Bulgaria national basketball team
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The Bulgarian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Bulgaria
in international competitions.
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Head coach
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Legend:
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!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Inactive
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! style="background:#C0C0C0" | C
| Nikolay Varbanov
|| Tencho Banev || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PF
| Deyan Ivanov || Kaloyan Ivanov
|| Aleksandar Yanev || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SF
| Filip Videnov
|| Pavel Marinov || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SG
| Chavdar Kostov || Zlatin Georgiev|| || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PG
| E.J. Rowland
|| Bozhidar Avramov || Asen Velikov|| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
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Krum Konstantinov, Pinkas, Etropolski, Rogachev, Tsankov, Kevorkjan, Khaimov (Coach: Krum Konstantinov)
1947 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 14 teams
Bozhidar Takev, Veselin Temkov, Ilija Asenov, Georgi Georgiev, Ljudmil Katerinski, Nikola Kolev, Krhisto Khajtov, Stefan Bankov, Peev, Sharkov, Rajkov (Coach: Georgi Petkov)
1951 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams
Kiril Semov, Konstantin Totev, Georgi Georgiev, Stefan Bankov, Nejcho Nejchev, Vladimir Slavov, Ilija Asenov, Petar Shishkov, Anton Kuzov, Gencho Rashkov, Ivan Vladimirov, Dimitar Popov, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 23 teams
Georgi Panov, Konstantin Totev, Kiril Semov, Petar Shishkov, Khristo Donev, Ilija Georgiev, Vladimir Slavov, Anton Kuzov, Nejcho Nejchev, Vasil Manchenko, Ivan Nikolov, Veselin Penkov, Konstantin Georgiev, Genczo Hristov
1953 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams
Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Georgi Georgiev, Dimitar Popov, Vladimir Stefanov, Velko Velkov, Khristo Donev, Ilija Georgiev, Vasil Manchenko, Anton Kuzov, Veselin Ivanov, Vladimir Slavov (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 18 teams
Viktor Radev, Cvjatko Barchovski, Georgi Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Gencho Rashkov, Metodi Tomovski, Vasil Manchenko, Vladimir Ganchev, Emanuil Gjaurov, Anton Kuzov, Rajkov (Coach: Bozhidar Takev)
1956 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 15 teams
Atanas Atanasov, Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Konstantin Totev, Vladimir Slavov, Vasil Manchenko, Tsvetko Savov, Nikola Ilov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1957 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Mikhail Semov, Petko Lazarov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Vladimir Ganchev, Georgi Kanev, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Atanas Pejchinski, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1959 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 17 teams
Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ilija Mirchev, Petko Lazarov, Georgi Kanev, Mikhail Semov, Nikola Ilov, Khristo Donev, Tsvetko Savov, Angel Shipkov, Gencho Rashkov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1959 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Mikhail Semov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Petko Lazarov, Tsvetko Savov, Gencho Rashkov, Emanuil Gjaurov, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1960 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams
Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Petko Lazarov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Nikola Ilov, Stefan Stojkov, Emanuil Gjaurov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Tsvetkov (Coach: Nikola Kolev)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 19 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Viktor Radev, Petko Lazarov, Ilija Mirchev, Radko Zlatev, Stefan Stojkov, Khristo Tsvetkov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Donev (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1963 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Tsvetko Savov, Nikola Atanasov, Kliment Kamenarov, Dimitar Donev, Stefan Filipov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Slavejko Rajchev, Valentin Spasov, Stefan Filipov, Emil Mikhajlov, Radko Zlatev, Georgi Barzakov, Paspalanov, Kolev, Ilchev (Coach: Kiril Semov)
1967 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Ivan Vodenicharski, Georgi Khristov, Emil Mikhajlov, Khristo Dojchinov, Georgi Genev, Boris Krastev, Pando Pandov, Bojcho Branzov, Temelaki Dimitrov, Slavejko Rajchev (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1968 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Stefan Filipov, Emil Mikhajlov, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Valentin Spasov, Ivajlo Kirov, Dimitar Sakhanikov, Stanislav Bojadzhiev, Slavejko Rajchev (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Mincho Dimov, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Khristo Dojchinov, Rumen Pejchev, Dimitar Galabov, Ivan Rusinov, Bogomil Chanev, Georgi Barzakov, Stancho Kostov, Temelaki Dimitrov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)
