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    Overview

    Bulgaria and Finland lock horns in a direct battle for a spot in the next stage of the competition. The eventual winners of this matchup will make it to the 8th Finals and play against one of the  teams from Pool C in Budapest.

    Pool A Preview

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    BULGARIA FINLAND

    Starting Team

    Team Profile
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    BULGARIA

    Address

    25 Nezabravka Str. Sofia

    Social

    Contacts

    phone +359 2 902 64 40 email international@bvf.bg
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    04/09/2019 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    01/09/2019 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    29/08/2019 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 32
      Competitions Played
    • 2
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 7
      Matches Played
    • 3
      Matches Won
    • 43%
      Win %
    • 13
      Sets Won
    • 543
      Points Won
    • 37%
      Attack %
    • 57%
      Reception %

    Team

    C
    16
    ATANASIJEVIC Elitsa
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Birth Place: Dupnitsa
    • Height: 193 cm
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    1
    DIMITROVA Gergana
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 183 cm
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    2
    DIMITROVA Nasya
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Birth Place: Yambol
    • Height: 189 cm
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    3
    PETROVA Kristiana
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 181 cm
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    6
    PASKOVA Miroslava
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Chirpan
    • Height: 182 cm
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    7
    KITIPOVA Lora
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1991
    • Birth Place: Stara Zagora
    • Height: 182 cm
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    8
    BARAKOVA Petya
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Sofia
    • Height: 178 cm
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    10
    TODOROVA Mira
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Chirpan
    • Height: 188 cm
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    12
    KARAKASHEVA Mariya
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1988
    • Birth Place: Razlog
    • Height: 182 cm
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    14
    MILANOVA Aleksandra
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2001
    • Height: 180 cm
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    15
    TODOROVA Zhana
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Birth Place: Plovdiv
    • Height: 170 cm
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    17
    BECHEVA Elena
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 185 cm
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    20
    KRIVOSHIISKA Mariya
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 2001
    • Height: 190 cm
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    23
    RACHKOVSKA Vangeliya
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1997
    • Height: 185 cm
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    Staff

    PETKOV Ivan
    Head Coach
    DIMITROV Denislav Mitkov
    Assistant Coach 2
    LAZAROV Lazar
    Assistant Coach

    Team Statistics

    BULGARIA

    Overview

    FINLAND

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

    Player Statistics

    Highlights

    Finnish setter Kaisa Alanko working hard in defence

    Highlights

    Bulgaria superstar Elitsa Vasileva spikes above the Finnish block

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    Match Report

    Bulgaria top Finland to secure spot in 8th Finals

    Article

    Bulgaria secured their second straight victory in Pool A and as a result, their progression to the next round as well after finishing the pool phase in third place.

    The ‘Lionesses’ started the tournament with three losses in a row – but they managed to change the course of their campaign courtesy of their victories over Greece and Finland.

    While making their first appearance at EuroVolley in 30 years, Finland could not make it through the first phase as they finish fifth in Pool A with a 1-4 win-loss record.

    Interestingly, all of the starting players of Bulgaria scored at least six points, with middle blocker Nasya Dimitrova topping the charts with 11.

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    100
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    71
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    350
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    218
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    63%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    13-4
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to FINLAND.

    4-3
    Ace Count

    BULGARIA number of service aces compared to FINLAND

    27-35
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from FINLAND

    Day 7 Recap

    Play

    “Normally, it is not easy to finish third at this stage with two wins only. However, thanks to the other results in the group, we were able to avoid the match with the team finishing first in Pool C, the Netherlands. I hope that we will use this opportunity and return to Ankara again. After learning the name of our next opponent tonight, we will start our preparations and hopefully return from Budapest with a good result.”

    Elitsa Vasileva
    Captain of Bulgaria

    Laura Pihlajamäki, captain of Finland: “I am really happy with the way we fought here. We enjoyed every match. Of course, we wanted to win this game and go further but it is okay. Bulgaria is a top team and today we could not put up a fight against them. Now we are disappointed because of this but overall I can say I am happy about this tournament and satisfied with how we fought against such strong teams.

    We are not the tallest or the most famous players of this tournament but we are really hard-workers and we fight for every ball, we defended really hard and we never gave up. I hope everybody saw this and we keep on doing that so we will be here also next time.”