2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration	7 October 2023 – June 2024
Games played	232 (Regular season)
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
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The 2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 83rd season of the Bulgarian NBL.

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 first 6 teams and the other with the last 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	14	13	1	1184	1109	+75	27	Advance to Placement round
2	CSKA Sofia	14	11	3	1221	1075	+146	25
3	Rilski Sportist	14	9	5	1147	1052	+95	23
4	Spartak Pleven	14	9	5	1198	1110	+88	23
5	Balkan Botevgrad	14	8	6	1144	1117	+27	22
6	Beroe	14	6	8	1136	1181	−45	20
7	Yambol	14	6	8	1131	1195	−64	20	Advance to Qualifying round
8	Cherno More	14	6	8	1112	1186	−74	20
9	Minyor 2015	14	5	9	1055	1200	−145	19
10	Levski	14	4	10	1054	1091	−37	18
11	Shumen	14	4	10	1171	1217	−46	18
12	Academic Plovdiv	14	3	11	1075	1195	−120	17

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2023. Source: NBL

Results

Home \ Away	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	CHE	CSS	LEV	MIN	RIL	SHU	SPA	YAM
Academic		75–73			66–79	70–87	76–78		69–65		66–85	89–96
Balkan				86–80		86–95	79–75	86–74	81–70	88–83	89–85	80–67
Beroe	87–86	75–74			74–86		76–86			90–85	79–81
Cherno More	93–87	89–81	94–76		75–78		66–94				69–83	93–89
Chernomorets		90–81	86–74			95–82	84–72	101–66	74–65		91–70	86–62
CSKA Sofia	93–74		99–86	99–64				78–85		90–72	83–79	80–62
Levski		69–64	67–68	75–79		72–85		73–78	76–78	67–85		82–93
Minyor 2015	93–83		92–79	88–81					70–97	86–92	72–84
Rilski Sportist			86–82	79–60	69–67	79–78		95–49		75–86		96–76
Shumen	78–80	90–96	76–92	82–91	78–89				87–98		95–101
Spartak	97–71				75–78		83–68	92–57	97–95
Yambol	91–83		83–98	89–81		75–90		77–69		74–82	97–86

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2023. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

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

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
TBD	Balkan International Basketball league

References

Regular Season Stats