2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

The 2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup is the 69th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and will be held in Sofia, Arena Sofia.^[1] The competition starts on 21 March 2023, with the quarterfinals, and ended with the Final on March 24, 2023.

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration	21 March 2023 – 24 March 2022
Number of games	7
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Max Sport
Regular season
Season MVP	Pavlov
Finals
Champions	Levski Sofia
Runners-up	CSKA Sofia
Semifinalists	Chernomorets, Balkan Botevgrad
Statistical leaders
Points Tucker 25.5 Rebounds Wiggins 15.0 Assists Lilov 7.0
Records
Highest scoring	Levski Sofia 86–81 CSKA Sofia (24 March 2023)
← 2022 2024 →

Qualified teams

The first eight teams qualified after the first stage of the 2022–23 NBL regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Seed
1	Rilski Sportist	20	19	1	Seeded teams
2	Balkan Botevgrad	20	16	4
3	CSKA	20	12	8
4	Levski	20	12	8
5	Chernomorets	20	11	9	Non-seeded Teams
6	Spartak Pleven	20	10	10
7	Beroe	20	9	11
8	Yambol	20	7	13
9	Academic Plovdiv	20	6	14	Did not qualify
10	Cherno More Ticha	20	5	15
11	Shumen	20	3	17

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Draw

The 2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was drawn on 8 March 2022 at approximately 12:00. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals.^[3]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	0	Rilski Sportist	78
	0	Chernomorets	82
						Chernomorets		73
						Levski		77
	0	Levski	85
	0	Beroe	78
											Levski		86
											CSKA Sofia		81
	0	CSKA Sofia	82
	0	Spartak Pleven	63
						CSKA Sofia		82
						Balkan Botevgrad		80
	0	Balkan Botevgrad	97
	0	Yambol	66

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Quarterfinals

Rilski Sportist v Chernomorets

21 March	Rilski Sportist	78–820(OT)	Chernomorets	Arena Sofia
13:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 29-15, 10-18, 9-23, 21-13, Overtime: 9-13
Max Sport 2	Pts: Yanev 16 Rebs: Wiggins 15 Asts: Randolph, Karamfilov 4 PIR: Yanev 23	Boxscore	Pts: Tucker 22 Rebs: Boyanov 17 Asts: Boyanov 4 PIR: Boyanov 29	Attendance: 500 Referees: Ventsislav Velikov, Kaloyan Kostov, Stefan Stefanov

Levski v Beroe

21 March	Levski	85–78	Beroe	Arena Sofia
15:15(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 23-14, 22-20, 18-15, 22-29
Max Sport 2	Pts: Arnett 27 Rebs: Mihaylov 8 Asts: Velikov, Mihaylov 5 PIR: Arnett 34	Boxscore	Pts: Hall 17 Rebs: Purifoy 12 Asts: Georgiev 3 PIR: Purifoy 26	Attendance: 500 Referees: Nikolay Tsintsarski, Slavcho Nuchev, Vladimir Zanev

CSKA Sofia v Spartak Pleven

21 March	CSKA Sofia	82–63	Spartak Pleven	Arena Sofia
18:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 13-14, 29-16, 16-16
Max Sport 2	Pts: Choh 23 Rebs: Choh 12 Asts: Young 6 PIR: Choh 36	Boxscore	Pts: Haynes-Jones 23 Rebs: Chernokozhev 9 Asts: Haynes-Jones 5 PIR: Haynes-Jones 22	Attendance: 500 Referees: Ivaylo Resilovski,Ivan Marinov, Miroslav Kamburov

Balkan Botevgrad v Yambol

21 March	Balkan Botevgrad	97–66	Yambol	Arena Sofia
20:15(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 31-14, 24-17, 19-14, 23-21
Max Sport 2	Pts: Diplaros, Jackson 14 Rebs: Adel 8 Asts: Ivanov 5 PIR: Adel 20	Boxscore	Pts: Sampson 15 Rebs: Sampson 6 Asts: Lilov 7 PIR: Lilov 18	Attendance: 400 Referees: Stanimir Rusev, Iskren Manolov, Serafim Petrov

Semifinals

Chernomorets v Levski

22 March	Chernomorets	73–77	Levski	Arena Sofia
18:00(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 11-25, 27-17, 19-18, 16-17
Max Sport 2	Pts: Tucker 29 Rebs: Tucker 8 Asts: Tutu 8 PIR: Tucker 23	Boxscore	Pts: Arnett 20 Rebs: Pavlov 11 Asts: Dimitrov 9 PIR: Pavlov 23	Attendance: 500 Referees: Ivaylo Resilovski, Stanimir Rusev, Serafim Petrov

CSKA Sofia v Balkan Botevgrad

22 March	CSKA Sofia	82–800(OT)	Balkan Botevgrad	Arena Sofia
20:15(UTC+02)	Scoring by quarter: 14-22, 20-16, 21-8, 17-26, Overtime: 10-8
Max Sport 2	Pts: Young 17 Rebs: Knowles 12 Asts: Young 7 PIR: Young 19	Boxscore	Pts: Suarez 20 Rebs: Suarez 12 Asts: Jackson 7 PIR: Suarez 28	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Martin Horozov, Nikolay Tsintsarski, Kaloyan Kostov

Finals

Levski v CSKA Sofia

24 March 2023	Levski	86–81	CSKA Sofia	Arena Sofia
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 24-15, 24-14, 18-25
	Pts: Arnett 22 Rebs: Florveus 6 Asts: Georgiev, Velikov 5 PIR: Pavlov 19	Boxscore	Pts: Young 21 Rebs: Choh 10 Asts: Young 7 PIR: Young, Choh 30	Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Ventsislav Velikov, Martin Horozov, Ivaylo Resilovski

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6. Stats