1971 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Stefan Filipov, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Bogomil Chanev, llija Yankov, Docho Petrov, Ivajlo Kirov, Rumen Pejchev, Slavejko Rajchev, Paspalanov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)
1973 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Bogomil Chanev, Pando Pandov, Rumen Pejchev, Khristo Borisov, Georgi Stojanov, Ivajlo Kirov, Marin Romanski, Khristo Dojchinov, Boris Krastev (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)
1975 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Valentin Petkov, Bojcho Branzov, Temelaki Dimitrov, Marin Romanski, Mikhail Dukov, Khristo Dojchinov, Atanas Stojanov, Docho Petrov, Mikhail Mikhajlov, Valentin Sharkov (Coach: Ivan Kolev)
1977 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Ilija Evtimov, Petko Marinov, Milko Arabadzhijski, Todor Bogdanov, Atanas Kolev, Rumen Pejchev, Plamen Takev, Valentin Sharkov, Smochevski, Shantov, Yosifov (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)
1979 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams
Georgi Glouchkov
, Ilija Evtimov, Rumen Pejchev, Dimitar Marchin, Atanas Kolev, Milko Arabadzhijski, Todor Bogdanov, Valentin Sharkov, Mikhail Manolov, Ognjan Rusev, Dimitar Donov (Coach: Ivan Todorov)
1985 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Ilija Evtimov, Atanas Kolev, Yordan Kolev, Rosen Barchovski, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Tsvetan Antov, Emil Yonov, Kojo Koev, Sashko Vezenkov, Ivan Tsenov (Coach: Cvjatko Barchovski)
1989 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Robert Gergov, Ivan Tsenov, Sashko Vezenkov, Eduard Valchev, Yordan Kolev, Kojo Koev, Tsvetan Antov, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Ventsislav Slavov, Emil Yonov (Coach: Kiril Semov)
1991 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Spas Natov, Robert Gergov, Yordan Kolev, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Ivan Tsenov, Daniel Dimitrov, Sashko Vezenkov, Ivajlo Ravutsov, Tsvetan Nedelchev, Plamen Petrov (Coach: Simeon Varchev)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
Georgi Mladenov, Spas Natov, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Robert Gergov, Daniel Dimitrov, Vasil Stojanov, Dimo Kostov, Ivajlo Ravutsov, Vladimir Dimitrov, Anton Kharalanov, Stanislav Stankov, Ventsislav Slavov (Coach: Simeon Varchev)
2005 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
Todor Stoykov
, Filip Videnov
, Dimitar Angelov, Yordan Bozov, Georgi Davidov, Stefan Georgiev, Bojko Mladenov, Kalojan Ivanov, Tencho Banev, Dejan Ivanov, Yulijan Radionov, Khrisimir Dimitrov (Coach: Rosen Barchovski)
2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
held by the International Basketball Federation
's FIBA Europe
continental federation. They lost to Italy
in the preliminary round then defeated Hungary
. Following this, the Bulgarians lost their classification matches to Belgium
and Italy. They finished with a 1–3 record.
they finished eighth again, this time out of 14 teams. In the preliminary round, the Bulgarians split their two games, advancing to the upper bracket semifinal groups. There, they lost all three of their games, putting them in a 7th/8th classification match with Hungary. This time, the Hungarians were victorious, defeating Bulgaria 59–29.
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 Bulgarians became enmeshed in a three-way tie for first place in the four-team group after losing to France
but winning the other two games; they ended up with the second ranking. This pitted them against the Soviet Union
in a semifinal matchup, which the Bulgarians lost. Their final game was the bronze medal
match against France; France again proved victorious and Bulgaria took 4th place.
. They found themselves on the unfortunate end of a three-way tiebreaker after finishing 3–1 in the preliminary group, and their 3rd rank in the group sent them to the classification round, a disappointing turn of events for a team which had expected to do at least as well as they had two years previously. They won their next 5 games to take the highest place available to them after the preliminary round. Thus, the 9th place team in the tournament had an 8–1 record.
was not as devastating as their preliminary round loss two years earlier had been, and their 2–1 record allowed them to advance to the final round along with preliminary leader Czechoslovakia
. After losing to the three eventual medallists in the final round, Bulgaria finished the round with a 4–3 record and 4th place in the tournament.
, in Sofia
. They breezed through their three preliminary round games, 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, however, as the Soviets powered to a 60–57 final that gave Bulgaria a silver medal
, Bulgaria's first European medal.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
in international competitions.
