Bulgaria women's national volleyball team

Infobox national volleyball team
name=Bulgaria

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federation=Bulgarian Volleyball Federation
website= [http://www.volleyball.bg/ www.volleyball.bg] bg icon en icon
confederation=CEV
manager=
coach=
FIVB rank=34
Olympic apps=1

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 succes 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

=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 — Bronze Medal
* 1999 — 7th place
* 2001 — Bronze Medal
* 2003 — 7th place
* 2005 — 9th place
* 2007 — 11th place
* 2009 —

=World Grand Prix=

* 2004 — did not qualify
* 2005 — did not qualify
* 2006 — did not qualify
* 2007 — did not qualify

quads

* 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.

ee also

*Bulgaria men's national volleyball team