Bulgaria men's national basketball team

Bulgaria
FIBA ranking	50 1 (9 August 2021)
Joined FIBA	1935
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Coach	Rosen Barchovski
Nickname(s)	Лъвовете / Lavovete; (The Lions)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	25
Medals	Silver: (1957); Bronze: (1961)
Home	Away
First international
	Italy 42–23 Bulgaria ; (Geneva, Switzerland; 2 May 1935)
Biggest win
	Ireland 55–133 Bulgaria ; (Heerlen, Netherlands; 4 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
	Bulgaria 60–104 Russia ; (Botevgrad, Bulgaria; 21 February 2019)

The Bulgaria men's national basketball team (Bulgarian: Български национален отбор по баскетбол, romanized: Balgarski natsionalen otbor po basketbol) represents Bulgaria in international basketball. The governing body for the national team is the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.

Bulgaria's first appearance at an international tournament came at the EuroBasket in 1935. They have reached the premier European basketball competition 25 times, with their best results coming in 1957 as the runners-up on home soil, and their bronze medal finish in 1961 respectively. Bulgaria has also qualified for the FIBA World Cup, where they finished seventh in their lone appearance in 1959. Competing at the Olympic Games multiple times, the national team had their top performance in 1956.

They won the gold medal at the Balkan Championship, in 1959, 1960, and 1971.

History[]

EuroBasket 1935[]

Bulgaria debuted on the international stage at the first EuroBasket (European Basketball Championship), which was held in Geneva, in 1935. The Bulgarian side started the tournament off with an lost to Italy in the preliminary round, but bounced back to defeat Hungary in their next match. Following this, Bulgaria lost their classification matches to Belgium, and to Italy again. The national team would finishing off their tournament debut in 8th place.

EuroBasket 1947[]

Twelve years later, the Bulgarian national team reached the tournament once again, for their second appearance overall. At the EuroBasket 1947, Bulgaria split their two preliminary round matches against Austria, and France advancing to the upper bracket semifinal groups. There they lost all three of their games, putting them in a 7th/8th place classification match versus Hungary, which they lost. The national team would once again end the tournament reaching the quarterfinals.

EuroBasket 1951[]

Bulgaria's third appearance was at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. They won their two contested preliminary games, outscoring opponents 145–70, and gained a third win by Romania's forfeit. In the semifinal round, the national team became enmeshed in a three-way tie for first place in the four-team group after losing to France but winning the other two matches, and ended up finishing in second place in the group. This pitted them against the Soviet Union in a semifinal matchup, which the Bulgarians lost. The national team then went on to lose again, in the bronze medal game to France.

EuroBasket 1953[]

The national team's next appearance was in Moscow for EuroBasket 1953. They found themselves on the unfortunate end of a three-way tiebreaker after finishing 3–1 in their preliminary group, and their 3rd place rank in the group sent them to the classification round, a disappointing turn of events for Bulgaria which had expected to do at least as well as they had two years prior. They won their next five matches to take the highest place available, after the preliminary round. Thus, reaching the quarterfinals in the tournament with an 8–1 record.

EuroBasket 1955[]

At EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, the Bulgarian side open up their campaign at the tournament with an 107-33 dismantling of Denmark. They would go on to only drop one match in their preliminary group to finish with an 2–1 record, which allowed them to advance to the final round along with group leader Czechoslovakia. After losing to the three eventual medalists in the final round, Bulgaria finished the round with a 4–3 record while once again reaching the semifinals.

EuroBasket 1957[]

Bulgaria hosted the EuroBasket 1957, in Sofia. The national team breezed through their three preliminary round matches, and kept their win streak through the first six of the final round games, including an 82–80 victory over Czechoslovakia. In their final game of the tournament, which by chance was against the similarly undefeated Soviet Union squad, Bulgaria led by 4 points at halftime, 23–19. Their lead did not last through the second half though, however, as the Soviets powered to a 60–57 final, Bulgaria finished as the runners-up with the silver medal.

1959 World Cup[]

Bulgaria made its debut at the World Cup in 1959. They were placed in Group C, where they went undefeated (3-0) and advanced to the final round. There, they finished with an 2-4 record, but after controversy struck. As they along with the Soviets refused to play Formosa, due to political reasons. This mishap caused the national team to be relegated to seventh place at the tournament.

