BC Cherno More

Cherno More Ticha plays most of their home games in the Hristo Borisov Hall sometimes they play at the Kongresna Hall in their bigger matches.

Basketball in Varna began in 1923 being a part of the Ticha sport club. After the creation of BC Ticha it was created BC Vladislav and BC Diana who are part of the Cherno More sports club. In the period between 1935 until 1944 there was no basketball in Varna. In 1944 basketball returned to Varna after the creation of BC Primorets. In 1948 Ticha-Vladislav-Primorets wins 1948 Varna Cup. In 1952 was hired the first manger for the club–Vladimir Pinzov. In 1952 also TVP debuted in the NBL finishing firtst from the non-Sofian clubs. Until 1969 Cherno More sometimes played in the first division of Bulgaria but primarily being in the second division. From 1970 until 1982 'the sailors' established themselves in the Bulgarian championship. In 1975 Cherno More debuted in european competitions playing in the FIBA Korać Cup eliminating Karşıyaka in the second round 185–173. In the Group Stage Cherno More finished last in a group with Tus 04 Leverkusen, Partizan and Sinudyne Bologna. From 1982 until the end of the century Cherno More had their best period in their history. In 1984 Cherno More for the first time finished third. In 1984 Cherno More again played in the Korać Cup eliminating İTÜ 165–161 in the first round. In the second round they were eliminated against Stroitel Kyiv losing 158–174. In 1985 Cherno More won their first Bulgarian Championship. In 1985 Georgi Glushkov signed for the Phoenix Suns who is the first player from Eastern Europe to play in the NBA. In 1985 Cherno More played for the first time in the FIBA European Champions Cup. In the first round they eliminated AEL Limassol winning 202–113. In the second round they lost to Žalgiris 222–152. In 1987 Cherno More again participated in the Korać Cup losing in the first round to Beşiktaş losing 156–145. From 1990 to 1997 Cherno More lost 4 NBL finals and finished third once. In the 1996–97 Korać Cup Cherno More won 184–143 against in the qualifying round against Omonia. In the group stage they finnished fourth in a group with Bnei Herzliya, Cagiva Varese and Mazowszanka. In 1998 Cherno More won their first Bulgarian Cup and after 13 years they won the NBL against Slavia Sofia in the final winning 3–1 on aggragate. In 1999 Cherno More again won the Bulgarian Cup and the NBL winning in the final 3–2 against Levski Sofia. In 1998 and 1999 Cherno More played in the FIBA Saporta Cup in 1998 they were knocked out in the group stage finishing fifth out of 6 teams but in 1999 they passed the preliminary round finishing third in their group. Cherno More were knocked out in the round of 32 losing to Zadar 133–172. In 2000 Cherno More almost won the NBL and the Bulgarian Cup but they lost the Bulgarian League final against Levski Sofia despite that they won the cup. In 2001 Cherno More reached the Bulgarian Cup for the fourth time in a row but they lost the final 92–70 against Levski. In the League they finished third. From 2003 until 2008 Cherno More lost 3 Cup finals in 2003, 2005 and 2008. In 2005 they finished third. In 2006 Cherno More lost the NBL final against Lukoil Academic losing 3–0. In 2008–09 and in 2009–10 Cherno More played in the BIBL. In the first season they were knocked out in the quarterfinals against Feršped Rabotnički losing 139−143. In the second season they reached the semifinals being eliminated by Levski losing 91–76. In 2014 Cherno More finished third and lost the cup final against Levski. In 2015 Cherno More won the Bulgarian Cup for the first time for 15 years winning against Lukoil Academic 69–72. From 2016 until 2024 it was their worst period in their history being one of the worst teams in the NBL and not even qualifying for the playoffs in most years. In 2025 Cherno More won the Bulgarian Cup again after 10 years against Balkan Botevgrad winning 89–81. In the 2024–25 season Cherno More finished second after losing the final 3–1 in the series against Rilski Sportist. But in the 2025 Bulgarian Super Cup 'the sailors' took their revenge against Rilski winning the final 66–84. In 2026 Cherno More again won the Bulgarian Cup against Lokomotiv Plovdiv winning 88–87.

• NBL

Champions (3): 1985, 1998, 1999

Second place (8): 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2025

Third place (7): 1984, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015

• Bulgarian Cup

Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015, 2025, 2026

• Bulgarian Super Cup

Champions (1): 2025