2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season - Wikipedia

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NBL
Duration	7 October 2023 – June 2024
Games played	192 (Regular season)
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Chernomorets
Season MVP	Darrell Davis (Beroe)
Finals
Champions	Rilski Sportist
Runners-up	Balkan
Third place	Chernomorets
Fourth place	Spartak Pleven
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The 2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 83rd season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Club	Last season	Arena	Location	Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[2]	8th	Kolodruma	Plovdiv	6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[3]	1st	Arena Botevgrad	Botevgrad	4,500
Beroe[4]	7th	Municipal Hall	Stara Zagora	1,000
Cherno More Ticha[5]	11th	Hristo Borisov	Varna	1,000
Chernomorets[6]	2nd	Boycho Branzov	Burgas	1,000
CSKA Sofia[7]	3rd	CSKA	Sofia	450
Minyor 2015[8]	1st (second division)	Boris Gyuderov Hall	Pernik	1,700
Levski[9]	6th	Universiada Hall	Sofia	4,000
Rilski Sportist[10]	4th	Arena Samokov	Samokov	2,500
Shumen[11]	10th	Arena Shumen	Shumen	1,500
Spartak Pleven[12]	5th	Balkanstroy	Pleven	1,200
Yambol[13]	9th	Diana	Yambol	3,000

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. ^[14]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification[a]
1	Chernomorets	32	25	7	2731	2427	+304	57	Advance to playoffs
2	Rilski Sportist	32	24	8	2723	2418	+305	56
3	Spartak Pleven	32	23	9	2787	2529	+258	55
4	Balkan Botevgrad	32	21	11	2617	2508	+109	53
5	CSKA Sofia	32	15	17	2683	2653	+30	47
6	Cherno More	32	11	21	2601	2851	−250	43
7	Shumen	32	15	17	2746	2634	+112	47	Advance to playoffs
8	Levski	32	14	18	2437	2478	−41	46
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

Source: NBL
Notes:

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.

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).

	Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
	1	Chernomorets	73	88
	8	Levski	59	74
		1	Chernomorets	79	70	79	78
			4	Balkan Botevgrad	84	57	82	94
	4	Balkan Botevgrad	91	77	94
	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
	7	Shumen	60	67
		2	Rilski Sportist	95	71	90	81	84			Third place
			3	Spartak Pleven	84	77	82	83	52
	3	Spartak Pleven	116	74	82			1	Chernomorets	92	64	87
	6	Cherno More	83	80	73			3	Spartak Pleven	81	77	72

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

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

Team	Competition	Progress
Spartak Pleven	European North Basketball League	Regular season

Regular Season Stats