Bulgaria women's national volleyball team

Bulgaria

Association	Bulgarian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
FIVB ranking	34 (as of )
Olympics
Appearances	1
Website	www.volleyball.bg (Bulgarian) (English)
Uniforms
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Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Team
European Championship
Gold	1981 Sofia	Team
Bronze	1979 Lyon	Team
Bronze	2001 Varna	Team
European League
Silver	2010 Turkey	Team
Bronze	2009 Turkey	Team
Bronze	2011 Turkey	Team

The Bulgaria women's national volleyball team represents Bulgaria in international women's volleyball competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation. The team had its biggest success in 1981, winning the European title at home soil (Sofia).

In 1980, at the boycotted Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, the squad claimed the bronze medal by defeating Hungary in the bronze medal match: 3-2 (15:5, 13:15, 6:15, 15:4, and 15:8).

Results

World Championship

1952 — 4th place 1956 — 5th place 1960 — did not participate 1962 — 4th place 1967 — did not participate 1970 — 6th place 1974 — 13th place 1978 — 9th place

1982 — 9th place 1986 — 12th place 1990 — did not qualify 1994 — did not qualify 1998 — 10th place 2002 — 8th place 2006 — did not qualify 2010 — did not qualify

European Championship

1949 — did not participate 1950 — 4th place 1951 — did not participate 1955 — 5th place 1958 — 5th place 1963 — 5th place 1967 — 6th place 1971 — 4th place 1975 — 4th place 1977 — 7th place 1979 — Bronze Medal 1981 — Gold Medal 1983 — 4th place

1985 — 10th place 1987 — 4th place 1989 — 7th place 1991 — 7th place 1993 — 9th place 1995 — 5th place 1997 — 4th place 1999 — 7th place 2001 — Bronze Medal 2003 — 7th place 2005 — 9th place 2007 — 11th place 2009 — 8th place

European League

2009 — Bronze Medal 2010 — Silver Medal

Squads

• 1998 World Championship — 10th place

  Teodora Betcheva, Aneta Germanova, Iliyana Gocheva, Anna Ivanova, Neli Marinova, Dessislava Nikodimova, Slavka Ouzounova, Emilia Pashova, Iliyana Petkova, Vanya Sokolova, Dessislava Velitchkova, and Antonina Zetova. Head Coach: unknown.

• 2001 European Championship — Bronze Medal

  Elena Arsova, Aneta Germanova, Iliyana Gocheva, Radostina Gradeva, Marina Marik, Anna Milanova, Neli Neshich, Iliyana Petkova, Emiliya Serafimova, Vanya Sokolova, Dessislava Velitchkova, and Antonina Zetova. Head Coach: Emil Trenev.

• 2002 World Championship — 8th place

  Lyubka Debarlieva, Aneta Germanova, Iliyana Gocheva, Elena Koleva, Elena Kunova, Marina Marik, Neli Neshich, Slavka Ouzounova, Iliyana Petkova, Vanya Sokolova, Radosveta Teneva, and Antonina Zetova. Head Coach: Stefan Panchev.

• 2005 European Championship — 9th place (tied)

  Lyubka Debarlieva, Mariya Filipova, Strashimira Filipova, Martina Georgieva, Iliyana Gocheva, Vyara Hadzhimoskova, Elena Koleva, Vania Sokolova, Evelina Tsvetanova, Eva Yaneva, Tsevtelina Zarkova, and Antonina Zetova. Head Coach: Miroslav Zhivkov.

See also

• Bulgaria men's national volleyball team