Maritza wins sixth national cup trophy

Maritza Plovdiv is the 2021 winner of the Bulgaria Cup trophy! This was the fourth consecutive and sixth overall national cup title in the history of the club. Previously, the Yellow-and-Blues triumphed with the trophy in 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, while in 2020 the competition was prematurely interrupted by the pandemic. Only Levski Sofia (27 times) and CSKA Sofia (19 times) have won more Bulgaria Cup trophies than Maritza.

On Friday evening, at the Vasil Levski hall in Pazardzhik, Maritza hammered out an emphatic 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-15) shutout of CSKA to re-confirm its status of Bulgaria’s dominating power in recent years.

Miroslava Paskova was the best scorer of the final, contributing 21 points, including two aces and two blocks, towards Maritza’s victory, and received the well-deserved MVP trophy after the game. Cuban middle blocker Jessica Aguilera impressed with a 100% success rate in attack and three stuffs.

Maritza went through the entire competition without losing a single set. In fact, the last time it lost a set in the tournament was in the December 2017 final against Levski Sofia and the last time it lost a Bulgaria Cup match was in the May 2016 final, also against Levski.

By winning the national cup, the club from Plovdiv earned the right to compete in the 2022 CEV European Cups.

Bulgaria Cup 2021 – results