2020–21 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration	10 October 2020 –
Number of games	108 (Regular season)
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
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The 2020–21 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 80th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Teams

Academic Plovdiv

Balkan

Beroe

Cherno More

Levski

Rilski Sportist

Spartak

Chernomorets

Yambol

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2020–21 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

Academic Sofia resigned from the league due to financial difficulties,

Club	Last season	Arena	Location	Capacity
Academic Plovdiv	5th	Kolodruma	Plovdiv	6,100
Balkan Botevgrad	1st	Arena Botevgrad	Botevgrad	4,500
Beroe	4th	Municipal Hall	Stara Zagora	1,000
Cherno More Ticha	8th	Hristo Borisov	Varna	1,000
Chernomorets	7th	Boycho Branzov	Burgas	1,000
Levski Lukoil	2nd	Universiada Hall	Sofia	4,000
Rilski Sportist	3rd	Arena Samokov	Samokov	2,500
Spartak Pleven	9th	Balkanstroy	Pleven	1,200
Yambol	10th	Diana	Yambol	3,000

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Levski Lukoil	15	12	3	1352	1139	+213	27	Advance to playoffs
2	Rilski Sportist	14	12	2	1281	1067	+214	26
3	Balkan Botevgrad	14	10	4	1211	1029	+182	24
4	Chernomorets	16	8	8	1425	1423	+2	24
5	Beroe	15	8	7	1285	1236	+49	23
6	Academic Plovdiv	15	7	8	1268	1288	−20	22
7	Yambol	15	5	10	1153	1259	−106	20
8	Spartak Pleven	15	3	12	1137	1380	−243	18
9	Cherno More Ticha	15	2	13	1073	1364	−291	17

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: NBL

Results

Home \ Away	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	CHE	LEV	RIL	SPA	YAM	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	CHE	LEV	RIL	SPA	YAM
Academic Plovdiv	—		97–89	87–72	96–104	71–84	89–99	87–58	83–67	—
Balkan Botevgrad	91–77	—	72–79	113–41	79–87		80–87	85–79	85–70		—
Beroe	80–81	94–90	—	102–63	100–95	77–79		91–79	64–75			—
Cherno More	82–97	72–86	63–78	—	85–82	88–121	64–95	66–77	77–87				—
Chernomorets	89–77	76–92	123–121	79–67	—	93–75	86–100	80–82	92–94					—
Levski Lukoil	108–84	66–68	100–66	102–74	81–68	—	73–87	100–67	86–78						—
Rilski Sportist	97–77	71–76	74–64		108–91	64–75	—	119–79	83–64							—
Spartak Pleven	92–93	61–102	68–87	71–92	82–91	81–97	78–110	—	83–80								—
Yambol	76–72	69–92	78–93	87–68	84–89	75–105	71–87		—									—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Player of the round

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Danilo Tasic	Levski Lukoil	37
2	Danilo Tasic	Levski Lukoil	28
3	Aleksandar Yanev	Cherno More	34
4	Georgi Boyanov	Cherno More	40
5	Danilo Tasic	Levski Lukoil	42
6	Diante Baldwin	Chernomorets	47
7	Brady Rose	Beroe	30
8	James Gavin	Beroe	35
9	Danilo Tasic	Levski Lukoil	38
10	Tajuan Agee	Balkan	33
11	Danilo Tasic	Levski Lukoil	36
12	Hristo Zahariev	Levski Lukoil	38
13	Hristo Zahariev	Levski Lukoil	42
14	Dimitar Marincheshki	Spartak Pleven	36
15	Diante Baldwin	Levski Lukoil	40

Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Balkan	Champions League	First qualifying round
	FIBA Europe Cup	Round of 16
Rilski Sportist		Round of 16

NBL clubs in regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Academic Plovdiv	Balkan League	First round
Beroe		First round