You are here : NEWS
  Search
  Minimize

Bronze medals for our basketball players in Eilat

The CSIT Basketball Seniors Men Championship was held from October 25th to October 29th, 2011, in Eilat (Israel). Teams from 4 countries participated in the championship: Mexico, Israel, Bulgaria and Lithuania. The basketball players from the team of BWF "Sport and Health" - "POLYTECHNICA" were third in the final ranking and won bronze medals. The first place was taken by the team of INDET-COPADET (Mexico), who won the final game against HAPOEL-BEN GOURION AIRPORT (Israel).

  Minimize

3 medals for Bulgarian swimmers in Beijing

The 2011 International Workers’ Culture and Sports Festival was held between October 17th and October 21st, 2011, in Beijing (China) and included competitions in table tennis, badminton, swimming, bowling and basketball (streetball). 110 persons from 15 teams from 10 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Vietnam, China, Mexico, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore, Finland and France) participated in the festival. Bulgarian sportsmen participated in the swimming (men and women) and bowling (men) competitions. Bulgarian swimmers won 3 medals – Stoyko Georgiev won golden medal in the 200 m backstroke competitions and bronze medal in the 100 m free style competitions, and Anton Mihaylov won silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke competitions. 

  Minimize

Medals for Bulgarian swimmers at the CSIT Championship in Austria

The CSIT Masters Swimming Championship 2011 was held between August 23rd and August 27th, 2011, in Bad Radkersburg, Austria. More than 250 swimmers from 10 countries and 3 continents (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, Italy, China, Lithuania, Netherlands and France) participated in the competitions. The event’s organization was at top level and very good sports results were achieved. The Bulgarian team included four competitors selected by the Association of Bulgarian Swimmers. Vassilen Dimitrov presented himself best by winning silver medal in the 100 m backstroke competitions and bronze medal in the 50 m backstroke competitions in the 35 – 39 years of age category.  The masters’ championship attracted wide media interest, and the head of the Bulgarian delegation Ivan Tsanov was interviewed by an Austrian sports television.      

  Minimize

Desislava Yagodin meets Jacques Rogge

Between May 9th and May 11th, 2011, the Second International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development was held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, under the aegis of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

CSIT President Mr. Harald Bauer and Mrs. Desislava Yagodin, President of Bulgarian Workers’ Federation “Sport and Health” and member of the executive Committee of CSIT, attended the forum together with representatives from over 100 countries.

IOC President Mr. Jacques Rogge invited Mr. Bauer and Mrs. Yagodin to a friendly visit at IOC’s headquarters in Lausanne one day before the opening of the Forum. He was introduced to CSIT’s newest initiatives connected with the development of amateur sports. Mr. Rogge happily accepted to officially address CSIT on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the confederation.

CSIT was established in 1913 in the city of Gent, Belgium – a city that by a happy coincidence is also the native place of Mr. Rogge. Celebrations of this eminent anniversary will be carried out in Belgium and during the CSIT World Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.

  Minimize

Gold medals for Bulgaria at the Ski Fest in Kopaonik

The XIX Open Ski Fest, which included competitions in slalom, giant slalom and super G, was held between March 16th and March 20th in Kopaonik (Serbia). 60 persons from Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria participated in the festival. 


Bulgaria was represented by the team of Worley Parsons, which consisted of 5 persons (1 woman and 4 men). Our skier Maria Beron won two gold medals (first places in the individual giant slalom and super G competitions for women under the age of 35 years) and one bronze medal (third place in the individual slalom competitions for women under the age of 35 years). 

  Minimize

Silver medals for Bulgarian female table tennis players at the games in Beijing

The International Workers' Sports Games took place in Beijing (China) between November 15th and November 19th, 2010. Six kinds of sports disciplines were included in the Games: swimming, badminton, table tennis, streetball, bowling and tug of war. Competitors from 10 countries participated in the event, namely Bulgaria, India, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore, Tunis, Vietnam and China. Bulgaria was represented by teams in the table tennis competitions (men and women). The performance of our girls Ivayla Angelova and Mariela Filipova-Florova was excellent and they won silver (Ivayla Angelova) and bronze (Mariela Filipova-Florova) medals in the individual competitions and silver medals in the team competitions. 

  Minimize

2 gold medals for Bulgarian chess players in Tunisia

Bulgarian chess players have won 2 gold medals at the 34th International Chess Tournament, which was held between November 3rd and November 6th, 2010, in Hammamet (Tunisia). Players from Bulgaria, Tunisia, Algeria and Mexico participated in the tournament. The Bulgarian team (composed of Athanas Dimitrov and Ivelin Ivanov) won the first place in the team championship. In the individual competitions Athanas Dimitrov finished first, and Ivelin Ivanov finished fourth.

