Highlights
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.
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Starting Team
Team Profile
BULGARIA
Address
25 Nezabravka Str. SofiaContacts
+359 2 902 64 40
international@bvf.bg
Team Schedule
Previous Games
04/09/2019 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
01/09/2019 | vs. | 3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
29/08/2019 | vs. | 3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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31Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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7Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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43%Win %
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13Sets Won
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543Points Won
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37%Attack %
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57%Reception %
Team
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ATANASIJEVIC Elitsa
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 193 cm
1
DIMITROVA Gergana
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 183 cm
2
DIMITROVA Nasya
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Yambol
- Height: 189 cm
6
PASKOVA Miroslava
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Chirpan
- Height: 182 cm
7
KITIPOVA Lora
Setter
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Stara Zagora
- Height: 182 cm
10
TODOROVA Mira
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Chirpan
- Height: 188 cm
12
KARAKASHEVA Mariya
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Razlog
- Height: 182 cm
Staff
Head Coach
Assistant Coach 2
Assistant Coach
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Match Report
Bulgaria top Finland to secure spot in 8th Finals
Article
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
Elitsa Vasileva“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.”
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.”