The Bulgarian Basketball Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation since 1951. The cup was not held in 1957, 1958, 1960 and 1961. BC CSKA Sofia is the all-time record holder with 17 titles.
Format Since 2009, except from 2017 to 2019, the Final Eight format has been used and from 2010 only teams from the first tier participate in it. The eight teams play a play-off at one venue, over four days, eventually producing a winner. From 2017 to 2019, the quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a double-legged format, while the final was played in one game on a neutral venue. The top six teams, from NBL, have an automatic bye to quarterfinals, while the other three and five teams from A Group League (second tier) play preliminary rounds for a place in the quarterfinals.
Title holders
1951 Spartak Sofia 1952 Academic Sofia 1953 CDNA 1954 Academic Sofia 1955 CDNA 1956 Transport High School 1957 Not held 1958 Not held 1959 Slavia Sofia 1960 Not held 1961 Not held 1962 CDNA 1963 CDNA 1964 VIF 1965 Botev Burgas 1966 Lokomotiv Sofia 1967 Spartak Sofia 1968 Spartak Sofia 1969 Levski-Spartak 1970 Balkan Botevgrad 1971 Levski-Spartak 1972 Levski-Spartak 1973 CSKA 1974 CSKA 1975 Chernomorets 1976 Levski-Spartak 1977 CSKA 1978 CSKA 1979 Levski-Spartak 1980 Levski-Spartak 1981 CSKA 1982 Levski-Spartak 1983 Levski-Spartak 1984 CSKA 1985 CSKA 1986 Balkan Botevgrad 1987 Balkan Botevgrad 1988 Balkan Botevgrad 1989 CSKA 1990 CSKA 1991 CSKA 1992 CSKA 1993 Levski Totel 1994 CSKA 1995 Kompact Dimitrovgrad 1996 Plama Pleven 1997 Slavia Sofia 1998 Cherno More Sodi 1999 Cherno More 2000 Cherno More 2001 Levski 2002 Lukoil Academic 2003 Lukoil Academic 2004 Lukoil Academic 2005 CSKA 2006 Lukoil Academic 2007 Lukoil Academic 2008 Lukoil Academic 2009 Levski 2010 Levski 2011 Lukoil Academic 2012 Lukoil Academic 2013 Lukoil Academic 2014 Levski 2015 Cherno More Port Varna 2016 Rilski Sportist 2017 Beroe 2018 Rilski Sportist 2019 Levski 2020 Levski 2021 Rilski Sportist 2022 Rilski Sportist 2023 Levski 2024 Chernomorets 2025 Cherno More 2026 Cherno More
Recent finals YearVenueFinalThird place Gold MedalistsScoreSilver Medalists 3rdScore4th place Final Four1999Balkan Hall, BotevgradCherno MoreFikosota ShumenLevski91-64Yambolgas 2000Stroitel Hall, PlovdivCherno More84-74LevskiYambolgas68-57Spartak Pleven2001Balkanstroy Hall, PlevenLevski92-70Cherno MoreYambolgas90-72CSKA2002PCS "Vasil Levski", Veliko TurnovoLukoil Academic97-84LevskiYambolgas84-80CSKA2003Sports Hall "Dan Kolov", SevlievoLukoil Academic98-73Cherno MoreLevski98-86Yambolgas2004Vasil Levski Hall, PazardzhikLukoil Academic89-74 CSKALevski72-64Spartak MVR2005Municipal Hall, Stara ZagoraCSKA86-80 Lukoil AcademicCherno More107-75Spartak Pleven2006Dunav Hall, RuseLukoil Academic86-81 Cherno MoreSpartak Pleven61-57Yambol2007Boris Gyuderov Hall, PernikLukoil Academic85-75 LevskiCSKA91-88Spartak Pleven2008Arena Samokov, SamokovLukoil Academic102-83 Cherno MoreLevski78-77CSKA Final Eight2009Balkanstroy Hall, PlevenLevski89-81 Lukoil AcademicSpartak Pleven85-73Rilski Sportist2010Diana Hall, YambolLevski81-78 Rilski SportistCherno More90-88Balkan Botevgrad2011Universiada Hall, SofiaLukoil Academic81-80 LevskiRilski Sportist83-75Yambol2012Arena Samokov, SamokovLukoil Academic83-81 LevskiCherno More74-70Yambol2013Congress Hall (PCS), VarnaLukoil Academic84-73 LevskiRilski Sportist81-72Yambol2014Universiada Hall, SofiaLevski100-97 Cherno MoreRilski Sportist81-72Balkan Botevgrad 2015Balkanstroy Hall, PlevenCherno More Port Varna96-90 Lukoil AcademicRilski Sportist74-69Yambol 2016Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad Rilski Sportist90-80Lukoil AcademicBeroe71-59Balkan Botevgrad 2017Kolodruma Hall, Plovdiv Beroe78-62Lukoil AcademicBalkan Botevgrad83-62Academic Bultex 99 Final after Two-legged games2017-18PCS "Vasil Levski", Veliko TurnovoRilski Sportist89-80Levski Lukoil Academic Bultex 99 and Balkan Botevgrad 2018-19Arena Asarel, PanagyurishteLevski Lukoil 70-61Beroe Academic Bultex 99 and PBC Academic Final Eight2020Universiada Hall, SofiaLevski Lukoil 86-78Balkan Botevgrad Beroe and Rilski Sportist 2021Arena Asarel, PanagyurishteRilski Sportist 87-69Levski Lukoil Yambol and Balkan Botevgrad 2022Arena Botevgrad, BotevgradRilski Sportist92–86Levski Lukoil Beroe and Balkan Botevgrad2023Arena Sofia, SofiaLevski86-81CSKAChernomorets and Balkan Botevgrad2024Arena Burgas, BurgasChernomorets86-62Spartak PlevenRilski Sportist and Balkan Botevgrad2025Arena Samelyon, SamokovCherno More Ticha89-81Balkan BotevgradRilski Sportist and Spartak Pleven2026Arena Botevgrad, BotevgradCherno More Ticha88-87Lokomotiv PlovdivRilski Sportist and Balkan Botevgrad
Titles by team Team Winners Winning years CSKA Sofia 17 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005 Levski Sofia 16 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023 Academic Sofia 11 1952, 1954, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 Cherno More Ticha 6 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015, 2025, 2026 Balkan Botevgrad 4 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988 Rilski Sportist 4 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 Spartak Sofia 3 1951, 1967, 1968 Chernomorets 3 1965, 1975, 2024 Lokomotiv Sofia 2 1956, 1966 Slavia Sofia 2 1959, 1997 NSA 1 1964 Kompact Dimitrovgrad 1 1995 Spartak Pleven 1 1996Beroe 1 2017
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