Last updated: 30.06.2001
Bulgarian National Handball Championship 2000-2001 (Men)
Playoff stage:
1/2 finals:
29.05.2001 (1st leg):
Lokomotiv (Varna) - CSKA (Sofia) 22:19 (11:12)
01.06.2001 (2nd leg):
CSKA (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 23:31 [42:53 agg]
29.05.2001 (1st leg):
Osam (Lovech) - Botev (Plovdiv) 32:23
01.06.2001 (2nd leg):
Botev (Plovdiv) - Osam (Lovech) 20:24 [43:56 agg]
3-4 place match:
CSKA (Sofia) awarded the 3rd place since Botev (Plovdiv) didn't
show up for the first game and was excluded.
Final:
14.06.2001, Thursday (1st leg):
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Osam (Lovech) 29:26 (12:14)
21.06.2001, Thursday (2nd leg):
Osam (Lovech) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 32:29 aet (13:11, 26:26)
22.06.2001, Friday (3rd leg):
Osam (Lovech) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 21:20 (10:12)
28.06.2001, Thursday, 17:00 h (4th leg):
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Osam (Lovech) 30:23 (14:12)
29.06.2001, Friday, 12:00 h (5th leg):
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Osam (Lovech) 26:16 (14:5)
Regular season:
Final Table:
G W D L GD Pts
1. Lokomotiv (Varna) 20 16 0 4 335:280 /+129 32
2. Osam (Lovech) 20 15 0 5 279:271 /+67 30
3. Botev (Plovdiv) 20 13 1 6 314:262 /+106 27
4. CSKA (Sofia) 20 13 1 6 298:238 /+82 27
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5. Port (Burgas) 20 12 0 8 275:257 /+4 24
6. Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 20 12 0 8 375:356 /-1 24
7. Podem (Gabrovo) 20 9 1 10 317:319 /-36 19
8. NSA (Sofia) 20 6 1 13 269:329 /-45 13
9. Asti'91 (Haskovo) 20 5 0 15 361:401 /-32 10
10. Botev (Balgarene) 20 4 0 16 297:338 /-93 8
11. Zheleznichar (Sofia) 20 3 0 17 222:301 /-181 6
Note: Goals from missing rounds are not included in the table. However
the GOAL DIFFERENCE is from all rounds (including the missing ones).
Rounds 1,2 and 4 info:
byes - Osam (Lovech), Podem (Gabrovo) and Dobrudzha (Dobrich)
game performance:
w d l gd pts
- Asti'91 0 0 3 -23 0
- Botev (B) 0 0 3 -10 0
- Botev (P) 2 0 1 17 4
- CSKA 2 0 1 16 4
- Dobrudzha 0 0 2 -22 0
- Lokomotiv 3 0 0 23 6
- NSA 2 0 1 4 4
- Osam 2 0 0 25 4
- Podem 1 0 1 -7 2
- Port 2 0 1 6 4
- Zheleznich.1 0 2 -29 2
Rounds 1 and 2 - missing
Round 3:
30.09.2000, Saturday:
CSKA (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 18:18 (9:8)
Port (Burgas) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 22:23 (13:13)
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - Botev (Balgarene) 38:22 (25:11)
Podem (Gabrovo) - NSA (Sofia) 24:20 (11:7)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Osam (Lovech) 29:15 (14:12)
Zheleznichar (Sofia) bye
Round 4 - missing
Round 5:
14.10.2000, Saturday:
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - Osam (Lovech) 18:23 (8:12)
CSKA (Sofia) - Port (Burgas) 35:22 (18:9)
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 23:29 (9:14)
Podem (Gabrovo) - Botev (Plovdiv) 23:21 (10:11)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Botev (Balgarene) 30:19 (17:5)
NSA (Sofia) bye
Round 6:
21.10.2000, Saturday:
NSA (Sofia) - Osam (Lovech) 26:28 (13:13)
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 22:28 (10:14)
Port (Burgas) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 26:23 (12:11)
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Podem (Gabrovo) 28:21 (15:9)
Botev (Plovdiv) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 25:23 (15:8)
Botev (Balgarene) bye
Round 7:
28.10.2000, Saturday:
NSA (Sofia) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) 30:25 (14:15)
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - CSKA (Sofia) 27:30 (12:12)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 30:25 (20:10)
Podem (Gabrovo) - Port (Burgas) 22:25 (11:11)
Osam (Lovech) - Botev (Balgarene) -
Botev (Plovdiv) bye
Round 8:
04.11.2000, Saturday:
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 23:31 (11:13)
CSKA (Sofia) - Podem (Gabrovo) 33:17 (15:10)
