2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates6 October 2023 – June 2024
Number of teams13
TV partner(s)Sports Channel

The 2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 70th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season started on 6 October 2023.

Format

The regular season will be played in a 26-round round-robin format. The top 6 finishers will play the 5 rounds "upper house", with the other 7 teams playing the 7 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

Holon
Jerusalem
Herzliya
Tel Aviv
Be'er Sheva
Eilat
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Teams of the 2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Hapoel Gilboa Galil has been relegated to 2023–24 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2022–23 Premier League. [1] Hapoel Afula and Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan has been promoted to the league after qualified for the 2022–23 National League final.[2][3]

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500
Hapoel Afula Afula Nir Ha'emak Hall 1,000
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 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
 3,504
Ironi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall 1,200
Ironi Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava 1,300
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Hall 1,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Bnei Herzliya Israel Eldad Akunis Israel Dan Shamir United States Chris Babb Peak Ofek Dist
Hapoel Afula Israel Yossi Malka Israel Roee Perl ArgentinaIsrael Lucas Goldenberg Reebok
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Kfir Arazi Israel Oren Aharoni Israel Neta Segal Kempa Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Eilat Israel Tal Pinhas Slovenia Jurica Golemac United States Tyrus McGee Nike Yossi Avrahami
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel Tamir Abrahams Israel Barak Peleg Israel Roi Huber Peak Nofar Energy
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yuval Rosman Israel Guy Goodes Israel Ofek Avital Reebok Shoval engineering
Hapoel Holon Israel Eitan Lanciano Israel Amit Schaerf Israel Niv Misgav Atsmon PlayGrounds
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Matan Edelson United States Levi Randolph Nike Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Rami Cohen Greece Stefanos Dedas Israel Bar Timor Reebok Vegan Friendly
Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Naftali Ben Tov Israel Sharon Avrahami United States Amin Stevens Tax:on
Ironi Ness Ziona Israel Yaniv Mizrahi Israel Elad Hasin United States Jerome Meyinsse Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Israel Chen Shnaiderman Israel Shmulik Brenner Israel Adam Ariel Peak
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Israel Oded Kattash United StatesIsrael John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Lior Lubin Resigned 12 November 2023 Israel Yoav Shamir 12 November 2023 [4]
Hapoel Haifa Israel Oren Aharoni Resigned 8 December 2023 Israel Guy Goodes 10 December 2023 [5][6]
Hapoel Jerusalem Serbia Aleksandar Džikić Mutual consent 4 January 2024 Greece Ilias Kantzouris 10 January 2024 [7][8]
Hapoel Eilat Italy Massimiliano Menetti Mutual consent 21 January 2024 Slovenia Jurica Golemac 7 February 2024 [9][10]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Yoav Shamir Mutual consent 20 February 2024 Israel Oren Aharoni 20 February 2024 [11]
