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Bulgaria's star player, Matey Kaziyski, stretches for a ball during their Thursday European Volleyball Championship play-off round match against Russia in Istanbul. Photo by BGNES
The Bulgarian national volleyball team will be facing Poland in the semi-finals of the European Championship in Turkey.
The game against Poland was determined by a draw held Friday and will take place Saturday at 5:30 pm Bulgarian time in Izmir.
Russia will play France in the other semi-final match.
Poland is traditionally a hard team to beat for the Bulgarians. They were eliminated by Poland at the 2006 World Championship semi-final in Japan.
The final is scheduled for Sunday at 8:30 pm. The match for the bronze will be held at 6:30 pm, also on Sunday.
Bulgaria, led by Italian coach, Silvano Prandi, qualified for the semi-finals after beating Serbia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Finland and the Netherlands. The team lost to Russia Thursday, but the result was irrelevant since they had already secured their semi-final participation.
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