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2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup

Bulgarian Basketball Cup
Duration19 February 2026 – 22 February 2026
Games played7
Teams8
TV partnerMax Sport
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The 2026 Bulgarian Basketball Cup will be the 71st edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and will be held in Arena Botevgrad,Botevgrad.[1] The final eight of the competition will 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.

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. [2]

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. [3]

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.[6]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
19–20 February 		Semifinals
21 February 		Final
22 February
         
Beroe 101
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 117
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Rilski Sportist
Rilski Sportist 88
Academic Plovdiv 81
 
 
Balkan Botevgrad 85
Spartak Pleven 53
Balkan Botevgrad
Cherno More Ticha
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 vs. Rilski Sportist Arena Botevgrad
16:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2
21 February Balkan Botevgrad vs. Cherno More Ticha Arena Botevgrad
19:00 (UTC+02)
Max Sport 2

Finals

22 February 2026 vs. Arena Botevgrad
17:00 (UTC+02)

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References

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  1. ^ "Само една заявка за домакин на турнира Efbet Купа на България 2026". basketball.bg. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Купа България 2026 с нова система". bball.bg. 12 December 2026. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Жребият за квалификациите на efbet Купа България бе изтеглен, ето кой срещу кого". sportal.bg. 19 December 2026. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  4. ^ bgbasket results
  5. ^ results
  6. ^ "Страхотни сблъсъци на 1/4-финалите за Купата на България по баскетбол". gong.bg. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  7. ^ bgbasket results
  8. ^ results and stats
  9. ^ player stats
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