2025 World Champions runners-up Bulgaria, under the command of italian expert Gianlorenzo Blengini, names 31 players to prepare 2026 international season, with 2026 VNL and European Championship in September.
They make their debut already on April 27 avril in Samokov, where they will train until May 18.
Then they’ll move to Poland, where they’ll compete in international tournament Silesia Cup, from 20 to 23 May, together with Poland, Ukraine and Serbia.
On June 3, they’ll move to Argentina for a friendly game against Horacio Dileo’s side, then to start VNL on June 10 in Brazil, where they’ll face Belgium, Iran, Argentina and Serbia.
Setters:
Anton Stanchev, Viktor Zhekov, Simeon Nikolov, Stoil Palev, Lyuboslav Telkiyski
Opposites:
Venislav Antov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Hristiyan Dimitrov
Outside-hitters:
Aleksandar Nikolov, Asparuh Asparuhov, Vladimir Garkov, Georgi Tatarov, Denislav Bardarov, Denis Karyagin, Jasmin Velichkov, Kristian Aleksov, Martin Atanasov, Rusi Zhelev, Samuil Valchinov, Teodor Kamenov
Middle-blockers:
Aleks Grozdanov, Boris Nachev, Ivaylo Damyanov, Iliya Petkov, Kiril Kolev, Lazar Buchkov, Preslav Petkov
Liberi:
Damyan Kolev, Dimitar Dobrev, Kaloyan Botev, Yasen Petrov
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