Match Centre Overview Pre-match Match Post-Match Match Info Reaction Match Statistics by Teams Reports Match Statistics by Players Rankings Gallery Tweet Share Match Info Volleyball 09/09/2018 A winning start for co-hosts Bulgaria at Men's World Championship Varna, Bulgaria, September 9, 2018 - Bulgaria beat Finland 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-22) in the opening match in Pool D of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Volleyball Championship. More Reaction Volleyball 09/09/2018 Plamen Konstantinov: It was the best possible start! Varna, Bulgaria, September 9, 2018 - Bulgaria defeated Finland in the opening match in Pool D of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Volleyball Championship. More Match Statistics by Teams Bulgaria Finland 47 Attack 33 2 Block 8 8 Serve 3 16 Opp. Errors 17 75 Total 62 22 Dig 13 13 Reception 8 84 Set 59 Best scorers 7 Nikolay Uchikov 13 10 Urpo Sivula 11 10 Valentin Bratoev 13 11 Sauli Sinkkonen 8 Reports Match Results (P2) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Bulgaria Finland N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 7 Nikolay Uchikov 13 12 24 1 3 0 8 10 Valentin Bratoev 13 9 19 1 2 3 15 8 Todor Skrimov 12 12 20 0 4 0 11 12 Viktor Yosifov 9 7 11 0 7 2 12 18 Nikolay Nikolov 8 7 12 0 3 1 13 9 Georgi Seganov 2 0 2 0 2 2 15 2 Miroslav Gradinarov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dobromir Dimitrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Svetoslav Gotsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Rozalin Penchev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Teodor Salparov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 Teodor Todorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Nikolay Penchev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Petar Karakashev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 10 Urpo Sivula 11 8 25 1 4 2 11 11 Sauli Sinkkonen 8 5 6 2 9 1 12 6 Antti Ronkainen 7 7 15 0 0 0 10 9 Tommi Juhani Siirilä 5 3 4 2 5 0 10 7 Niko Suihkonen 4 4 7 0 2 0 4 8 Elviss Krastins 4 3 8 1 1 0 3 2 Eemi Tervaportti 2 1 2 1 1 0 12 22 Sakari Antti Mäkinen 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 16 Samuli Kaislasalo 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Mikko Esko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Lauri Kerminen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 Markus Kaurto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Henrik Porkka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Niklas Aleksi Breilin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero Rankings Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio 1 Poland 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 15 15 3 5.000 445 343 1.297 2 Iran 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 11 12 7 1.714 437 400 1.092 3 Bulgaria 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 6 1.833 395 368 1.073 4 Finland 5 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 9 12 0.750 453 471 0.961 5 Cuba 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 6 13 0.461 392 436 0.899 6 Puerto Rico 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 15 0.200 331 435 0.760 Gallery Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download