2018–19 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Season	2018–19
Duration	27 December 2018 – 2 March 2019
Number of games	13
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Avramov
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Isiah Williams
Rebounds	Mikael Hopkins
Assists	Brandon Brown
Records
Biggest home win	Levski Lukoil 92–74 PBC Academic; (13 February 2019)
Biggest away win	Balkan 73–96 Levski Lukoil; (16 January 2019)
Highest scoring	Bultex 99 95–78 Yambol; (16 January 2019)
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The 2018–19 Bulgarian Basketball Cup is the 65th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria.It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.The competition will start on December 27, 2018, with the quarterfinals and will end with the Final on March 2, 2019 in Panagyurishte.

Format[edit]

This season, only clubs from National Basketball League (Bulgaria) will participate, except Cherno More, which withdrew from the competition. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a double-legged format, while the Final is played in single game on a neutral venue.^[1]

Participating clubs[edit]

2018–19 NBL 8 clubs
Bultex 99 Balkan Beroe Levski Lukoil PBC Academic Rilski Sportist Spartak Pleven Yambol

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals 27–16 January				Semifinals 13–16 February				Final 2 March



Levski Lukoil	80	96	176

Balkan	81	73	154
				Levski Lukoil	92	77	169

				Bultex 99	74	87	161
Bultex 99	95	79	174

Yambol	78	72	150
								Levski Lukoil	70

								Beroe	61
Rilski Sportist	67	87	154

Beroe	78	80	158
				Beroe	84	82	166

				Academic	67	89	156
Academic	83	75	158

Spartak Pleven	68	70	138

Source: Basketball.bg^[2]

Quarterfinals[edit]

27 December 2018	Levski Lukoil	80–81	Balkan	Universiada Hall, Sofia
19:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 11-25, 22-26, 31-16, 16-14
	Pts: Rembert 32 Rebs: Zahariev 8 Asts: Zahariev, Rembert 4 PIR: Rembert 31	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 18 Rebs: Hopkins 11 Asts: Brown 11 PIR: Brown 31

27 December 2018	Bultex 99	95–78	Yambol	Kolodruma
18:30(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 15-32, 26-14, 28-18
	Pts: Vitkovic 19 Rebs: Vitkovic 7 Asts: Knight, Vitkovic 4 PIR: Vitkovic 29	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 22 Rebs: Petkov 8 Asts: Ivanov 10 PIR: Ivanov 28

27 December 2018	Rilski Sportist	67–78	Beroe	Arena Samokov, Samokov
18:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 15-26, 15-17, 20-22, 17-13
	Pts: Jenkins 18 Rebs: Jenkins 7 Asts: Harris , Marinov 5 PIR: Jenkins 17	Boxscore	Pts: Frankamp 18 Rebs: Bachynski 11 Asts: Frankamp 11 PIR: Frankamp 28

27 December 2018	Academic	83–68	Spartak Pleven	Sports Complex Hall, Pravets
18:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 26-19, 15-13, 20-18, 22-18
	Pts: Dimitrov 19 Rebs: Ivanov 8 Asts: Dimitrov 7 PIR: Dimitrov 28	Boxscore	Pts: Marinov 21 Rebs: Varbanov 9 Asts: Ostrev, Marinov 4 PIR: Marinov 24

16 January 2019	Balkan	73–96 (Series: 154-176)	Levski Lukoil	Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad
	Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 6-25, 25-20, 21-27
BNT 3	Pts: Brown 16 Rebs: Hopkins 9 Asts: Hopkins 4 PIR: Hopkins 18	Boxscore	Pts: Rembert 20 Rebs: Ivanov, Zahariev 6 Asts: Avramov 7 PIR: Zahariev, Rembert 25

16 January 2019	Yambol	72–79 (Series: 150-174)	Bultex 99	Diana, Yambol
	Scoring by quarter: 26-19, 19-18, 17-23, 10-19
	Pts: Williams 21 Rebs: Ivanov 6 Asts: Williams 3 PIR: Petkov, Williams 15	Boxscore	Pts: Bachev 26 Rebs: Olisemeka 10 Asts: Knight 4 PIR: Bachev 24

16 January 2019	Beroe	80–870(OT) (Series: 158-154)	Rilski Sportist	Municipal Hall, Stara Zagora
	Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 26-12, 11-29, 15-24, Overtime: 8-4
	Pts: Frankamp 24 Rebs: White 11 Asts: Frankamp 4 PIR: White, Yanev 23	Boxscore	Pts: Gugino 22 Rebs: Gugino 11 Asts: Georgiev 5 PIR: Gugino 24

