A gigantic sensation at the World Cup! We know the first finalist of the event
Bulgaria was promoted to the final of the volleyball World Cup played in the Philippines. In the semi -finals of Bulgarians they played 3: 1 Czechs. This is a gigantic success for this team.
This is a breakthrough tournament for Bulgarian volleyball. There is no doubt that hardly anyone would expect that it was Bulgaria who would play in the grand finale. However, the Bulgarian team is undefeated in the Philippines and deserved to participate in the game for the gold medal of the World Cup 2025.
Bulgarians after winning all three matches of the group stage, successively: with Germany 3: 0, Slovenia 3: 2 and Chile 3: 0, in the 1/8 finals they played 3: 0 Portugal, and then in the most exciting clash – in the quarter -finals they stood success after 3: 2 from the USA.
It is worth adding that in the quarter-final battle Bulgaria was already losing 0: 2 to finally return to her solid game and win after a tie-break with the United States team.
To this beautiful series, Bulgaria added a win in the semi -final with the Czech Republic 3: 1 on Saturday.
Volleyballers: Bulgaria in the tournament finals! Gigantic success has become a fact
It is impossible not to distinguish for the semi -final clash of one volleyball player, namely Aleksandar Nikolav. Bulgarian talent scored 31 points, being a key figure for his team.
For the first time since 2006, Bulgarians found themselves in the medal zone of the Volleyball World Championships. It is already known, however, that thanks to winning over the Czech Republic, they have already beat the result from that event. At that time, Bulgaria reached for a bronze medal, losing to … the Polish national team in the semi -final.
It is also worth adding that since 2023, the Bulgarian team has been running Gianlorenzo Blengini. The Italian trainer, who led Italy in 2015-21, reached with her, among others After the silver medal of the Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro (2016). Blengini got a serious task to be performed, namely promotion to the Games in Los Angeles (2028). Bulgarians have not participated in the Olympic competition since 2012. In London they took 4th place at the time.
It is already known that Blengini with his team has done something special. Until now, the greatest success in the history of Bulgarian volleyball was a silver medal at the Olympic tournament in Moscow (1980). It is difficult to say where the ceiling of this band is, but in the finals they will definitely play to fulfill their great golden dreams. The rivals will be either masters (Italians) or runners -up in the world (Poles).
In addition, large words of appreciation for the Czechs, who will also face a historical opportunity on Sunday, playing for the bronze medal of the World Cup. However, they await them as difficult as the victorious Bulgarians.
An impressive balance of the Polish volleyball team at the World Cup. Sack of medals!
In the medal classification of all time, looking at the world championships, Polish volleyballers are fourth. Poland reached for three gold medals (1974, 2014, 2018) and two silver rings (2006, 2022).
As you can see, apart from the memorable success of the Hubert Wagner team – later Olympic champions (1976) – they stood on the podium in the World Cup events in the 21st century. Recent years are extremely successful, since 2014 it has not happened that Poles were missing in the final of the event. In addition, it is worth noting that since the team trains under the baton of Nikola Grbcia, Poles from the most important events come back with the medal each time. Last example? The Golden League of Nations 2025, where in the final tournament in China Polish volleyballers did not lose a single set in any of the three meetings.
In addition, it is worth remembering that in the case of the Polish volleyball team, we are talking about: leaders of the FIVB world ranking, current European champions (2023), world runners -up (2022) and Olympic runners -up (2024). These are really special times for men’s volleyball in Poland. And what is also worth emphasizing, it began in total with … the 2006 World Championships. At that time, the team led by Raul Lozano decided to remind the world by climbing the party’s podium from the highest representative shelf. It was the first medal of the World Cup since Wagner.
