Basketball Tournament of the Specialist "Veselin Temkov" at NSA

Published on 26 November 2024

The traditional "Veselin Temkov" tournament has concluded, with teams from the first to fourth years, made up of basketball specialists from the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski." After much excitement in the group stage and a "carousel" in the final standings, the teams from the second and third years qualified for the final.

The match for the "Veselin Temkov" trophy was also very exciting. In the first minutes of the game, the second-year students led, and by halftime, they were ahead by 12 points (45:33). After that, the third-year team took the initiative and caught up by the end of the third quarter. In the final period, the third-year team continued to dominate, winning the match with a score of 94:86.

Team of the winners from the third year: Iliyan Varzoev, Emil Kisimov, Alexander Papazov, Kristian Slavkov, Ivan Nedelchev, Mihail Kumbakov, and Konstantin Haratsaris, with the leading specialist Assoc. Prof. Maria Tsankova-Kaloianova, PhD.

Iliyan Varzoev was awarded by Assoc. Prof. Mariana Borukova, DSc, as the top scorer of the tournament with 93 points, while Mihail Kumbakov received the prize for the most valuable player from Prof. Tsanko Tsankov, PhD.

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