Port (Burgas) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 29:24 (17:10)
Botev (Plovdiv) - Osam (Lovech) 34:25 (13:14)
Botev (Balgarene) - NSA (Sofia) 25:20 (13:7)
Lokomotiv (Varna) bye
Round 9:
11.11.2000, Saturday:
Podem (Gabrovo) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 37:30 (18:13)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - CSKA (Sofia) 33:23 (17:8)
Osam (Lovech) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 24:22 (17:10)
Botev (Balgarene) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) 34:26 (17:9)
NSA (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 20:28 (12:13)
Port (Burgas) bye
Round 10:
18.11.2000, Saturday:
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - Podem (Gabrovo) 23:26
Botev (Plovdiv) - Botev (Balgarene) 43:15
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 32:34
Lokomotiv (Varna) - NSA (Sofia) 35:22
Port (Burgas) - Osam (Lovech) 19:11
CSKA (Sofia) bye
Round 11:
25.11.2000, Saturday:
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Podem (Gabrovo) 33:26 (17:14)
Botev (Balgarene) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 27:31 (14:9)
Botev (Plovdiv) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) 38:24 (19:9)
Osam (Lovech) - CSKA (Sofia) 26:22
remainig score unknown
Asti'91 (Haskovo) bye
Round 12:
17.02.2001, Saturday:
Botev (Balgarene) - Port (Burgas) 21:23 (10:10)
Osam (Lovech) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 41:26 (24:14)
NSA (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 20:24 (12:12)
Botev (Plovdiv) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 22:26 (11:14)
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) ?:?
Podem (Gabrovo) bye
Round 13:
24.02.2001, Saturday:
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - NSA (Sofia) 26:24 (11:11)
CSKA (Sofia) - Botev (Balgarene) 27:16 (14:5)
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) ?:?
25.02.2001, Sunday:
Port (Burgas) - Botev (Plovdiv) ?:?
Podem (Gabrovo) - Osam (Lovech) ppd
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) bye
Round 14:
04.03.2001, Sunday:
NSA (Sofia) - Podem (Gabrovo) 24:24 (13:11)
Osam (Lovech) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 38:21 (19:17)
Botev (Balgarene) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 33:25 (17:12)
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Port (Burgas) -1-
Botev (Plovdiv) - CSKA (Sofia) ppd
Zheleznichar (Sofia) bye
Round 15:
missing
Round 16:
17.03.2001, Saturday:
Port (Burgas) - CSKA (Sofia) 26:23 (15:11)
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 37:21 (19:12)
Botev (Balgarene) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 26:19 (14:14)
Botev (Plovdiv) - Podem (Gabrovo) ?:?
Osam (Lovech) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) ?:?
NSA (Sofia) bye
Round 17:
24.03.2001, Saturday:
Osam (Lovech) - NSA (Sofia) 28:22 (17:13)
Asti'91 (Haskovo) - Port (Burgas) 27:30 (10:17)
Podem (Gabrovo) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 21:31 (8:16)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Botev (Plovdiv) 35:32 (18:15)
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 16:27 (8:12)
Botev (Balgarene) bye
Round 18-20:
missing
Round 21:
21.04.2001, Saturday:
Botev (Balgarene) - Botev (Plovdiv) 30:31 (13:14)
Dobrudzha (Dobrich) - Asti'91 (Haskovo) 35:32 (17:14)
Osam (Lovech) - Port (Burgas) 25:24 (12:12)
NSA (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Varna) 18:33 (8:15)
Podem (Gabrovo) - Zheleznichar (Sofia) 42:22 (18:11)
CSKA (Sofia) bye
Round 22:
28.04.2001, Saturday:
Port (Burgas) - NSA (Sofia) 29:23 (15:10)
Podem (Gabrovo) - Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 34:29 (16:13)
CSKA (Sofia) - Osam (Lovech) 30:21 (16:8)
Lokomotiv (Varna) - Botev (Balgarene) 25:29 (13:14)
Zheleznichar (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 23:22 (15:11)
Asti'91 (Haskovo) bye

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