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Welcome to the B.V.A.

Welcome to the Official Webpage of the Balkan Volleyball Association (BVA). The BVA is the Association of Volleyball Federations of the Balkan region (Albania, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Bulgaria, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC of Macedonia, Greece, Moldavia, MONTENEGRO, Romania, Serbia, Turkey) and organizes every year Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Competitions for the athletes and National teams of these countries.
The BVA is affiliated to the FIVB and the CEV.


2009 Balkan Championships
TOURNAMENTS DATES & VENUES TECHNICAL DELEGATES
YOUTH WOMEN Sarajevo (BIH) FINISHED Andrei Milev (Bulgaria)
JUNIOR WOMEN July 1-5, Portaria (GRE) Alina Stefanescu (Romania)
JUNIOR MEN July 15-19, Danilovgrad (MNE) Goran Jovanovic (Serbia)
YOUTH MEN July 22-26, Kazanlak (BUL) Simon Dzines (F.Y.R.O.M.)
BV U23 July 30-August 1, Izmir (TUR)  
BV U20 August 7-9, Asprovalta/Thessaloniki (GRE)  
BV Men & Women August 21-23, Vlora (ALB)  
BVA Cup (W) September 11-20, various cities  
BVA Cup (M) September 18-27, various cities  

Junior Women: Serbia and Bulgaria qualify for semi finals
Serbia and Bulgaria, last year's finalists, were the two first team who secured qualification for the semi finals of the Junior Women Balkan Championships in Portaria. The defending champions beat Romania 3:0, captain Nadja Ninkovic scoring 12 points, Andjelka Pantovic contributing another 12 and Kristina Djuric adding 6 aces. The Bulgarians also downed Turkey in straight sets, with Gabriela Cvetanova scoring 17. Dobrinka Rabadzhieva and Elitsa Vasileva added 14 and 13 points respectively.
There was also joy for the Greek fans, as the hosts easily beat Albania and will play today against Romania for a place in the semi finals. Bosnia Herzegovina also scored its first victory (3:1 over Montenegro) and their match against Turkey will determinate the last semi finalist.
Match Reports
Photo Gallery

Youth Girls: Serbia back on top
The Youth Girls Balkan Championships ended on Friday in Sarajevo and Serbia returned to the top, after one year's absence. In the rematch of the 2008 final, Serbia beat defending champions Turkey 3:0, in front of 500 volleyball fans, it the Ramiz Salcin Sports Hall. Led by MVP Sara Klisura (the 17 years old prodigy from Subotica scored 18 points), Maria Mirosavljevic's girls were superior throughout the game, although they had to come from behind in the second set, where Turkey led 18:13.
Earlier, Bosnia Herzegovina captured the bronze medal in Balkan competitions (their third consecutive medal after Obrenovac and Tuzla), beating Romania 3:1, Greece beat Bulgaria 3:0 to take 5th place and Montenegro downed Albania 3:0 and finished 7th.

