Bulgarian Basketball Cup | |||||||
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Duration | 11 March 2021 – 15 March 2021 | ||||||
Number of games | 7 | ||||||
Number of teams | 8 | ||||||
TV partner(s) | Max Sport | ||||||
Regular season | |||||||
Season MVP | Carvacho | ||||||
Finals | |||||||
Champions | Rilski Sportist | ||||||
Runners-up | Levski | ||||||
Semifinalists | Balkan Botevgrad, Yambol | ||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||
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Records | |||||||
Highest scoring | Beroe 88–98 Yambol (12 March 2021) | ||||||
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 67th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and was held in Panagyurishte, Arena Asarel.[1] The competition started at 11th of March 2021, with the quarterfinals and ended with the Final on March 15, 2021. Rilski Sportist won their third cup. Nico Carvacho was named MVP.[2]
The first eight teams qualified after the first stage of the 2020-21 NBL regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Seed |
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1 | Rilski Sportist | 16 | 14 | 2 | Seeded teams |
2 | Levski Lukoil | 16 | 13 | 3 | |
3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
4 | Beroe | 16 | 8 | 8 | |
5 | Chernomorets | 16 | 8 | 8 | Non-seeded Teams |
6 | Academic Bultex 99 | 16 | 7 | 9 | |
7 | Yambol | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
8 | Spartak Pleven | 16 | 3 | 13 | |
9 | Cherno More Ticha | 16 | 2 | 14 | Did not qualify |
The 2021 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was drawn on 22 February 2021 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]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Rilski Sportist | 87 | |||||||||||||
Bultex 99 | 78 | |||||||||||||
Rilski Sportist | 90 | |||||||||||||
Balkan Botevgrad | 48 | |||||||||||||
Balkan Botevgrad | 84 | |||||||||||||
Chernomorets | 71 | |||||||||||||
Rilski Sportist | 87 | |||||||||||||
Levski | 69 | |||||||||||||
Levski Lukoil | 101 | |||||||||||||
Spartak Pleven | 62 | |||||||||||||
Levski | 100 | |||||||||||||
Yambol | 84 | |||||||||||||
Beroe | 88 | |||||||||||||
Yambol | 98 |
11 March | Rilski Sportist | 87–78 | Academic Plovdiv | |
17:00(UTC+02) | Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 25-13, 25-21, 18-29 | |||
Max Sport 2 | Pts: Brown 19 Rebs: Carvacho 11 Asts: Ivanov, Brown 5 PIR: Brown 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Tomic 20 Rebs: Gugino, Tomic 7 Asts: Carson 7 PIR: Tomic 23 |
11 March | Balkan Botevgrad | 84–71 | Chernomorets | |
20:00(UTC+02) | Scoring by quarter: 24-11, 15-23, 28-13, 17-24 | |||
Max Sport 2 | Pts: Minkov 20 Rebs: Balaban 9 Asts: Dimitrov, Chambers 6 PIR: Minkov 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Lewis 22 Rebs: Lewis 8 Asts: Baldwin 12 PIR: Baldwin 27 |