Bulgaria Beats Australia in Volleyball World League

Bulgaria`s Georgi Bratoev (l) Nikolay Nikolov (c) and Todor Skrimov (r) celebrate winning the first set during the men`s volleyball Group B Olympic qualifier between Bulgaria and Finland in Berlin, Germany, January 06, 2016. File photo, BGNES

The Bulgarian men's volleyball team on Sunday defeated Australia in a FIVB World League match in Dallas (US).

Bulgaria thus managed to retain its spot in the top group after having suffered eight losses in a row.

It won over Australia by 3:2 (25:20, 21:25, 25:18, 23:25, 16:14).

The team finished 11th in the World League's top group with one victory, eight losses and two points and will also play there next year.

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