The best scorers in Italy were Luca Vettori with 29 and Ivan Zaytsev with 16 points. For Bulgaria, Todor Aleksiev scored 20, while Tsvetan Sokolov had 14.
Italy’s 3-2 win afainst Bulgaria gives them first FIVB World League medal since silver on home soil in Rome in 2004.
Defeat means Bulgaria have still not made the medal podium at an FIVB World League Finals – they have now lost 5 bronze medal matches.
To read more information about this competition click on World League 2013.
See profiles of and Luca Vettori, and Todor Aleksiev, also of national teams of Italy and Bulgaria.
For more photos from this match, see the gallery below.