# 2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 78th season of the Bulgarian NBL. Balkan Botevgrad won its fifth national title.

## Teams

The same nine teams of the previous seasons repeated participation in the 2018–19 edition.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Bultex 99 | 2nd | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Academic Sofia | 6th | Sports Complex Hall | Pravets | 1,000 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 3rd | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 5th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 8th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Levski Lukoil | 1st | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 9th | 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 eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Levski Lukoil | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2253 | 1896 | +357 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Beroe | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2224 | 1963 | +261 | 43 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2182 | 1928 | +254 | 40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Academic Bultex 99 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2074 | 1985 | +89 | 37 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Rilski Sportist | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2061 | 2021 | +40 | 37 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Spartak Pleven | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1953 | 2058 | −105 | 34 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Yambol | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1942 | 2070 | −128 | 32 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Academic Sofia | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1817 | 2193 | −376 | 28 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Cherno More Ticha | 24 | 3 | 21 | 1871 | 2263 | −392 | 27 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
| Academic Bultex 99 | — | 85–72 | 85–86 | 72–85 | 92–80 | 86–94 | 72–78 | 79–68 | 113–84 | — | 91–74 | — | — | 100–79 | — | — | 79–66 | 90–82 |
| Academic Sofia | 79–102 | — | 74–87 | 75–93 | 88–77 | 66–88 | 71–91 | 67–76 | 92–66 | — | — | 71–101 | 86–103 | 74–95 | 81–103 | — | — | — |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 97–96 | 113–79 | — | 82–90 | 102–62 | 79–89 | 89–90 | 92–58 | 93–73 | 103–99 | — | — | — | — | — | 91–80 | 108–95 | 94–70 |
| Beroe | 80–73 | 82–54 | 89–80 | — | 85–65 | 85–84 | 83–81 | 110–68 | 110–111 | 91–77 | — | 92–84 | — | — | — | 84–77 | 100–78 | — |
| Cherno More | 92–93 | 78–92 | 79–99 | 98–97 | — | 91–107 | 76–94 | 73–82 | 86–82 | — | — | 76–97 | 88–105 | — | 68–103 | 82–100 | — | — |
| Levski Lukoil | 87–75 | 106–71 | 77–73 | 109–05 | 102–67 | — | 105–84 | 88–78 | 103–65 | 100–78 | — | 72–66 | 91–74 | — | — | 107–67 | — | — |
| Rilski Sportist | 87–98 | 81–85 | 92–86 | 94–93 | 86–61 | 93–95 | — | 91–75 | 78–87 | 71–81 | 95–64 | — | — | — | — | — | 93–88 | 74–67 |
| Spartak Pleven | 68–85 | 91–85 | 72–93 | 85–89 | 97–80 | 90–83 | 89–96 | — | 85–74 | — | 89–78 | — | — | 91–74 | 85–92 | — | — | 83–69 |
| Yambol | 82–73 | 93–62 | 68–87 | 82–89 | 90–79 | 74–85 | 92–88 | 80–96 | — | — | 107–77 | — | 63–90 | 105–65 | 75–78 | — | — | — |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Levski Lukoil | 106 | 108 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Academic Sofia | 95 | 105 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Academic Sofia | 95 | 105 | 1 | Levski Lukoil | 83 | 85 | 84 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Rilski Sportist | 74 | 77 | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Academic Bultex 99 | 60 | 77 | 5 | Rilski Sportist | 74 | 77 | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rilski Sportist | 79 | 83 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rilski Sportist | 79 | 83 | | | | | | | | 1 | Levski Lukoil | 94 | 99 | 77 | 75 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 88 | 105 | 81 | 90 |
| 2 | Beroe | 98 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Balkan | 88 | 105 | 81 | 90 |
| 7 | Yambol | 81 | 64 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Yambol | 81 | 64 | 2 | Beroe | 70 | 85 | 101 | 91 | 65 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | 3 | Balkan | 88 | 81 | 96 | 110 | 81 |
| 3 | Balkan | 96 | 71 | 3 | Balkan | 88 | 81 | 96 | 110 | 81 | 5 | Rilski Sportist | 78 | 69 | |
| 6 | Spartak Pleven | 63 | 57 | | | | | | | | 2 | Beroe | 94 | 94 | |

### Finals
## Player of the round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Mikael Hopkins | Balkan | 48 |
| 2 | Jaylen Jenkins | Rilski Sportist | 31 |
| 3 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 34 |
| 4 | Conner Frankamp | Beroe | 40 |
| 5 | Peter Olisemeka | Academic Plovdiv | 46 |
| 6 | Jalen Jenkins | Rilski Sportist | 38 |
| 7 | Alexandre Gavrilovic | Balkan | 34 |
| 8 | Nikola Vujovic | Academic Plovdiv | 34 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 37 |
| 10 | Tsvetoslav Ostrev | Spartak Pleven | 41 |
| 11 | Tsvetomir Chernokozhev | PBC Academic | 44 |
| 12 | Mikael Hopkins | Balkan | 39 |
| 13 | Conner Frankamp | Beroe | 37 |
| 14 | Peter Olisemeka | Academic Plovdiv | 30 |
| 15 | Nikolay Marinov | Spartak Pleven | 45 |
| 16 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 41 |
| 17 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 57 |
| 18 | Stoyan Petkov | Yambol | 28 |
| 19 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 36 |
| 20 | Tsvetomir Kurtev | Cherno More | 41 |
| 21 | Conner Frankamp | Beroe | 33 |
| 22 | Peter Olisemeka | Academic Plovdiv | 45 |
| 23 | LaRon Smith | Yambol | 41 |
| 24 | Kaloyan Ivanov | Levski | 41 |
| 25 | Hristo Zahariev | Levski | 29 |
| 25 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 29 |
| 26 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 51 |
| 27 | Georgi Boyanov | Cherno More | 31 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Levski Lukoil | Champions League | Second qualifying round |
| Levski Lukoil | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Balkan | FIBA Europe Cup | Round of 16 |
| Rilski Sportist | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |
| Beroe | Balkan League | Regular season |