Bulgaria's Spot in FIVB World League Finals Confirmed

Bulgaria ends the Intercontinental Round in second place of Pool A with 17 points, ahead of France, Poland and the USA, with 12 points. Photo by fibv.org

Bulgaria’s dreams to compete in the FIVB World League Finals came true after it scored a second victory against Poland, while its main rival for the spot USA lost to Brazil.

Bulgaria proved they merited their place in the finals by beating Poland for the second time in a row, 3-2 (20-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 19-17) on Saturday, even though they didn’t need the win to advance.

On Friday the team put on a fantastic display to defeat Poland, getting one step closer to the 2013 FIVB World League Finals.

The Bulgarians wasted no time defeating last year’s World League gold medalists, winning a quick three sets 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-21).

Bulgaria ends the Intercontinental Round in second place of Pool A with 17 points, ahead of France, Poland and the USA, with 12 points.

Brazil secured the top place in Pool A with a 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 28-26) victory over the United States in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. With the victory, Brazil has 22 points and leads Pool A.

The Finals of the 24th edition of the world’s premier annual men’s volleyball tournament will be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from July 17 to 21, 2013.

The top two teams from pools A (Brazil and Bulgaria) and B (Italy and Russia), the winners of pool C (Canada) and the host nation (Argentina) will compete in the finals.

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