Balgarianovinite.com More than 9,000 people attended Teodor Salparov’s benefit match in Sofia’s Arena 8888 on Saturday. Salparov used to play libero in Bulgaria’s national volleyball team, with which he won bronze medals from the 2006 FIVB World Championship, 2007 FIVB World Cup, and 2009 CEV European Championship. He also competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games,
Some of the people in attendance were Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova, Minister of Youth and Sports Encho Keryazov, Minister of Culture Evtim Miloshev, Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev, Bulgarian Olympic Committee President Vesela Lecheva, Bulgarian Volleyball Federation President Lyubomir Ganev, football stars Hristo Stoichkov, Stiliyan Petrov, and Martin Petrov, as well as Bulgaria’s current men’s volleyball team.
The match was played between the teams of the Bulgarian Stars and the World Legends in a best-of-five format, where every set was played to 15 points. The players in the Bulgarian team were Andrey Zhekov, Georgi Bratoev, Evgeni Ivanov, Hristo Tsvetanov, Svetoslav Gotsev, Boyan Yordanov, Krasimir Gaydarski, Krasimir Gaydarski, Vladimir Nikolov, Nikolay Ivanov, Viktor Yosifov, Kostadin Stoykov, Teodor’s son Georgi Salparov, Tsvetan Sokolov, Teodor Todorov, Todor Aleksiev, Danail Milusev, and Nikolay Penchev. Its coaches were Radostin Stoychev, Alexander Popov, Nayden Naydenov, and Stefan Hristov.
Samuele Papi, Uros Kovacevic, Jacopo Massari, Simon Tischer, Aleksandr Volkov, Rafael Pascual, Mark McGivern, Nikolay Pavlov, Sergio Santos, Aleksandar Atanasijevic, Ivan Miljkovic, Emanuele Birarelli, Michele Baranowicz, Dante Amaral, Srecko Lisinac, and Marko Podrascanin played for the World Stars while coached by Alberto Chiaparini, Alberto Giuliani, and the Bulgarian national team’s coach, Gianlorenzo Blengini.
The World Legends defeated the Bulgarian Stars 3-2.
After the match, Salparov said: “This is a tribute to all those legends I have played with over the past 20 years. I wanted them to experience the atmosphere, too. I hope this sense of continuity will endure across generations. We will be keeping our fingers crossed for our young volleyball players. Hopefully they will bring us some joy with a medal at the European Championship.”
A part of the proceeds from the match will be donated to the Sunny Kids 2024 foundation.
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