2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

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

NBL
Duration	7 October 2023 – June 2024
Number of games	232 (Regular season)
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Chernomorets
Season MVP	Darrell Davis (Beroe)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Teams

Academic Plovdiv

Balkan

Beroe

Cherno More

CSKA

Levski

Minyor 2015

Rilski Sportist

Spartak

Chernomorets

Yambol

Shumen

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2023–24 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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:

Results

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).

Top six

Home \ Away	BAL	CMT	CHE	CSS	RIL	SPA
Balkan		80–68	71–95	86–59	86–79	72–67
Cherno More	79–95		89–81	91–99	60–107	86–90
Chernomorets	89–90	89–59		78–68	88–87	87–80
CSKA Sofia	80–92	105–99	78–94		77–87	78–82
Rilski Sportist	89–62	98–76	80–78	92–84		88–80
Spartak	90–81	121–75	81–76	102–70	85–81

Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bottom six

Home \ Away	ACP	BER	LEV	MIN	SHU	YAM
Academic		125–92	82–91	81–78	89–85	74–72
Beroe	83–113		70–115	66–113	81–123	91–104
Levski	81–73	90–59		84–83	68–79	88–79
Minyor 2015	84–88	106–81	71–72		97–87	91–68
Shumen	88–80	122–74	89–67	67–61		84–71
Yambol	85–77	101–84	79–80	81–68	86–105

Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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
	2	Rilski Sportist	113	96
	7	Shumen	60	67
								2	Rilski Sportist	95	71	90	81
								3	Spartak Pleven	84	77	82	83
	3	Spartak Pleven	116	74	82
	6	Cherno More	83	80	73

Player of the round

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

Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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

Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Spartak Pleven	European North Basketball League	Regular season

References

Regular Season Stats