Bulgaria women's national volleyball 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 its home in Sofia. The previous year, Bulgaria won the bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, defeating Hungary in the bronze medal match by 3–2.
Results
Olympic Games
- 1964 – did not qualify
- 1968 – did not qualify
- 1972 – did not qualify
- 1976 – did not qualify
- 1980 –
Bronze Medal
- 1984 – did not qualify
- 1988 – did not qualify
- 1992 – did not qualify
- 1996 – did not qualify
- 2000 – did not qualify
- 2004 – did not qualify
- 2008 – did not qualify
- 2012 – did not qualify
- 2016 –
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
- 2014 — 11th place
World Grand Prix
- 2013 – 9th place
- 2014 –
Gold Medal (Group 3)
European Championship
European League
Current squad
The following is the Bulgarian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[1]
Head coach: 
Vladimir Kuzyutkin
| No. |
Name |
Date of birth |
Height |
Weight |
Spike |
Block |
2014 club |
| 01 !1 | Nenova, DianaDiana Nenova | 01985-04-16-000016 April 1985 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 294 cm (116 in) | 298 cm (117 in) |  Dinamo București |
| 04 !4 | Kitipova, LoraLora Kitipova | 01991-05-19-000019 May 1991 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 290 cm (110 in) | 283 cm (111 in) |  Azeryol Baku |
| 05 !5 | Rabadzhieva, DobrianaDobriana Rabadzhieva | 01991-06-14-000014 June 1991 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 285 cm (112 in) |  Voléro Zürich |
| 06 !6 | Zarkova, TsvetelinaTsvetelina Zarkova | 01986-12-18-000018 December 1986 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 298 cm (117 in) | 289 cm (114 in) | Dinamo București |
| 10 | Kamenova, KremenaKremena Kamenova | 01988-05-21-000021 May 1988 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 304 cm (120 in) | 299 cm (118 in) | CSM Bucureşti |
| 11 | Ruseva, HristinaHristina Ruseva | 01991-10-01-00001 October 1991 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) |  LJ Modena |
| 12 | Monova, IvelinaIvelina Monova | 01986-01-17-000017 January 1986 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 58 kg (128 lb) | 285 cm (112 in) | 280 cm (110 in) |  Maritza Plovdiv |
| 13 | Filipova, MariyaMariya Filipova | 01982-09-10-000010 September 1982 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 295 cm (116 in) | 275 cm (108 in) | Metal Galați |
| 14 | Koleva, SlavinaSlavina Koleva | 01986-11-22-000022 November 1986 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 57 kg (126 lb) | 302 cm (119 in) | 297 cm (117 in) |  Karşıyaka Izmir |
| 15 | Dimitrova, NasyaNasya Dimitrova | 01992-11-06-00006 November 1992 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Levski Sofia |
| 16 | Vasileva, ElitsaElitsa Vasileva | 01990-05-13-000013 May 1990 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 302 cm (119 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| 17 | Filipova, StrashimiraStrashimira Filipova (C) | 01985-08-18-000018 August 1985 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 307 cm (121 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 18 | Nikolova, EmiliyaEmiliya Nikolova | 01991-12-26-000026 December 1991 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 302 cm (119 in) | 287 cm (113 in) | Imoco Conegliano |
| 19 | Koleva, ElenaElena Koleva | 01977-12-01-00001 December 1977 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 304 cm (120 in) | 298 cm (117 in) | River Piacenza |
Former squads
- 1980 Olympic Games — Bronze Medal
- Verka Borisova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova, Maya Georgieva, Margarita Gerasimova, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Khristolova, Silviya Petrunova and Galina Stancheva
- 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.
References
External links
(1980)
Silver Medal