NBL | |||||||||||||
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Duration | 7 October 2017β 29 May 2018 | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 108 (Regular season) 23 (Playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 9 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | BNT | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | Alan Arnett [1] | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Levski Lukoil | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Balkan Botevgrad | ||||||||||||
Third place | Rilski Sportist | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | Academic Bultex 99 | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | Bozhidar Avramov [2] | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win |
Academic Sofia 131β68
Cherno More Ticha (28 October 2017) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win |
Academic Sofia 51β93
Academic Bultex 99 (13 January 2018) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring |
Yambol 116β106
Spartak (17 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 7 Games - 3 Teams ( Academic Sofia, Balkan, Levski Lukoil) | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 13 Games Spartak Pleven | ||||||||||||
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The 2017β18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 77th season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season started on October 7, 2017 and ended on May 29, 2018.
The same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the 2017β18 season. [3]
Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
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Academic Bultex 99 | 2nd | Arena Sila | Plovdiv | 1,000 |
Balkan Botevgrad | 5th | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
Beroe | 3rd | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
Cherno More Ticha | 7th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
Levski Lukoil [a] | 9th | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
Academic Sofia [a] | 1st | Sports Complex Hall | Pravets | 1,000 |
Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
Spartak Pleven | 6th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
Yambol | 8th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |
In the regular season, teams play against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Levski Lukoil | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2018 | 1777 | +241 | 42 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Academic Bultex 99 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1959 | 1762 | +197 | 42 | |
3 | Balkan Botevgrad [a] | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2003 | 1780 | +223 | 42 | |
4 | Rilski Sportist | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2098 | 1895 | +203 | 40 | |
5 | Beroe | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2050 | 1955 | +95 | 36 | |
6 | Academic Sofia | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1946 | 2013 | −67 | 34 | |
7 | Yambol | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1983 | 2204 | −221 | 32 | |
8 | Cherno More Ticha | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1789 | 2067 | −278 | 29 | |
9 | Spartak Pleven | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1961 | 2354 | −393 | 26 |
Home and away games depend on table after the first stage.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Levski Lukoil | 93 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cherno More | 67 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Levski Lukoil | 90 | 77 | 76 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Rilski Sportist | 69 | 78 | 73 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Rilski Sportist | 91 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Beroe | 81 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Levski Lukoil | 69 | 71 | 71 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Balkan | 71 | 65 | 60 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Academic Plovdiv | 94 | 79 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Yambol | 75 | 97 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Academic Plovdiv | 78 | 68 | 74 | 91 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Balkan | 79 | 59 | 97 | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Balkan | 99 | 98 | 2 | Academic Plovdiv | 56 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Academic Sofia | 56 | 68 | 4 | Rilski Sportist | 77 | 92 |
Round | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | Alex Davis | Beroe | 33 |
2 | Pavel Ivanov | Balkan | 31 |
3 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 40 |
4 | Nikolay Stoyanov | Levski Lukoil | 37 |
5 | Igor Kesar | Balkan | 34 |
6 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 38 |
7 | Sheldon Jeter | Rilski Sportist | 29 |
8 | Alex Davis | Beroe | 36 |
9 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 35 |
10 | Aleksandar Yanev | Beroe | 41 |
11 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 39 |
12 | Adjehi Baru | Beroe | 42 |
13 | Aleksandar Milov | Academic Sofia | 40 |
14 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 34 |
15 | Konstantin Koev | Spartak Pleven | 35 |
16 | Igor Kesar | Balkan | 42 |
17 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 48 |
18 | Dragan Tubak | Cherno More | 38 |
19 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 36 |
20 | Alan Arnett | Yambol | 32 |
21 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 30 |
22 | Konstantin Koev | Spartak Pleven | 40 |
23 | Jordan Callahan | Balkan | 32 |
24 | Darrius Garrett | Beroe | 31 |
25 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 36 |
26 | Dimitar Dimitrov | Academic Plovdiv | 41 |
27 | Devon Washington | Balkan | 27 |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Academic Sofia | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
Beroe | Second qualifying round | |
Rilski Sportist | First qualifying round | |
Balkan | Regular season |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |
Levski Lukoil | Regular season | |
Rilski Sportist | Regular season |