Hapoel Jerusalem Greece Ilias Kantzouris Fired 20 March 2024 [12]
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Danny Franco Fired 1 April 2024 Greece Stefanos Dedas 17 April 2024 [13][14]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 24 21 3 2202 1899 +303 .875 Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan (Q) 24 18 6 2039 1928 +111 .750
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q) 23 17 6 2169 1891 +278 .739
4 Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) 24 14 10 1967 1929 +38 .583
5 Hapoel Holon (Q) 23 13 10 1904 1829 +75 .565
6 Ironi Kiryat Ata 23 12 11 1909 1932 −23 .522
7 Bnei Herzliya 23 11 12 1891 1922 −31 .478 Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group
8 Hapoel Haifa (X) 24 11 13 1982 2139 −157 .458
9 Hapoel Afula (X) 24 10 14 1947 1939 +8 .417
10 Ironi Ness Ziona (X) 24 9 15 1962 2017 −55 .375
11 Hapoel Eilat (X) 23 6 17 1755 1967 −212 .261
12 Hapoel Galil Elyon (X) 24 6 18 1961 2138 −177 .250
13 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (X) 23 5 18 1886 2044 −158 .217
Updated to match(es) played on April 30, 2024. Source: [15]
Rules for classification: [16]
(Q) Advance to the Top-Teams League Group; (X) Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away MTA MRG HTA HJE HHO IKA BNH HHA HAF INZ HEI HGE HBS
Maccabi Tel Aviv 92–75 95–78 90–78 91–82 78–86 98–85 96–104 95–78 86–82 90–77 89–81 90–77
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 71–88 80–93 79–73 76–65 94–89 87–82 80–77 71–63 104–82 75–69 89–77 86–78
Hapoel Tel Aviv 89–86 81–94 109–100 90–78 87–91 99–80 87–88 93–81 97–94 112–76 90–66 90–68
Hapoel Jerusalem 85–90 82–93 64–91 72–73 97–83 81–65 88–68 81–78 76–70 103–85 81–73 77–71
Hapoel Holon 84–86 74–75 98–90 89–96 88–82 87–92 86–75 85–80 81–73 87–71 84–72 103–80
Ironi Kiryat Ata 72–91 71–94 89–97 76–74 86–82 74–87 100–72 90–73 101–96 83–70 81–95 92–72
Bnei Herzliya 74–94 70–80 May 1 80–85 75–72 76–62 96–98 81–75 68–99 93–96 80–66 87–78
Hapoel Haifa 73–108 74–81 84–103 85–78 71–84 92–93 90–101 88–82 82–111 81–71 71–88 93–87
Hapoel Afula 83–97 80–97 84–78 105–65 72–60 73–76 65–64 91–73 82–64 80–94 109–107 91–76
Ironi Ness Ziona 73–97 86–74 63–102 74–77 74–76 78–64 84–92 79–83 77–73 80–71 87–91 98–95
Hapoel Eilat 70–85 83–80 78–106 57–95 May 1 83–75 81–91 76–78 67–65 63–67 73–80 87–96
Hapoel Galil Elyon 67–103 101–108 76–112 71–80 71–92 83–93 104–99 76–83 79–94 92–95 69–72 80–87
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 75–87 98–96 78–95 74–79 79–94 May 1 67–73 97–99 81–90 90–76 96–85 86–96
Updated to match(es) played on April 30, 2024. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Top-teams League Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation MTA PO2 PO3 HJE HHO PO6
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 24 21 3 2202 1899 +303 .875 Advance to the playoffs
2   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Hapoel Jerusalem 24 14 10 1967 1929 +38 .583
5 Hapoel Holon 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [15]
Rules for classification: [16]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round262728293031
Maccabi Tel Aviv111
 2
 3
Hapoel Jerusalem4
Hapoel Holon5
 6
Source: [15]
  = Leader and advance to playoffs;   = Advance to the playoffs

