The 2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 78th season of the Bulgarian NBL. Balkan Botevgrad won its fifth national title.
Teams
The same nine teams of the previous seasons repeated participation in the 2018–19 edition. Club Last season Arena Location Capacity Academic Bultex 992ndKolodruma Plovdiv6,100Academic Sofia6thSports Complex HallPravets1,000Balkan Botevgrad3rdArena BotevgradBotevgrad4,500Beroe5thMunicipal HallStara Zagora1,000Cherno More Ticha8thHristo BorisovVarna1,000Levski Lukoil1stUniversiada HallSofia4,000Rilski Sportist4thArena SamokovSamokov2,500Spartak Pleven9thBalkanstroyPleven1,200Yambol7thDianaYambol3,000
Regular season In the regular season, teams play against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
League table
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Levski Lukoil v Academic Sofia
Academic Bultex 99 v Rilski Sportist
Beroe v Yambol
Balkan v Spartak Pleven
Semifinals
Finals
Player of the round Round Player Team PIR 1 Mikael Hopkins Balkan 48 2 Jaylen Jenkins Rilski Sportist 31 3 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 34 4 Conner Frankamp Beroe 40 5 Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 46 6 Jalen Jenkins Rilski Sportist 38 7 Alexandre Gavrilovic Balkan 34 8 Nikola Vujovic Academic Plovdiv 34 9 Aleksandar Yanev Beroe 37 10 Tsvetoslav Ostrev Spartak Pleven 41 11 Tsvetomir Chernokozhev PBC Academic 44 12 Mikael Hopkins Balkan 39 13 Conner Frankamp Beroe 37 14 Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 30 15 Nikolay Marinov Spartak Pleven 45 16 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 41 17 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 57 18 Stoyan Petkov Yambol 28 19 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 36 20 Tsvetomir Kurtev Cherno More 41 21 Conner Frankamp Beroe 33 22 Peter Olisemeka Academic Plovdiv 45 23 LaRon Smith Yambol 41 24 Kaloyan Ivanov Levski 41 25 Hristo Zahariev Levski 29 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 26 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 51 27 Georgi Boyanov Cherno More 31
Bulgarian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Levski Lukoil Champions League Second qualifying roundFIBA Europe Cup Second round Balkan Round of 16 Rilski Sportist Regular season
NBL clubs in regional competitions Team Competition ProgressAcademic Plovdiv Balkan League Regular seasonBeroe Regular season
References
External links NBL official website Player Stats