Bulgaria defeated the Republic of Korea and recorded a second victory in the Volleyball League of Nations

The volleyball players from the women’s national team of Bulgaria took an important step towards keeping their place in the League of Nations after prevailing over the Republic of Korea with 3-1 (25:22, 25:18, 24:26, 25:15) in a match from Group 3, which was played in Suwon-si.

Thus, Bulgaria recorded a second victory in the Volleyball League of Nations, climbing to the 14th position in the provisional ranking with an asset of 8 points (2 wins, 7 losses).

The Korean women remain 16th without success so far.

The victory of Canada against Croatia by 3-0 helped Bulgaria get out of the last place among the “challenge” teams. Bulgaria is 14th in the standings with 8 points, ahead of the Croatia team, which also has 2 wins, but a total of 6 points. With 8 points are the teams of the Netherlands and Thailand, and the Dominican Republic has 7 points, but from three victories.

Tomorrow (June 28) Bulgaria rests, and on Thursday (June 29) Lorenzo Micelli-led team meet the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions from the USA.

Radostina Marinova became the top scorer for Bulgaria with 19 points (1 ace). Maria Yordanova added 18 points (3 aces) and Mira Todorova scored 16 points (1 ace, 7 blocks).

Da-Eun Kim had 19 points (1 block) for the opponent.