2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration	19 February 2026 – 22 February 2026
Games played	7
Teams	8
TV partner	Max Sport
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The 2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup will be the 71st edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and will be held in Arena Botevgrad,Botevgrad. ^[1] The final eight of the competition will began on 19 February 2026 with the quarterfinals, and ended with the final on 22 February 2026, while the qualifying stage started on 7th of January.

Format

In this edition, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation, introduced a new format. Clubs who participate in European Competitions (Balkan Botevgrad, Rilski Sportist, Spartak Pleven), the last year winner Cherno More Ticha and the highest placed team after the first 10 games in the standing, besides the other four, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, will qualify directly to the tournament. The other six teams will play two legged qualifying games. ^[2]

Qualification games

The qualifying round took place on 7th of January and 28 of January 2026 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the main tournament. ^[3]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Academic Plovdiv	168 – 134	Botev Vratsa	85–68	83–66
Beroe	203 – 148	Shumen	108–76	95–72
Minyor 2015	166 – 153	Levski	90–81	76–72

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Draw

The draw for the 2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup took place on 30 January 2026. There were no restrictions for quarterfinals. ^[6]

Bracket

Quarterfinals 19–20 February

Semifinals 21 February

Final 22 February

Beroe

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Rilski Sportist

Academic Plovdiv

Balkan Botevgrad

Spartak Pleven

Minyor 2015

Cherno More Ticha

Quarterfinals

Beroe v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

19 February	Beroe	vs.	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Rilski Sportist v Academic Plovdiv

19 February	Rilski Sportist	vs.	Academic Plovdiv	Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Balkan Botevgrad v Spartak Pleven

20 February	Balkan Botevgrad	vs.	Spartak Pleven	Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Minyor 2015 v Cherno More Ticha

20 February	Minyor 2015	vs.	Cherno More Ticha	Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Semifinals

v

21 February		vs.		Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

v

21 February		vs.		Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Finals

v

22 February 2026		vs.		Arena Botevgrad
17:00 (UTC+02)

References

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1. "Само една заявка за домакин на турнира Efbet Купа на България 2026". basketball.bg. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
2. "Купа България 2026 с нова система". bball.bg. 12 December 2026. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
3. "Жребият за квалификациите на efbet Купа България бе изтеглен, ето кой срещу кого". sportal.bg. 19 December 2026. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
4. bgbasket results
5. results
6. "Страхотни сблъсъци на 1/4-финалите за Купата на България по баскетбол". gong.bg. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
7. player stats