2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

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Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration21 March 2023 – 24 March 2022
Games played7
Teams8
TV partner(s) Max Sport
Regular season
Season MVP Pavlov
Finals
Champions Levski Sofia
Runners-up CSKA Sofia
Semifinalists Chernomorets, Balkan Botevgrad
Statistical leaders
Points Tucker 25.5
Rebounds Wiggins 15.0
Assists Lilov 7.0
Records
Highest scoring Levski Sofia 86–81 CSKA Sofia
(24 March 2023)
2022
2024

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.

Contents

Qualified teams

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

PosTeamPldWLSeed
1 Rilski Sportist 20191Seeded teams
2 Balkan Botevgrad 20164
3 CSKA 20128
4 Levski 20128
5 Chernomorets 20119Non-seeded Teams
6 Spartak Pleven 201010
7 Beroe 20911
8 Yambol 20713
9 Academic Plovdiv 20614Did not qualify
10 Cherno More Ticha 20515
11 Shumen 20317

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Draw

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

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

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Quarterfinals

21 March Rilski Sportist 7882(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 8578 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 8263 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 9766 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

22 March Chernomorets 7377 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 8280(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

24 March 2023 Levski 8681 CSKA Sofia Arena Sofia
19:00Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 24-15, 24-14, 18-25
Max Sport.svg 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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