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Head coach
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Legend:
- (C) Team captain
- Club field describes current pro club
- nat field describes country
of last club
before the tournament - Age field is age on 31 August 2011
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Depth chart
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!width="165"|Starter
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!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Inactive
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! style="background:#C0C0C0" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Nikolay Varbanov
Nikolay Varbanov
Nikolay Varbanov is a Bulgarian professional basketball player. He currently plays with BC Kalev of the KML. He plays the center position. He is 2.09 m in height...
|| Tencho Banev || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Deyan Ivanov || Kaloyan Ivanov
Kaloyan Ivanov
Kaloyan Toshkov Ivanov is a Bulgarian professional basketball player, playing the small forward or the power forward position....
|| Aleksandar Yanev || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
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! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Filip Videnov
Filip Videnov
Filip Videnov is a Bulgarian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Olin Edirne Basket. He is also a long time member of the Bulgarian national team.-External links:* at acb.com* at legabasket.it* at euroleague.net...
|| Pavel Marinov || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
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! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Chavdar Kostov || Zlatin Georgiev|| || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| E.J. Rowland
E.J. Rowland
Earl Jerrod "E.J." Rowland is an American basketball player for Unicaja Málaga.-College career:Rowland began his college career with CSU Dominguez Hills. As a freshman with the Toros, he averaged 9.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists while starting 24 of 27 games...
|| Bozhidar Avramov || Asen Velikov|| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
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Past rosters
1935 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 10 teamsKrum Konstantinov, Pinkas, Etropolski, Rogachev, Tsankov, Kevorkjan, Khaimov (Coach: Krum Konstantinov)
1947 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 14 teams
Bozhidar Takev, Veselin Temkov, Ilija Asenov, Georgi Georgiev, Ljudmil Katerinski, Nikola Kolev, Krhisto Khajtov, Stefan Bankov, Peev, Sharkov, Rajkov (Coach: Georgi Petkov)
1951 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams
Kiril Semov, Konstantin Totev, Georgi Georgiev, Stefan Bankov, Nejcho Nejchev, Vladimir Slavov, Ilija Asenov, Petar Shishkov, Anton Kuzov, Gencho Rashkov, Ivan Vladimirov, Dimitar Popov, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 23 teams
Georgi Panov, Konstantin Totev, Kiril Semov, Petar Shishkov, Khristo Donev, Ilija Georgiev, Vladimir Slavov, Anton Kuzov, Nejcho Nejchev, Vasil Manchenko, Ivan Nikolov, Veselin Penkov, Konstantin Georgiev, Genczo Hristov
1953 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams
Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Georgi Georgiev, Dimitar Popov, Vladimir Stefanov, Velko Velkov, Khristo Donev, Ilija Georgiev, Vasil Manchenko, Anton Kuzov, Veselin Ivanov, Vladimir Slavov (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 18 teams
Viktor Radev, Cvjatko Barchovski, Georgi Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Gencho Rashkov, Metodi Tomovski, Vasil Manchenko, Vladimir Ganchev, Emanuil Gjaurov, Anton Kuzov, Rajkov (Coach: Bozhidar Takev)
1956 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 15 teams
Atanas Atanasov, Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Konstantin Totev, Vladimir Slavov, Vasil Manchenko, Tsvetko Savov, Nikola Ilov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1957 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Ljubomir Panov, Mikhail Semov, Petko Lazarov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Vladimir Ganchev, Georgi Kanev, Ilija Mirchev, Konstantin Totev, Atanas Pejchinski, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1959 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 17 teams
Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ilija Mirchev, Petko Lazarov, Georgi Kanev, Mikhail Semov, Nikola Ilov, Khristo Donev, Tsvetko Savov, Angel Shipkov, Gencho Rashkov (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1959 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams
Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Mikhail Semov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Petko Lazarov, Tsvetko Savov, Gencho Rashkov, Emanuil Gjaurov, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)
1960 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams
Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Petko Lazarov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Nikola Ilov, Stefan Stojkov, Emanuil Gjaurov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Tsvetkov (Coach: Nikola Kolev)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 19 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Viktor Radev, Petko Lazarov, Ilija Mirchev, Radko Zlatev, Stefan Stojkov, Khristo Tsvetkov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Donev (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
1963 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Georgi Kanev, Tsvetko Savov, Nikola Atanasov, Kliment Kamenarov, Dimitar Donev, Stefan Filipov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Atanas Atanasov, Ljubomir Panov, Slavejko Rajchev, Valentin Spasov, Stefan Filipov, Emil Mikhajlov, Radko Zlatev, Georgi Barzakov, Paspalanov, Kolev, Ilchev (Coach: Kiril Semov)
1967 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Ivan Vodenicharski, Georgi Khristov, Emil Mikhajlov, Khristo Dojchinov, Georgi Genev, Boris Krastev, Pando Pandov, Bojcho Branzov, Temelaki Dimitrov, Slavejko Rajchev (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1968 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 16 teams
Mincho Dimov, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Stefan Filipov, Emil Mikhajlov, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Valentin Spasov, Ivajlo Kirov, Dimitar Sakhanikov, Stanislav Bojadzhiev, Slavejko Rajchev (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Mincho Dimov, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Khristo Dojchinov, Rumen Pejchev, Dimitar Galabov, Ivan Rusinov, Bogomil Chanev, Georgi Barzakov, Stancho Kostov, Temelaki Dimitrov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)
1971 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Stefan Filipov, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Bogomil Chanev, llija Yankov, Docho Petrov, Ivajlo Kirov, Rumen Pejchev, Slavejko Rajchev, Paspalanov (Coach: Dimitar Mitev)
1973 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Bojcho Branzov, Bogomil Chanev, Pando Pandov, Rumen Pejchev, Khristo Borisov, Georgi Stojanov, Ivajlo Kirov, Marin Romanski, Khristo Dojchinov, Boris Krastev (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)
1975 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Georgi Khristov, Valentin Petkov, Bojcho Branzov, Temelaki Dimitrov, Marin Romanski, Mikhail Dukov, Khristo Dojchinov, Atanas Stojanov, Docho Petrov, Mikhail Mikhajlov, Valentin Sharkov (Coach: Ivan Kolev)
1977 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Atanas Golomeev, Ilija Evtimov, Petko Marinov, Milko Arabadzhijski, Todor Bogdanov, Atanas Kolev, Rumen Pejchev, Plamen Takev, Valentin Sharkov, Smochevski, Shantov, Yosifov (Coach: Nejcho Nejchev)
1979 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams
Georgi Glouchkov
Georgi Glouchkov
Georgi Nikolov Glouchkov is a Bulgarian former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in forward, he was the first player from an Eastern bloc country to compete in the American National Basketball Association .-Professional career:Glouchkov began playing with Bulgaria's national team as...
, Ilija Evtimov, Rumen Pejchev, Dimitar Marchin, Atanas Kolev, Milko Arabadzhijski, Todor Bogdanov, Valentin Sharkov, Mikhail Manolov, Ognjan Rusev, Dimitar Donov (Coach: Ivan Todorov)
1985 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Ilija Evtimov, Atanas Kolev, Yordan Kolev, Rosen Barchovski, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Tsvetan Antov, Emil Yonov, Kojo Koev, Sashko Vezenkov, Ivan Tsenov (Coach: Cvjatko Barchovski)
1989 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Robert Gergov, Ivan Tsenov, Sashko Vezenkov, Eduard Valchev, Yordan Kolev, Kojo Koev, Tsvetan Antov, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Ventsislav Slavov, Emil Yonov (Coach: Kiril Semov)
1991 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams
Georgi Glouchkov, Georgi Mladenov, Spas Natov, Robert Gergov, Yordan Kolev, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Ivan Tsenov, Daniel Dimitrov, Sashko Vezenkov, Ivajlo Ravutsov, Tsvetan Nedelchev, Plamen Petrov (Coach: Simeon Varchev)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
Georgi Mladenov, Spas Natov, Ljubomir Amiorkov, Robert Gergov, Daniel Dimitrov, Vasil Stojanov, Dimo Kostov, Ivajlo Ravutsov, Vladimir Dimitrov, Anton Kharalanov, Stanislav Stankov, Ventsislav Slavov (Coach: Simeon Varchev)
2005 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
Todor Stoykov
Todor Stoykov
Todor Stoykov is a Bulgarian professional basketball player. He plays as a shooting guard or small forward and his height is 198 cm.-Pro career:...
, Filip Videnov
Filip Videnov
Filip Videnov is a Bulgarian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Olin Edirne Basket. He is also a long time member of the Bulgarian national team.-External links:* at acb.com* at legabasket.it* at euroleague.net...
