Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration6 October 2018 – 31 May 2019
Games played108 (Regular season)
19–30 (Playoffs)
Teams9
TV partner(s)BNT
Regular season
Season MVPGeorgi Boyanov
Finals
ChampionsBalkan Botevgrad (5th title)
  Runners-upLevski Lukoil

The 2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 78th season of the Bulgarian NBL. Balkan Botevgrad won its fifth national title.

Teams

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2018–19 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

The same nine teams of the previous seasons repeated participation in the 2018–19 edition.[1]

Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Bultex 99 2nd Kolodruma Plovdiv 6,100
Academic Sofia 6th Sports Complex Hall Pravets 1,000
Balkan Botevgrad 3rd Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe 5th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Cherno More Ticha 8th Hristo Borisov Varna 1,000
Levski Lukoil 1st Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Rilski Sportist 4th Arena Samokov Samokov 2,500
Spartak Pleven 9th Balkanstroy Pleven 1,200
Yambol 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 eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Levski Lukoil 24 22 2 2253 1896 +357 46 Advance to playoffs
2 Beroe 24 19 5 2224 1963 +261 43
3 Balkan Botevgrad 24 16 8 2182 1928 +254 40
4 Academic Bultex 99 24 13 11 2074 1985 +89 37
5 Rilski Sportist 24 13 11 2061 2021 +40 37
6 Spartak Pleven 24 10 14 1953 2058 −105 34
7 Yambol 24 8 16 1942 2070 −128 32
8 Academic Sofia 24 4 20 1817 2193 −376 28
9 Cherno More Ticha 24 3 21 1871 2263 −392 27
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2019. Source: NBL

Results

Home \ Away ACP ACS BAL BER CHE LEV RIL SPA YAM ACP ACS BAL BER CHE LEV RIL SPA YAM
Academic Bultex 99 — 85–72 85–86 72–85 92–80 86–94 72–78 79–68 113–84 — 91–74 — — 100–79 — — 79–66 90–82
Academic Sofia 79–102 — 74–87 75–93 88–77 66–88 71–91 67–76 92–66 — — 71–101 86–103 74–95 81–103 — — —
Balkan Botevgrad 97–96 113–79 — 82–90 102–62 79–89 89–90 92–58 93–73 103–99 — — — — — 91–80 108–95 94–70
Beroe 80–73 82–54 89–80 — 85–65 85–84 83–81 110–68 110–111 91–77 — 92–84 — — — 84–77 100–78 —
Cherno More 92–93 78–92 79–99 98–97 — 91–107 76–94 73–82 86–82 — — 76–97 88–105 — 68–103 82–100 — —
Levski Lukoil 87–75 106–71 77–73 109–05 102–67 — 105–84 88–78 103–65 100–78 — 72–66 91–74 — — 107–67 — —
Rilski Sportist 87–98 81–85 92–86 94–93 86–61 93–95 — 91–75 78–87 71–81 95–64 — — — — — 93–88 74–67
Spartak Pleven 68–85 91–85 72–93 85–89 97–80 90–83 89–96 — 85–74 — 89–78 — — 91–74 85–92 — — 83–69
Yambol 82–73 93–62 68–87 82–89 90–79 74–85 92–88 80–96 — — 107–77 — 63–90 105–65 75–78 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2019. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                   
1 Levski Lukoil 106 108
8 Academic Sofia 95 105
1 Levski Lukoil 83 85 84
5 Rilski Sportist 74 77 77
4 Academic Bultex 99 60 77
5 Rilski Sportist 79 83
1 Levski Lukoil 94 99 77 75
3 Balkan 88 105 81 90
2 Beroe 98 99
7 Yambol 81 64
2 Beroe 70 85 101 91 65 Third place
3 Balkan 88 81 96 110 81
3 Balkan 96 71 5 Rilski Sportist 78 69
6 Spartak Pleven 63 57 2 Beroe 94 94