Match Reports & Rosters

Photo Gallery

BVA Cup: Final Fours in Thessaloniki and Tuzla
The Drawing of Lots for the 2009 BVA Cup for clubs was held on Friday in the Hotel "Bosei" in Vienna, in the presence of FIVB and CEV Vice President Aleksandar Boricic. The Drawing of lots was conducted by the BVA Secretary General, Mr. Achilleas Mavromatis and the Technical Committee Member, Mr. Viorel Manole and the Final Fours were awarded to Thessaloniki/Greece (men) and Tuzla/Bosnia Herzegovina (women). Seven men's and eight women's teams have been registered in the 2009 edition and they were drawn as following:
MEN
GROUP A (Odzak/Bosnia Herzegovina): Napredak Odzak, VC Budva (Montenegro), Aris Thessaloniki (Greece). Aris (organizer of the FF) and the best from the other teams will qualify.
GROUP B (Cluj/Romania): Napoca Cluj, Teuta Durres (Albania), Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Fenerbahce (Turkey). The two best placed teams will qualify for the Final Four. 
DATES: Groups: September 18-20. Final Four: Thessaloniki/Greece, September 26-27 (Dates subject to approval of the National Federations).
WOMEN
GROUP A (Targu Mures/Romania): Medicina T. Mures, Panionios Athens (Greece), Rudar (Montenegro), Tuzla (
Bosnia Herzegovina). Tuzla (organizer of the FF) and the best placed team will qualify.
GROUP B (Skopje/FYROM): Forca Volej Skopje, Besiktas (Turkey), Marica Plovdiv (Bulgaria), VC Klek (Serbia). The two best placed teams will qualify for the Final Four. 
DATES: Groups: September 11-13. Final Four: Tuzla/Bosnia Herzegovina, September 19-20 (Dates subject to approval of the National Federations).
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Junior Women: New draw in Portaria
Due to the withdrawal of Moldavia and FYROM from the Junior Women Balkan Championships, the Technical Committee decided that the tournament will be played in two groups and that a new draw shall be held during the Technical Meeting in Portaria (June 30). Defending champions Serbia and last year's finalists Bulgaria will head the two groups and, after the other teams are drawn, hosts Greece will choose in which group they prefer to play. The new draw will be conducted by the Technical Delegate.

Downloads
New forms for the BVA Cup and a new Technical Delegate's Report form were added in the
Downloads page and, in order to facilitate their registration, the member Federations can now download the respective forms from the website. All forms are in MS Word format (doc). At the same page, you can find also the BVA Official Regulations, the BVA Logo and the BVA Yearbooks.
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Moldavia withdraws from 2009 competitions
The Moldavian Volleyball Federation informed the BVA that, due to the difficult financial situation, its teams will not participate in the 2009 BVA Women Volleyball and Beach Volleyball competitions. Still, the Moldavian Federation said that it might participate in the Junior Men and Youth Men championships. 
Also, the Volleyball Federation of F.Y.R.O.M. withdrew its team from the Youth Girls Balkan Championships in Sarajevo, for financial reasons.

The "Champions" page are back...
While the majority of the 2008-2009 European Leagues and Cup competitions have ended, this summer is full of National Teams competitions. In two special sections of the BVA website, you can see all the Champions and Cup Winners of the BVA countries (plus photos of them) and follow the results of their National Teams in international competition. For more click...
International Results
Champions Gallery

2008 BVA Cup
It was a Turkish team that won the 1st Men's Balkan Cup, as the Final Four concluded in Baia Mare with all matches going down to the tie break! Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Istanbul led twice and finally beat  Greece's AO Kifissia 3:2 to win the trophy, while American Olympic champions Ryan Millar won his second gold medal in a month. Earlier, the home team Stiinta Explorari beat Serbian outfit Ribnica Kraljevo, also in the tie break, to win the bronze medal. In the semi finals, Kifissia had beaten Ribnica and Buyuksehir eliminated Explorari.
One day after Buyuksehir secured the Men's Balkan Cup, Besiktas completed the Turkish sweep by winning the Women's edition in Tuzla. Led by Turskish international Natalya Hanikolgu (the MVP of the tournament), the team from Istanbul beat Serbia's TENT Obrenovac 3:1 in Tuzla's
University Sports Hall. Levski Siconco from Bulgaria defeated hosts OK Tuzla to take the bronze medal. In the semi finals Besiktas had beaten Tuzla 3:0 and Obrenovac downed Levski 3:1.

2008 Junior Men (Ankara/Turkey)
Serbia won the Junior Men Balkan Championships in Ankara and returned to the top after three years (their last victory was in 2005), as the five-days tournament reaches its climax. The Serbian team, led by MVP Aleksandar Atanasijevic (17 pts) and attacker Nicola Mijahlovic (21 pts) beat a rejuvenated Greek team, who was forced to play the last set without its best attacker Mitar Djuric. Captain Andreas Frangos was the top scorer of the final with 24 points.
Turkey delighted the home crowd by beating Montenegro 3:1 and winning the bronze medal, while Bulgaria beat Romania 3:0 for 5th place and Moldavia defeated FYROM 3:0 for the 7th place.

