2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Season	2017–18
Teams	14
Games played	19
Dates	22 November 2017 – 3 March 2018
Final positions
Champions	Rilski Sportist (2nd title)
Runners-up	Levski Lukoil
Semifinalists	Bultex 99 Balkan Botevgrad
Awards
MVP	Yordan Bozov
Statistical leaders
Points 27 Rebounds Aleksandar Yanev 13.5 Assists 7
Records
Biggest home win	Balkan 94–61 PBC Academic (17 January 2018)
Biggest away win	PBC Academic 54–83 Balkan (10 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Rilski Sportist 106–74 Yambol (17 January 2018)
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The 2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 64th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria.It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.The competition started on November 22, 2017, and ended with the Final on March 3, 2018. Rilski Sportist won their second cup. Yordan Bozov was named Final MVP.

Format[]

In this edition, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation presented new format. In the first round, the six teams who participated in European or Regional competitions from the NBL have an automatic bye to the quarterfinals, while the other three teams and five teams from A Group League (second tier) would play a single-game eliminatory for a place in the quarterfinals. Teams with lower league position will have home advantage. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a double-legged format.^[1]

Participating clubs[]

2017–18 NBL 9 clubs	2017–18 Second League 5 clubs
Bultex 99 Balkan Beroe Cherno More Levski Lukoil PBC Academic Rilski Sportist Spartak Pleven Yambol	from East zone: from West zone:

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Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals 10–17 January						Semifinals 14–17 February						Final 3 March
	Yambol	77	74	151
	Rilski Sportist	83	106	189
							Rilski Sportist	86	83	169
							Bultex 99	98	70	168
	Bultex 99	84	81	165
	Beroe	78	79	157
													Rilski Sportist			89
													Levski Lukoil			80
	Levski Lukoil	83	70	153
	Cherno More	63	63	126
							Levski Lukoil	73	80	153
							Balkan	62	87	149
	Academic	54	61	115
	Balkan	83	94	177

Source: Basketball.bg^[3]

First round[]

The game between Vidabasket and BUBA was canceled , because Vidabasket withdrew the tournament (the club was in the initial draw). That gave an automatic bye to the next round to BUBA.^[4]

Second round[]

Teams in same division will play in a double-legged format.^[5]

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

Starters: Pts Reb Ast SF 12 12 4 3 G 14 Yordan Bozov 21 5 3 PF 8 14 5 2 C 4 Travis Taylor 5 2 0 PG 7 19 2 8 Reserves: PF 33 0 1 0 SG 24 3 0 1 PG 21 1 0 0 SF 99 0 0 0 C 41 0 0 0 F 23 0 0 0 PF 30 Evan Ravenel 14 6 3 Head coach:

Rilski Sportist 0 Levski Lukoil

Starters: Pts Reb Ast F 18 Hristo Nikolov 14 4 1 G 23 Stanimir Marinov 15 1 4 PG 6 Bozhidar Avramov 4 2 3 PF 0 Nemanja Milošević 18 4 3 C 33 Keith Clanton 10 10 2 Reserves: PF 5 0 0 0 PG 13 Asen Velikov 0 0 0 G/F 10 0 0 0 SG 22 Pavlin Ivanov 12 1 2 PF 9 0 0 0 F/C 24 4 6 0 PG 25 3 0 1 Head coach: Konstantin Papazov

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