16 January 2019	Spartak Pleven	70–75 (Series: 138-158)	Academic	Balkanstroy Hall, Pleven
	Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 20-30, 20-16, 11-18
	Pts: Kochev 19 Rebs: Vutev 11 Asts: Ostrev 8 PIR: Vutev 26	Boxscore	Pts: Milov 23 Rebs: Milov, Iliev 7 Asts: Dudev 4 PIR: Milov 22

Semifinals[edit]

13 February 2019	Beroe	84–67	Academic	Municipal Hall, Stara Zagora
	Scoring by quarter: 21-14, 25-16, 23-16, 15-21
	Pts: Coggins, Yanev 15 Rebs: Yanev 15 Asts: Zhelev, Coggins 4 PIR: Vaklinov 22	Boxscore	Pts: Nikolov, Lazarov 15 Rebs: Chernokozhev 9 Asts: Grozev, Dudev 3 PIR: Milov 21

13 February 2019	Levski Lukoil	92–74	Bultex 99	Universiada Hall, Sofia
	Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 29-27, 19-10, 21-13
	Pts: Zahariev 20 Rebs: Ivanov, Zahariev 10 Asts: Ivanov 7 PIR: Zahariev 35	Boxscore	Pts: Bachev 19 Rebs: Olisemeka 7 Asts: Gruev, Bachev 3 PIR: Bachev 18

16 February 2019	Bultex 99	87–77	Levski Lukoil	Kolodruma
19:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 19-23, 24-18, 20-19, 24-17
BNT 3	Pts: Vitkovic 19 Rebs: Olisemeka 10 Asts: Franklin 7 PIR: Vitkovic 25	Boxscore	Pts: Avramov 20 Rebs: Zahariev 9 Asts: Ivanov 7 PIR: Zahariev 28

16 February 2019	Academic	89–82	Beroe	Sports Complex Hall, Pravets
18:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 24-25, 15-22, 24-18, 26-17
	Pts: Lazarov 20 Rebs: Ivanov, Milov 6 Asts: Dudev 12 PIR: Lazarov 19	Boxscore	Pts: Stoyanov 21 Rebs: Yanev 9 Asts: Frankamp, Yanev 4 PIR: Stoyanov 26

Final[edit]

2 March 2019	Levski Lukoil	70–61	Beroe	Arena Asarel, Panagyurishte
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 16-17, 19-5, 19-27, 16-12
	Pts: Avramov 17 Rebs: Zahariev 10 Asts: Avramov 8 PIR: Avramov 25	Boxscore	Pts: Frankamp 21 Rebs: Frankamp 9 Asts: Frankamp 5 PIR: Frankamp 22

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PF	44	Deyan Ivanov	11	6	1
PF	55	Kaloyan Ivanov	7	3	2
SG	10	Bozhidar Avramov	17	2	8
G/F	32	Hristo Zahariev	15	10	2
PG	11	Patrick Rembert	10	4	4
Reserves:
PG	13	Asen Velikov	0	1	0
PG	1	Deyan Karamfilov	0	0	0
G/F	8	Gerasim Nikolov	0	0	0
C	41	Krastan Krastanov	0	0	0
C	33	Nikola Maravic	8	4	0
PF	7	Milivoje Mijovic	2	2	0
G	0	Russell Robinson Jr.	0	2	1
Head coach:
Konstantin Papazov

Levski Lukoil

Beroe

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

C	15	Stanislav Vaklinov	0	3	0
SF	8	Nikolay Stoyanov	7	5	2
F/C	1	James White	7	8	0
PG	33	Connor Frankamp	21	9	5
SG	3	Trenton Coggins	4	4	1
Reserves:
PF	12	Aleksandar Yanev	14	5	0
SG	24	Tihomir Zhelev	3	1	3
PG	0	Nikolay Titkov	0	0	0
SG	10	Evgeni Vasilev	0	0	0
PF	9	Ivaylo Tonev	0	0	0
G	2	Paul Miller	2	4	1
F	23	Terrence Jennings	3	4	0
Head coach:
Lyubomir Minchev

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References[edit]

^ "Финалът на турнира за Купата на България при мъжете ще е на 2 март в Панагюрище". basketball.bg. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
^ "Отново Левски Лукойл – Балкан, този път за Ефбет Купа на България". basketball.bg. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
^ Results

[1] "Финалът на турнира за Купата на България при мъжете ще е на 2 март в Панагюрище". basketball.bg. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

[2] "Отново Левски Лукойл – Балкан, този път за Ефбет Купа на България". basketball.bg. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

[3] Results

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