Pasay City, Philippines.As we already reported, Bulgaria's match against the USA will be in the evening session on September 25. The clash between the 11th and 4th ranked teams in the world is scheduled for 8:00 PM local time (3:00 PM Bulgarian time). The match will be broadcast onMAX Sport 2and on the platformVBTV.

Bulgaria last defeated the USA at a World Championship in 2006 in Japan, when our boys won bronze medals with Vladimir Nikolov in the squad. Today, his sons have a chance to write a new page and continue the 'episode'Return of the Jedi('Return of the Jedi') from the legendary 'Star Wars' saga, if they repeat their father's success.

At the last World Championship, the Bulgarians lost to the 'Yankees' 0:3 in the group stage. Back then, the squad included Alex Nikolov, Asparuh Asparuhov, Alex Grozdanov, and Martin Atanasov, who will also be on the court now – this time as part of the main squad.

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