# 2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 83rd season of the Bulgarian NBL.

## Teams

| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Plovdiv | 8th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 1st | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 7th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 11th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Chernomorets | 2nd | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 |
| CSKA Sofia | 3rd | CSKA | Sofia | 450 |
| Minyor 2015 | 1st (second division) | Boris Gyuderov Hall | Pernik | 1,700 |
| Levski | 6th | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Shumen | 10th | Arena Shumen | Shumen | 1,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 5th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
| Yambol | 9th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |

## Regular season

The twelve teams played two times against each one of the other teams for a total of 22 games. The league splits into two groups (one with the top 6 teams and the other with the bottom 6 teams) and each team played two games against each one of the teams from the same group (for a total of 10 games). The six teams from the first group and the best two teams from the second group joined the playoffs.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chernomorets | 32 | 25 | 7 | 2731 | 2427 | +304 | 57 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Rilski Sportist | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2723 | 2418 | +305 | 56 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Spartak Pleven | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2787 | 2529 | +258 | 55 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Balkan Botevgrad | 32 | 21 | 11 | 2617 | 2508 | +109 | 53 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2683 | 2653 | +30 | 47 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Cherno More | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2601 | 2851 | −250 | 43 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Shumen | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2746 | 2634 | +112 | 47 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Levski | 32 | 14 | 18 | 2437 | 2478 | −41 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Academic Plovdiv | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2620 | 2700 | −80 | 45 | |
| 10 | Yambol | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2545 | 2711 | −166 | 44 | |
| 11 | Minyor 2015 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2476 | 2607 | −131 | 43 | |
| 12 | Beroe | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2577 | 3027 | −450 | 40 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other twice (22 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Results
#### Matches 1–22

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | CSS | LEV | MIN | RIL | SHU | SPA | YAM |
| Academic | | 75–73 | 86–80 | 108–97 | 66–79 | 70–87 | 76–78 | 90–72 | 69–65 | 84–76 | 66–85 | 89–96 |
| Balkan | 86–85 | | 97–60 | 86–80 | 85–77 | 86–95 | 79–75 | 86–74 | 81–70 | 88–83 | 89–85 | 80–67 |
| Beroe | 87–86 | 75–74 | | 80–100 | 74–86 | 92–98 | 76–86 | 94–79 | 70–82 | 90–85 | 79–81 | 104–80 |
| Cherno More | 93–87 | 89–81 | 94–76 | | 75–78 | 91–84 | 66–94 | 86–69 | 75–97 | 97–90 | 69–83 | 93–89 |
| Chernomorets | 93–85 | 90–81 | 86–74 | 83–76 | | 95–82 | 84–72 | 101–66 | 74–65 | 85–83 | 91–70 | 86–62 |
| CSKA Sofia | 93–74 | 78–88 | 99–86 | 99–64 | 79–84 | | 81–67 | 78–85 | 85–86 | 90–72 | 83–79 | 80–62 |
| Levski | 72–62 | 69–64 | 67–68 | 75–79 | 79–90 | 72–85 | | 73–78 | 76–78 | 67–85 | 65–86 | 82–93 |
| Minyor 2015 | 93–83 | 67–85 | 92–79 | 88–81 | 82–80 | 76–82 | 59–60 | | 70–97 | 86–92 | 72–84 | 76–67 |
| Rilski Sportist | 90–63 | 69–64 | 86–82 | 79–60 | 69–67 | 79–78 | 88–70 | 95–49 | | 75–86 | 88–87 | 96–76 |
| Shumen | 78–80 | 90–96 | 76–92 | 82–91 | 78–89 | 86–82 | 76–61 | 70–65 | 87–98 | | 95–101 | 79–80 |
| Spartak | 97–71 | 88–78 | 112–80 | 89–85 | 75–78 | 80–76 | 83–68 | 92–57 | 97–95 | 89–86 | | 80–67 |
| Yambol | 91–83 | 72–75 | 83–98 | 89–81 | 66–100 | 75–90 | 81–73 | 77–69 | 75–87 | 74–82 | 97–86 | |

#### Matches 23–32

After 22 matches, the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Each team plays every other team in their group twice (once at home and once away).

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Chernomorets | 73 | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Levski | 59 | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Levski | 59 | 74 | | 1 | Chernomorets | 79 | 70 | 79 | 78 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Balkan Botevgrad | 84 | 57 | 82 | 94 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Balkan Botevgrad | 91 | 77 | 94 | 4 | Balkan Botevgrad | 84 | 57 | 82 | 94 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 76 | 82 | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 76 | 82 | 74 | | | | | | | | 4 | Balkan Botevgrad | 62 | 97 | 69 | 69 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rilski Sportist | 75 | 102 | 68 | 81 |
| 2 | Rilski Sportist | 113 | 96 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rilski Sportist | 75 | 102 | 68 | 81 |
| 7 | Shumen | 60 | 67 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Shumen | 60 | 67 | | 2 | Rilski Sportist | 95 | 71 | 90 | 81 | 84 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 3 | Spartak Pleven | 84 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 52 |
| 3 | Spartak Pleven | 116 | 74 | 82 | 3 | Spartak Pleven | 84 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 52 | 1 | Chernomorets | 92 | 64 | 87 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 83 | 80 | 73 | | | | | | | | 3 | Spartak Pleven | 81 | 77 | 72 |

## Player of the round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | John Florveus | Levski Sofia | 30 |
| 2 | Nikolay Stoyanov | Spartak Pleven | 30 |
| 3 | Alan Arnett | Levski Sofia | 23 |
| 4 | Brian Cameron | Shumen | 38 |
| 5 | Karl-Johan Lips | Balkan | 36 |
| 6 | Brian Cameron | Shumen | 35 |
| 7 | Georgi Boyanov | CSKA Sofia | 37 |
| 8 | Averyl Ugba | Cherno More | 34 |
| 9 | Stanimir Marinov | Spartak Pleven | 31 |
| 10 | Georgi Boyanov | CSKA Sofia | 41 |
| 11 | Darrell Davis | Beroe | 44 |
| 12 | Darrell Davis | Beroe | 37 |
| 13 | Darrell Davis | Beroe | 46 |
| 14 | Peter Kiss | Yambol | 33 |
| 15 | Carlos Pepin | Beroe | 55 |
| 16 | Aleksandar Radukić | CSKA Sofia | 33 |
| 17 | Brian Cameron | Shumen | 34 |
| 18 | Darrell Davis | Beroe | 47 |
| 19 | Peter Kiss | Yambol | 45 |
| 20 | Aleksandar Radukić | CSKA Sofia | 49 |
| 21 | Averyl Ugba | Cherno More | 38 |
| 22 | Aleksandar Radukić | CSKA Sofia | 38 |
| 23 | Nikolay Nikolov | Beroe | 36 |
| 24 | Maksim Bochev | Levski | 31 |
| 25 | Nikolay Titkov | Beroe | 38 |
| 26 | Karim Mané | Shumen | 36 |
| 27 | Georgi Boyanov | CSKA Sofia | 39 |
| 28 | Karim Mané | Shumen | 38 |
| 29 | Maksim Bochev | Levski | 40 |
| 30 | Ivan Lilov | Yambol | 32 |
| 31 | Karim Mané | Shumen | 36 |
| 32 | Georgi Boyanov | CSKA Sofia | 46 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Balkan | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Chernomorets | FIBA Europe Cup | Qualifying tournament |

## Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Spartak Pleven | European North Basketball League | Regular season |