Bulgaria's rugby team represents Bulgaria in top-level international rugby matches-15 . The team is managed by the Bulgarian Federation. In the 2012/14 season, plays in the 2C division of the European Cup of Nations . As of September 9, 2019, the team takes 86th place in the world IRB rating [1] .
| Bulgaria | ||
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| Rugby 15 | ||
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| Federation | Bulgarian Rugby Federation | |
| Main coach |  Romain Balmiss | |
| Captain | Peter Nikolov | |
| IRB Rating | 86 ▬ (September 16, 2019) [1] | |
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| The first game | ||
 Bulgaria 3:70  Romania(May 20, 1963) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
 Bulgaria 50: 3  Finland(October 30, 2004) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
Bulgaria 0: 100  Romania(September 21, 1976) | ||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Results
- 2.1 World Cup
- 2.2 General
- 3 Some players
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
Bulgaria held the first international match in 1963, when it was largely lost to Romania (3:70). The first attempt to qualify for the World Cup was made by the Bulgarians only on the eve of the 1999 Welsh World Cup . Bulgaria played in the second group of round A , but could not go further.
Before the 2003 championship, Bulgaria ended up in Group B of the first qualifying round. Despite the victory won in one of the matches, the Bulgarians dropped out of the fight. In the new qualification, the team finally went further than the first round and ended up in group D as part of the second. As a result, Bulgaria did not reach the final part of the championship.
Results
World Championship
- 1987 : not invited
- 1991 : not involved
- 1995 : did not participate
- 1999 : failed selection
- 2003 : failed selection
- 2007 : failed selection
- 2011 : failed selection
- 2015 : failed selection
- 2019 : failed selection
General
As of June 7, 2013 [2] .
| Rival | Matches | Victory | Defeat | Draw | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | four | 2 | 2 | 0 | fifty % |
| Andorra | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% |
| Armenia | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | one hundred % |
| Hungary | 6 | one | 5 | 0 | 17% |
| Greece | four | 2 | 2 | 0 | fifty % |
| Georgia | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Denmark | one | one | 0 | 0 | one hundred % |
| West Germany | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 5 | one | four | 0 | twenty % |
| Italy | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Republic of Cyprus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Latvia | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | four | 0 | 3 | one | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75% |
| Malta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Monaco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Netherlands | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% |
| Poland | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Serbia | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | twenty % |
| Slovenia | one | one | 0 | 0 | one hundred % |
| Finland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | one hundred % |
| Croatia | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Czechoslovakia | 7 | one | 6 | 0 | fourteen % |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 92 | 32 | 59 | one | 35% |
Some players
- Antonio Ivanov (former captain)
- Georgy Kotsev (June 1, 1987 - June 14, 2018)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Worldwide IRB rating . WorldRegby.org (September 16, 2019). Date of appeal September 16, 2019.
- ↑ RugbyData.com - International Rugby Union Statistics - Statistics for Bulgaria - Head to Head Table (link not available)
Links
- Federation Page on Facebook