# 2020–21 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2020–21 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 80th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

## Teams

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 | Rilski Sportist | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2256 | 1788 | +468 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Levski Lukoil | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2146 | 1833 | +313 | 44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2082 | 1810 | +272 | 41 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2123 | 2118 | +5 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2025 | 2013 | +12 | 35 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Beroe | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1985 | 2025 | −40 | 35 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Yambol | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1908 | 2051 | −143 | 33 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Spartak Pleven | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1847 | 2223 | −376 | 28 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Cherno More Ticha | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1726 | 2237 | −511 | 26 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
| Academic Plovdiv | | 70–81 | 97–89 | 87–72 | 96–104 | 71–84 | 89–99 | 87–58 | 83–67 | | | | 84–70 | | | 82–100 | 94–76 | 102–77 |
| Balkan | 91–77 | | 72–79 | 113–41 | 79–87 | 76–81 | 80–87 | 85–79 | 85–70 | 85–75 | | 106–84 | | 92–86 | | | | 101–77 |
| Beroe | 80–81 | 94–90 | | 102–63 | 100–95 | 77–79 | 78–92 | 91–79 | 64–75 | 68–93 | | | | 76–72 | | | 87–72 | 75–83 |
| Cherno More | 82–97 | 72–86 | 63–78 | | 85–82 | 88–121 | 64–95 | 66–77 | 77–87 | | 78–99 | 76–80 | | | 57–110 | 59–108 | | |
| Chernomorets | 89–77 | 76–92 | 123–121 | 79–67 | | 93–75 | 86–100 | 80–82 | 92–94 | 98–88 | | | 97–84 | | | | 95–75 | 89–83 |
| Levski Lukoil | 108–84 | 66–68 | 100–66 | 102–74 | 81–68 | | 73–87 | 100–67 | 86–78 | 70–69 | 78–74 | 86–85 | | 86–76 | | | | |
| Rilski Sportist | 97–77 | 71–76 | 74–64 | 96–45 | 108–91 | 64–75 | | 119–79 | 83–64 | | 82–77 | 109–67 | | 110–85 | 93–79 | | | |
| Spartak Pleven | 92–93 | 61–102 | 68–87 | 71–92 | 82–91 | 81–97 | 78–110 | | 83–80 | | 70–80 | | 103–98 | | 84–116 | 67–98 | | |
| Yambol | 76–72 | 69–92 | 78–93 | 87–68 | 84–89 | 75–105 | 71–87 | 85–74 | | | | | 96–86 | | 80–87 | 82–89 | 92–89 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 100 | 109 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Spartak Pleven | 71 | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Spartak Pleven | 71 | 67 | | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 89 | 105 | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 84 | 86 | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 77 | 77 | | 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 84 | 86 | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 95 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 95 | 91 | | | | | | | | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 85 | 79 | 94 | 84 | 69 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Levski | 89 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 84 | | |
| 2 | Levski | 92 | 102 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Levski | 89 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 84 |
| 7 | Yambol | 62 | 101 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Yambol | 62 | 101 | | 2 | Levski | 80 | 84 | 81 | 103 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 70 | 53 | 100 | 101 |
| 3 | Balkan | 94 | 85 | 82 | 3 | Balkan | 70 | 53 | 100 | 101 | 5 | Academic Plovdiv | 68 | 72 | 87 |
| 6 | Beroe | 58 | 86 | 67 | | | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 82 | 59 | 84 |

## 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 | Chernomorets | 40 |
| 16 | Danilo Tasic | Levski Lukoil | 32 |
| 17 | Marvin Smith | Chernomorets | 41 |
| 18 | Danilo Tasic | Levski Lukoil | 41 |
| 19 | Diante Baldwin | Chernomorets | 37 |
| 20 | Terrance Thompson | Cherno More | 39 |
| 21 | Andrei Ivanov | Yambol | 33 |
| 22 | Dimitar Marincheshki | Spartak Pleven | 29 |
| 23 | Nico Carvacho | Rilski Sportist | 35 |
| 24 | Eric McGill | Yambol | 36 |
| 25 | Hristo Zahariev | Levski Lukoil | 35 |
| 26 | Trey Porter | Rilski Sportist | 28 |
| 27 | Danilo Tasic | Levski Lukoil | 34 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Second Place |
| Beroe | Balkan League | Fourth Place |