2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

The 2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup is the 69th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and will be held in Sofia, Arena Sofia.[1] The competition starts on 21 March 2023, with the quarterfinals, and ended with the Final on March 24, 2023.

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration21 March 2023 – 24 March 2022
Games played7
Teams8
TV partner(s)Max Sport
Regular season
Season MVPPavlov
Finals
ChampionsLevski Sofia
  Runners-upCSKA Sofia
SemifinalistsChernomorets, Balkan Botevgrad
Statistical leaders
Points Tucker 25.5
Rebounds Wiggins 15.0
Assists Lilov 7.0
Records
Highest scoringLevski Sofia 86–81 CSKA Sofia
(24 March 2023)
2022
2024

Qualified teams

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The first eight teams qualified after the first stage of the 2022–23 NBL regular season.

Pos Team Pld W L Seed
1 Rilski Sportist 20 19 1 Seeded teams
2 Balkan Botevgrad 20 16 4
3 CSKA 20 12 8
4 Levski 20 12 8
5 Chernomorets 20 11 9 Non-seeded Teams
6 Spartak Pleven 20 10 10
7 Beroe 20 9 11
8 Yambol 20 7 13
9 Academic Plovdiv 20 6 14 Did not qualify
10 Cherno More Ticha 20 5 15
11 Shumen 20 3 17

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Draw

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The 2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was drawn on 8 March 2022 at approximately 12:00. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals.[3]

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
0 Rilski Sportist 78
0 Chernomorets 82
Chernomorets 73
Levski 77
0 Levski 85
0 Beroe 78
Levski 86
CSKA Sofia 81
0 CSKA Sofia 82
0 Spartak Pleven 63
CSKA Sofia 82
Balkan Botevgrad 80
0 Balkan Botevgrad 97
0 Yambol 66

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Quarterfinals

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21 March Rilski Sportist 78–820(OT) Chernomorets Arena Sofia
13:00(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 29-15, 10-18, 9-23, 21-13, Overtime: 9-13
Max Sport 2 Pts: Yanev 16
Rebs: Wiggins 15
Asts: Randolph, Karamfilov 4
PIR: Yanev 23
Boxscore Pts: Tucker 22
Rebs: Boyanov 17
Asts: Boyanov 4
PIR: Boyanov 29
Attendance: 500
Referees: Ventsislav Velikov, Kaloyan Kostov, Stefan Stefanov
21 March Levski 85–78 Beroe Arena Sofia
15:15(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 23-14, 22-20, 18-15, 22-29
Max Sport 2 Pts: Arnett 27
Rebs: Mihaylov 8
Asts: Velikov, Mihaylov 5
PIR: Arnett 34
Boxscore Pts: Hall 17
Rebs: Purifoy 12
Asts: Georgiev 3
PIR: Purifoy 26
Attendance: 500
Referees: Nikolay Tsintsarski, Slavcho Nuchev, Vladimir Zanev
21 March CSKA Sofia 82–63 Spartak Pleven Arena Sofia
18:00(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 13-14, 29-16, 16-16
Max Sport 2 Pts: Choh 23
Rebs: Choh 12
Asts: Young 6
PIR: Choh 36
Boxscore Pts: Haynes-Jones 23
Rebs: Chernokozhev 9
Asts: Haynes-Jones 5
PIR: Haynes-Jones 22
Attendance: 500
Referees: Ivaylo Resilovski,Ivan Marinov, Miroslav Kamburov
21 March Balkan Botevgrad 97–66 Yambol Arena Sofia
20:15(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 31-14, 24-17, 19-14, 23-21
Max Sport 2 Pts: Diplaros, Jackson 14
Rebs: Adel 8
Asts: Ivanov 5
PIR: Adel 20
Boxscore Pts: Sampson 15
Rebs: Sampson 6
Asts: Lilov 7
PIR: Lilov 18
Attendance: 400
Referees: Stanimir Rusev, Iskren Manolov, Serafim Petrov

Semifinals

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22 March Chernomorets 73–77 Levski Arena Sofia
18:00(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 11-25, 27-17, 19-18, 16-17
Max Sport 2 Pts: Tucker 29
Rebs: Tucker 8
Asts: Tutu 8
PIR: Tucker 23
Boxscore Pts: Arnett 20
Rebs: Pavlov 11
Asts: Dimitrov 9
PIR: Pavlov 23
Attendance: 500
Referees: Ivaylo Resilovski, Stanimir Rusev, Serafim Petrov
22 March CSKA Sofia 82–800(OT) Balkan Botevgrad Arena Sofia
20:15(UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 14-22, 20-16, 21-8, 17-26, Overtime: 10-8
Max Sport 2 Pts: Young 17
Rebs: Knowles 12
Asts: Young 7
PIR: Young 19
Boxscore Pts: Suarez 20
Rebs: Suarez 12
Asts: Jackson 7
PIR: Suarez 28
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Martin Horozov, Nikolay Tsintsarski, Kaloyan Kostov

Finals

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24 March 2023 Levski 86–81 CSKA Sofia Arena Sofia
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 24-15, 24-14, 18-25
  Pts: Arnett 22
Rebs: Florveus 6
Asts: Georgiev, Velikov 5
PIR: Pavlov 19
Boxscore Pts: Young 21
Rebs: Choh 10
Asts: Young 7
PIR: Young, Choh 30
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Ventsislav Velikov, Martin Horozov, Ivaylo Resilovski


References

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  1. ^ "Изтеглиха жребия за efbet Купа на България". basketball.bg. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. ^ "НБЛ | Standing". nbl.basketball.bg. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Купа на България: Мач Левски - ЦСКА възможен едва на финала". bgbasket.bg. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ "БФБаскетбол". Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. ^ results
  6. ^ Stats