Men's European Volleyball Championship

BRUSSELS - Serbia won the silver medal at the CEV EuroVolley 2023 Women after a 3-2 (25-27, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13) defeat to Turkey in the competition's final in Brussels on Sunday evening.

The Serbia women's national volleyball team now has eight medals from European championships - three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronzes.

The historic decision for Slovenia was made by head of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Aleksandar Boričić at a congress in Poland's Krakow on Friday.

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 will face Germany in one of the quarterfinals of the 2015 Volleyball European Championship.

The 29th edition of the  tournament, which is co-hosted by two Bulgarian and two Italian cities, began on October 9 and will last until October 18.

Bulgaria has secured a tough victory over the Czech Republic in a match of the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. 

After losing a weak game by 19:25, the Bulgarian team started the second one catching up on the opponent point after point and eventually winning the game 25:20.

Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are playing on Saturday in a CEV 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship game in the capital Sofia.

Just after Bulgaria's resounding victory over Germany on Friday, Daily Standart reports that tickets for the Saturday were sold out in a matter of hours on Saturday morning.

Bookmakers are so far betting on a win for Bulgaria.

The 29th edition of the men's volleyball European Championship begins in Bulgaria and Italy on Friday.

The final round of the tournament, which will last between October 9 and 18, is hosted by four cities - Sofia and Varna in Bulgaria and Turin and Busto Arsizio in Italy.

A total of sixteen teams are split into four groups with four teams each.

Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev assured that Bulgaria is prepared to meet the challenges of hosting the 2015 men's European Volleyball Championship.

Kralev attended the drawing of lots for the final round of the tournament, which took place at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia on Monday.