Pirin surprisingly defeated CSKA with a clean 3:0 (25:23, 28:26, 25:21). The 'Army Men' were without their main receiver Nikolay Penchev, who underwent emergency surgery and will be out for almost a month. The victory came after an hour and 14 minutes of play; in the first set, the 'Army Men' were trailing but managed to equalize at 21:21, though their strength only lasted for two more points. The second set was the most contested, with the teams exchanging the lead several times, but the boys from Razlog were more concentrated at the end. The hosts outplayed the capital team in attack and rightfully emerged as the ultimate winners of the clash. Nakov from Razlog was the top scorer of the match, finishing with 19 points (1 block), while Martin Krastev added 13 (2 aces, 3 blocks).
For CSKA, Hristiyan Velikov recorded 11 points (3 aces, 1 block), and Strahinja Brzaković finished with 10 (1 ace, 2 blocks).
After this match, the capital team remains in seventh position with 4 losses, while the Pirin team recorded their second victory and is 9th.

In another match from the 7th round of the championship, Dunav recorded their second victory of the season in efbet Super Volley. The Bulgarian Cup holder could not stand against the inspired boys of Plamen Hristov and lost their home game with a score of 1:3 (23:25, 24:25, 25:12, 28:30). With this victory, Dunav climbed to tenth position in the standings.

Alex Nikolov was outstanding for Dunav with a superb 26 points (2 blocks, 1 ace). Vitaliy Kucher contributed another 16 points (1 block) to the victory. For the hosts, the top scorer was the Slovakian opposite Patrik Lamanec, who scored 24 points, followed by Jonathas Cardoso, who finished with 18 points (2 blocks, 3 aces), but this was not enough for the win.

Photos: Nikolay Varadinov and NVL