2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

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Teams10
Games played135 (Regular season)
Dates9 October 2021 – May 2022
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The 2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 81st season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Teams[]

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2021–22 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.
Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[2] 5th Kolodruma Plovdiv 6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[3] 4th Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe[4] 6th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Cherno More Ticha[5] 9th Hristo Borisov Varna 1,000
Chernomorets[6] 5th Burgas 1,000
Levski Lukoil[7] 1st Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Rilski Sportist[8] 2nd Arena Samokov Samokov 2,500
Shumen[9] New team Arena Shumen Shumen 2,300
Spartak Pleven[10] 8th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200
Yambol[11] 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 draw for the first 18 rounds, was made on 10th of September and was show in the NBL youtube channel. The season will start on 9 of October.[12] The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Rilski Sportist 20 18 2 1799 1433 +366 38 Advance to playoffs
2 Balkan Botevgrad 20 16 4 1696 1451 +245 36
3 Levski Lukoil 20 13 7 1659 1437 +222 33
4 Chernomorets 20 12 8 1656 1563 +93 32
5 Spartak Pleven 20 11 9 1670 1597 +73 31
6 Beroe 20 11 9 1638 1630 +8 31
7 Academic Plovdiv 20 8 12 1577 1632 −55 28
8 Yambol 20 7 13 1642 1795 −153 27
9 Shumen 20 3 17 1374 1790 −416 23
10 Cherno More Ticha 20 1 19 1446 1829 −383 21
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2022. Source: NBL

Results[]

Home \ Away ACP BAL BER CMT CHE LEV RIL SHU SPA YAM ACP BAL BER CMT CHE LEV RIL SHU SPA YAM
Academic 63–99 84–78 91–79 88–91 78–97 81–88 83–78 77–85 106–80
Balkan 79–63 106–78 88–69 49–59 80–69 74–73 112–76 90–81 94–81 75–71
Beroe 91–87 92–87 99–64 100–83 56–82 79–90 85–63 57–73 91–76 95–87
Cherno More 65–83 79–101 80–82 83–108 72–101 75–86 71–76 69–85 78–77 73–92
Chernomorets 80–66 83–78 76–58 91–70 69–96 68–89 114–63 84–87 110–78 76–66
Levski Lukoil 75–57 59–72 97–85 96–60 77–57 66–76 75–51 80–74 85–81
Rilski Sportist 77–63 85–73 85–77 96–58 82–71 88–69 108–56 93–70 104–68 82–78
Shumen 66–83 54–80 65–81 91–71 68–77 50–96 59–103 71–84 73–82 88–85 75–102
Spartak 91–64 71–83 76–89 98–66 74–89 84–82 101–93 100–74 88–95 95–83
Yambol 72–93 75–97 76–91 97–91 103–85 78–97 81–101 98–77 83–82 70–79 91–73
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2022. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                     
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Player of the round[]

Round Player Team PIR
1 Bulgaria Chavdar Kostov Levski 34
2 Colombia Chernomorets 46
3 United States Yambol 34
4 Colombia Chernomorets 39
5 United States Rilski Sportist 37
6 United States Brandon Brown Rilski Sportist 35
7 United States Obinna Oleka Beroe 41
8 United States Wendell Lewis Chernomorets 52
9 United States Obinna Oleka Beroe 50
10 Bulgaria Aleksandar Yanev Beroe 33
11 United States Obinna Oleka Beroe 36
12 Serbia Shumen 40
13 Bulgaria Chernomorets 36
14 Bulgaria Chavdar Kostov Levski 32
15 United States Rilski Sportist 28
16 Bulgaria Chernomorets 38
17 Bulgaria Yambol 32
18 Serbia Shumen 31
19 Bulgaria Chernomorets 40
20 United States Brandon Brown Rilski Sportist 41

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions[]

Team Competition Progress
Levski Lukoil[15] Champions League First qualifying round
Rilski Sportist[16] FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Academic Plovdiv[17] Qualifying rounds

NBL clubs in regional competitions[]

Team Competition Progress
Academic Plovdiv[18] Balkan League First round
Beroe[19] First round
Balkan[20] First round
Levski Lukoil[21] First round

References[]

  1. ^ teams
  2. ^ Akademik in NBL
  3. ^ Balkan in NBL
  4. ^ Beroe in NBL
  5. ^ Cherno More in NBL
  6. ^ Chernomorets in NBL
  7. ^ Levski in NBL
  8. ^ Rilski in NBL
  9. ^ Shumen in NBL
  10. ^ Spartak in NBL
  11. ^ Yambol in NBL
  12. ^ "Шампионът започва срещу Черно море Тича, вицешампионът ще гостува на новака Шумен". basketball.bg. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ Schedule by bgbasket.com
  14. ^ MVP by Round
  15. ^ Levski games in Europe
  16. ^ Rilski games in Europe
  17. ^ Akademik games in Europe
  18. ^ Akademik in Balkan league
  19. ^ Beore in Balkan league
  20. ^ Balkan in Balkan league
  21. ^ Levski in Balkan league
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