  Minimize

Gold medals for Bulgaria at SPORTIADA 2010 in Israel

The 30th international edition of SPORTIADA was held from October 5th to October 9th, 2010, in Eilat (Israel). 7500 persons participated in this big sports event for workers and competed in 11 kinds of sports – football, mini football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, chess, bridge, sailing, swimming and mountain bike. Bulgaria was represented by Yonko Nenkov, Lubomir Kralev and Kiril Popov, who participated in the table tennis competitions and took the first place in the team championship, as well as the first place in the doubles championship (Yonko Nenkov and Lubomir Kralev). The Bulgarian representatives took the first three places in the individual competitions, with Yonko Nenkov winning the gold medal, Lubomir Kralev – the silver medal, and Kiril Popov – the bronze medal. The Bulgarian team was lead by Tsetso Nikolov.

  Minimize

Fierce competition in basketball during the World Games in Tallinn

The Second CSIT World Sports Games were held between July 1st and July 8th, 2010, in Tallinn (Estonia). Almost 1900 participants from 21 countries (Austria, Estonia, France, Brazil, Russia, Finland, Holland, China, Belgium, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Bulgaria, Denmark, India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates) participated in the games. 12 kinds of sports were included in the Games: track and field athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, chess, football, judo, petanque, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. Bulgaria presented itself with a basketball (men) team, which took the first place in it’s group and fifth place in the final ranking in a challenging contest with Zalgiris (Lithuania), Kalev (Estonia) and TUL (Finland).

 

 

 

Final ranking basketball  (men):

1. Zalgiris 1 (Lithuania)

2. Zalgiris 2 (Lithuania)

3. Kalev (Estonia)

4. TUL (Finland)

5. BWF (Bulgaria)

6. LTSA (Latvia)

7. HAPOEL 1 (Israel)

8. INATEL (Portugal)

9. HAPOEL 2 (Israel)

10. ASKOE (Austria)

11. UISP (Italy)

12. INDET (Mexico)

  Minimize

Dignified presentation of the Bulgarian skiers in Serbia

The 18th Open Ski Fest Kopaonik 2010 was held from March 17th to March 21st, 2010, in Kopaonik, Serbia. The Fest was organized by the Serbian Association “Sport for All” and the Balkan Association for Workers’ Sport (BAWS). More than 160 persons from Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia participated in the following disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, darts and table tennis. Bulgaria was represented by the team of Worley Parsons, and Maria Beron won two gold medals in slalom and giant slalom and bronze medal in table tennis (women) competitions. Runner-up was Ralitsa Koleva, who won bronze medal in slalom and silver medal in giant slalom competitions. The Fair Play cup was won by the Worley Parsons team. The first place in the complex ranking was taken by the team of Electrica (Romania).

PHOTOS

 

 

C.S.I.T. Sixth World Futsal Championship 2010

 

The Sixth World Futsal Championship 2010 of C.S.I.T. was held between February 18th and February 22nd, 2010, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The championship was organized by Bulgarian Workers' Sport Federation, Ministry of Physical Education and Sports and the Amateur Football League of the Bulgarian Football Union with the cooperation of Citroen Bulgaria. The games were played at the new hall of the National Sports Academy "Vassil Levski" with the participation of 12 teams with 180 sportsmen from Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, Ausria, Denmark, Algeria, Tunisia and Palestine. 

The championship was won by the team of SESI (Brazil), who won the final against BWSF 2 (Levski Sofia - West) Bulgaria. The result in normal time was 2:2 and the Brazilian team won 7:6 after penalties. DAI (Denmark) won the 3rd - 4th place final by beating ASKO (Austria) by 6:2. The Fairplay Cup was won by the team of Sport for All (Palestine).

Group tables       All results       Final ranking       See photos       Download photos

 

Bulgarian chess players - best at a tournament in Tunisia 

Bulgarian chess players proved themselves to be the best at the 33rd International Chess Tournament, which was held in Tozeur, Tunisia, between November 4th and November 7th, 2009. In the individual championship, in competition with 70 participants from different countries, Tsvetalin Ivanov and Stelyan Georgiev (both of them representatives of Abritus Chess Club Razgrad) took the first and second places respectively. In the team competitions the team of Bulgaria won the first place, followed by the teams of Tunisia and Romania.

 

Our swimmers won seven gold medals in Israel

Bulgarian swimmers won 7 gold and 3 silver medals at the Swimming Championships Masters of the International Confederation Sports (CSIT), which was held in Eliat, Israel, from October 13th to October 17th, 2009. The Israel Red Sea resort welcomed competitors from 10 countries including Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, France and others. The composition of the Bulgarian team was selected by the Association of Bulgarian Swimmers. In the age category 45 - 49 years Anton Mihaylov won three titles - in the 50, 100 and 200 m breast-stroke races. Two gold medals were earned by Vasilen Dimitrov (age category 30 - 34 years) in the 50 and 100 m backstroke races, and Ivan Tsanov (age category 45 - 49 years) won in the 50 m backstroke race. Zhorzh Stankovich (age category 45 - 49 years) finished second in the 50 m butterfly and 50 m freestyle races. The Bulgarian quartet also triumphed in the 4 x 50 m freestyle mixed race.

