# 2017–18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

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

The same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the 2017–18 season.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| 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 | 9th | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Academic Sofia | 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 |
* 1 2 Academic started the season as "Lukoil Academic". However, from January 2018 main sponsor Lukoil left the team for Levski Sofia. 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Levski Lukoil | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2018 | 1777 | +241 | 42 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Academic Bultex 99 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1959 | 1762 | +197 | 42 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2003 | 1780 | +223 | 42 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Rilski Sportist | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2098 | 1895 | +203 | 40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Beroe | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2050 | 1955 | +95 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Academic Sofia | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1946 | 2013 | −67 | 34 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Yambol | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1983 | 2204 | −221 | 32 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Cherno More Ticha | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1789 | 2067 | −278 | 29 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1961 | 2354 | −393 | 26 | |
* ↑ Academic Plovdiv was awarded 20-0 win, due to illegal use of 5 foreigner players at the same time by Balkan, on 1 April 2018. Additionally Balkan would take 0 points from this game. The original score was 86-76, for Balkan.

### Results
#### First stage

| Home \ Away | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
| Academic Bultex 99 | — | 66–81 | 80–70 | 85–53 | 88–66 | 77–96 | 79–74 | 94–75 | 78–72 |
| Academic Sofia | 51–93 | — | 91–99 | 75–96 | 131–68 | 70–96 | 95–75 | 105–78 | 112–81 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 85–78 | 69–65 | — | 87–80 | 104–83 | 67–70 | 83–78 | 106–76 | 97–83 |
| Beroe | 91–94 | 66–95 | 67–92 | — | 94–68 | 74–81 | 68–96 | 111–76 | 102–85 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 81–71 | 101–70 | 75–82 | 97–91 | — | 62–88 | 73–80 | 105–99 | 93–99 |
| Levski Lukoil | 70–82 | 78–84 | 63–86 | 71–73 | 63–53 | — | 67–73 | 108–65 | 108–88 |
| Rilski Sportist | 97–89 | 76–93 | 86–70 | 96–88 | 120–73 | 72–73 | — | 84–54 | 101–75 |
| Spartak Pleven | 88–97 | 111–71 | 81–102 | 83–104 | 68–80 | 87–93 | 89–105 | — | 77–91 |
| Yambol | 70–78 | 90–83 | 79–86 | 84–103 | 76–70 | 77–89 | 78–106 | 87–73 | — |

#### Second stage

Home and away games depend on table after the first stage.
| Home \ Away | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
| Academic Bultex | — | 85–65 | — | 82–70 | 71–62 | — | — | — | 94–81 |
| Academic Sofia | — | — | — | 78–104 | 75–69 | — | — | 101–73 | 81–87 |
| Balkan | 0–20 | 93–49 | — | — | — | 79–71 | 92–80 | — | — |
| Beroe | — | — | 91–66 | — | 76–60 | — | — | 115–85 | 88–61 |
| Cherno More | — | — | 76–81 | — | — | 63–89 | 67–91 | 76–89 | — |
| Levski Lukoil | 109–97 | 78–57 | — | 78–68 | — | — | — | — | 100–70 |
| Rilski Sportist | 74–78 | 81–68 | — | 79–77 | — | 73–75 | — | — | — |
| Spartak Pleven | 81–103 | — | 80–102 | — | — | 80–104 | 86–94 | — | — |
| Yambol | — | — | 78–104 | — | 71–68 | — | 104–107 | 116–106 | — |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Levski Lukoil | 93 | 81 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cherno More | 67 | 79 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cherno More | 67 | 79 | | 1 | Levski Lukoil | 90 | 77 | 76 | 85 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Rilski Sportist | 69 | 78 | 73 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rilski Sportist | 91 | 80 | | 4 | Rilski Sportist | 69 | 78 | 73 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beroe | 81 | 70 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beroe | 81 | 70 | | | | | | | | 1 | Levski Lukoil | 69 | 71 | 71 | 86 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 71 | 65 | 60 | 85 |
| 2 | Academic Plovdiv | 94 | 79 | 103 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 71 | 65 | 60 | 85 |
| 7 | Yambol | 75 | 97 | 72 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Yambol | 75 | 97 | 72 | 2 | Academic Plovdiv | 78 | 68 | 74 | 91 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 79 | 59 | 97 | 102 |
| 3 | Balkan | 99 | 98 | | 3 | Balkan | 79 | 59 | 97 | 102 | 2 | Academic Plovdiv | 56 | 77 | |
| 6 | Academic Sofia | 56 | 68 | | | | | | | | 4 | Rilski Sportist | 77 | 92 | |

## Player of the round

Player of the round :
| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Alex Davis | Beroe | 33 |
| 2 | Pavel Ivanov | Balkan | 31 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 40 |
| 4 | Nikolay Stoyanov | Levski Lukoil | 37 |
| 5 | Igor Kesar | Balkan | 34 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 38 |
| 7 | Sheldon Jeter | Rilski Sportist | 29 |
| 8 | Alex Davis | Beroe | 36 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 35 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 41 |
| 11 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 39 |
| 12 | Adjehi Baru | Beroe | 42 |
| 13 | Aleksandar Milov | Academic Sofia | 40 |
| 14 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 34 |
| 15 | Konstantin Koev | Spartak Pleven | 35 |
| 16 | Igor Kesar | Balkan | 42 |
| 17 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 48 |
| 18 | Dragan Tubak | Cherno More | 38 |
| 19 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 36 |
| 20 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 32 |
| 21 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 30 |
| 22 | Konstantin Koev | Spartak Pleven | 40 |
| 23 | Jordan Callahan | Balkan | 32 |
| 24 | Darrius Garrett | Beroe | 31 |
| 25 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 36 |
| 26 | Dimitar Dimitrov | Academic Plovdiv | 41 |
| 27 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 27 |

## NBL clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Sofia | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Beroe | FIBA Europe Cup | Second qualifying round |
| Rilski Sportist | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
| Balkan | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |
| Levski Lukoil | Balkan League | Regular season |
| Rilski Sportist | Balkan League | Regular season |