EuroBasket 1961[]

At the EuroBasket 1961, the national team returned to the top European basketball tournament looking to place better than their last trip at the event. In their preliminary round group they finished with an 2-0 record to move on to the second round. There they finished with an impressive 4-1 record to advance to the semifinals with a matchup against the Soviet Union. The outcome did not turn out in the favour of the Bulgarian side though, as they were manhandled 77-54. The devastating loss sent the Bulgarians to the bronze medal match versus France, where they came away with a victory to end the tournament on a high note.

Later years[]

Bulgaria would go on to qualify to the European Basketball Championship 16 more times after 1961, but never came away with a top three finish at the event. The Bulgarian side have endured multiple droughts without qualifying as well, eg. not reaching the tournament for 12 years after EuroBasket 1993 until EuroBasket 2005. As well as not having qualified to the tournament since 2011. They have also attempted to qualify for the World Cup on numerous occasions since 1959, although they have yet to succeed in their bid.

Competitive record[]

EuroBasket[]

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935	8th	4	1	3
1937	Did not enter
1939
1946
1947	8th	6	1	5
1949	Did not enter
1951	4th	8	5	3
1953	9th	9	8	1
1955	4th	10	6	4
1957		10	9	1
1959	5th	8	5	3
1961		8	6	2
1963	5th	9	7	2
1965	5th	9	6	3
1967	4th	9	4	5
1969	7th	7	4	3	4	3	1
1971	6th	7	4	3	4	4	0
1973	6th	7	3	4	Direct qualification
1975	5th	7	3	4
1977	6th	7	4	3
1979	11th	7	1	6
1981	Did not qualify				5	1	4
1983	Did not qualify				9	5	4
1985	8th	8	3	5	14	10	4
1987	Did not qualify				9	5	4
1989	7th	5	1	4	9	7	2
1991	8th	5	0	5	6	4	2
1993	16th	3	0	3	6	4	2
1995	Did not qualify				10	4	6
1997					10	5	5
1999					10	3	7
2001					10	4	6
2003					16	9	7
2005	13th	3	0	3	6	4	2
2007	Did not qualify				10	4	6
2009	13th	3	0	3	8	4	4
2011	13th	5	2	3	8	4	4
2013	Did not qualify				8	4	4
2015					14	7	7
2017					6	2	4
2022	Qualified				6	2	4
Total	25/41	164	83	81	188	99	89

FIBA World Cup[]

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950	Did not enter				Did not enter
1954	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1959	7th	9	5	4
1963	Did not qualify
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986					6	2	4
1990					EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019					16	8	8
2023	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/18	9	5	4	22	10	12

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936	Did not enter
1948	Did not enter
1952	7th	10	5	5
1956	5th	8	5	3
1960	16th	6	1	5
1964	Did not qualify				8	5	3
1968	10th	9	4	5	8	7	1
1972	Did not qualify				10	6	4
1976					6	3	3
1980					3	0	3
1984
1988
1992					5	2	3
1996 to 2016
2020
2024	To be determined
Total	4/20	33	15	18	40	23	17

Results and fixtures[]

Win Loss

2020[]

21 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Greece	73–63 0	Bulgaria	showPatras, Greece 0
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–17, 14–12, 19–17
	Pts: Bochoridis 19 Rebs: Agravanis 6 Asts: three players 5	Boxscore	Pts: 15 Rebs: 8 Asts: Bost 8	Arena: Dimitris Tofalos Arena Referees: Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB), Petr Hrůša (CZE)

24 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Bulgaria	110–104 00(2OT)	Latvia	showBotevgrad, Bulgaria 0
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 14–16, 22–26, 27–22, Overtime: 11–11, 14–8
	Pts: Bost 26 Rebs: Marinov 9 Asts: Bost 8	Boxscore	Pts: Meiers 27 Rebs: Laksa, Meiers 7 Asts: Šķēle 6	Arena: Arena Botevgrad Referees: Boris Krejič (SLO), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE)

27 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88–49 0	Bulgaria	showSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina* ^{[note 1]} 0
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 23–10, 22–18, 21–10
	Pts: 12 Rebs: Sulejmanović 11 Asts: Roberson 6	Boxscore	Pts: Bost 13 Rebs: Bost 5 Asts: , Marinov 2	Arena: Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

