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2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

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NBL
Duration7 October 2023 – June 2024
Games played192 (Regular season)
Teams12
TV partner(s)Max Sport
Regular season
Top seedChernomorets
Season MVPUnited States Darrell Davis (Beroe)
Finals
ChampionsRilski Sportist
  Runners-upBalkan
Third placeChernomorets
Fourth placeSpartak Pleven

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

Teams

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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 1,500
Spartak Pleven[12] 5th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200
Yambol[13] 9th Diana Yambol 3,000

Regular season

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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

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification[a]
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).

Results

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Matches 1–22

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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Round Player Team PIR
1 United States John Florveus Levski Sofia 30
2 Bulgaria Nikolay Stoyanov Spartak Pleven 30
3 United States Alan Arnett Levski Sofia 23
4 United States Brian Cameron Shumen 38
5 Estonia Karl-Johan Lips Balkan 36
6 United States Brian Cameron Shumen 35
7 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov CSKA Sofia 37
8 United States Averyl Ugba Cherno More 34
9 Bulgaria Stanimir Marinov Spartak Pleven 31
10 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov CSKA Sofia 41
11 United States Darrell Davis Beroe 44
12 United States Darrell Davis Beroe 37
13 United States Darrell Davis Beroe 46
14 United States Peter Kiss Yambol 33
15 United States Carlos Pepin Beroe 55
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Radukić CSKA Sofia 33
17 United States Brian Cameron Shumen 34
18 United States Darrell Davis Beroe 47
19 United States Peter Kiss Yambol 45
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Radukić CSKA Sofia 49
21 United States Averyl Ugba Cherno More 38
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Radukić CSKA Sofia 38
23 Bulgaria Nikolay Nikolov Beroe 36
24 Bulgaria Maksim Bochev Levski 31
25 Bulgaria Nikolay Titkov Beroe 38
26 Canada Karim Mané Shumen 36
27 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov CSKA Sofia 39
28 Canada Karim Mané Shumen 38
29 Bulgaria Maksim Bochev Levski 40
30 Bulgaria Ivan Lilov Yambol 32
31 Canada Karim Mané Shumen 36
32 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov CSKA Sofia 46

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Balkan FIBA Europe Cup Second round
Chernomorets Qualifying tournament

Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Spartak Pleven European North Basketball League Regular season

References

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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