The Bulgarian National team won the gold medal of the U17 Men Balkan Champion which was held in Tirana, the silver medal won Turkiye while the bronze medal won Serbia.

In the final match, Bulgaria defeated Turkiye 3:0 (26:24, 25:15, 25:16). Zhasmin Velichkov was the best in the winning team with 15 points, 13 won Petyo Ivanov. Berk Senturk won 8 points for the Turkish team.

Serbia defeated Romania 3:2 in the match for 3rd place and won the bronze medal. Aleksa Bogoslavljevic was the best in the winning team with 22 points, while in the Romanian team, the best were Stefan Liviu Catalin with 23 points and George Patric Verdas with 22 points.

In the match for 5th place, North Macedonia beat Albania 3:1 (25:19, 20:25, 25:13, 25:20). Toche Efremov led the Macedonian team to victory with 21 points in Albanian team Bjorni Sejdini was the best with 12 points.

Individual awards:

The MVP of the U17 Men Balkan Championship was Petyo Ivanov from Bulgaria.

The best setter of U17 Men Balkan Championship was Mehmet Akarsu from Turkiye.

The best middle blocker of U17 Men Balkan Championship was Han Abdyl Vahap from Turkiye.

The best outside hitter of the U17 Men Balkan Championship was Patric Verdes from Romania.

The best opposite of the U17 Men Balkan Championship was Zhasmin Velichkov from Bulgaria.

The best libero of the U17 Men Balkan Championship was Dimitar Dobrev from Bulgaria.

The Fer play team was of U17 Men Balkan Championship was Albania.

In the final of U17M Balkan Championship will play Bulgaria and Türkiye! For the 3rd place, Serbia will play against Romania.

North Macedonia defeated Montenegro after five sets 3:2 (23:25, 25:23, 25:14, 26:28, 15:3) and will play against Albania in the match for 5th place. Toshe Efemov was the best in the Macedonian team with 18 points, while the excellent game was Luka Lojic with 28 points and Vuk Stanojevic with 17 points for Montenegro

In the first semifinals, Bulgaria was better than Serbia 3:0 (25:14, 25:16: 25:22) and will play in the final against Türkiye who was celebrated against Romania 3:1 (25:16, 24:26, 26:24, 25:15) in the second semifinals.

In Bulgarian team, Petyo Ivanom was the best with 12 points, while for Serbian team 10 won Vuk Kulpinac. To the final Turkish team led Ata Unver with 20 points, on the other side Patrick Verdes won 12 points.

MATCH SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, 9TH JULY:

Match for 5th place: Albania – North Macedonia (15.30h)

Bronze medal match: Serbia – Romania (18.00h)

Final: Bulgaria – Turkiye (20.30h)