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2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

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NBL
Duration4 October 2024 – June 2025
Games played108 (Regular season)
Teams9
TV partner(s)Max Sport

The 2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 84th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Teams

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2024–25 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

CSKA Sofia withdrew from the competition on 16 September due to financial difficulties.[2] Chernomorets withdrew from the competition on September 29 after failing to register a team due to unpaid wages to players and coaches from the previous season. This required a new fixture draw for the upcoming season.[3]

On October 1, just 3 days before the first game of the season Yambol also withdrew due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They will participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.[4]

Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[5] 9th Kolodruma Plovdiv 6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[6] 2nd Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe[7] 12th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Cherno More Ticha[8] 6th Hristo Borisov Varna 1,000
Minyor 2015[9] 11th Boris Gyuderov Hall Pernik 1,700
Levski[10] 8th Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Rilski Sportist[11] 1st Arena Samokov Samokov 2,500
Shumen[12] 7th Arena Shumen Shumen 1,500
Spartak Pleven[13] 4th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200

Regular season

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Before the withdrawal of Yambol and Chernomorets, the eleven teams should have played twice against each other for a total of 20 games. The league would then split into a top 6 and bottom 5, with each team playing two games against each of the other teams from the same group. The six teams from the first group and the best two teams from the second group would join the playoffs.[14]

With nine teams, the teams will play each other twice, after which there will be an additional third cycle, where each team will have four home games against the four teams below them and four away games against the teams above them in the standings.[15]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Rilski Sportist 10 9 1 901 704 +197 19 Advance to playoffs
2 Balkan Botevgrad 9 7 2 782 724 +58 16
3 Academic Plovdiv 9 6 3 733 738 −5 15
4 Minyor 2015 10 5 5 831 846 −15 15
5 Spartak Pleven 9 5 4 782 773 +9 14
6 Beroe 9 5 4 745 801 −56 14
7 Cherno More 8 3 5 646 635 +11 11
8 Levski 10 1 9 746 841 −95 11
9 Shumen 10 1 9 802 906 −104 11
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: NBL

Results

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Matches 1–16

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

Home \ Away ACP BAL BER CMT LEV MIN RIL SHU SPA
Academic 67–64 84–83 107–83 91–77 82–80
Balkan 104–83 91–92 82–65 68–76
Beroe 85–73 106–110 76–95 66–111
Cherno More 75–80 97–60 89–81 88–91
Levski 75–90 71–83 58–66 64–74 96–91 81–96
Minyor 2015 89–73 91–74 81–80 75–87 101–76
Rilski Sportist 87–56 89–64 104–81 99–81
Shumen 67–68 91–93 79–78 74–90 73–103
Spartak 89–96 83–88 89–75 76–71 97–93
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Matches 17–24

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Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                   
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5  
 
 
2  
7  
 
 
3  
6  

Player of the round

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Round Player Team PIR
1 United States Anthony Walker Balkan 39
2 Bulgaria Dimitar Marincheshki Levski 33
3 United States Darius Banks Beroe 32
4 United States Jordan Session Rilski Sportist 39
5 Bulgaria Lachezar Toshkov Minyor 2015 23
6 Bulgaria Borislav Mladenov Minyor 2015 37
7 Bulgaria Borislav Mladenov Minyor 2015 30
8 United States Tyere Marshall Balkan 41
9 United States Rey Idowu Shumen 34

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Rilski Sportist FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Balkan

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. ^ "ИУС утвърди системата за провеждане на сезон 2024-25". basketball.bg. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ "ЦСКА се сбогува с НБЛ". Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  3. ^ "Официално: без Черноморец Бургас в Sesame НБЛ през новия сезон". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  4. ^ "Ямбол се отказа от участие в Националната баскетболна лига". novsport.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  5. ^ Akademik in NBL
  6. ^ Balkan in NBL
  7. ^ Beroe in NBL
  8. ^ Cherno More in NBL
  9. ^ Minyor 2015 in NBL
  10. ^ Levski in NBL
  11. ^ Rilski in NBL
  12. ^ Shumen in NBL
  13. ^ Spartak in NBL
  14. ^ "Жребият размина фаворитите на старта в Sesame НБЛ". bgbasket.com. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Управителният съвет на БФБаскетбол утвърди окончателно формата на НБЛ". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  16. ^ MVP by Round
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