2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 82nd season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season was contested by eleven teams.

NBL
Games played	165 (Regular season)
Teams	11
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Rilski Sportist
Season MVP	Ishmael El-Amin (Shumen)[1]
Finals
Champions	Balkan Botevgrad
Runners-up	Chernomorets
Third place	CSKA Sofia
Fourth place	Rilski Sportist
Finals MVP	Manny Suárez (Balkan Botevgrad)[2]
Statistical leaders
Points Ishmael El-Amin (Shumen) - 24.2 Rebounds Averyl Ugba (Cherno More) - 10.6 Assists Munis Tutu (Chernomorets) - 9.1 Index Rating Tamenang Choh (CSKA Sofia) - 27.3
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Teams

CSKA Sofia returned to the league as winners of the second division, after a 12 year absence from the NBL.

Academic Plovdiv

Balkan

Beroe

Cherno More

CSKA

Levski

Rilski Sportist

Spartak

Chernomorets

Yambol

Shumen

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2022–23 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

Club	Last season	Arena	Location	Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[4]	6th	Kolodruma	Plovdiv	6,100
Balkan Botevgrad[5]	1st	Arena Botevgrad	Botevgrad	4,500
Beroe[6]	7th	Municipal Hall	Stara Zagora	1,000
Cherno More Ticha[7]	10th	Hristo Borisov	Varna	1,000
Chernomorets[8]	5th	Boycho Branzov	Burgas	1,000
CSKA Sofia[9]	1st (second division)	CSKA	Sofia	450
Levski[10]	3rd	Universiada Hall	Sofia	4,000
Rilski Sportist[11]	2nd	Arena Samokov	Samokov	2,500
Shumen[12]	9th	Arena Shumen	Shumen	1,500
Spartak Pleven[13]	4th	Balkanstroy	Pleven	1,200
Yambol[14]	8th	Diana	Yambol	3,000

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rilski Sportist	30	26	4	2728	2312	+416	56	Advance to playoffs
2	Balkan Botevgrad	30	23	7	2576	2275	+301	53
3	CSKA Sofia	30	20	10	2506	2381	+125	50
4	Chernomorets	30	19	11	2629	2438	+191	49
5	Spartak Pleven	30	16	14	2522	2431	+91	46
6	Levski	30	15	15	2399	2351	+48	45
7	Beroe	30	14	16	2568	2677	−109	44
8	Academic Plovdiv	30	11	19	2400	2537	−137	41
9	Yambol	30	9	21	2373	2602	−229	39
10	Shumen	30	6	24	2278	2687	−409	36
11	Cherno More	30	6	24	2516	2804	−288	36

Source: NBL

Results

Home \ Away	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	CHE	CSS	LEV	RIL	SHU	SPA	YAM	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	CHE	CSS	LEV	RIL	SHU	SPA	YAM
Academic		70–74	92–72	100–86	87–82	73–100	69–83	78–79	91–66	77–90	79–71		67–74		92–85		99–74		87–83	79–72
Balkan	89–59		105–71	98–87	83–78	81–67	89–64	68–83	87–68	81–60	98–76			82–83		92–88	71–81	77–68			78–67
Beroe	94–86	85–86		94–75	79–91	85–81	78–71	92–95	104–79	68–93	82–88	90–84			104–75				100–114	98–103		102–86
Cherno More	105–88	85–88	98–109		84–96	95–98	74–95	77–86	98–86	86–77	107–87		76–105				84–93	73–91	74–108	101–105
Chernomorets	96–84	93–83	71–78	87–77		100–84	70–81	91–98	94–87	88–81	88–70	94–70		96–69	114–71						90–76	87–77
CSKA Sofia	82–75	78–72	96–68	97–84	80–63		78–52	76–82	79–58	65–91	80–73			104–71		88–86		77–72			101–87	71–75
Levski	88–74	71–83	104–74	80–61	80–70	95–92		73–89	83–70	82–69	89–67	96–88		79–88		94–104					85–86	82–89
Rilski Sportist	95–60	89–83	100–84	85–76	102–69	84–72	89–73		103–71	87–68	104–67		77–76			72–87	86–89	81–70			88–84
Shumen	72–78	63–88	77–74	82–78	79–94	68–70	67–78	63–92		86–79	68–84		89–105			70–85	77–102	62–86	71–99
Spartak	81–72	81–88	81–97	82–78	84–77	84–86	77–65	78–104	81–67		84–82	92–69		105–81	102–87					104–81		108–77
Yambol	87–83	55–81	80–94	88–90	78–100	90–65	86–69	86–80	91–76	58–90		85–90	84–89		87–89				69–94	80–83

Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Finals
	1	Rilski Sportist	76	85	97
	8	Academic Plovdiv	79	66	67
								1	Rilski Sportist	73	82	70	90
								4	Chernomorets	79	75	84	95
	4	Chernomorets	89	75
	5	Spartak Pleven	70	69
																	2	Balkan Botevgrad	87	87	83
																	4	Chernomorets	74	64	75
	2	Balkan Botevgrad	89	91
	7	Beroe	78	72
								2	Balkan Botevgrad	79	80	85	92				Third place
								3	CSKA Sofia	90	71	70	83
	3	CSKA Sofia	94	87													1	Rilski Sportist	71	72
	6	Levski	77	79													3	CSKA Sofia	88	86

Player of the round

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Cornelius Hudson	Beroe	35
2	Vasil Bachev	Academic	32
3	Dequan Morris	Yambol	31
4	Averyl Ugba	Cherno More	29
5	Barret Benson	Spartak Pleven	30
6	Zlatin Georgiev	Levski Sofia	42
7	Zane Knowles	CSKA Sofia	37
8	Manny Suárez	Balkan	26
9	Williams Tavares	Yambol	28
10	Manny Suárez	Balkan	40
11	Darius Hall	Beroe	41
12	Munis Tutu	Chernomorets	38
13	Georgi Boyanov	Chernomorets	38
14	Averyl Ugba	Cherno More	49
15	Munis Tutu	Chernomorets	37
16	Chavdar Kostov	Rilski Sportist	32
17	Averyl Ugba	Cherno More	34
18	John Florveus	Levski Sofia	36
19	Georgi Boyanov	Chernomorets	36
20	Ishmael El-Amin	Shumen	34
21	Tamenang Choh	CSKA Sofia	46
22	Kelsey Barlow	Beroe	46
23	Tamenang Choh	CSKA Sofia	49
24	Aleksandar Yanev	Rilski Sportist	39
25	Ishmael El-Amin	Shumen	43
26	Ishmael El-Amin	Shumen	53
27	Jordan Tucker	Chernomorets	49
28	Thatch Unruch	Cherno More	35
29	Ishmael El-Amin	Shumen	35
30	Manny Suárez	Balkan	35
31	Alan Arnett	Levski Sofia	37
32	Ishmael El-Amin	Shumen	39
33	Hristo Zahariev	Balkan	30

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

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

NBL clubs in regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Levski	Balkan League	First round
Beroe		Third Place

References

Regular Season Stats

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2. "Мануел Суарес: Още в първия ден вярвах, че можем да станем шампиони". bgbasket.bg. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
3. "11 отбора подадоха заявка за участие в НБЛ". basketball.bg. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
4. Akademik in NBL
5. Balkan in NBL
6. Beroe in NBL
7. Cherno More in NBL
8. Chernomorets in NBL
9. CSKA in NBL
10. Levski in NBL
11. Rilski in NBL
12. Shumen in NBL
13. Spartak in NBL
14. Yambol in NBL
15. Schedule by bgbasket.com
16. MVP by Round