The Bulgarian men's national team departed early this morning for their participation in the first week of the 2025 Volleyball Nations League (VNL). Gianlorenzo Blengini's squad is traveling on a flight via Frankfurt, after which they will head to Montreal. From there, they will take a bus to Quebec City, where they will play their first four matches of the competition.
The Bulgarian national team's first match will be against Italy, scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, at 6:00 PM Bulgarian time in the Centre Videotron arena. The match will be broadcast live onMAX Sport 2,DAZN and will be available on VBTV, the official streaming platform of Volleyball World.
The 'Lions' squad for the first week of the competition is:
Setters:
Simeon Nikolov
Stoil Palev
Opposites
Venislav Antov
Denis Karyagin
Outside Hitters
Aleksandar Nikolov
Asparuh Asparuhov
Georgi Tatarov
Martin Atanasov
Rusi Zhelev
Middle Blockers
Boris Nachev
Iliya Petkov
Krasimir Georgiev
Preslav Petkov
Libero
Martin Bozhilov
Andrey Zhekov, who will assist the Blengini-Cadeddu duo, is also part of the staff.
Gallery from the departurehere
photos: Nikolay Varadinov
