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Bulgaria’s women’s volleyball team drops out of European Women’s Volleyball Championship after dramatic loss

Photo: European Volleyball Confederation

The Bulgarian women’s national volleyball team failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Women’s Volleyball Championship in Plovdiv. In a five-game match with a hotly contested finish, the Swedish team won the match versus the Bulgarian side by 25-12, 21-25, 22-25, 25-14,17-19.

The Bulgarian team failed to match its result of two years ago when it qualified among the top 8 teams. After the match coach, Ivan Petkov said that many of the girls had played with medical issues. 



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