2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration	4 October 2024 – June 2025
Games played	108 (Regular season)
Teams	9
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 84th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Teams

Academic Plovdiv

Balkan

Beroe

Cherno More

Levski

Minyor 2015

Rilski Sportist

Spartak

Shumen

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2024–25 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

CSKA Sofia withdrew from the competition on 16 September due to financial difficulties.[2] Chernomorets withdrew from the competition on September 29 after failing to register a team due to unpaid wages to players and coaches from the previous season. This required a new fixture draw for the upcoming season.[3]

On October 1, just 3 days before the first game of the season Yambol also withdrew due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They will participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.[4]

Club	Last season	Arena	Location	Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[5]	9th	SILA Hall	Plovdiv	1,600
Balkan Botevgrad[6]	2nd	Arena Botevgrad	Botevgrad	4,500
Beroe[7]	12th	Municipal Hall	Stara Zagora	1,000
Cherno More Ticha[8]	6th	Hristo Borisov Hall	Varna	1,000
Minyor 2015[9]	11th	Boris Gyuderov Hall	Pernik	1,700
Levski[10]	8th	Universiada Hall	Sofia	4,000
Rilski Sportist[11]	1st	Arena Samokov	Samokov	2,500
Shumen[12]	7th	Arena Shumen	Shumen	1,500
Spartak Pleven[13]	4th	Balkanstroy Hall	Pleven	1,200

Regular season

Before the withdrawal of Yambol and Chernomorets, the eleven teams should have played twice against each other for a total of 20 games. The league would then split into a top 6 and bottom 5, with each team playing two games against each of the other teams from the same group. The six teams from the first group and the best two teams from the second group would join the playoffs.[14]

With nine teams, the teams will play each other twice, after which there will be an additional third cycle, where each team will have four home games against the four teams below them and four away games against the teams above them in the standings.[15]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rilski Sportist	16	14	2	1468	1197	+271	30	Advance to playoffs
2	Balkan Botevgrad	14	10	4	1243	1155	+88	24
3	Spartak Pleven	15	9	6	1312	1237	+75	24
4	Beroe	15	9	6	1300	1311	−11	24
5	Cherno More	15	8	7	1272	1250	+22	23
6	Academic Plovdiv	15	8	7	1235	1282	−47	23
7	Minyor 2015	14	6	8	1182	1241	−59	20
8	Levski	15	2	13	1115	1276	−161	17
9	Shumen	15	1	14	1234	1412	−178	16

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2025. Source: NBL

Results

Matches 1–16

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	ACP	BAL	BER	CMT	LEV	MIN	RIL	SHU	SPA
Academic		91–101	79–77	67–64	84–83	107–83	87–97	91–77	82–80
Balkan	104–83		91–92	95–78		82–65	68–76	103–76	72–86
Beroe	85–73	106–110		76–95	83–71	115–90	66–111	105–98	92–80
Cherno More	91–90	75–80			97–60	107–82	82–77	89–81	88–91
Levski	75–90	71–83	58–66	72–80		91–88	64–74	96–91	81–96
Minyor 2015			89–73	91–74	81–80		75–87	101–76	91–82
Rilski Sportist	87–56	100–90	92–83	89–64	97–75	104–81		104–76	99–81
Shumen	74–76	67–68	91–93	108–118	79–78	74–90	73–103
Spartak	104–79	89–96	83–88	91–70	87–60	89–75	76–71	97–93

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2025. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Matches 17–24

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Player of the round

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Anthony Walker	Beroe	39
2	Dimitar Marincheshki	Levski	33
3	Darius Banks	Beroe	32
4	Jordan Session	Rilski Sportist	39
5	Lachezar Toshkov	Minyor 2015	23
6	Borislav Mladenov	Minyor 2015	37
7	Borislav Mladenov (2)	Minyor 2015	30
8	Tyere Marshall	Balkan	41
9	Rey Idowu	Shumen	34
10	Anthony Walker (2)	Beroe	55
11	Daylen Williams	Academic Plovdiv	36
12	Nikolay Titkov	Academic Plovdiv	35
13	Michael Williams	Shumen	39
14	Anthony Walker (3)	Beroe	43
15	Borislav Mladenov (3)	Minyor 2015	29
16	Lachezar Toshkov (2)	Minyor 2015	42

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Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Rilski Sportist	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Balkan

Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Spartak Pleven	European North Basketball League	Regular season

References

Regular Season Stats

1. "ИУС утвърди системата за провеждане на сезон 2024-25". basketball.bg. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
2. "ЦСКА се сбогува с НБЛ". Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
3. "Официално: без Черноморец Бургас в Sesame НБЛ през новия сезон". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
4. "Ямбол се отказа от участие в Националната баскетболна лига". novsport.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
5. Akademik in NBL
6. Balkan in NBL
7. Beroe in NBL
8. Cherno More in NBL
9. Minyor 2015 in NBL
10. Levski in NBL
11. Rilski in NBL
12. Shumen in NBL
13. Spartak in NBL
14. "Жребият размина фаворитите на старта в Sesame НБЛ". bgbasket.com. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
15. "Управителният съвет на БФБаскетбол утвърди окончателно формата на НБЛ". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
16. MVP by Round