29 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers 0	Bulgaria	78–84 00(OT)	Greece	showSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina* ^{[note 1]} 0
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 16–14, 11–15, 19–25, Overtime: 7–13
	Pts: Kostov 15 Rebs: 9 Asts: Bost 7	Boxscore	Pts: Athinaiou 21 Rebs: Margaritis 11 Asts: Katsivelis 6	Arena: Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Josip Jurčević (CRO)

2021[]

20 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Latvia	65–66 0	Bulgaria	showRiga, Latvia* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 23–21, 19–15, 6–15
	Pts: Timma 14 Rebs: Mejeris, Šķēle 8 Asts: Bertāns 4	Boxscore	Pts: Bost 18 Rebs: , Kostov 5 Asts: Bost, 4	Arena: Arēna Rīga Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)

22 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Bulgaria	61–80 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	showRiga, Latvia* ^{[note 1]} 0
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 22–24, 16–13, 7–24
	Pts: , Zahariev 11 Rebs: 5 Asts: 9	Boxscore	Pts: 17 Rebs: 14 Asts: Roberson 7	Arena: Arēna Rīga Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches on 20 and 22 February 2021 against Latvia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[3]

Bulgaria men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	1	Dee Bost	31 – (1989-10-12)12 October 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Galatasaray
G	2		27 – (1994-01-21)21 January 1994	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Beroe
G/F	4		28 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Academic Plovdiv
SF	8		27 – (1994-03-10)10 March 1994	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Beroe
G/F	9	Chavdar Kostov	33 – (1988-04-18)18 April 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Levski
F	12	Aleksandar Yanev	31 – (1990-01-20)20 January 1990	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Brno
PF	13		18 – (2003-03-25)25 March 2003	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Palma
C	15		31 – (1989-06-07)7 June 1989	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Beroe
PF	21		30 – (1991-03-06)6 March 1991	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Spartak Pleven
SG	22	Pavlin Ivanov	28 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Rilski Sportist
C	24		25 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Yambol
PF	25		28 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Rilski Sportist
SF	32	Hristo Zahariev	30 – (1990-10-27)27 October 1990	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Levski
PF	34		28 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Balkan

Head coach

Rosen Barchovski

Assistant coach(es)

Dimitar Angelov

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 4 June 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coach position[]

Rosen Barchovski – (2004 – 2007)
Pini Gershon – (2008 – 2010)
Rosen Barchovski – (2010 – 2012)
Konstantin Papazov – (2013)
Georgi Mladenov – (2014)
– (2015 – 2019)
Rosen Barchovski – (2019 – present)

Notable players[]

Atanas Golomeev – Most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of all-time. As he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players.

Past rosters[]

1935 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 10 teams

3 Krum Konstantinov, 4 Pinkas, 5 Etropolski, 6 Rogachev, 7 Tsankov, 8 Kevorkjan, 9 Khaimov (Coach: Krum Konstantinov)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 14 teams

3 Veselin Temkov, 4 Krhisto Khajtov, 5 Ljudmil Katerinski, 6 Aleksandar Damjanov, 7 Sharkov, 8 Kosanov, 9 Peev, 10 Konstantin Georgiev, 11 Nikola Kolev, 12 Rajkov, 13 Bozhidar Takev, 14 Ilija Asenov, 15 Stefan Bankov (Coach: Georgi Petkov)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams

3 Iliya Georgiev, 4 Stefan Bankov, 5 Neycho Neychev, 6 Vladimir Savov, 7 Ilija Asenov, 8 Petar Shishkov, 9 Kiril Semov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12 Gencho Khristov, 13 Ivan Nikolov, 14 Dimitar Popov, 15 Metodi Tomovski, 16 Konstantin Georgiev (Coach: Veselin Temkov)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 23 teams

3 Iliya Georgiev, 4 Kiril Semov, 5 Neycho Neychev, 6 Khristo Donchev, 7 Vasil Manchenko, 8 Petar Shishkov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12 Gencho Khristov, 13 Ivan Nikolov, 14 Veselin Penkov, 15 Konstantin Georgiev, 16 Vladimir Savov (Coach: Veselin Temkov)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

