Officials
Marie-Catherine BOULANGER
Paul Catalin SZABO-ALEXI
It is the Big Match of the Day in Pool B. Poland and Bulgaria lock horns in a clash for the first place in the group.
It looks like that the Polish are in a better position, as they are the only unbeaten team in the group. Bulgaria, on the hand, have lost to Germany after a hard-fought five-setter.
The Polish count on great opposites, Magdalena Stysiak and captain Malwina Smarzek, who both have been impeccable so far in the competition. The Bulgarian Lionesses' power lies in the hand of opposite Emiliya Dimitrova. Middle blockers, Hristina Vuchkova and Nasya Dimitrova have also been key players for their team so far.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeMarie-Catherine BOULANGERBELSecond RefereePaul Catalin SZABO-ALEXIROU
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Venue Information
Kolodruma is the biggest multifunctional complex in Plovdiv, famous with modern architecture and impressive atmosphere. The hall is unique not only being the only covered Olympic-sized cycling track in the Balkans, but also for being able to host 22 sports at the highest level. Kolodruma has also a hall for warm up trainings, press center, locker rooms, coach rooms, LED screens, underground and grand parking for 438 cars. The Arena is connected to four boulevards so getting there is easy. Capacity: 6100
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How To Attend
Naycho Tsanov Blvd., PLOVDIV, 4000 Capacity: 6100
City bus lines that have stops near the arena: 4, 10, 17, 99 PLOVDIV AIRPORT – distance to the hall is 12.2 km, cca. 15 min by car. There’s no public transportation from the airport. SOFIA AIRPORT – distance to the hall by car using highway A1 is 151 km and takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. Get directions
Featured Players
Elitsa ATANASIJEVIC
Bio
Elitsa was born on 13.05.1990 in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. She was started with volleyball going around her bigger sister and was spotted by the coaches. In her free time she likes to be with her nephews or collecting a tan. Her main achievements to date are becoming Champion of Italy, Super Cup of Italy, Super Cup of Turkey, CEV Cup Winner, 2 times Russian Cup Winner.
Team
BULGARIA 
Address
25 Nezabravka Str. SofiaContacts
Previous Games
| 28/08/2021 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 25/08/2021 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 24/08/2021 | 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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6Matches Played
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4Matches Won
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67%Win %
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16Sets Won
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533Points Won
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45%Attack %
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36%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 183 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Yambol
- Height: 189 cm
- Birth Date: 2002
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Stara Zagora
- Height: 182 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Chirpan
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Shumen
- Height: 185 cm
Staff
Recent Results
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Bulgaria tops Pool B after a come-from-behind victory over Poland
Ivan Petkov“We started with a lot of serve errors and couldn’t organize our attack. After the first set the serve got better and it helped us on block and defense. The first place in Pool B doesn’t mean much. We just did the first part of our job but the most important matches are still ahead. We have two days to prepare for Sweden, we know nothing about them. But the most important thing is, and I remind this to our players before every single match, to make our fans happy and have fun on the court.”
Head coach, Bulgaria
Emiliya Dimitrova"We played as a team today. We fought hard for every ball! It was tough but the team spirit won this match. We knew that we had to improve our performance after the first set. We did it and we won. There are no more easy matches onward. When you win, you progress. When you lose, you go home. We will give our best to perform even better and to keep on winning."
Opposite, Bulgaria
Nasya Dimitrova“We won with team spirit and self-giving overcoming the problems before and during the match. Keeping in mind the level of our opponents I think we played pretty well. I’m happy we won especially with a result that allowed us to finish top of the pool. Germany, Poland and Bulgaria are three teams on a same level. After the loss to Germany we couldn’t lose again. We owed it to the fans that are always with us and I’m happy that we brought them joy.”
Middle blocker, Bulgaria
Malwina Smarzek"First, I would like to congratulate the team of Bulgaria. They did a great job as did we but only in the first set. Afterwards, we started making a lot of mistakes and Bulgaria just took advantage. In general, they were better than us today, especially with the atmosphere created by their fans. For sure, it will be harder for us from now on as the second-placed team but we'll forget about today and we will be focusing only on the next matches."
Captain, Poland
Jacek Nawrocki"Bulgaria celebrated today as their team won. I think we started well but after that Bulgaria took control of the match. They pushed us with serve and were better on block and in defense and serve. Now, we are thinking only about our next match against Ukraine."
Head coach, Poland
The match in numbers
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to POLAND.
BULGARIA number of service aces compared to POLAND
Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from POLAND