Photos from the championship can be found HERE

 

Successful performance of the Bulgarian participants in the Company Sport Games in Rovinj, Croatia

The 17th European Company Sport Games were held in Rovinj, Croatia, from June 17th to June 21st, 2009. 4500 sportsmen and sportswomen from 22 European counties participated in the Games, competing in 21 sports disciplines. The Bulgarian delegation was represented by 80 sportsmen and sportswomen from the teams of NPP Kozloduy, Maritza East Mine, Electric Power System Operator, Tesy Shumen and Privi PLC. The Bulgarian participants competed in mini football (women), athletics (men), basketball (men and women), tennis (men and mixed teams), darts (women), shooting (men and women), chess (men and women) and bridge (men). Here are the results of the incredible performance of the Bulgarian teams: 

- athletics (men) – Angel Trifonov (representative of Electric Power System Operator) – first place (gold medal) in 5000 m and third place (bronze medal) in 1500 m 

- bridge (men) – Maritza East Mine – third place (bronze medals), NPP Kozloduy – fourth place 

- mini football (women) – Maritza East Mine – second place (silver medals) 

- tennis (mixed teams) – NPP Kozloduy – second place (silver medals)  

- basketball (women) – combined team with representatives of NPP Kozloduy, Maritza East Mine and Electric Power System Operator – third place (bronze medals)

- darts (women) – Svetla Nikolova (representative of Maritza East Mine) – third place (bronze medal)


Altogether the representatives of Republic of Bulgaria won 1 golden, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.   


Pictures can be found HERE

 

Awarding of best team for 2008

On January 27th, 2009, the official awarding of the BEST CLUBS from the branch sports events of Bulgarian Workers’ Federation "Labor, sport and health” – CITUB during 2008 took place at “Sports meeting” restaurant.

More than 70 prizes were handed out at the ceremony. Among the honored were the most successful organizations, employers, sponsors (Eurobank EFG JSC and Armeec Insurance JSC), mayors, syndical sports workers and journalists.

Official guests of the event were Mr. Anton Popov – Secretary General of the State Agency for Youth and Sports, Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov – President of CITUB, Mr. Kostadin Parzulov – President of BWF “Labor, sport and health” and Mrs. Desislava Yagodin – member of the Executive Committee of CSIT (Confederation Sportive Internationale du Travail).

PHOTOS

 

07.10.20008 – Desislava Yagodin elected as member of the Executive Committee of CSIT

During the 37th Congress of the International Confederation for Workers’ Sport (CSIT), which was held from November 2nd to November 7th, 2008, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Mr. Harald Bauer from ASKO (Austria) was elected as the new President of the Confederation. This Congress makes history in amateur sport for two reasons:

For the first time two women were elected as members of the Executive Committee: Mrs. Desislava Yagodin – President of BWSF and Mrs. Sirpa Paatero – President of TUL (Finland).
For the first time in the history of CSIT, which was established in 1913, a Bulgarian was elected as member of the Executive Committee.

The International Confederation for Workers’ Sport enters a new stage of it’s development, namely the organizing and carrying out of World Workers’ Games. This idea originates exactly from Bulgaria. Initiated by the idea of Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov – President of CITUB and Mr. Kostadin Parzulov, then President of BWSF, the First World Workers’ Sports Games were held in Albena seaside resort in 2005.

 

02.04.2008 – BWF “Labour, sport and health” gets licence 

With ordinance Nr. RD-10-6 from 02.04.2008 the State Agency for Youth and Sports with President Mrs. Vessela Letcheva issued sports licence Nr. 002514 to Bulgarian Workers’ Federation “Labour, sport and health”. This is recognition for the enormous work that our federation does in the area of amateur sport in Bulgaria and it gives opportunity to create and extend the connections and contacts with other national and international workers’ sport federations and confederations.

About us:


About the federation
Our Team



Contacts
Bulgaria, 1000 Sofia,
Macedonia square 1
Tel/Fax: +359 2 987 41 42
Òel: +359 2 40 10 461
Mobile: +359 898 77 36 04
E–mail: kparzulov@abv.bg

Ïðåäñòîÿùè ñúáèòèÿ

 

The National Workers' Futsal Championship will be held in the city of Gabrovo from November 23rd to November 27th, 2011.

News

The 2011 International Workers' Culture and Sports Festival was held from October 17th to October 21st, 2011, in Beijing (China). You can read more information about this event in the NEWS section.