BFL National Tournament at SELS, Sofia - December 14-15, 2013

Congrats to the 15 school teams that attended our first national tournament of the year! We thank all of the coaches, students, chaperones, judges, and staff that made all of this possible. Here are the official results!

Participating Schools

  • American College of Sofia (Sofia)

  • Aprilov National HS (Gabrovo)

  • Baba Tonka Mathematics High School (Ruse)

  • Bertolt Brecht Language Academy (Pazardzhik)

  • Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • Foreign Language School (Pleven)

  • Geo Milev FLS (Dobrich)

  • Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov FLHS (Haskovo)

  • Romain Rolland FLHS (Stara Zagora)

  • Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

  • Tsar Simeon Veliki SS (Vidin)

  • Yordan Radichkov FLHS (Vidin)

Novice Oratory

  • 1st Place: Viktor Stoilov, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 2nd Place: Anton Gegov, Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov FLHS (Haskovo)

  • 3rd Place: Emilia Hinkova, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 4th Place: Stanimir Hristov, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • 5th Place: Lidia Kechidzhieva, Second English Language School (Sofia)

Varsity Oratory

  • 1st Place: Kalina Stefanova, Romain Rolland FLHS (Stara Zagora)

  • 2nd Place: Ralitsa Tchobanova, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 3rd Place: Milka Stoycheva, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 4th Place: Hristo Milchev, Aprilov National HS (Gabrovo)

  • 5th Place: Boryana Todorova, Aprilov National HS (Gabrovo)

  • 6th Place: Deya Argirova, Romain Rolland FLHS (Stara Zagora)

Varsity Prose

  • 1st Place: Dayana Tsvetkova, Yordan Radichkov FLHS (Vidin)

  • 2nd Place: Emil Hristov, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 3rd Place: Viki Vasileva, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • 4th Place: Annie Yonova, Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

  • 5th Place: Danny Pavlova, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • 6th Place: Vassilia Terzieva, Second English Language School (Sofia)

Varsity Poetry

  • 1st Place: Elitsa Daskalova, Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov FLHS (Haskovo)

  • 2nd Place: Eva Spasova, Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

  • 3rd Place: Katya Pavlova, Bertolt Brecht Language Academy (Pazardzhik)

  • 4th Place: Polina Evtimova, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 5th Place: Snejana Miteva, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 6th Place: Kostadina Yanakieva, Zaharii Stoyanov FLHS (Sliven)

Novice Duo

  • 1st Place: Joan Dimov and Martin Tsvetanov, Romain Rolland FLHS (Stara Zagora)

  • 2nd Place: Magdalena Tancheva and Viktoriya Borisova, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 3rd Place: Beatrice Tomova and Alexandra Circova, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 4th Place: Lyuba Todorova and Iva Krumova, Second English Language School (Sofia)

  • 5th Place: Yana Kachulska and Veselina Balabanova, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 6th Place: Edward Draganov and Iva Georgieva, Tsar Simeon Veliki SS (Vidin)

Varsity Duo

  • 1st Place: Nansi Dasheva and Karolina Kostadinova, Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 2nd Place: Elia Asenova and Eva Spasova, Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

  • 3rd Place: Preslav Vuchev and Preslava Kostova, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • 4th Place: Eleslav Vasilev and Mihail Manev, Zaharii Stoyanov FLHS (Sliven)

  • 5th Place: Mihaela Shevkenova and Maria Dimitrova, Zaharii Stoyanov FLHS (Sliven)

  • 6th Place: Zori Zdravkova and Ioana Tsvetanova, Tsar Simeon Veliki SS (Vidin)

Novice Karl Popper Debate

  • 1st Place: Tsvetelina Marova, Alexandra Guleva and Keti Karamanova – Bertolt Brecht Language Academy (Pazardzhik)

  • 2nd Place: Tanya Stoimenova, Maria Novakova and Iva Nedyalkova – Bertolt Brecht Language Academy (Pazardzhik)

Semifinalists:

  • Ivo Avgustinov, Velislav Lybenov and Milen Atanasov – Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • Martin Bulchev, Edward Draganov, and Boris Ivanov – Tsar Simeon Veliki SS (Vidin)

Varsity Karl Popper Debate

  • 1st Place:  Adelina Ivanova, Veselin Nanov and Mihail Georgiev – American College of Sofia (Sofia)

  • 2nd Place: Ana Svetoslavova Mihova , Aleksandrina Pavlova Pencheva and Kostadina Nikolova Yanakieva – Mixed Team from Ruse and Sliven

Semifinalists:

  • Deyan Madzharski, Alex Rumenov and Kaloyan Velichkov – Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

  • Yoana Doncheva, Sebastiana Yanakieva and Georgi Bayraktarov – Zaharii Stoyanov FLHS (Sliven)

Top Speaker Awards – awarded based on total number of individual points awarded in the entire tournament.

  • 1st Place: Preslav Vuchev, Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

  • 2nd Place: Kostadinova Yanakieva, Zaharii Stoyanov FLHS (Sliven)

  • 3rd Place: Boryana Milenova, Simeon Radev FLHS (Pernik)

Overall Top School Award

  • 1st Place: Lyudmil Stoyanov FLHS (Blagoevgrad)

  • 2nd Place: Ekzarh Yosif I FLHS (Lovech)

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