2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League
Israeli Basketball Premier League | ||||||||||
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Season | 2022–23 | |||||||||
Dates | 7 October 2022 – 13 June 2023 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 12 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | Sports Channel | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | Zach Hankins | |||||||||
Relegated | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||
Runners-up | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||||||
Semifinalists | Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Holon | |||||||||
Finals MVP | Wade Baldwin | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
Israeli MVP | Tomer Ginat | |||||||||
Rising Star | Roy Paretsky | |||||||||
Best Defender | Or Cornelius | |||||||||
Most Improved | Itay Moskovich | |||||||||
Sixth Man | Bar Timor | |||||||||
Coach of the Year | Aleksandar Džikić | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
The 2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 69th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The league started on 7 October 2022.
Format
The regular season will be played in a 22-round round-robin format. The top 6 finishers will play the 5 rounds "upper house", with the other 6 teams playing the 5 rounds "bottom house". The 6 upper group teams, joined by the top 2 teams from the bottom group, will play the quarter finals as Best-of-5 series. The semifinals and finals will be played as Best-of-3 series.
Teams
Teams of the 2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueMaccabi Rishon LeZion has been relegated to 2022–23 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2021–22 Premier League. [1] Ironi Kiryat Ata has been promoted to the league after winning the 2021–22 National League.[2]
Stadia and locations
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bnei Herzliya | Herzliya | HaYovel Herzliya | 1,500 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Conch Arena | 3,000 |
Hapoel Eilat | Eilat | Begin Arena | 1,200 |
Hapoel Galil Elyon | Upper Galilee and Kiryat Shmona | HaPais Kfar Blum | 2,000 |
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Gilboa Regional Council | Gan Ner Sports Hall | 2,057 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Romema Arena | 5,000 |
Hapoel Holon | Holon | Holon Toto Hall | 5,500 |
Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Pais Arena | 11,000 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Drive in Arena
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3,504 |
Ironi Kiryat Ata | Kiryat Ata | Ramaz Hall | 1,200 |
Ironi Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona | Lev Hamoshava | 1,300 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | 10,383 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Chairman | Head coach | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
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Bnei Herzliya | Eldad Akunis | Oren Aharoni | Yair Kravitz | Peak | Ofek Dist |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Kfir Arazi | Lior Lubin | Neta Segal | Kempa | Altshuler Shacham |
Hapoel Eilat | Tal Pinhas | Maurizio Buscaglia | Netanel Artzi | Nike | Yossi Avrahami |
Hapoel Galil Elyon | Tamir Abrahams | Barak Peleg | Nimrod Levi | Macron | Nofar Energy |
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Ariel Beit-Halahmy | Amit Suss | Gevasol | ||
Hapoel Haifa | Yuval Rosman | Mickey Gorka | Ofek Avital | Reebok | B-Cure Laser |
Hapoel Holon | Eitan Lanciano | Guy Goodes | Chris Johnson | Atsmon PlayGrounds | |
Hapoel Jerusalem | Eyal Chomski | Aleksandar Džikić | Itay Segev | Givova | Bank Yahav |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Rami Cohen | Danny Franco | Bar Timor | Reebok | Vegan Friendly |
Ironi Kiryat Ata | Naftali Ben Tov | Sharon Avrahami | Ido Davidi | Tax:on | |
Ironi Ness Ziona | Yaniv Mizrahi | Elad Hasin | Lior Carreira | Macron | Chai Motors |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Shimon Mizrahi | Oded Kattash | John DiBartolomeo | Puma | Playtika |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Rami Hadar | Fired | 21 December 2022 | 12th (2-8) | Ariel Beit-Halahmy | 9 January 2023 | [3][4] |
Hapoel Eilat | Ariel Beit-Halahmy | Resigned | 25 December 2022 | 11th (3-8) | Maurizio Buscaglia | 15 January 2023 | [5][6] |
Hapoel Haifa | Sharon Drucker | Fired | 11 April 2023 | 11th (6-17) | Mickey Gorka | 12 April 2023 |
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2035 | 1677 | +358 | .864 | Advance to the Top-teams League Group |
2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1976 | 1828 | +148 | .818 | |
3 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1764 | 1623 | +141 | .682 | |
4 | Hapoel Holon | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1907 | 1842 | +65 | .636 | |
5 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1870 | 1929 | −59 | .500 | |
6 | Ironi Ness Ziona | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1946 | 1948 | −2 | .500 | |
7 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1859 | 1912 | −53 | .455 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
8 | Bnei Herzliya | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1838 | 1815 | +23 | .455 | |
9 | Ironi Kiryat Ata | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1805 | 1902 | −97 | .318 | |
10 | Hapoel Eilat | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1751 | 1937 | −186 | .318 | |
11 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1732 | 1911 | −179 | .273 | |
12 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1741 | 1900 | −159 | .182 |
Rounds 1 to 22
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
= Leader and advance to Top-teams League Group; = Advance to Top-teams League Group; = Advance to Bottom-teams League Group; = Last Place and Advance to Bottom-teams League Group
Top-teams League Group
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation | MTA | HJE | HTA | HHO | HGE | INZ | |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2467 | 2090 | +377 | .815 | Advance to the playoffs | 89–82 | 96–88 | 83–95 | ||||
2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2179 | 1994 | +185 | .741 | 83–76 | 75–66 | 90–78 | |||||
3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2420 | 2277 | +143 | .741 | 76–85 | 88–84 | 103–91 | |||||
4 | Hapoel Holon | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2354 | 2273 | +81 | .630 | 100–95 | 103–81 | ||||||
5 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2304 | 2365 | −61 | .481 | 84–90 | 94–85 | ||||||
6 | Ironi Ness Ziona | 27 | 11 | 16 | 2344 | 2418 | −74 | .407 | 66–88 | 75–82 |
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Bottom-Teams League Group
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation | BNH | HBS | HHA | IKA | HEI | HGG | |
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7 | Bnei Herzliya | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2282 | 2210 | +72 | .519 | Advance to the playoffs | 95–72 | 93–89 | 84–60 | ||||
8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2312 | 2352 | −40 | .481 | 75–86 | 102–98 | 102–94 | |||||
9 | Hapoel Haifa | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2196 | 2359 | −163 | .333 | 104–91 | 93–77 | ||||||
10 | Ironi Kiryat Ata | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2232 | 2362 | −130 | .333 | 77–96 | 83–97 | 85–83 | |||||
11 | Hapoel Eilat | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2210 | 2400 | −190 | .333 | 99–86 | 92–86 | ||||||
12 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 27 | 5 | 22 | 2140 | 2340 | −200 | .185 | Relegation to Liga Leumit
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85–78 | 91–93 |