Bulgaria's Volleyball Team Lose Olympic Semi-Final to Russia

Bulgaria's men's volleyball team lost the semi-final to Russia. Photo by Gong

Bulgaria's national volleyball team failed to overcome Russia in the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics volleyball tournament.

The Bulgarians lost to Russia 1:3, 21:25, 15:25, 25:23, 23:25 in the individual games, and did try to reverse the match after winning the third game, having fallen behind by two games.

Bulgaria's national volleyball team have nonetheless scored their best Olympic achievement since the 1980 Moscow Olympics when they won the silver medals.

Bulgaria will have a chance to grab the bronze medals at London 2012 in a third-place match where they will face the loser of the Brazil-Italy semi-final.

The third-place match of the London Olympics volleyball tournament is scheduled for 11:30 EET on Sunday.

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