# 2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 84th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

## Teams

CSKA Sofia withdrew from the competition on 16 September due to financial difficulties. Chernomorets withdrew from the competition on September 29 after failing to register a team due to unpaid wages to players and coaches from the previous season. This required a new fixture draw for the upcoming season.
On October 1, just 3 days before the first game of the season Yambol also withdrew due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They will participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Plovdiv | 9th | SILA Hall | Plovdiv | 1,600 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 2nd | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 12th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 6th | Hristo Borisov Hall | Varna | 1,000 |
| Minyor 2015 | 11th | Boris Gyuderov Hall | Pernik | 1,700 |
| Levski | 8th | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 1st | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Shumen | 7th | Arena Shumen | Shumen | 1,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 4th | Balkanstroy Hall | Pleven | 1,200 |

## Regular season

Before the withdrawal of Yambol and Chernomorets, the eleven teams should have played twice against each other for a total of 20 games. The league would then split into a top 6 and bottom 5, with each team playing two games against each of the other teams from the same group. The six teams from the first group and the best two teams from the second group would join the playoffs.
With nine teams, the teams will play each other twice, after which there will be an additional third cycle, where each team will have four home games against the four teams below them and four away games against the teams above them in the standings.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rilski Sportist | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1669 | 1347 | +322 | 34 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1575 | 1443 | +132 | 32 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Beroe | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1556 | 1590 | −34 | 27 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Academic Plovdiv | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1487 | 1558 | −71 | 27 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Cherno More | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1447 | 1415 | +32 | 26 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Spartak Pleven | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1475 | 1427 | +48 | 26 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Minyor 2015 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1515 | 1594 | −79 | 26 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Levski | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1376 | 1518 | −142 | 22 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Shumen | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1488 | 1696 | −208 | 20 | |

### Results
#### Matches 1–16

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | ACP | BAL | BER | CMT | LEV | MIN | RIL | SHU | SPA |
| Academic | | 91–101 | 79–77 | 67–64 | 84–83 | 107–83 | 87–97 | 91–77 | 82–80 |
| Balkan | 104–83 | | 91–92 | 95–78 | 91–72 | 82–65 | 68–76 | 103–76 | 72–86 |
| Beroe | 85–73 | 106–110 | | 76–95 | 83–71 | 115–90 | 66–111 | 105–98 | 92–80 |
| Cherno More | 91–90 | 75–80 | 102–88 | | 97–60 | 107–82 | 82–77 | 89–81 | 88–91 |
| Levski | 75–90 | 71–83 | 58–66 | 72–80 | | 91–88 | 64–74 | 96–91 | 81–96 |
| Minyor 2015 | 91–72 | 69–87 | 89–73 | 91–74 | 81–80 | | 75–87 | 101–76 | 91–82 |
| Rilski Sportist | 87–56 | 100–90 | 92–83 | 89–64 | 97–75 | 104–81 | | 104–76 | 99–81 |
| Shumen | 74–76 | 67–68 | 91–93 | 108–118 | 79–78 | 74–90 | 73–103 | | 93–89 |
| Spartak | 104–79 | 89–96 | 83–88 | 91–70 | 87–60 | 89–75 | 76–71 | 97–93 | |

#### Matches 17–24

Teams played the 4 teams below them after 16 rounds once at home, and the 4 teams above them once away.
| Home \ Away | ACP | BER | CMT | LEV | RIL | SHU | SPA |
| Academic | | | | 80–91 | | | |
| Balkan | | 77–74 | 77–73 | | | | |
| Beroe | 94–100 | | | | | | |
| Cherno More | | | | | | | |
| Levski | | | | | | 98–71 | |
| Minyor 2015 | | | | | 76–104 | 97–90 | |
| Rilski Sportist | | | | | | | 97–74 |
| Shumen | | | | | | | |
| Spartak | | | | | | | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

* Quarterfinals
* 1
* 8
* 4
* 5
* 2
* 7
* 3
* 6

## Player of the round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Anthony Walker | Beroe | 39 |
| 2 | Dimitar Marincheshki | Levski | 33 |
| 3 | Darius Banks | Beroe | 32 |
| 4 | Jordan Session | Rilski Sportist | 39 |
| 5 | Lachezar Toshkov | Minyor 2015 | 23 |
| 6 | Borislav Mladenov | Minyor 2015 | 37 |
| 7 | Borislav Mladenov (2) | Minyor 2015 | 30 |
| 8 | Tyere Marshall | Balkan | 41 |
| 9 | Rey Idowu | Shumen | 34 |
| 10 | Anthony Walker (2) | Beroe | 55 |
| 11 | Daylen Williams | Academic Plovdiv | 36 |
| 12 | Nikolay Titkov | Academic Plovdiv | 35 |
| 13 | Michael Williams | Shumen | 39 |
| 14 | Anthony Walker (3) | Beroe | 43 |
| 15 | Borislav Mladenov (3) | Minyor 2015 | 29 |
| 16 | Lachezar Toshkov (2) | Minyor 2015 | 42 |
| 17 | Tyere Marshall (2) | Balkan | 30 |
| 18 | Simeon Lepichev | Spartak Pleven | 31 |
| 19 | Borislav Mladenov (4) | Levski | 29 |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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

## Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

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