3 Iliya Georgiev, 4 Vladimir Stefanov, 5 Velko Velkov, 6 Khristo Donchev, 7 Vasil Manchenko, 8 Konstantin Georgiev, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Anton Kuzov, 12 Dimitar Popov, 13 Lyubomir Panov, 14 Veselin Penkov, 15 Iliya Mirchev, 16 Vladimir Savov (Coach: Veselin Temkov)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 18 teams

3 Vasil Manchenko, 4 Vladimir Ganchev, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Rajkov, 7 Gencho Khristov, 8 Anton Kuzov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Cvjatko Barchovski, 12 Metodi Tomovski, 13 Viktor Radev, 14 Emanuil Gyaurov (Coach: Bozhidar Takev)

1956 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 15 teams

3 Atanas Atanasov, 4 Vladimir Savov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Vasil Manchenko, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Nikolay Ilov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

3 Mikhail Semov, 4 Vladimir Ganchev, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Petko Lazarov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Konstantin Totev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Metodi Tomovski, 14 Atanas Atanasov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)

1959 FIBA World Cup: finished 7th among 13 teams

3 Mikhail Semov, 4 Gencho Khristov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Petko Lazarov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Emanuil Gyaurov, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Metodi Tomovski, 14 Atanas Atanasov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 17 teams

3 Angel Shipkov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Petko Lazarov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Khristo Donchev, 12 Mikhail Semov, 13 Nikolay Ilov, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Tsvetko Slavov, 16 Gencho Khristov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams

3 Stefan Stoykov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Petko Lazarov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Emanuil Gyaurov, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Nikolay Ilov, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Khristo Tsvetkov (Coach: Nikola Kolev)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 19 teams

4 Mincho Dimov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Stefan Stoykov, 8 Petko Lazarov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Khristo Donchev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Khristo Tsvetkov, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Radko Zlatev (Coach: Veselin Temkov)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Stefan Filipov, 5 Iliya Mirchev, 6 Viktor Radev, 7 Georgi Kanev, 8 Mincho Dimov, 9 Georgi Panov, 10 Dimitar Donev, 11 Tsvetko Slavov, 12 Lyubomir Panov, 13 Nikola Atanasov, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Kliment Kamenarov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Mincho Dimov, 6 Pando Pandov, 7 Georgi Barzakov, 8 Emil Mikhaylov, 9 Valentin Spasov, 10 Kamen Ilchev, 11 Stefan Filipov, 12 Borislav Kolev, 13 Slavey Raychev, 14 Atanas Atanasov, 15 Radko Zlatev, 16 Boto Paspalanov (Coach: Kiril Semov)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Emil Mikhaylov, 5 Slavey Raychev, 6 Pando Pandov, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 8 Georgi Guenev, 9 Boris Krastev, 10 Mincho Dimov, 11 Cvjatko Barchovski, 12 Ivan Vodenicharski, 13 Boycho Branzov, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Emil Mikhaylov, 5 Stanislav Boyadzhiev, 6 Pando Pandov, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 8 Valentin Spasov, 9 Stefan Filipov, 10 Mincho Dimov, 11 Ivaylo Kirov, 12 Dimitar Sakhanikov, 13 Boycho Branzov, 14 Slavey Raychev, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Rumen Pejchev, 6 Atanas Golomeev, 7 Dimitar Galabov, 8 Ivan Rusinov, 9 Georgi Barzakov, 10 Mincho Dimov, 11 Bogomil Chanev, 12 Stancho Kostov, 13 Boycho Branzov, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Rumen Pejchev, 5 Stefan Filipov, 6 Pando Pandov, 7 Khristo Doychinov, 9 llija Yankov, 10 Boto Paspalanov, 11 Atanas Golomeev, 12 Docho Petrov, 13 Ivaylo Kirov, 14 Slavey Raychev, 15 Georgi Khristov, 16 Bogomil Chanev (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Georgi Stojanov, 6 Pando Pandov, 7 Rumen Pejchev, 8 Ivaylo Kirov, 9 Khristo Borisov, 10 Marin Romanski, 11 Atanas Golomeev, 12 Boris Krastev, 13 Boycho Branzov, 14 Bogomil Chanev, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Khristo Doychinov, 5 Valentin Petkov, 6 Atanas Stojanov, 7 Docho Petrov, 8 Mikhail Mikhajlov, 9 Valentin Sharkov, 10 Marin Romanski, 11 Atanas Golomeev, 12 Mikhail Dukov, 13 Boycho Branzov, 14 Temelaki Dimitrov, 15 Georgi Khristov (Coach: Ivan Kolev)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Milko Arabadzhijski, 5 Linben Yosifov, 6 Petko Marinov, 7 Stojan Shantov, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Mikail Smochevski, 10 Valentin Sharkov, 11 Atanas Golomeev, 12 Plamen Takev, 13 Atanas Kolev, 14 Todor Bogdanov, 15 Rumen Pejchev (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Georgi Glouchkov, 5 Atanas Kolev, 6 Dimitar Donov, 7 Mikhail Manolov, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Hristo Borissov, 10 Valentin Sharkov, 11 Rumen Pejchev, 12 Ognjan Rusev, 13 Milko Arabadzhijski, 14 Todor Bogdanov, 15 Dimitar Marchin (Coach: Ivan Todorov)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Kojo Koev, 5 Atanas Kolev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7 Rosen Barchovski, 8 Ilija Evtimov, 9 Saško Vezenkov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11 Georgi Mladenov, 12 Cvetan Antov, 13 Emil Jonov, 14 Georgi Glouchkov, 15 Ljubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Cvjatko Barchovski)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams

