Bulgarian Basketball Cup
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. PBC CSKA Sofia is the all-time record holder with 18 titles.
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1951 |
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Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Levski (13 title) |
Most titles | PBC CSKA Sofia (18 titles) |
TV partner(s) | BNT |
Related competitions | NBL |
Format
Since 2009, except from 2017-2019, 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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Gold Medalists | Score | Silver Medalists | 3rd | Score | 4th place | ||
Final Four | |||||||
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 |
Final Eight | |||||||
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 | Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad | Rilski Sportist | 90 – 80 | Lukoil Academic | Beroe | 71 – 59 | Balkan Botevgrad |
2017 | Kolodruma Hall, Plovdiv | Beroe | 78 - 62 | Lukoil Academic | Balkan Botevgrad | 83 - 62 | Academic Bultex 99 |
Final after Two-legged games | |||||||
2017-18 | PCS "Vasil Levski", Veliko Turnovo | Rilski Sportist | 89 - 80 | Levski Lukoil | Academic Bultex 99 and Balkan Botevgrad | ||
2018-19 | Arena Asarel, Panagyurishte | Levski Lukoil | 70 - 61 | Beroe | Academic Bultex 99 and PBC Academic | ||
Final Eight | |||||||
2020 | Universiada Hall, Sofia | Levski Lukoil | 86 - 78 | Balkan Botevgrad | Beroe and Rilski Sportist | ||
Titles by team
Team | Winners | Winning years |
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CSKA | 18 | 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005 |
Levski | 14 | 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020 |
Lukoil Academic | 11 | 1952, 1954, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
Balkan Botevgrad | 4 | 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
Cherno More | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015 |
Spartak Sofia | 3 | 1951, 1967, 1968 |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 2 | 1956, 1966 |
Slavia Sofia | 2 | 1959, 1997 |
Chernomorets | 2 | 1965, 1975 |
Rilski Sportist | 2 | 2016, 2018 |
NSA | 1 | 1964 |
Kompact Dimitrovgrad | 1 | 1995 |
Spartak Pleven | 1 | 1996 |
Beroe | 1 | 2017 |