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Volleyball national side

Bulgaria

National team · Bulgaria

«The Lions»

104 Matches
41 wins
63 losses
160–226 Sets
−66 Difference
1.5 Average per match
Form W 9 Sep · Home North Macedonia · 3:0 L 11 Sep · Home Portugal · 0:3 L 12 Sep · Home Ukraine · 1:3 W 14 Sep · Home Israel · 3:1 W 16 Sep · Home Poland · 3:2 L 19 Sep · Away Germany · 2:3

At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Bulgaria sent both national volleyball teams home with medals from the same Games: the men took silver, the women bronze.

Between those two came bronze at the World Championships of 1949, 1952, 1986 and 2006, and at the European Championships of 1955, 1981, 1983 and 2009, plus bronze at the 2007 World Cup and silver at the 2015 European Games. Matey Kaziyski, named MVP of the Champions League in 2009 , and Plamen Konstantinov, known to supporters as "Gibona," are among the names most tied to that stretch. Rivalries with the Soviet Union, later Russia, and with Serbia run through much of it.

The women's team has its own high point: the 1981 European Championship title, won a year after Olympic bronze in Moscow. Galina Borisova and Petya Barakova are remembered from that side. Unlike the men, who play as "The Lions," the women's team has never taken a nickname of its own, nor kept a single home hall, appearing in cities that include Sofia and Plovdiv.

The men play at Arena 8888 Sofia, a 12,373-seat hall in the capital once known as Arena Sofia and Arena Armeets, in white, green and red drawn from the national flag.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
19 Sep CEV European Championship Germany A 2:3 L
16 Sep CEV European Championship Poland H 3:2 W
14 Sep CEV European Championship Israel H 3:1 W
12 Sep CEV European Championship Ukraine H 1:3 L
11 Sep CEV European Championship Portugal H 0:3 L
9 Sep CEV European Championship North Macedonia H 3:0 W

Standing

CEV European Championship

Group stage · Group B

# Team M W L Goals Pts
2 Ukraine 5 4 1 12:5 12
3 Azerbaijan 4 0 4 0:12 0
3 Bulgaria 5 4 1 13:6 11
4 Portugal 5 1 4 5:12 4
5 North Macedonia 5 1 4 3:12 3
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 104
104 Matches
41 wins
63 losses
160–226 Sets
−66 Difference
1.5 Average per match
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 104
41wins: 41 · 39% 63losses: 63 · 60%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
9 Sep · Home North Macedonia · 3:0
11 Sep · Home Portugal · 0:3
12 Sep · Home Ukraine · 1:3
14 Sep · Home Israel · 3:1
16 Sep · Home Poland · 3:2
19 Sep · Away Germany · 2:3
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 104 52 52
Scored 160 83 77
Conceded 226 112 114
Average per match 1.5 1.6 1.5
Conceded per game 2.2 2.2 2.2
Difference −66 −29 −37

Fixtures of Bulgaria

Honours of Bulgaria

  • CEV European Championship 1981 1
  • FIVB World Championship 1970, 2025 2
  • CEV European Championship 1951 1
  • European Games 2015 1
  • Olympic Games 1980 1
  • CEV European Championship 1955, 1981, 1983, 2009 4
  • FIVB World Championship 1949, 1952, 1986, 2006 4
  • FIVB World Cup 2007 1
  • Olympic Games 1980 1

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