2017–18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season
Appearance
NBL | |||||||||||||
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Duration | 7 October 2017– 29 May 2018 | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 108 (Regular season) 23 (Playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 9 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | BNT | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Levski Lukoil | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Balkan Botevgrad | ||||||||||||
Third place | Rilski Sportist | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | Academic Bultex 99 | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Academic Sofia 131–68 Cherno More Ticha (28 October 2017) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Academic Sofia 51–93 Academic Bultex 99 (13 January 2018) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Yambol 116–106 Spartak (17 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 7 Games - 3 Teams (Academic Sofia, Balkan, Levski Lukoil) | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 13 Games Spartak Pleven | ||||||||||||
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 77th season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season started on October 7, 2017 and ended on May 29, 2018.
Teams
2017–18 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.
The same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the 2017–18 season.[3]
Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
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Academic Bultex 99 | 2nd | Arena Sila | Plovdiv | 1,000 |
Balkan Botevgrad | 5th | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
Beroe | 3rd | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
Cherno More Ticha | 7th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
Levski Lukoil[a] | 9th | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
Academic Sofia[a] | 1st | Sports Complex Hall | Pravets | 1,000 |
Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
Spartak Pleven | 6th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
Yambol | 8th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |
- ^ a b Academic started the season as "Lukoil Academic". However, from January 2018 main sponsor Lukoil left the team for Levski Sofia.[4] Levski was named "Levski Lukoil", while the other club was simply named "Academic".
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
League table
Template:2017–18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season table
Results
First stage
Second stage
Home and away games depend on table after the first stage.
Playoffs
Template:8TeamBracket-Best of Five Playoffs Except QF with Third
Player of the round
[5]Round | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | ![]() |
Beroe | 33 |
2 | ![]() |
Balkan | 31 |
3 | ![]() |
Beroe | 40 |
4 | ![]() |
Levski Lukoil | 37 |
5 | ![]() |
Balkan | 34 |
6 | ![]() |
Beroe | 38 |
7 | ![]() |
Rilski Sportist | 29 |
8 | ![]() |
Beroe | 36 |
9 | ![]() |
Beroe | 35 |
10 | ![]() |
Beroe | 41 |
11 | ![]() |
Yambol | 39 |
12 | ![]() |
Beroe | 42 |
13 | ![]() |
Academic Sofia | 40 |
14 | ![]() |
Yambol | 34 |
15 | ![]() |
Spartak Pleven | 35 |
16 | ![]() |
Balkan | 42 |
17 | ![]() |
Yambol | 48 |
18 | ![]() |
Cherno More | 38 |
19 | ![]() |
Yambol | 36 |
20 | ![]() |
Yambol | 32 |
21 | ![]() |
Balkan | 30 |
22 | ![]() |
Spartak Pleven | 40 |
23 | ![]() |
Balkan | 32 |
24 | ![]() |
Beroe | 31 |
25 | ![]() |
Balkan | 36 |
26 | ![]() |
Academic Plovdiv | 41 |
27 | ![]() |
Balkan | 27 |
NBL clubs in European competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Academic Sofia | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
Beroe | Second qualifying round | |
Rilski Sportist | First qualifying round | |
Balkan | Regular season |
NBL clubs in regional competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |
Levski Lukoil | Regular season | |
Rilski Sportist | Regular season |
References
- ^ "Алън Арнет спечели приза за MVP на редовния сезон в НБЛ |". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Божидар Аврамов грабна приза за MVP на плейофите |". Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ^ "Изтеглен бе жребият за сезон 2017/18 в НБЛ Виваком |". Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ "Lukoil Bulgaria is the new sponsor of Levski". Sportando.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ MVP by round