2021 Israeli Basketball National League Cup

2021 Israeli Basketball National League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Israel
Dates	22 October – 30 December 2021
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Hapoel Afula
Runner-up	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
Semifinalists	Ironi Nahariya Maccabi Haifa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Awards
MVP	Vander Blue
2022 → All statistics correct as of 30 December 2021 (2021-12-30).

The 2021 Israeli Basketball National League Cup was the first edition of the

On 10 May 2021, the

The round of 16 took place on 22-24 October, 2021. Ironi Kiryat Ata automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.

Elitzur Netanya v Ironi Nahariya

20 November 2021	Elitzur Netanya	78–89	Ironi Nahariya	Netanya
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 10–21, 13–24, 32–21
	Pts: Borg 21 Rebs: Skeens 9 Asts: Parsons 4 PIR: Skeens 18	Boxscore	Pts: Branch 28 Rebs: Thomas 11 Asts: Ohayon 7 PIR: Branch 34	Arena: Yeshurun Hall Attendance: 600

Semifinals

Elitzur Eito Ashkelon v Ironi Nahariya

8 December 2021	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	95–91	Ironi Nahariya	Ashkelon
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 24–19, 25–31, 25–23
	Pts: Warren 26 Rebs: Warren 7 Asts: Rozenfeld, Lewis 5 PIR: Warren 27	Boxscore	Pts: Ohayon 23 Rebs: Chubrevich 8 Asts: Ohayon 8 PIR: Ohayon 22	Arena: Ashkelon Sports Arena Attendance: 100

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Afula

9 December 2021	Maccabi Haifa	80–84	Hapoel Afula	Haifa
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–28, 19–19, 16–16
	Pts: Koperberg 25 Rebs: Smith & Freund 9 Asts: Koperberg 12 PIR: Koperberg 24	Boxscore	Pts: Porat 16 Rebs: Holyfield 13 Asts: Dotan 6 PIR: Holyfield 21	Arena: Romema Arena Attendance: 150

Final

Hapoel Afula v Elitzur Eito Ashkelon

30 December 2021	Hapoel Afula	96–78	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	Afula
19:40	Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 14–17, 28–8, 27–28
	Pts: Blue 31 Rebs: Holyfield 13 Asts: Ben-Zvi 6 PIR: Blue 25	Boxscore	Pts: Warren 21 Rebs: Warren 9 Asts: Holder 4 PIR: Warren 19	Arena: Nir Ha'emak Hall Attendance: 500

Starters: Pts Reb Ast SG 8 Vander Blue 31 8 1 PF 17 Tomer Porat 16 2 1 PG 10 Guy Dotan 13 4 4 F 14 Roey Netzia 11 4 2 C 55 Michael Holyfield 10 13 0 Reserves: PG 6 Ziv Ben-Zvi 7 1 6 F 5 Anton Shoutvin 6 3 1 PG 12 Omer El-Al 2 1 1 G/F 25 Eliad Tal 0 0 0 F 32 Benny Elazar 0 0 0 F 9 Ido Avitan DNP Head coach: Nir Kaplan

H. Afula E. Ashkelon H. Afula Statistics E. Ashkelon 31/50 (62%) 2 point field goals 16/33 (48%) 8/24 (33%) 3 point field goals 9/29 (31%) 10/15 (66%) Free throws 19/28 (67%) 40 Rebounds 37 16 Assists 15 4 Steals 7 11 Turnovers 13 0 Blocks 1

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PF 10 Storm Warren 21 9 2 G 20 Daniel Rosenbaum 13 7 0 SG 23 J.R. Holder 12 3 4 PG 4 Arthur Rozenfeld 5 2 2 G 22 Omer Ben David 0 1 2 Reserves: G 66 D.J. Sharp 12 1 0 F 5 Jordan Lewis 8 4 3 G 27 Alon Druker 7 5 2 G/F 6 Guy Netzer 0 0 0 F 13 Shir Moraidi 0 0 0 G 14 Idan Galbetg DNP G 9 Gal Evers DNP PG 55 Or Cohen DNP Head coach: Amit Tamir

2021 National League Cup Winners
Hapoel Afula 1st title

References

1. ^ The Israeli Basketball Super League Administration (10 May 2021). "המנהלת מברכת על השינוי בשיטת הגביע" [The Super League Administration greet the change in the Cup format] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
2. ^ Israel Basketball Association (11 August 2021). "גביע הליגה הלאומית" [National League Cup] (PDF). ibasketball.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 August 2021.