Bulgarian Basketball Cup Explained
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
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Recent finals
Year | Venue | Final | Third place |
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width=14% style="background:#ffd700" | Gold Medalists | width=9% | Score | width=14% style="background:#c0c0c0" | Silver Medalists | width=14% style="background:#cc9966" | 3rd | width=9% | Score | width=14% style="background:#97DEFF" | 4th place |
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scop=col colspan="8" style="background:#CCCCCC" | Final Four |
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1999 | Balkan Hall, Botevgrad | Cherno More | | Fikosota Shumen | Levski | 91-64 | Yambolgas |
2000 | Stroitel Hall, Plovdiv | Cherno More | 84-74 | Levski | Yambolgas | 68-57 | Spartak Pleven |
2001 | Balkanstroy Hall, Pleven | Levski | 92-70 | Cherno More | Yambolgas | 90-72 | CSKA |
2002 | PCS "Vasil Levski", Veliko Turnovo | Lukoil Academic | 97-84 | Levski | Yambolgas | 84-80 | CSKA |
2003 | Sports Hall "Dan Kolov", Sevlievo | Lukoil Academic | 98-73 | Cherno More | Levski | 98-86 | Yambolgas |
2004 | Vasil Levski Hall, Pazardzhik | Lukoil Academic | 89-74 | CSKA | Levski | 72-64 | Spartak MVR |
2005 | Municipal Hall, Stara Zagora | CSKA | 86-80 | Lukoil Academic | Cherno More | 107-75 | Spartak Pleven |
2006 | Dunav Hall, Ruse | Lukoil Academic | 86-81 | Cherno More | Spartak Pleven | 61-57 | Yambol |
2007 | Boris Gyuderov Hall, Pernik | Lukoil Academic | 85-75 | Levski | CSKA | 91-88 | Spartak Pleven |
2008 | Arena Samokov, Samokov | Lukoil Academic | 102-83 | Cherno More | Levski | 78-77 | CSKA |
scop=col colspan="8" style="background:#CCCCCC" | Final Eight |
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2009 | Balkanstroy Hall, Pleven | Levski | 89-81 | Lukoil Academic | Spartak Pleven | 85-73 | Rilski Sportist |
2010 | Diana Hall, Yambol | Levski | 81-78 | Rilski Sportist | Cherno More | 90-88 | Balkan Botevgrad |
2011 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | Lukoil Academic | 81-80 | Levski | Rilski Sportist | 83-75 | Yambol |
2012 | Arena Samokov, Samokov | Lukoil Academic | 83-81 | Levski | Cherno More | 74-70 | Yambol |
2013 | Congress Hall (PCS), Varna | Lukoil Academic | 84-73 | Levski | Rilski Sportist | 81-72 | Yambol |
2014 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | Levski | 100-97 | Cherno More | Rilski Sportist | 81-72 | Balkan Botevgrad |
2015 | Balkanstroy Hall, Pleven | Cherno More | 96-90 | Lukoil Academic | Rilski Sportist | 74-69 | Yambol |
2016 | | Rilski Sportist | 90-80 | Lukoil Academic | Beroe | 71-59 | Balkan Botevgrad |
2017 | | Beroe | 78-62 | Lukoil Academic | Balkan Botevgrad | 83-62 | Academic Bultex 99 |
scop=col colspan="8" style="background:#CCCCCC" | Final after Two-legged games |
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2017-18 | PCS "Vasil Levski", Veliko Turnovo | Rilski Sportist | 89-80 | Levski Lukoil | |
2018-19 | Arena Asarel, Panagyurishte | Levski Lukoil | 70-61 | Beroe | |
scop=col colspan="8" style="background:#CCCCCC" | Final Eight |
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2020 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | Levski Lukoil | 86-78 | Balkan Botevgrad | |
2021 | Arena Asarel, Panagyurishte | Rilski Sportist | 87-69 | Levski Lukoil | |
2022 | Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad | Rilski Sportist | 92–86 | Levski Lukoil | Beroe and Balkan Botevgrad |
2023 | Arena Sofia, Sofia | Levski | 86-81 | CSKA | Chernomorets and Balkan Botevgrad |
2024 | Arena Burgas, Burgas | Chernomorets | 86-62 | Spartak Pleven | Rilski Sportist and Balkan Botevgrad | |
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Titles by team
Team | Winners | Winning years |
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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 |
Balkan Botevgrad | 4 | 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
Cherno More Port Varna | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015 |
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 | 1996 |
Beroe | 1 | 2017 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Носители на Купа България. www.basketball.bg.
- Web site: Номер 1 за българския баскетбол. bgbasket.com.
- Web site: yambolbasketball.com. yambolbasketball.com.
- Web site: Номер 1 за българския баскетбол.
- Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings.
- Web site: yambolbasketball.com. yambolbasketball.com.
- Web site: yambolbasketball.com. yambolbasketball.com.