# 2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 82nd season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season was contested by eleven teams.

## Teams

CSKA Sofia returned to the league as winners of the second division, after a 12 year absence from the NBL.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Plovdiv | 6th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 1st | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 7th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 10th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Chernomorets | 5th | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1st (second division) | CSKA | Sofia | 450 |
| Levski | 3rd | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 2nd | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Shumen | 9th | Arena Shumen | Shumen | 1,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 4th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
| Yambol | 8th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2728 | 2312 | +416 | 56 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2576 | 2275 | +301 | 53 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2506 | 2381 | +125 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2629 | 2438 | +191 | 49 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2522 | 2431 | +91 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Levski | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2399 | 2351 | +48 | 45 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Beroe | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2568 | 2677 | −109 | 44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Academic Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2400 | 2537 | −137 | 41 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Yambol | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2373 | 2602 | −229 | 39 | |
| 10 | Shumen | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2278 | 2687 | −409 | 36 | |
| 11 | Cherno More | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2516 | 2804 | −288 | 36 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | CSS | LEV | RIL | SHU | SPA | YAM | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | CSS | LEV | RIL | SHU | SPA | YAM |
| Academic | | 70–74 | 92–72 | 100–86 | 87–82 | 73–100 | 69–83 | 78–79 | 91–66 | 77–90 | 79–71 | | 67–74 | | 92–85 | | 99–74 | | 87–83 | 79–72 | | |
| Balkan | 89–59 | | 105–71 | 98–87 | 83–78 | 81–67 | 89–64 | 68–83 | 87–68 | 81–60 | 98–76 | | | 82–83 | | 92–88 | 71–81 | 77–68 | | | 78–67 | |
| Beroe | 94–86 | 85–86 | | 94–75 | 79–91 | 85–81 | 78–71 | 92–95 | 104–79 | 68–93 | 82–88 | 90–84 | | | 104–75 | | | | 100–114 | 98–103 | | 102–86 |
| Cherno More | 105–88 | 85–88 | 98–109 | | 84–96 | 95–98 | 74–95 | 77–86 | 98–86 | 86–77 | 107–87 | | 76–105 | | | | 84–93 | 73–91 | 74–108 | 101–105 | | |
| Chernomorets | 96–84 | 93–83 | 71–78 | 87–77 | | 100–84 | 70–81 | 91–98 | 94–87 | 88–81 | 88–70 | 94–70 | | 96–69 | 114–71 | | | | | | 90–76 | 87–77 |
| CSKA Sofia | 82–75 | 78–72 | 96–68 | 97–84 | 80–63 | | 78–52 | 76–82 | 79–58 | 65–91 | 80–73 | | | 104–71 | | 88–86 | | 77–72 | | | 101–87 | 71–75 |
| Levski | 88–74 | 71–83 | 104–74 | 80–61 | 80–70 | 95–92 | | 73–89 | 83–70 | 82–69 | 89–67 | 96–88 | | 79–88 | | 94–104 | | | | | 85–86 | 82–89 |
| Rilski Sportist | 95–60 | 89–83 | 100–84 | 85–76 | 102–69 | 84–72 | 89–73 | | 103–71 | 87–68 | 104–67 | | 77–76 | | | 72–87 | 86–89 | 81–70 | | | 88–84 | |
| Shumen | 72–78 | 63–88 | 77–74 | 82–78 | 79–94 | 68–70 | 67–78 | 63–92 | | 86–79 | 68–84 | | 89–105 | | | 70–85 | 77–102 | 62–86 | 71–99 | | | |
| Spartak | 81–72 | 81–88 | 81–97 | 82–78 | 84–77 | 84–86 | 77–65 | 78–104 | 81–67 | | 84–82 | 92–69 | | 105–81 | 102–87 | | | | | 104–81 | | 108–77 |
| Yambol | 87–83 | 55–81 | 80–94 | 88–90 | 78–100 | 90–65 | 86–69 | 86–80 | 91–76 | 58–90 | | 85–90 | 84–89 | | 87–89 | | | | 69–94 | 80–83 | | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 76 | 85 | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Academic Plovdiv | 79 | 66 | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Academic Plovdiv | 79 | 66 | 67 | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 73 | 82 | 70 | 90 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Chernomorets | 79 | 75 | 84 | 95 | | | | | |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 89 | 75 | | 4 | Chernomorets | 79 | 75 | 84 | 95 | | | | | |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 70 | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 70 | 69 | | | | | | | | 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 87 | 87 | 83 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chernomorets | 74 | 64 | 75 |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 89 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Chernomorets | 74 | 64 | 75 |
| 7 | Beroe | 78 | 72 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Beroe | 78 | 72 | | 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 79 | 80 | 85 | 92 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 3 | CSKA Sofia | 90 | 71 | 70 | 83 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 94 | 87 | | 3 | CSKA Sofia | 90 | 71 | 70 | 83 | 1 | Rilski Sportist | 71 | 72 | |
| 6 | Levski | 77 | 79 | | | | | | | | 3 | CSKA Sofia | 88 | 86 | |

## Player of the round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Cornelius Hudson | Beroe | 35 |
| 2 | Vasil Bachev | Academic | 32 |
| 3 | Dequan Morris | Yambol | 31 |
| 4 | Averyl Ugba | Cherno More | 29 |
| 5 | Barret Benson | Spartak Pleven | 30 |
| 6 | Zlatin Georgiev | Levski Sofia | 42 |
| 7 | Zane Knowles | CSKA Sofia | 37 |
| 8 | Manny Suárez | Balkan | 26 |
| 9 | Williams Tavares | Yambol | 28 |
| 10 | Manny Suárez | Balkan | 40 |
| 11 | Darius Hall | Beroe | 41 |
| 12 | Munis Tutu | Chernomorets | 38 |
| 13 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 38 |
| 14 | Averyl Ugba | Cherno More | 49 |
| 15 | Munis Tutu | Chernomorets | 37 |
| 16 | Chavdar Kostov | Rilski Sportist | 32 |
| 17 | Averyl Ugba | Cherno More | 34 |
| 18 | John Florveus | Levski Sofia | 36 |
| 19 | Georgi Boyanov | Chernomorets | 36 |
| 20 | Ishmael El-Amin | Shumen | 34 |
| 21 | Tamenang Choh | CSKA Sofia | 46 |
| 22 | Kelsey Barlow | Beroe | 46 |
| 23 | Tamenang Choh | CSKA Sofia | 49 |
| 24 | Aleksandar Yanev | Rilski Sportist | 39 |
| 25 | Ishmael El-Amin | Shumen | 43 |
| 26 | Ishmael El-Amin | Shumen | 53 |
| 27 | Jordan Tucker | Chernomorets | 49 |
| 28 | Thatch Unruch | Cherno More | 35 |
| 29 | Ishmael El-Amin | Shumen | 35 |
| 30 | Manny Suárez | Balkan | 35 |
| 31 | Alan Arnett | Levski Sofia | 37 |
| 32 | Ishmael El-Amin | Shumen | 39 |
| 33 | Hristo Zahariev | Balkan | 30 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Balkan | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Rilski Sportist | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Levski | Balkan League | First round |
| Beroe | Balkan League | Third Place |