Bulgaria national rugby union team

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Bulgaria
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionBulgarian Rugby Federation
Head coachRomain Balmisse (FRA)
CaptainPetar Nikolov
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current73 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Bulgaria 3 - 70 Romania 
(1963-5-20)
Biggest win
 Bulgaria 71 - 7 Serbia 
(2019-10-12)
Biggest defeat
 Bulgaria 0 - 100 Romania 
(1976-9-21)

The Bulgaria national rugby union team is governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation, and has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.

The national side is ranked 73rd in the world (as of 8 of March 2020).[1]

History[]

Main article: rugby union in Bulgaria

Bulgaria played their first rugby international in 1963, where they met Romania. They were defeated by the Romanians, 70-3. There was no qualifying tournament held for the first Rugby World Cup, and Bulgaria did not attempt to qualify for the tournament until the Welsh hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup. They competed in Pool 2 of Round A, but did not advance to the next stage.

Bulgaria again tried to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and competed in Pool B of Round 1. Although Bulgaria won one pool match, they did not advance to Round 2. For the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Bulgaria were able to advance past Round 1, and entered Pool D of Round 2. However, they were then knocked out of the qualifying tournament.

World Cup record[]

World Cup record
Year Round P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 Not invited
United KingdomRepublic of IrelandFrance 1991 Did not enter
South Africa 1995
Wales 1999 Did not qualify
Australia 2003
France 2007
New Zealand 2011
England 2015
Japan 2019
Total 0/9 - - - - - -

Overall[]

Men's World Rugby Rankings
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Top 30 as of 21 March 2022[2]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 090.61
2 Increase1  France 088.88
3 Decrease1  New Zealand 088.75
4 Steady  Ireland 088.22
5 Steady  England 084.50
6 Steady  Australia 083.92
7 Steady  Scotland 081.80
8 Increase1  Argentina 080.58
9 Decrease1  Wales 079.28
10 Steady  Japan 078.26
11 Steady  Fiji 076.62
12 Increase1  Georgia 073.78
13 Decrease1  Samoa 073.59
14 Steady  Italy 072.33
15 Steady  Spain 068.26
16 Steady  Tonga 067.72
17 Increase1  Romania 066.95
18 Decrease1  United States 066.54
19 Steady  Uruguay 066.40
20 Steady  Portugal 065.72
21 Steady  Canada 061.80
22 Steady  Hong Kong 061.23
23 Steady  Chile 059.88
24 Steady  Namibia 059.72
25 Steady  Russia 058.06
26 Steady  Netherlands 056.31
27 Steady  Belgium 055.74
28 Increase1  Brazil 053.31
29 Increase1  South Korea 053.11
30 Decrease2  Poland 052.91
* Change from the previous week


2019 squad[]

Squad to 2019 European Nations Cup - Division 2D.[3]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby".
  2. ^ "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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