The Bulgaria Women’s National Volleyball Team lost 1:3 to Russia in a match of the second stage of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship. The match was played in the Japanese city of Osaka and lasted for nearly two hours. Thus, Bulgaria’s Women’s National Volleyball team lost the chance to enter the top 8 in the final ranking. The Bulgarian team coached by Ivan Petkov will face Thailand in its next match on October 10.