site.btaVolleyball Coach Blengini Names Bulgaria Squad for Opening Week of Nations League

Bulgaria men's national volleyball team head coach Gianlorenzo Blengini has announced the squad he will rely on for the opening week of the Volleyball Nations League, which will be held in Brazil.

The Bulgarian team, the reigning world silver medallists, will begin their campaign on June 10 against Belgium at 7:00 p.m. Bulgarian time. The national side will then play three more matches during the opening tournament of the competition.

Bulgaria's schedule for the first week of the tournament:

June 10, 7:00 p.m. – Bulgaria vs Belgium

June 11, 10:30 p.m. – Bulgaria vs Iran

June 13, 9:30 p.m. – Bulgaria vs Argentina

June 14, 8:30 p.m. – Bulgaria vs Serbia

Bulgaria squad:

Setters: Simeon Nikolov, Stoil Palev

Opposite: Venislav Antov

Outside Hitters: Aleksandar Nikolov, Asparuh Asparuhov, Denislav Burdarov, Martin Atanasov, Jasmin Velichkov

Middle Blockers: Aleks Grozdanov, Boris Nachev, Iliya Petkov, Preslav Petkov

Liberos: Damyan Kolev, Rusi Zhelev