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Bulgarian national basketball team

Bulgaria
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FIBA ranking 51 Steady
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Coach Bulgaria Lubomir Minchev
Nickname(s) The Lions
Olympic Games
Appearances 4 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1968)
Medals 5th
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 1 (1959)
Medals 7th
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances 24 (1935, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Medals

2nd, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (1957)

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third Place (1961)
Uniforms
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Light jersey
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Team colours
Light
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Dark jersey
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Team colours
Dark
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Alternate jersey
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Team colours
Alternate

2nd, silver medalist(s) Runners-Up (1957)

The Bulgarian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Bulgaria in all international competitions. Their achievements range from winning the Balkan Championship in 1950, to earning Runners-Up at the 1957 Euro Basket Championship. Other successes came with the team reaching the Quarter-Finals at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA World Championship.

     Champions       Runners-Up       Semi-Finals       Other Top Results  

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

The Bulgarian side came in eighth place at the first European basketball championship, the EuroBasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They lost to Italy in the preliminary round but then decisively defeated Hungary. Following this, the Bulgarians lost their classification matches to Belgium and Italy. The team finished off the tournament reaching the Quarter-Finals.


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