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.
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bulgaria, national, rugby, union, team, governed, bulgarian, rugby, federation, qualify, rugby, world, bulgariaunionbulgarian, rugby, federationhead, coachromain, balmisse, captainpetar, nikolovfirst, coloursworld, rugby, rankingcurrent66, april, 2022, first, . The Bulgaria national rugby union team is governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation and has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup BulgariaUnionBulgarian Rugby FederationHead coachRomain Balmisse FRA CaptainPetar NikolovFirst coloursWorld Rugby rankingCurrent66 as of 4 April 2022 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 national side is ranked 66th in the world as of 4 April 2022 1 Contents 1 History 2 World Cup record 3 Overall 4 2019 squad 5 See also 6 External links 7 ReferencesHistory EditMain 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 EditWorld Cup recordYear Round P W D L F A 1987 Not invited 1991 Did not enter 1995 1999 Did not qualify 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019Total 0 9 Overall Edit59 2 January 2023 2 2019 squad EditSquad to 2019 European Nations Cup Division 2D 3 Georgi Gidionov Dimo Dimov Dimitar Georgiev Vladi Mihov Alex Tenev Tsvetomir Stoyanov Iliya Krastev Nikolay Hinov Denis Ivanov Borislav Borisov Kostadin Petkov Vasil Borisov Petar Nikolov c Tsvetostin Tsvetkov Ivailo Petrov Ivailo Ivanov Kristian Kotsev Kristian Pavlov Ricardo Attye Tsvetan Rashev Hristo Georgiev Smilko Debrenliev Deyan Parvanov Dimitar Kotsev Victor IlievSee also EditRugby union in BulgariaExternal links EditRugbyBulgaria com Sajtt za Rgbi v Blgariya Bulgaria national rugby union team Fixtures and Results Bulgaria on World Rugby Bulgaria Archived 2016 08 17 at the Wayback Machine on RugbyData com Murphy s Misfits Social Rugby in Bulgaria Barbarians Sofia Barbarians Sofia Rugby ClubReferences Edit Men s Rankings World Rugby The World Rugby Men s Ranking World Rugby 2 January 2023 Retrieved 2 January 2023 Official RWC 2015 Site Archived from the original on 2014 02 21 Retrieved 2014 04 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bulgaria national rugby union team amp oldid 1106297530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