Quarterfinals

Levski Lukoil v Academic Sofia

27 April 2018 Levski Lukoil 106–95 Academic Sofia Universiada Hall, Sofia
16:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 32-25, 26-25, 26-21
Pts: Zahariev 21
Rebs: Mijovic 8
Asts: Ivanov 6
PIR: Ivanov 25 		Boxscore Pts: Grozev 23
Rebs: Chernokozhev 11
Asts: Dudev 6
PIR: Grozev 25
29 April 2019 Academic 105–108 Levski Lukoil Sports Complex Hall, Pravets
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 23-26, 29-27, 31-27, 22-28
Boxscore

Academic Bultex 99 v Rilski Sportist

27 April 2019 Bultex 99 60–79 Rilski Sportist Arena Sila, Plovdiv
19:00(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 25-17, 10-21, 19-24, 6-17
BNT 3 Pts: Vitkovic 16
Rebs: Olisemeka 12
Asts: Franklin 4
PIR: Franklin, Vitkovic 13 		Boxscore Pts: Georgiev 14
Rebs: Diam, Gugino 10
Asts: Georgiev 7
PIR: Georgiev 18
29 April 2019 Rilski Sportist 83–77 Bultex 99 Arena Samokov, Samokov
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 23-35, 20-13, 24-14, 16-15
BNT 3 Boxscore

Beroe v Yambol

27 April 2019 Beroe 98–81 Yambol Municipal Hall, Stara Zagora
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 25-29, 23-16, 27-26, 23-10
Pts: Coggins 22
Rebs: Miller 6
Asts: Vaklinov 11
PIR: Coggins 27 		Boxscore Pts: Williams 22
Rebs: Smith 9
Asts: Petkov 7
PIR: Petkov 20
29 April 2019 Yambol 64–99 Beroe Diana, Yambol
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 19-18, 15-18, 15-37, 15-26
Boxscore

Balkan v Spartak Pleven

27 April 2019 Balkan 96–63 Spartak Pleven Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 26-23, 25-15, 29-11, 16-14
Pts: Minkov 14
Rebs: Gavrilovic 8
Asts: Brown 9
PIR: Brown 28 		Pts: Ostrev 20
Rebs: Varbanov 5
Asts: Lilov 3
PIR: Ostrev 23
29 April 2019 Spartak Pleven 57–71 Balkan Balkanstroy Hall, Pleven
18:00(UTC+03) Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 9-13, 18-23, 14-15
Boxscore

Semifinals

Finals

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 United States Mikael Hopkins Balkan 48
2 United States Jaylen Jenkins Rilski Sportist 31
3 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 34
4 United States Conner Frankamp Beroe 40
5 Nigeria Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 46
6 United States Jalen Jenkins Rilski Sportist 38
7 France Alexandre Gavrilovic Balkan 34
8 Serbia Nikola Vujovic Academic Plovdiv 34
9 Bulgaria Aleksandar Yanev Beroe 37
10 Bulgaria Tsvetoslav Ostrev Spartak Pleven 41
11 Bulgaria Tsvetomir Chernokozhev PBC Academic 44
12 United States Mikael Hopkins Balkan 39
13 United States Conner Frankamp Beroe 37
14 Nigeria Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 30
15 Bulgaria Nikolay Marinov Spartak Pleven 45
16 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 41
17 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 57
18 Bulgaria Stoyan Petkov Yambol 28
19 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 36
20 Bulgaria Tsvetomir Kurtev Cherno More 41
21 United States Conner Frankamp Beroe 33
22 Nigeria Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 45
23 United States LaRon Smith Yambol 41
24 Bulgaria Kaloyan Ivanov Levski 41
25 Bulgaria Hristo Zahariev Levski 29
Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More
26 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 51
27 Bulgaria Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 31

Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Levski Lukoil Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Second round
Balkan Round of 16
Rilski Sportist Regular season

NBL clubs in regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Academic Plovdiv Balkan League Regular season
Beroe Regular season

References

  1. ^ "9 отбора участват в НБЛ през новия сезон" (in Bulgarian). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_National_Basketball_League_(Bulgaria)_season