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Bulgarian Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Des Plaines, IL, ranked as high as #2805 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 6 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 4 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 12–14
2 teams · Ages 13, 14
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Bulgarian Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Des Plaines, IL, competing in the Great Lakes region. In 2025-26 it fielded 6 teams across both programs — four girls teams aged 12 to 14 and two boys teams aged 13 to 14.
Its girls program ranks #2,805 nationally and #89 of 134 in IL for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,249. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 6 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 143 matches and won 72 of them, a 53% win rate. Its strongest team, BVA - Lions 13-Elite, is #463 nationally and #161 in IL, at 1,745 Elo on a 22-16 record.
Teams averaged 24 matches each over the season. The club entered 16 events between 13 December and 6 June, a season of about 6 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in two states, with one of 16 outside IL. The out-of-state travel was to WI. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#2805 nationally · Club Score 1249
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #2805 | 1249 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #422 | 1092 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #250 | 1208 | 3 |
Every team Bulgarian Volleyball Academy fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA - Lions 13-Elite | Girls | 13 | 1745 (Elite) | 22-16 | 58% |
| BVA - Lions 12-Elite | Girls | 12 | 1535 (Competitive) | 8-9-3 | 40% |
| BVA - Lions 14 | Girls | 14 | 1528 (Competitive) | 27-23 | 54% |
| Bulgarian Volleyball Academy 12-Curtis | Girls | 12 | 1500 (Competitive) | 0-0 | 0% |
| Bulgarian Volleyball Academy 13-Matt | Girls | 13 | 1500 (Competitive) | 0-0 | 0% |
| BVA - Lions 13-Aspire | Girls | 13 | 1389 (Emerging) | 15-17-3 | 43% |
Where Bulgarian Volleyball Academy competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| '26 (SB) Summer Bash (Regional) | Elgin, IL | #615 of 3,214 | 10-5 | BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Open: 4-0; BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Classic: 3-2; BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Club: 3-3 |
| 2026 Adidas Youth Classic (Regional) | Joliet, IL | #1702 of 3,214 | 9-3 | BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Girls: 2-1; BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Girls: 3-0; BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Girls: 1-2; BVA - Lions 12-Elite — 12 Girls: 3-0 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Chi-Town Classic (Regional) | Crystal Lake, IL | #448 of 3,214 | 3-3 | BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Girls: 3-3 |
| '26 (NC) Nike Classic (Competitive) | Elgin, IL | #383 of 3,214 | 13-9 | BVA - Lions 12-Elite — 12 Short Season: 5-1; BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Classic Red: 1-4; BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Open: 4-2; BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Club: 3-2 |
| Cyclones Invite 2026 (Regional) | Glen Ellyn, IL | #1235 of 3,214 | 2-5 | BVA - Lions 12-Elite — 12U: 0-4; BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13U: 2-1 |
| 2026 Spring Hopper AAU Grand Prix (Regional) | Bedford Park, IL | #457 of 3,214 | 7-4 | BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Girls: 4-2; BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Club: 3-2 |
| Cyclones Chaparral Invite #4 (Regional) | Glen Ellyn, IL | #1409 of 3,214 | 2-2 | BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Regional: 2-2 |
| 2026 adidas Windy City NQ (11-17s) (Elite) | Chicago, IL | #7 of 3,214 | 3-13 | BVA - Lions 14 — 14 American Blue: 3-6; BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Open: 0-7 |
| DIVC Classic (March 14) (Regional) | Schaumburg, IL | #1918 of 3,214 | 1-1 | BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Girls: 1-0; BVA - Lions 12-Elite — 12 Girls: 0-1 |
| Chi City Cup (Classic) -Single - 3/7 (Regional) | Bensenville, IL | #2179 of 3,214 | 2-4 | BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Girls: 2-1; BVA - Lions 12-Elite — 12 Girls: 0-3 |
| Chi City Cup (Classic) -Single - 3/1 (Regional) | Bensenville, IL | #2567 of 3,214 | 2-1 | BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Girls: 2-1 |
| 2026 GLR Girls Regional Championships (Competitive) | Bedford Park, IL | #108 of 3,214 | 4-1 | BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Club: 4-1 |
| Sky High Presidents' Day Classic (2-Day) (Regional) | Crystal Lake, IL | #401 of 3,214 | 3-7 | BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13/14 Girls Premier: 3-2; BVA - Lions 13-Aspire — 13 Girls Classic: 0-5 |
| 2026 JVC Winter Classic - Powered by Under Armour (Competitive) | Milwaukee, WI | #110 of 3,214 | 4-7 | BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Club: 2-4; BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 13 Open/Premier: 2-3 |
| *Free* Cyclones Holiday Invite (12U, 14U, 16U) (Regional) | Glen Ellyn, IL | #1299 of 3,214 | 4-0 | BVA - Lions 13-Elite — 14U: 2-0; BVA - Lions 14 — 14U: 2-0 |
| UNDER THE DOME - Holiday Warm-UP #2 (Regional) | Bensenville, IL | #1931 of 3,214 | 3-0 | BVA - Lions 14 — 14 Girls: 3-0 |