2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration19 February 2026 – 22 February 2026
Games played7
Teams8
TV partnerMax Sport
Regular season
Season MVPLamont West
Finals
ChampionsCherno More
Runners-upLokomotiv Plovdiv
SemifinalistsBalkan Botevgrad
Rilski Sportist
Finals MVPLamont West
Statistical leaders
Points Lamont West 23
Rebounds Mihaylov 9.5
Assists Ramsey 9
Records
Highest attendance2,000
Lowest attendance200
Average attendance929
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The 2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 72nd edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and was heald in Arena Botevgrad,Botevgrad.[1] The final eight of the competition began on 19 February 2026 with the quarterfinals, and ended with the final on 22 February 2026, while the qualifying stage started on 7th of January. MVP of the tournament and the final game, was Lamont West from Cherno More[2]

Format

In this edition, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation, introduced a new format. Clubs who participate in European Competitions (Balkan Botevgrad, Rilski Sportist, Spartak Pleven), the last year winner Cherno More Ticha and the highest placed team after the first 10 games in the standing, besides the other four, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, will qualify directly to the tournament. The other six teams will play two legged qualifying games. [3]

Qualification games

The qualifying round took place on 7th of January and 28 of January 2026 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the main tournament. [4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Academic Plovdiv 168 – 134 Botev Vratsa 85–68 83–66
Beroe 203 – 148 Shumen 108–76 95–72
Minyor 2015 166 – 153 Levski 90–81 76–72

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Draw

The draw for the 2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup took place on 30 January 2026. There were no restrictions for quarterfinals.[7]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
19–20 February 		Semifinals
21 February 		Final
22 February
         
Beroe 101
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 117
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 100
Rilski Sportist 99
Rilski Sportist 88
Academic Plovdiv 81
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 87
Cherno More Ticha 88
Balkan Botevgrad 85
Spartak Pleven 53
Balkan Botevgrad 76
Cherno More Ticha 77
Minyor 2015 91
Cherno More Ticha 105

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Quarterfinals

19 February Beroe 101–117 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 31-32, 21–31, 27-23
Max Sport 2 Pts: Matushev 32
Rebs: Matushev 36
Asts: Quisenberry 9
PIR: Matushev, Zahariev 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ramsey 23
Rebs: Krastanov 6
Asts: Ramsey 10
PIR: Ramsey 32 		Attendance: 200
19 February Rilski Sportist 88–81 Academic Plovdiv Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22-15, 21–19, 23-22
Max Sport 2 Pts: Arnett,Yanev 16
Rebs: Yanev 9
Asts: Karamfilov 6
PIR: Arnett 23 		Boxscore Pts: Bachev 22
Rebs: Mihaylov 12
Asts: Tomic 7
PIR: Bachev 22 		Attendance: 400
20 February Balkan Botevgrad 85–53 Spartak Pleven Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 21–4, 18-10, 20–16, 26-23
Max Sport 2 Pts: Pishtikov 17
Rebs: Ivanov 8
Asts: Toshkov 7
PIR: Pishtikov 17 		Boxscore Pts: Ivanov 9
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Ivanov 3
PIR: Brown 12 		Attendance: 1200
20 February Minyor 2015 91–105 Cherno More Ticha Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 25–29 , 18–25, 24–24, 20-27
Max Sport 2 Pts: Kesar 16
Rebs: Kesar, Stankovic 7
Asts: Toshkov 9
PIR: Stankovic 18 		Boxscore Pts: West 33
Rebs: Karačić 7
Asts: Petkov, Watson-Gayle 6
PIR: West 35 		Attendance: 500

Semifinals

21 February Lokomotiv Plovdiv 100–99(OT) Rilski Sportist Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 14–21 , 23–28, 29–20, 20-17, Overtime: 14-13
Max Sport 2 Pts: Miller 21
Rebs: Miller 10
Asts: Ramsey 10
PIR: Miller 26 		Boxscore Pts: Arnett 19
Rebs: Bachkov 14
Asts: Karamfilov 10
PIR: Arnett 22 		Attendance: 700
21 February Cherno More Ticha 77–76 Balkan Botevgrad Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 14–26, 21–19, 18-10
Max Sport 2 Pts: West 18
Rebs: Gaffney 7
Asts: Watson-Gayle 8
PIR: Watson-Gayle 18 		Boxscore Pts: Toshkov 25
Rebs: Robinson 8
Asts: Pagenkopf 6
PIR: Toshkov 24 		Attendance: 2000

Finals

22 February 2026 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 87–88 Cherno More Ticha Arena Botevgrad
17:00 (UTC+02) Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 15–27, 18–19, 26-22
Pts: Mihov 18
Rebs: Miller 10
Asts: Ramsey 8
PIR: Mihov 18 		Boxscore Pts: West 20
Rebs: Boyanov 7
Asts: Watson-Gayle 8
PIR: West 21 		Attendance: 1500

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  9. ^ flashscore bracket
  10. ^ results and stats
  11. ^ player stats
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