Bulgaria

Nickname(s)	Лъвовете (The Lions)
Association	Bulgarian Volleyball Federation (BVF)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Gianlorenzo Blengini
FIVB ranking	9 (5 October 2025)[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	8 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1980)
World Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1970, 2025)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1965)
Best result	(2007)
European Championship
Appearances	28 (First in 1950)
Best result	(1951)
www.bvf.bg (in Bulgarian)
Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championship 0 2 4 World Cup 0 0 1 European Championship 0 1 4 European Games 0 1 0 Total 0 5 9 Medal record Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team World Championship 1970 Bulgaria Team 2025 Philippines Team 1949 Czechoslovakia Team 1952 Soviet Union Team 1986 France Team 2006 Japan Team World Cup 2007 Japan Team European Championship 1951 France 1955 Romania 1981 Bulgaria 1983 East Germany 2009 Turkey Team European Games 2015 Baku Team

The Bulgaria men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The national team is controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation, the governing body for volleyball in Bulgaria.

The team's achievements include winning the Balkan Championships in 1980, Runners-Up (1970, 2025), and Third Place (1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) at the World Championship. At the European Championships, Bulgaria has one Runners-Up (1951) and four Third Place (1955, 1981, 1983, 2009) finishes. Bulgaria has also achieved Runners-Up at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The team has one third place at the World Cup (2007) and five Semi-Final appearances in the World League (1994, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013). The team's most significant recent results include earning a silver medal at the 2025 World Championship, Third Place at the 2006 World Championship, the 2007 World Cup and 2009 European Championship as well as achieving Runners-Up at the first European Games in 2015.

Bulgaria first took part in the World League in 1994. During the debut season in the tournament, the team went all the way to the semi-finals, led by players like Lubo Ganev, Dimo Tonev, and Martin Stoev. In the next four editions, Bulgaria took part but did not manage to surpass its prior performance by reaching fifth in 1995, eight in 1996, sixth in 1997, and seventh in 1998. Under the guidance of Milorad Kijac, the new wave of players, including Teodor Salparov, Danial Mihaylov, etc., mixed well with the more experienced Evgeni Ivanov, Plamen Konstantinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Vladimir Nikolov, Hristo Tsvetanov to result in the fifth-place rank in 2003. The next year, once again under Kijac, the team played some impressive games and succeeded in tying its best performance of reaching the Semi-Finals. The team included more players from the Under-21 team that the previous year won a medal at the World Championships, such as Matey Kaziyski and Milushev. In 2005 with a new coach, Martin Stoev, the team finished in fifth place, followed by another tied best-ever performance of reaching the Semi-Finals in 2006, and another fifth place in 2007. In 2011, Bulgaria qualified for the first time in the Final Round after four years, and they finished in fifth place. The 2012 Final Round was held in the newly opened Armeets Arena in Sofia, and the host reached the Semi-Finals once again.

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Bulgaria national volleyball team.

• Bulgaria men's U19 team
• Bulgaria men's U21 team
• Bulgaria men's U23 team
• Bulgaria women's team

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• FIVB profile