The best basketball players of Bulgaria for 2021 have been announced
Alexander Vezenkov and Borislava Hristova were again chosen as the best basketball player in Bulgaria for the years in a poll organized by the Basketball Federation among journalists and coaches. Both were preferred in the vote with almost 100% of the vote.
Coach number 1 in 2021 was the selector of the men’s national team Rosen Barchovski. He led the Bulgarian team to qualify for the finals of Eurobasket 2022 with two victories over Latvia in the decisive matches.
The best basketball player playing in the national championship for the past year is Pavlin Ivanov from Rila Athlete. The guard also managed the fan vote, which was held online for the first time. Ivanov was in the first place during the regular season for Rila Athlete and in the finals for the Cup of Bulgaria, won by Samokov, and a show class in the matches of the FIBA Europe Cup and with the national team.
Jacqueline Zlatanova from Beroe was chosen as the best basketball player playing in Bulgaria. The center will be among the best for Stara Zagora in their triumph in the Cup of Bulgaria, the state championship and the Adriatic League, as well as among the most stable athletes in Bulgaria in the qualifications for the European Championship.
The center of the national team and Estudiantes Emil Stoilov became the best young basketball player for 2021 (born in 2002 and after). Among the girls, the winner of this prize was Yana Karamfilova.
In the voting of the fans in Bulgaria Pavlin Ivanov is preferred in a huge competition, slightly ahead of Alexander Vezenkov.
Fans voted for nearly 40 players in the BFBasketball poll, giving their votes for: Alex Simeonov, Bozhidar Avramov, Dimitar Marincheshki, Yordan Minchev, Wendell Lewis, Adrian Sekulov, Alexander Gavalyugov, Alexander Stoykov, Stoimenov Alexander, Guni, Yanev Vasil Bachev, Ventsislav Petkov, Viktor Serafimov, Georgi Boyanov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Georgi Sirakov, Deyan Karamfilov, Emil Stoilov, Konstantin Toshkov, Kocha Jovovich, Krastan Krastanov, Lachezar Toshkov, Mihail Kalinov, Miroslav Vasov, Mihail Kapita, Mihail Kapita Nikolay Nikolov, Nikolay Stoyanov, Nikolay Titkov, Obina Oleka, Stanimir Marinov, Tihomir Zhelev, Trey Porter, Wendell Lewis, Hristo Zahariev and Chavdar Kostov. Victoria Stoycheva, Dimana Makarieva, Jacqueline Zlatanova and Tsvetomira Sharenkapova also received votes.
All dawns will receive their awards at a special event later this year, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation announced.