# 2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 81st season of the Bulgarian NBL.

## Teams

| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Plovdiv | 5th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 4th | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 6th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 9th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Chernomorets | 5th | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 |
| Levski Lukoil | 1st | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 2nd | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Shumen | New team | Arena Shumen | Shumen | 1,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 8th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
| Yambol | 7th | 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 draw for the first 18 rounds, was made on 10 September and was show in the NBL youtube channel. The season will start on 9 October. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 27 | 25 | 2 | 2458 | 1932 | +526 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 27 | 21 | 6 | 2243 | 1952 | +291 | 48 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Levski Lukoil | 27 | 18 | 9 | 2230 | 1980 | +250 | 45 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2199 | 2119 | +80 | 43 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2298 | 2184 | +114 | 43 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Beroe | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2191 | 2239 | −48 | 40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Academic Plovdiv | 27 | 12 | 15 | 2155 | 2186 | −31 | 39 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Yambol | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2214 | 2441 | −227 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Shumen | 27 | 4 | 23 | 1875 | 2362 | −487 | 31 | |
| 10 | Cherno More Ticha | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1957 | 2425 | −468 | 28 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SHU | SPA | YAM | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SHU | SPA | YAM |
| Academic | | 63–99 | 84–78 | 91–79 | 88–91 | 78–97 | 81–88 | 83–78 | 77–85 | 106–80 | | 70–65 | | 89–85 | | | 67–80 | 79–66 | | 113–88 |
| Balkan | 79–63 | | 106–78 | 88–69 | 49–59 | 80–69 | 74–73 | 112–76 | 90–81 | 94–81 | | | 85–76 | | 92–70 | 74–68 | | | 75–71 | |
| Beroe | 91–87 | 92–87 | | 99–64 | 100–83 | 56–82 | 79–90 | 85–63 | 57–73 | 91–76 | 95–87 | | | 74–64 | | | 76–125 | 105–68 | | 76–92 |
| Cherno More | 65–83 | 79–101 | 80–82 | | 83–108 | 72–101 | 75–86 | 71–76 | 69–85 | 78–77 | | 72–84 | | | 79–99 | 73–92 | 71–93 | | 82–91 | |
| Chernomorets | 80–66 | 83–78 | 76–58 | 91–70 | | 69–96 | 68–89 | 114–63 | 84–87 | 110–78 | 76–66 | | 89–78 | | | | | | 79–66 | 79–72 |
| Levski Lukoil | 75–57 | 59–72 | 97–85 | 96–60 | 77–57 | | 66–76 | 75–51 | 80–74 | 85–81 | 76–70 | | 86–68 | | 80–69 | | | | 108–114 | |
| Rilski Sportist | 77–63 | 85–73 | 85–77 | 96–58 | 82–71 | 88–69 | | 108–56 | 93–70 | 104–68 | | 78–74 | | | 89–58 | 82–78 | | | 79–77 | |
| Shumen | 66–83 | 54–80 | 65–81 | 91–71 | 68–77 | 50–96 | 59–103 | | 71–84 | 73–82 | | 67–73 | | 66–58 | 88–85 | 70–72 | 75–102 | | | |
| Spartak | 91–64 | 71–83 | 76–89 | 98–66 | 74–89 | 84–82 | 101–93 | 100–74 | | 88–95 | 94–90 | | 95–83 | | | | | 92–76 | | 94–73 |
| Yambol | 72–93 | 75–97 | 76–91 | 97–91 | 103–85 | 78–97 | 81–101 | 98–77 | 83–82 | | | 70–79 | | 91–73 | | 78–81 | 76–115 | 93–88 | | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 91 | 96 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Yambol | 68 | 83 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Yambol | 68 | 83 | | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 94 | 89 | 77 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Spartak Pleven | 65 | 75 | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 72 | 85 | 69 | 5 | Spartak Pleven | 65 | 75 | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 87 | 84 | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 87 | 84 | 87 | | | | | | | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 78 | 82 | 65 | 54 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 69 | 86 | 88 | 66 |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 80 | 72 | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 69 | 86 | 88 | 66 |
| 7 | Academic Plovdiv | 73 | 87 | 55 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Academic Plovdiv | 73 | 87 | 55 | 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 80 | 76 | 56 | 78 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 3 | Levski Lukoil | 74 | 72 | 66 | 76 |
| 3 | Levski Lukoil | 116 | 87 | | 3 | Levski Lukoil | 74 | 72 | 66 | 76 | 5 | Spartak Pleven | 88 | 83 | 62 |
| 6 | Beroe | 74 | 79 | | | | | | | | 3 | Levski Lukoil | 96 | 73 | 78 |

## Player of the round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Chavdar Kostov | Levski | 34 |
| 2 | Tonny Trocha-Morelos | Chernomorets | 46 |
| 3 | Jeremiah Paige | Yambol | 34 |
| 4 | Tonny Trocha-Morelos | Chernomorets | 39 |
| 5 | Trey Porter | Rilski Sportist | 37 |
| 6 | Brandon Brown | Rilski Sportist | 35 |
| 7 | Obinna Oleka | Beroe | 41 |
| 8 | Wendell Lewis | Chernomorets | 52 |
| 9 | Obinna Oleka | Beroe | 50 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 33 |
| 11 | Obinna Oleka | Beroe | 36 |
| 12 | Dejan Bjelić | Shumen | 40 |
| 13 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 36 |
| 14 | Chavdar Kostov | Levski | 32 |
| 15 | Trey Porter | Rilski Sportist | 28 |
| 16 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 38 |
| 17 | Krastan Krastanov | Yambol | 32 |
| 18 | Dejan Bjelić | Shumen | 31 |
| 19 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 40 |
| 20 | Brandon Brown | Rilski Sportist | 41 |
| 21 | Ivko Ivkov | Spartak Pleven | 32 |
| 22 | Maksym Kornienko | Spartak Pleven | 35 |
| 23 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 30 |
| 24 | Daishon Knight | Academic Plovdiv | 36 |
| 25 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 32 |
| 26 | Vlatko Granić | Chernomorets | 34 |
| 27 | Maksym Kornienko | Spartak Pleven | 33 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Levski Lukoil | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Rilski Sportist | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Academic Plovdiv | FIBA Europe Cup | Qualifying rounds |

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | First round |
| Beroe | Balkan League | First round |
| Balkan | Balkan League | First round |
| Levski Lukoil | Balkan League | First round |