2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 83rd season of the Bulgarian NBL.

NBL
Duration7 October 2023 – June 2024
Number of games232 (Regular season)
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Max Sport
Regular season
Top seedChernomorets
Season MVP Darrell Davis (Beroe)
Finals
ChampionsRilski Sportist
  Runners-upBalkan
Third placeChernomorets
Fourth placeSpartak Pleven
2024–25 →

Teams
2023–24 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.
Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[2] 8th Kolodruma Plovdiv 6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[3] 1st Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe[4] 7th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Cherno More Ticha[5] 11th Hristo Borisov Varna 1,000
Chernomorets[6] 2nd Boycho Branzov Burgas 1,000
CSKA Sofia[7] 3rd CSKA Sofia 450
Minyor 2015[8] 1st (second division) Boris Gyuderov Hall Pernik 1,700
Levski[9] 6th Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Rilski Sportist[10] 4th Arena Samokov Samokov 2,500
Shumen[11] 10th Arena Shumen Shumen 2,300
Spartak Pleven[12] 5th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200
Yambol[13] 9th Diana Yambol 3,000

Regular season

The twelve teams played two times against each one of the other teams for a total of 22 games. The league splits into two groups (one with the top 6 teams and the other with the bottom 6 teams) and each team played two games against each one of the teams from the same group (for a total of 10 games). The six teams from the first group and the best two teams from the second group joined the playoffs. [14]

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 Chernomorets 32 25 7 2731 2427 +304 57 Advance to playoffs
2 Rilski Sportist 32 24 8 2723 2418 +305 56
3 Spartak Pleven 32 23 9 2787 2529 +258 55
4 Balkan Botevgrad 32 21 11 2617 2508 +109 53
5 CSKA Sofia 32 15 17 2683 2653 +30 47
6 Cherno More 32 11 21 2601 2851 −250 43
7 Shumen 32 15 17 2746 2634 +112 47 Advance to playoffs
8 Levski 32 14 18 2437 2478 −41 46
9 Academic Plovdiv 32 13 19 2620 2700 −80 45
10 Yambol 32 12 20 2545 2711 −166 44
11 Minyor 2015 32 11 21 2476 2607 −131 43
12 Beroe 32 8 24 2577 3027 −450 40
Source: NBL
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other twice (22 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Matches 1–22

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away ACP BAL BER CMT CHE CSS LEV MIN RIL SHU SPA YAM
Academic 75–73 86–80 108–97 66–79 70–87 76–78 90–72 69–65 84–76 66–85 89–96
Balkan 86–85 97–60 86–80 85–77 86–95 79–75 86–74 81–70 88–83 89–85 80–67
Beroe 87–86 75–74 80–100 74–86 92–98 76–86 94–79 70–82 90–85 79–81 104–80
Cherno More 93–87 89–81 94–76 75–78 91–84 66–94 86–69 75–97 97–90 69–83 93–89
Chernomorets 93–85 90–81 86–74 83–76 95–82 84–72 101–66 74–65 85–83 91–70 86–62
CSKA Sofia 93–74 78–88 99–86 99–64 79–84 81–67 78–85 85–86 90–72 83–79 80–62
Levski 72–62 69–64 67–68 75–79 79–90 72–85 73–78 76–78 67–85 65–86 82–93
Minyor 2015 93–83 67–85 92–79 88–81 82–80 76–82 59–60 70–97 86–92 72–84 76–67
Rilski Sportist 90–63 69–64 86–82 79–60 69–67 79–78 88–70 95–49 75–86 88–87 96–76
Shumen 78–80 90–96 76–92 82–91 78–89 86–82 76–61 70–65 87–98 95–101 79–80
Spartak 97–71 88–78 112–80 89–85 75–78 80–76 83–68 92–57 97–95 89–86 80–67
Yambol 91–83 72–75 83–98 89–81 66–100 75–90 81–73 77–69 75–87 74–82 97–86
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Matches 23–32

After 22 matches, the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Each team plays every other team in their group twice (once at home and once away).

Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                   
1 Chernomorets 73 88
8 Levski 59 74
1 Chernomorets 79 70 79 78
4 Balkan Botevgrad 84 57 82 94
4 Balkan Botevgrad 91 77 94
5 CSKA Sofia 76 82 74
4 Balkan Botevgrad 62 97 69 69
2 Rilski Sportist 75 102 68 81
2 Rilski Sportist 113 96
7 Shumen 60 67
2 Rilski Sportist 95 71 90 81 84 Third place
3 Spartak Pleven 84 77 82 83 52
3 Spartak Pleven 116 74 82 1 Chernomorets 92 64 87
6 Cherno More 83 80 73 3 Spartak Pleven 81 77 72

Player of the round
Round Player Team PIR
1 John FlorveusLevski Sofia30
2 Nikolay StoyanovSpartak Pleven30
3 Alan ArnettLevski Sofia23
4 Brian CameronShumen38
5 Karl-Johan LipsBalkan36
6 Brian CameronShumen35
7 Georgi BoyanovCSKA Sofia37
8 Averyl UgbaCherno More34
9 Stanimir MarinovSpartak Pleven31
10 Georgi BoyanovCSKA Sofia41
11 Darrell DavisBeroe44
12 Darrell DavisBeroe37
13 Darrell DavisBeroe46
14 Peter KissYambol33
15 Carlos PepinBeroe55
16 Aleksandar RadukićCSKA Sofia33
17 Brian CameronShumen34
18 Darrell DavisBeroe47
19 Peter KissYambol45
20 Aleksandar RadukićCSKA Sofia49
21 Averyl UgbaCherno More38
22 Aleksandar RadukićCSKA Sofia38
23 Nikolay NikolovBeroe36
24 Maksim BochevLevski31
25 Nikolay TitkovBeroe38
26 Karim ManéShumen36
27 Georgi BoyanovCSKA Sofia39
28 Karim ManéShumen38
29 Maksim BochevLevski40
30 Ivan LilovYambol32
31 Karim ManéShumen36
32 Georgi BoyanovCSKA Sofia46

[15]

Bulgarian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
BalkanFIBA Europe CupSecond round
ChernomoretsQualifying tournament

Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Spartak PlevenEuropean North Basketball LeagueRegular season

References

Regular Season Stats

  1. "Изтеглиха жребия за новия сезон в Националната баскетболна лига". basketball.bg. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. Akademik in NBL
  3. Balkan in NBL
  4. Beroe in NBL
  5. Cherno More in NBL
  6. Chernomorets in NBL
  7. CSKA in NBL
  8. Minyor 2015 in NBL
  9. Levski in NBL
  10. Rilski in NBL
  11. Shumen in NBL
  12. Spartak in NBL
  13. Yambol in NBL
  14. "Нов формат с разделяне на шестици през този сезон в НБЛ". bgbasket.com. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  15. MVP by Round
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