, Dimitar Angelov, Yordan Bozov, Georgi Davidov, Stefan Georgiev, Bojko Mladenov, Kalojan Ivanov, Tencho Banev, Dejan Ivanov, Yulijan Radionov, Khrisimir Dimitrov (Coach: Rosen Barchovski)
2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
Eurobasket 1935
The Bulgarian side came in eighth place at the first European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1935Eurobasket 1935
The 1935 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1935, was the first Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International...
held by the International Basketball Federation
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...
's FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...
continental federation. They lost to Italy
Italy national basketball team
The Italian national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Italy. It is administrated by the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ....
in the preliminary round then defeated Hungary
Hungary national basketball team
The Hungarian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hungary in international competitions.-Medals:*Eurobasket 1946 - Bronze medal*Eurobasket 1953 - Silver medal*Eurobasket 1955 - Champions-Eurobasket 1935:...
. Following this, the Bulgarians lost their classification matches to Belgium
Belgium national basketball team
The Belgian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Belgium in international competitions. The country side has qualified 13 times for EuroBasket, having their best result as the 4th place in EuroBasket 1947, but haven't qualified since 1993 to the major European...
and Italy. They finished with a 1–3 record.
Eurobasket 1947
Twelve years later, the Bulgarian team again competed. In Eurobasket 1947Eurobasket 1947
The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fifth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took part in the competition...
they finished eighth again, this time out of 14 teams. In the preliminary round, the Bulgarians split their two games, advancing to the upper bracket semifinal groups. There, they lost all three of their games, putting them in a 7th/8th classification match with Hungary. This time, the Hungarians were victorious, defeating Bulgaria 59–29.
Eurobasket 1951
The Bulgarian team's third appearance was at Eurobasket 1951Eurobasket 1951
The 1951 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1951, was the seventh regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had...
in Paris. They won their two contested preliminary games, outscoring opponents 145–70, and gained a third win by Romania's
Romania national basketball team
The Romanian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Romania in international competitions. Romania has 17 appearances for the EuroBasket competition and reached two time the 5th place, but never managed to qualify for the Basketball World Championship...
forfeit. In the semifinal round, the Bulgarians became enmeshed in a three-way tie for first place in the four-team group after losing to France
France national basketball team
The French national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball . The team has been competitive, but has yet to win a major international tournament...
but winning the other two games; they ended up with the second ranking. This pitted them against the Soviet Union
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
in a semifinal matchup, which the Bulgarians lost. Their final game was the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
match against France; France again proved victorious and Bulgaria took 4th place.
Eurobasket 1953
Bulgaria's next appearance was in Moscow for Eurobasket 1953Eurobasket 1953
The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union,...
. They found themselves on the unfortunate end of a three-way tiebreaker after finishing 3–1 in the preliminary group, and their 3rd rank in the group sent them to the classification round, a disappointing turn of events for a team which had expected to do at least as well as they had two years previously. They won their next 5 games to take the highest place available to them after the preliminary round. Thus, the 9th place team in the tournament had an 8–1 record.
Eurobasket 1955
Bulgaria's preliminary round loss at Eurobasket 1955Eurobasket 1955
The 1955 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1955, was the ninth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Hungary, silver medal...
was not as devastating as their preliminary round loss two years earlier had been, and their 2–1 record allowed them to advance to the final round along with preliminary leader Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national basketball team
The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :...
. After losing to the three eventual medallists in the final round, Bulgaria finished the round with a 4–3 record and 4th place in the tournament.
Eurobasket 1957
Bulgaria hosted the next tournament, Eurobasket 1957Eurobasket 1957
The 1957 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1957, was the tenth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Bulgaria...
, in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. They breezed through their three preliminary round games, 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
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
squad, Bulgaria led by 4 points at halftime, 23–19. Their lead did not last through the second half, however, as the Soviets powered to a 60–57 final that gave Bulgaria a silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
, Bulgaria's first European medal.
Olympic Games
- 1952Basketball at the 1952 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion , the top two at the 1951 European championships , and the host country...
: 7th - 1956Basketball at the 1956 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.The teams were divided...
: 5th - 1960Basketball at the 1960 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Sports Palace at Bologna...
: 16th - 1964Basketball at the 1964 Summer OlympicsBasketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto...
: 10th
FIBA World Championship
- 1959 FIBA World Championship1959 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1959 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Chile from January 16 to 31 , 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP....
: 7th