he incredible streak of 100 victories for a European team

Have you heard of Maritza Plovdiv? If the answer is no, you need to know it. The Bulgarian women's team reached an incredible mark: 100 consecutive victories in the country's national league. The series began more than five years ago, on November 21, 2015, when Maritza was defending her Bulgarian title that year. Since then, total dominance, with 100 consecutive victories and five more national titles. Plovdiv had hoped to reach 100 playoff victories last season, but with the pandemic prematurely interrupting the campaign when they were just three wins out of that total, they had to postpone the celebration. The statistics on the 100 wins are amazing. By winning 300 sets, the Bulgarian champions lost just 19. 84 of the matches were won 3-0 and only three were resolved in the tie-break. The 100th victory was one of the rare occurrences (total of 13) in which the opponents managed to win a set. On Wednesday night, Maritza reached the historic mark with a 3-1 victory (25-8, 25-10, 21-25, 25-18), against Kazanlak. The team will have three more games at home before leaving for Poland to participate in the second tournament of Group C in the Champions League. Turkish Vakifbank, Frenchman Mulhouse and the host of the LKS Commercecon Lodz tournament are the other three teams participating. The games will take place on February 2nd, 3rd and 4th.