TEHRAN Iran lost to Bulgaria 3-2 (21-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11) in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Week 3 early Friday.Asparuh Asparuhov scored 23 points for Bulgaria and Irans Ali Hajipour scored 17 points.
Iran, who had lost to France 3-0 in their opening match, will play Argentina and Cuba in their following matches in Anaheim, the United States Iran have lost to Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States , France and Bulgaria and defeated China and Germany.The VNL Preliminary Phase features three weeks of competition, with each of the 16 teams playing 12 matches.The eight best-ranked national teams in the Preliminary Phase will qualify for the Final Phase, which will be held in Gdask, Poland, from July 19-23 host country Poland are already guaranteed a spot.