NBL | |||||||||
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Duration | 9 October 2021 – 9 June 2022 | ||||||||
Number of games | 135 (Regular season) | ||||||||
Number of teams | 10 | ||||||||
TV partner(s) | Max Sport | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||
Season MVP | Trey Porter [1] | ||||||||
Finals | |||||||||
Champions | Balkan Botevgrad | ||||||||
Runners-up | Rilski Sportist | ||||||||
Third place | Levski Lukoil | ||||||||
Fourth place | Spartak Pleven | ||||||||
Finals MVP | Christian Jones [2] | ||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||
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Records | |||||||||
Biggest home win |
Rilski Sportist 108–56
Shumen (29 December 2021) | ||||||||
Biggest away win |
Beroe 76–125
Rilski Sportist (6 April 2022) | ||||||||
Highest scoring |
Levski Lukoil 108–114
Spartak Pleven (16 April 2022) | ||||||||
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The 2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 81st season of the Bulgarian NBL.
Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
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Academic Plovdiv [5] | 5th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
Balkan Botevgrad [6] | 4th | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
Beroe [7] | 6th | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
Cherno More Ticha [8] | 9th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
Chernomorets [9] | 5th | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 |
Levski Lukoil [10] | 1st | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
Rilski Sportist [11] | 2nd | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
Shumen [12] | New team | Arena Shumen | Shumen | 2,300 |
Spartak Pleven [13] | 8th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
Yambol [14] | 7th | 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 draw for the first 18 rounds, was made on 10 September and was show in the NBL youtube channel. The season will start on 9 October. [15] The top eight teams advance to the playoffs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Rilski Sportist | 27 | 25 | 2 | 2458 | 1932 | +526 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 27 | 21 | 6 | 2243 | 1952 | +291 | 48 | |
3 | Levski Lukoil | 27 | 18 | 9 | 2230 | 1980 | +250 | 45 | |
4 | Chernomorets | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2199 | 2119 | +80 | 43 | |
5 | Spartak Pleven | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2298 | 2184 | +114 | 43 | |
6 | Beroe | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2191 | 2239 | −48 | 40 | |
7 | Academic Plovdiv | 27 | 12 | 15 | 2155 | 2186 | −31 | 39 | |
8 | Yambol | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2214 | 2441 | −227 | 36 | |
9 | Shumen | 27 | 4 | 23 | 1875 | 2362 | −487 | 31 | |
10 | Cherno More Ticha | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1957 | 2425 | −468 | 28 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rilski Sportist | 91 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Yambol | 68 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rilski Sportist | 94 | 89 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spartak Pleven | 65 | 75 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chernomorets | 72 | 85 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spartak Pleven | 87 | 84 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rilski Sportist | 78 | 82 | 65 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 69 | 86 | 88 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 80 | 72 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Academic Plovdiv | 73 | 87 | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 80 | 76 | 56 | 78 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Levski Lukoil | 74 | 72 | 66 | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Levski Lukoil | 116 | 87 | 5 | Spartak Pleven | 88 | 83 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Beroe | 74 | 79 | 3 | Levski Lukoil | 96 | 73 | 78 |
Round | Player | Team | PIR |
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Levski | 34 |
2 |
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Chernomorets | 46 |
3 |
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Yambol | 34 |
4 |
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Chernomorets | 39 |
5 |
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Rilski Sportist | 37 |
6 |
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Rilski Sportist | 35 |
7 |
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Beroe | 41 |
8 |
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Chernomorets | 52 |
9 |
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Beroe | 50 |
10 |
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Beroe | 33 |
11 |
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Beroe | 36 |
12 |
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Shumen | 40 |
13 |
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Chernomorets | 36 |
14 |
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Levski | 32 |
15 |
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Rilski Sportist | 28 |
16 |
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Chernomorets | 38 |
17 |
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Yambol | 32 |
18 |
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Shumen | 31 |
19 |
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Chernomorets | 40 |
20 |
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Rilski Sportist | 41 |
21 |
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Spartak Pleven | 32 |
22 |
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Spartak Pleven | 35 |
23 |
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Chernomorets | 30 |
24 |
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Academic Plovdiv | 36 |
25 |
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Beroe | 32 |
26 |
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Chernomorets | 34 |
27 |
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Spartak Pleven | 33 |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Levski Lukoil [18] | Champions League | First qualifying round |
Rilski Sportist [19] | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
Academic Plovdiv [20] | Qualifying rounds |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Academic Plovdiv [21] | Balkan League | First round |
Beroe [22] | First round | |
Balkan [23] | First round | |
Levski Lukoil [24] | First round |