2008 Junior Women (Tuzla/Bosnia Herzegovina)
Serbia successfully defended its Junior Women title, after winning the 2008 Balkan Championships in Tuzla with a convincing 3:0 win over Bulgaria. The girls of head coach Zoran Kovacic wonc relatively easy, except from the second set, when they had to overturn a 10:16 deficit and avoid a Bulgarian set ball at 23:24. But Tijana Malesevic (the MVP of the tournament) led her team's comeback and the Serbians never looked back, despite the magnificent performance of Bulgarian star Elitsa Vasileva. Serbia also swept the individual awards with Malesevic, Marija Pucarevic and Nina Rosic, while the other honors went to Bosnia's Brankica Mihajlovic and Bulgaria's Nora Bogdanova.
Earlier, Bosnia & Herzegovina played without injured first choice setter Jelena Markovic but had no major difficulties against Moldavia and won the bronze medal with a 3:0 win. Kristina Eric, who filled Markovic's place and Asmira Hecic's good performance helped the Bosnians to overcome Diaconita's heroics. The match was interrupted for 10 minutes in the third set, due to a power failure and restarted with emergency lights, but there was no way back for Moldavia and the home side celebrated its second consecutive medal, after the 2007 silver in Obrenovac.
Romania, with Ioana Baciu and Daian Muresan in great shape, overcame Greece's resistance to win the 5th place play off and Turkey, playing with its second string team for almost the whole game, easily beat Montenegro to claim 7th place. The tournament's closing ceremony was attended by Tuzla's Mayor, Mr. Jasmin Imamovic.

2008 Youth Men (Kazanlak/Bulgaria)
Serbia won the the Youth Men Balkan Championships for the second consecutive year in Kazanlak, where the Bulgarian Volleyball staged an excellent tournament. Led by the championships' top attecker Aleksandar Atanasijevic (who scorer 20 points), Dusan Petkovic (15 pts) and setter Nikola Jovovic, the defending champions beat Turkey 3:0 in just over one hour and celebrated their sixth title in eight competitions so far. For Turkey Ufuk Minici and captain Berkan Bozan each scored 8 points, while Burak Hazirol was named best libero of the tournament.
Hosts Bulgaria consoled themselves for the semi final defeat against Serbia with the bronze, the first medal since their wining performance in 2005. Nikolay Penchev swept the MVP and Best Server titles and Montenegro's Marko Djuranovic was the tournament's best libero. Earlier, Greece beat Bosnia/ Herzegovina in straight sets and finished 5th, while Romania claimed 7th place, beating FYROM 3:1.

2008 Beach Volley Men & Women (Belgrade/Serbia)
The 2008 Men & Women Beach Volley Championships was staged at Lake Ada Ciganlija in Belgrade, with Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania sharing the medals. Bulgarian stars Nikolay Kolev and Neven Neshev won the all Bulgarian men's final against last year's champions Boris Yankov and Milen Stoyanov, while Dzuric and Mladenovic beat compatriots Stanojcic and Brcic for the bronze medal.
The women's final was a Serbian affair, with the "Natashas" (Borki and Sevarika) beating the Bulgarian "Dianas" (Malinova and Filipova) in a thrilling three sets final. With her win Natasha Sevarika also won a place in the history of the BVA as she became one of the few players who won gold medals both in indoor and beach volleyball! The ex captain of the Serbian Junior team led her country to the 2007 Junior Women's title and was the MVP of the Balkan Championships in Obrenovac. There was an all Romanian bronze medal match, where ex champion Sorina Buz (playing with Diana Balintoni) beat her former partner Loredana Calinciuc (now with Ana Maria Hambele).
The tournament was part of the local 2008 VIP Masters Series and was attended, among others, by Mr. Aleksandar Boricic, FIVB Vice President and Chairman of the Serbian Volleyball Federation and the Vice Presidents of the Serbian Federation, Nenad Golijanin and Aleksandar Vlahovic.


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