2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup
# 2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

The 2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 64th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria.It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.The competition started on November 22, 2017, and ended with the Final on March 3, 2018. Rilski Sportist won their second cup. Yordan Bozov was named Final MVP.

## Format

In this edition, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation presented new format. In the first round, the six teams who participated in European or Regional competitions from the NBL have an automatic bye to the quarterfinals, while the other three teams and five teams from A Group League (second tier) would play a single-game eliminatory for a place in the quarterfinals. Teams with lower league position will have home advantage. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a double-legged format.

## Participating clubs

| 2017–18 NBL 9 clubs | 2017–18 Second League 5 clubs |
| - | - |
| Bultex 99 Balkan Beroe Cherno More Levski Lukoil PBC Academic Rilski Sportist Spartak Pleven Yambol | from East zone: Chavdar from West zone: Athletic Academic Sofia Vidabasket BUBA |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals 10–17 January | Quarterfinals 10–17 January | Quarterfinals 10–17 January | Quarterfinals 10–17 January | Semifinals 14–17 February | Semifinals 14–17 February | Semifinals 14–17 February | Semifinals 14–17 February | Final 3 March | Final 3 March | Final 3 March | Final 3 March |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yambol | 77 | 74 | 151 | | | | |
| Rilski Sportist | 83 | 106 | 189 | | | | |
| Rilski Sportist | 83 | 106 | 189 | Rilski Sportist | 86 | 83 | 169 |
| | | | | Bultex 99 | 98 | 70 | 168 |
| Bultex 99 | 84 | 81 | 165 | Bultex 99 | 98 | 70 | 168 |
| Beroe | 78 | 79 | 157 | | | | | | | | |
| Beroe | 78 | 79 | 157 | | | | | Rilski Sportist | Rilski Sportist | Rilski Sportist | 89 |
| | | | | | | | | Levski Lukoil | Levski Lukoil | Levski Lukoil | 80 |
| Levski Lukoil | 83 | 70 | 153 | | | | | Levski Lukoil | Levski Lukoil | Levski Lukoil | 80 |
| Cherno More | 63 | 63 | 126 | | | | | | | | |
| Cherno More | 63 | 63 | 126 | Levski Lukoil | 73 | 80 | 153 | | | | |
| | | | | Balkan | 62 | 87 | 149 |
| Academic | 54 | 61 | 115 | Balkan | 62 | 87 | 149 |
| Balkan | 83 | 94 | 177 | | | | |

    Source: Basketball.bg

## First round

The game between Vidabasket and BUBA was canceled , because Vidabasket withdrew the tournament (the club was in the initial draw). That gave an automatic bye to the next round to BUBA.

## Second round

Teams in same division will play in a double-legged format.

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SF | 12 | Zlatin Georgiev | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| G | 14 | Yordan Bozov | 21 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 8 | Sheldon Jeter | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 4 | Travis Taylor | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 7 | Derek Wright Jr. | 19 | 2 | 8 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 33 | Dimitar Marincheski | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 24 | Martin Marinov | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 21 | Darin Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 99 | Samuel Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 41 | Denislav Vutev | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 23 | Miroslav Vasov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 30 | Evan Ravenel | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ludmil Hadzhisotirov ||||||
| Rilski Sportist 0 | Levski Lukoil |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| F | 18 | Hristo Nikolov | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| G | 23 | Stanimir Marinov | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| PG | 6 | Bozhidar Avramov | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 0 | Nemanja Milošević | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| C | 33 | Keith Clanton | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 5 | Veselin Veselinov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 13 | Asen Velikov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G/F | 10 | Kris Minkov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 22 | Pavlin Ivanov | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 9 | Alex Simeonov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F/C | 24 | Justine Knox | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| PG | 25 | Darryl Brown | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Konstantin Papazov ||||||
