World championships

Bulgaria's thrilling 4-3 comeback win over Cuba to close Day 3 of the 2017 FIVB Women's U23 World Championship here had the victors ecstatic . More so, because it added a lot of fuel to pool B's classification race, as favorites Turkey now stand on third place, volleymob writes.

Bulgaria will host two tournaments of the new World Volleyball Championship next year. The competition will be called the ''New Volleyball League'', reported bTV. 

Permanent participants in it will be Brazil, Russia, Serbia, USA, Italy, France, Poland, Argentina, Iran, Germany, China and Japan. One from Canada, Bulgaria, Australia and South Korea will be out of the League.

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Bulgaria men's national volleyball team scored a very prestigious victory against the Olympic champion Brazil in its 3rd and last match in Group E1 of the World Volleyball League played in Varna, reported BNR.

Bulgaria defeated 3:1 Brazil ( 25:22; 25:19; 23:25; 25:18).

In the other match of that group Poland won a 3:1 victory against Canada.

Bulgaria has allocated USD 5 M to support the co-hosting of the Men's Volleyball World Championship in 2018, the government said on Monday.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team defeated Finland in its opening game of the European Olympic qualification tournament, which is taking place in Berlin between January 5 and 10.

Bulgaria won with 3:1 (29:27, 25:15, 23:25, 25:22) in a match which lasted slightly over two hours.

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The Bulgarian men's volleyball national team has made it into the Group 2 Final of the FIVB Volleyball World League 2015 after beating Belgium 3:1(23:25, 25:14, 25:18, 25:20).

The match was played at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, according to reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

Bulgaria will play France or Argentina in Saturday's final.

FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup due to the alleged financial irregularities surrounding the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said that it was a "nonsense" to begin the process in the current climate, the BBC reports.

Following a six-month consultation process, FIFA identified end-November/end-December as the most suitable period for staging the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

This became clear after FIFA's Task Force for the International Match Calendar 2018-2024 held its third and final meeting in Doha.