The meeting, held in Bulgaria, ended with a score of 104: 60 in favor of the guests.
The most productive player of the Russian team was Dmitry Kulagin, who collected 16 points. 14 points in the asset of Evgeny Baburin, Andrei Vorontsevich brought the team 13 points, and Peter Gubanov - 12. Vitaly Fridzon and Dmitry Khvostov scored 10 points.
In the national team of Bulgaria 19 points scored Jason Washburn. Pavel Marinov brought another 15 points to the team.
The next qualifying match the Russian team will hold on February 24 with the national team of Finland.
Earlier it was reported that Andrei Kirilenko expects a full house at the basketball game of Russia and Finland in Perm.