2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 82nd season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season was contested by eleven teams.

NBL
Number of games165 (Regular season)
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Max Sport
Regular season
Top seedRilski Sportist
Season MVP Ishmael El-Amin (Shumen)[1]
Finals
ChampionsBalkan Botevgrad
  Runners-upChernomorets
Third placeCSKA Sofia
Fourth placeRilski Sportist
Finals MVP Manny Suárez (Balkan Botevgrad)[2]
Statistical leaders
Points Ishmael El-Amin (Shumen) - 24.2
Rebounds Averyl Ugba (Cherno More) - 10.6
Assists Munis Tutu (Chernomorets) - 9.1
Index Rating Tamenang Choh (CSKA Sofia) - 27.3

Teams

CSKA Sofia returned to the league as winners of the second division, after a 12 year absence from the NBL.

Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[4] 6th Kolodruma Plovdiv 6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[5] 1st Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe[6] 7th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Cherno More Ticha[7] 10th Hristo Borisov Varna 1,000
Chernomorets[8] 5th Boycho Branzov Burgas 1,000
CSKA Sofia[9] 1st (second division) CSKA Sofia 450
Levski[10] 3rd Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Rilski Sportist[11] 2nd Arena Samokov Samokov 2,500
Shumen[12] 9th Arena Shumen Shumen 2,300
Spartak Pleven[13] 4th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200
Yambol[14] 8th Diana Yambol 3,000

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Rilski Sportist 30 26 4 2728 2312 +416 56 Advance to playoffs
2 Balkan Botevgrad 30 23 7 2576 2275 +301 53
3 CSKA Sofia 30 20 10 2506 2381 +125 50
4 Chernomorets 30 19 11 2629 2438 +191 49
5 Spartak Pleven 30 16 14 2522 2431 +91 46
6 Levski 30 15 15 2399 2351 +48 45
7 Beroe 30 14 16 2568 2677 109 44
8 Academic Plovdiv 30 11 19 2400 2537 137 41
9 Yambol 30 9 21 2373 2602 229 39
10 Shumen 30 6 24 2278 2687 409 36
11 Cherno More 30 6 24 2516 2804 288 36
Source: NBL

Results

Home \ Away ACP BAL BER CMT CHE CSS LEV RIL SHU SPA YAM ACP BAL BER CMT CHE CSS LEV RIL SHU SPA YAM
Academic 70–74 92–72 100–86 87–82 73–100 69–83 78–79 91–66 77–90 79–71 67–74 92–85 99–74 87–83 79–72
Balkan 89–59 105–71 98–87 83–78 81–67 89–64 68–83 87–68 81–60 98–76 82–83 92–88 71–81 77–68 78–67
Beroe 94–86 85–86 94–75 79–91 85–81 78–71 92–95 104–79 68–93 82–88 90–84 104–75 100–114 98–103 102–86
Cherno More 105–88 85–88 98–109 84–96 95–98 74–95 77–86 98–86 86–77 107–87 76–105 84–93 73–91 74–108 101–105
Chernomorets 96–84 93–83 71–78 87–77 100–84 70–81 91–98 94–87 88–81 88–70 94–70 96–69 114–71 90–76 87–77
CSKA Sofia 82–75 78–72 96–68 97–84 80–63 78–52 76–82 79–58 65–91 80–73 104–71 88–86 77–72 101–87 71–75
Levski 88–74 71–83 104–74 80–61 80–70 95–92 73–89 83–70 82–69 89–67 96–88 79–88 94–104 85–86 82–89
Rilski Sportist 95–60 89–83 100–84 85–76 102–69 84–72 89–73 103–71 87–68 104–67 77–76 72–87 86–89 81–70 88–84
Shumen 72–78 63–88 77–74 82–78 79–94 68–70 67–78 63–92 86–79 68–84 89–105 70–85 77–102 62–86 71–99
Spartak 81–72 81–88 81–97 82–78 84–77 84–86 77–65 78–104 81–67 84–82 92–69 105–81 102–87 104–81 108–77
Yambol 87–83 55–81 80–94 88–90 78–100 90–65 86–69 86–80 91–76 58–90 85–90 84–89 87–89 69–94 80–83
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                   
1 Rilski Sportist 76 85 97
8 Academic Plovdiv 79 66 67
1 Rilski Sportist 73 82 70 90
4 Chernomorets 79 75 84 95
4 Chernomorets 89 75
5 Spartak Pleven 70 69
2 Balkan Botevgrad 87 87 83
4 Chernomorets 74 64 75
2 Balkan Botevgrad 89 91
7 Beroe 78 72
2 Balkan Botevgrad 79 80 85 92 Third place
3 CSKA Sofia 90 71 70 83
3 CSKA Sofia 94 87 1 Rilski Sportist 71 72
6 Levski 77 79 3 CSKA Sofia 88 86

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 Cornelius HudsonBeroe35
2 Vasil BachevAcademic32
3 Dequan MorrisYambol31
4 Averyl UgbaCherno More29
5 Barret BensonSpartak Pleven30
6 Zlatin GeorgievLevski Sofia42
7 Zane KnowlesCSKA Sofia37
8 Manny SuárezBalkan26
9 Williams TavaresYambol28
10 Manny SuárezBalkan40
11 Darius HallBeroe41
12 Munis TutuChernomorets38
13 Georgi BoyanovChernomorets38
14 Averyl UgbaCherno More49
15 Munis TutuChernomorets37
16 Chavdar KostovRilski Sportist32
17 Averyl UgbaCherno More34
18 John FlorveusLevski Sofia36
19 Georgi BoyanovChernomorets36
20 Ishmael El-AminShumen34
21 Tamenang ChohCSKA Sofia46
22 Kelsey BarlowBeroe46
23 Tamenang ChohCSKA Sofia49
24 Aleksandar YanevRilski Sportist39
25 Ishmael El-AminShumen43
26 Ishmael El-AminShumen53
27 Jordan TuckerChernomorets49
28 Thatch UnruchCherno More35
29 Ishmael El-AminShumen35
30 Manny SuárezBalkan35
31 Alan ArnettLevski Sofia37
32 Ishmael El-AminShumen39
33 Hristo ZaharievBalkan30

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
BalkanFIBA Europe CupRegular season
Rilski SportistRegular season

NBL clubs in regional competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
LevskiBalkan LeagueFirst round
BeroeThird Place

References

Regular Season Stats

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