH 28 July 2000 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 335 cm (132 in) Italy Kioene Padova
9 Seganov, GeorgiGeorgi Seganov S 10 June 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 325 cm (128 in) Poland GKS Katowice
11 Grozdanov, AleksAleks Grozdanov MB 28 March 1998 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 357 cm (141 in) 334 cm (131 in) Italy WithU Verona Volley
14 Bozhilov, MartinMartin Bozhilov L 11 April 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 305 cm (120 in) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
17 Penchev, NikolayNikolay Penchev OH 22 May 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 337 cm (133 in) Ukraine Epicentr-Podolyany
19 Sokolov, TsvetanTsvetan Sokolov OP 31 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (240 lb) 365 cm (144 in) 350 cm (140 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
21 Dobrev, SimeonSimeon Dobrev L 15 April 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in) Bulgaria Neftochimic Burgas
22 Nikolov, SimeonSimeon Nikolov S 24 November 2006 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 365 cm (144 in) 340 cm (130 in) Bulgaria Levski Sofia
23 Nikolov, AleksandarAleksandar Nikolov OH 30 November 2003 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 340 cm (130 in) Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova
24 Petkov, IliaIlia Petkov MB 10 October 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 337 cm (133 in) Bulgaria Hebar Pazardzhik

Head coaches

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

Kit providers

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

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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Selección de voleibol de Bulgaria para niños

  • Bulgaria men's team
  • Bulgaria men's U19 team
  • Bulgaria men's U21 team
  • Bulgaria men's U23 team
  • Bulgaria women's team
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