2023 World Men's Volleyball League, Nagoya, Japan, Bulgaria played Slovenia, in the end, Bulgaria swept Slovenia 3-0 in straight sets, broke out a big upset, and won the first victory, Slovenia team defeated, first defeat! At the same time, as a relegation opponent, Bulgaria won the game, obviously not very favorable to the Chinese team.
Slovenia is ranked 9th in the world and Bulgaria is ranked 26th in the world, which is still a big gap! Bulgaria lost 2-3 to China in the first five hard games, suffered a black start, you know, both teams are challenge teams, basically the weakest of all participating teams, so losing to China, for Bulgaria's relegation situation is not very good, of course, for the Chinese team, is good news.
Slovenia, a top 10 team in the world and a semi-final four team at last year's World Championships, played quite well against European champions Serbia in their first match, beating their opponents 3-1 and making a small upset. It should be said that Slovenia's strength is still clearly above the Bulgarian team.
Slovenia made a lot of mistakes in the first game, especially in the key point, and Bulgaria withstood the pressure to win a thrilling 26-24 to lead 1-0. In the second game, Bulgaria played with momentum, Slovenia still made frequent mistakes, and Bulgaria went 25-23 to lead 2-0. In the third game, Bulgaria won 25-17 and beat Slovenia 3-0.
Nikolov 17 points, Atanasov 13 points, Grozdanov 9 points, Urnot 13 points.
Subsequently, the Chinese men's volleyball team will challenge the European champion Serbia, looking forward to bringing good news.