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| Union | Bulgarian Rugby Federation | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Romain Balmisse (FRA) | |
| Captain | Petar Nikolov | |
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| World Rugby ranking | ||
| Current | 73 (as of 23 November 2020) | |
| First international | ||
 Bulgaria 3 - 70 Romania  (1963-5-20) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
Bulgaria 71 - 7 Serbia  (2019-10-12) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
| Bulgaria 0 - 100 Romania (1976-9-21) | ||
The Bulgaria national rugby union team is governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation, and has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
The national side is ranked 73rd in the world (as of 8 of March 2020).[1]
History
Bulgaria played their first rugby international in 1963, where they met Romania. They were defeated by the Romanians, 70-3. There was no qualifying tournament held for the first Rugby World Cup, and Bulgaria did not attempt to qualify for the tournament until the Welsh hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup. They competed in Pool 2 of Round A, but did not advance to the next stage.
Bulgaria again tried to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and competed in Pool B of Round 1. Although Bulgaria won one pool match, they did not advance to Round 2. For the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Bulgaria were able to advance past Round 1, and entered Pool D of Round 2. However, they were then knocked out of the qualifying tournament.
World Cup record
| World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A |
.svg.png){kind=small}  1987 | Not invited | ||||||
   1991 | Did not enter | ||||||
 1995 | |||||||
.svg.jpg){kind=small} 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2003 | |||||||
| 2007 | |||||||
| 2011 | |||||||
 2015 | |||||||
 2019 | |||||||
| Total | 0/9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Overall
Men's World Rugby Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 30 rankings as of 13 January 2021[2] | |||
| Rank | Change* | Team | Points |
| 1 |  | South Africa | 94.20 |
| 2 | | England | 89.49 |
| 3 | | New Zealand | 88.95 |
| 4 | | France | 85.30 |
| 5 | |  Ireland | 84.65 |
| 6 | | Australia | 83.08 |
| 7 | |  Scotland | 80.82 |
| 8 | |  Argentina | 80.31 |
| 9 | | Wales | 79.36 |
| 10 | | Japan | 79.29 |
| 11 | |  Fiji | 76.87 |
| 12 | |  Georgia | 72.18 |
| 13 | |  Tonga | 71.44 |
| 14 | |  Italy | 70.88 |
| 15 | |  Samoa | 70.72 |
| 16 | |  United States | 68.10 |
| 17 | |  Spain | 67.51 |
| 18 | |  Uruguay | 67.02 |
| 19 | | Romania | 65.33 |
| 20 | |  Portugal | 62.12 |
| 21 | |  Russia | 61.96 |
| 22 | |  Hong Kong | 61.23 |
| 23 | | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 61.11 |
| 24 | |  Namibia | 61.04 |
| 25 | |  Netherlands | 60.09 |
| 26 | |  Brazil | 58.19 |
| 27 | | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 57.17 |
| 28 | |  Switzerland | 54.12 |
| 29 | |  Chile | 53.81 |
| 30 | |  Germany | 53.13 |
| *Change from the previous week | |||
2016 squad
Squad to 2016 European Nations Cup - Division 2D.[3]
See also
External links
- RugbyBulgaria.com Сайтът за Ръгби в България
- Bulgaria national rugby union team Fixtures and Results
- Bulgaria on "World Rugby"
- Bulgaria on RugbyData.com
- Murphy's Misfits Social Rugby in Bulgaria
- Barbarians Sofia Barbarians Sofia Rugby Club
References
- ^ https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
- ^ "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-04-15.