Bulgaria men's national volleyball team

The Bulgarian national volleyball team qualified for the semifinals of the World Under-19 Championship.

The team led by the coach Martin Stoev won 3: 2 (25:27, 27:25, 21:25, 31:29, 18:16) against Italy in an extremely contested and spectacular match.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team climbed two positions in the latest ranking of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) and currently occupies the third place.

Bulgaria's progress in the ranking is due to the fourth place claimed by the team at the men's volleyball European Championship, which took place in Bulgaria and Italy between October 9 and 18.

Three Bulgarian players were selected in the dream team of this year's edition of the men's volleyball European Championship, which ended on Sunday.

Bulgaria's Viktor Yosifov was declared second best middle blocker of the tournament, while his fellow national Teodor Todorov was awarded as best middle blocker.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team occupied the fourth place in this year's edition of the men's volleyball European Championship.

Bulgaria suffered a 1:3 defeat to Italy (20:25, 14:25, 25:23, 20:25) in the third place match which was played at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia on Sunday.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team suffered a 2:3 defeat to France in one of the semifinals of the men's Volleyball European Championship played in Sofia on Saturday.

Inspired by 13 000 supporters in the overcrowded Arena Armeec hall, Bulgaria came in the lead with 2:0, but France managed to make a comeback and claim the final victory (25:18, 25:22, 24:26, 21:25, 12:15).

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team suffered on Saturday a heavy defeat in the final of Group 2 of the FIVB World League.

Bulgaria lost 0-3 to France (16-25, 20-25, 21-25) in a match, which was played in the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team won a silver medal after losing the final against Germany at the First European Games in Baku.

Bulgaria lost 1-3 (16-25, 18-25, 31-29, 21-25) in a thrilling match on Sunday, offering a staunch resistance in the third set.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team proceeded to the final of the First European Games, which are taking place in Baku.

In the semifinal, which was played on Friday, Bulgaria defeated Poland 3-2 (25-14, 19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-13).

Jani Jeliazkov scored 21 points for Bulgaria, while his teammates Todor Aleksiev and Valentin Bratoev added respectively 19 and 18 points.

The renovation of the Palace of Culture and Sports in the Bulgarian Black Sea capital of Varna is completed and the venue is ready to host the matches from the World League.

The first matches of the Bulgarian men's national volleyball team in the renovated hall will be the games against Cuba on June 27 and 28 and Argentina on July 4 and 5.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team recorded on Tuesday its second consecutive victory at the European Games in Baku.

Bulgaria defeated Italy with 3:1 (25-21, 22-25, 34-32, 25-19) and continued its successful performance after having defeated Belgium in its first match at the games.