4 Kojo Koev, 5 Eduard Vălčev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7 Robert Gergov, 8 Georgi Glouchkov, 9 Ventsislav Slavov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11 Saško Vezenkov, 12 Georgi Mladenov, 13 Emil Jonov, 14 Cvetan Antov, 15 Ljubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Kiril Semov)

1991 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams

4 Ivajlo Ravucov, 5 Cvetan Nedelčev, 6 Jordan Kolev, 7 Robert Gergov, 8 Spas Natov, 9 Plamen Petrov, 10 Ivan Cenov, 11 Saško Vezenkov, 12 Georgi Mladenov, 13 Daniel Dimitrov, 14 Georgi Glouchkov, 15 Lubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Saško Vezenkov)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Stanislav Stankov, 5 Anton Kharalanov, 6 Dimo Kostov, 7 Ivajlo Ravutsov, 8 Spas Natov, 9 Ventsislav Slavov, 10 Daniel Dimitrov, 11 Vladimir Dimitrov, 12 Georgi Mladenov, 13 Vasil Stojanov, 14 Robert Gergov, 15 Lubomir Amiorkov (Coach: Saško Vezenkov)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Dejan Ivanov, 5 Kaloyan Ivanov, 6 Tenčo Banev, 7 Yulian Radionov, 8 Filip Videnov, 9 Yordan Bozov, 10 Georgi Davidov, 11 Dimitar Angelov, 12 Stefan Georgiev, 13 Boyko Mladenov, 14 Hrisimir Dimitrov, 15 Todor Stoykov (Coach: Rosen Barchovski)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Deyan Ivanov, 5 Kaloyan Ivanov, 6 Chavdar Kostov, 7 Earl Rowland, 8 Filip Videnov, 9 Stanislav Slaveykov, 10 Stefan Georgiev, 11 Dimitar Angelov, 12 Vassil Evtimov, 13 Boyko Mladenov, 14 Bozhidar Avramov, 15 Todor Stoykov (Coach: Pini Gershon)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

4 Dejan Ivanov, 5 Kaloyan Ivanov, 6 Earl Rowland, 7 Chavdar Kostov, 8 Filip Videnov, 9 Pavel Marinov, 10 Bozhidar Avramov, 11 Zlatin Georgiev, 12 Aleksandar Yanev, 13 Asen Velikov, 14 Tencho Banev, 15 Nikolay Varbanov (Coach: Rosen Barchovski)

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[2]

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Bulgaria during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Bulgarian)
Bulgaria at FIBA site
Bulgarian National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com
Bulgaria Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

[November_2020_and_February_2021_behind_closed_doors-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[2]

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[2] "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[4] "Bulgaria during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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