Bottom-Teams League Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation PO7 HHA HAF INZ P11 P12 P13
7   0 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to the playoffs
8 Hapoel Haifa 24 11 13 1982 2139 −157 .458
9 Hapoel Afula 24 10 14 1947 1939 +8 .417
10 Ironi Ness Ziona 24 9 15 1962 2017 −55 .375
11   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
12   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
13   0 0 0 0 0 0 — Relegation to
Liga Leumit
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [15]
Rules for classification: [16]

Positions by Round

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233
 7
Liga Leumit


Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
1

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
December United States Xavier Munford Hapoel Tel Aviv 25.4 [18]
January United States James Batemon Ironi Kiryat Ata 18.5 [19]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
December Israel Lior Carreira Hapoel Galil Elyon 20.3 [20]
January Israel Jordan Cohen Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 16.2 [21]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
December Israel Sharon Avrahami Ironi Kiryat Ata 5–2 [22]
January Israel Danny Franco Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 [23]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

European-wide competitions
Competition Team Progress
EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Playoffs
Champions League Hapoel Jerusalem Round of 16
Hapoel Holon Round of 16
Ironi Ness Ziona Qualifying rounds
EuroCup Hapoel Tel Aviv Quarterfinals
FIBA Europe Cup Hapoel Galil Elyon Regular season[24]
Bnei Herzliya Regular season[24]
Ironi Ness Ziona Regular season[24]
Regional leagues
Competition Team Progress
European North Basketball League Hapoel Be'er Sheva Regular season[25]

References

  1. ^ One (23 April 2023). "עכשיו זה נגמר: גלבוע/גליל ירדה לליגה הלאומית" [Now it's over: Gilboa/Galil has been relegated to the National League]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ Margolis, Tzur (14 May 2023). "ברוכה הבאה: הפועל עפולה העפילה לליגת העל" [Welcome: Hapoel Afula has qualified for the Premier League]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "אחרי 13 שנה: מכבי ר"ג חזרה לליגת העל" [After 13 years: Maccabi Ramat Gen returned to the Premier League]. Sports Channel (in Hebrew). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. Walla!
    (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ Noa Poplinger (8 December 2023). "מסיבות אישיות: אהרוני עזב את הפועל חיפה" [For personal reasons: Aharoni left Hapoel Haifa]. Sports Channel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ Ethan Glickman (10 December 2023). "מינוי מסקרן: גיא גודס יאמן את הפועל חיפה" [Intriguing appointment: Guy Goodes will coach Hapoel Haifa]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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    (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  8. ^ Tomer Givati (10 January 2024). "רשמית: איליאס קאנצוריס מונה למאמן הפועל ירושלים" [Officially: Ilias Kantzouris was appointed coach of Hapoel Jerusalem]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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    (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^ Efrat Amoraban (20 February 2024). "אורן אהרוני מונה למאמן הפועל באר-שבע/דימונה" [Oren Aharoni was appointed coach of Hapoel Beer-Sheva/Dimona]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^ Omri Manhime (20 March 2024). "סוף הדרך: איליאס קנצוריס פוטר מירושלים" [The end of the road: Ilias Kantzouris was fired from Jerusalem]. Sports Channel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  13. ^ Tomer Givati (1 April 2024). "ההדחות מהגביע והיורוקאפ הכריעו: הפועל תל אביב פיטרה את דני פרנקו" [The eliminations from the state cup and the Eurocup were decisive: Hapoel Tel Aviv fired Danny Franco]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  14. ^ Tomer Givati (17 April 2024). "אין מה להפסיד: איך נחת סטפנוס דדאס בהפועל תל אביב?" [There's nothing to lose: how did Stefanos Dedas land in Hapoel Tel Aviv?]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e "League Standings". basket.co.il. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b c "Table Rules". Israeli Basketball Premier League (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  17. ^ "League Schedule & Results". basket.co.il. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ "שחקן חודש דצמבר: אקסבייר מנפורד" [December MVP: Xavier Munford]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  19. ^ "שחקן חודש ינואר: ג'יימס בייטמון" [January MVP: James Batemon]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
  20. ^ "שחקן החודש הישראלי: ליאור קררה" [The Israeli player of December: Lior Carreira]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  21. ^ "שחקן החודש הישראלי: ג'ורדן כהן" [The Israeli player of January: Jordan Cohen]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
  22. ^ "מאמן חודש דצמבר: שרון אברהמי" [Winner Basketball League coach of December: Sharon Avrahami]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  23. ^ "מאמן חודש ינואר: דני פרנקו" [Winner Basketball League coach of January: Danny Franco]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
  24. ^ a b c Weisberg, Arale (2 November 2023). "רשמית: בני הרצליה, נס ציונה וגליל עליון הודחו מהיורופקאפ" [Official: Bnei Herzliya, Ness Ziona and Galil Elyon were eliminated from the Europe Cup]. walla!. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  25. ^ Noviks, Maris (27 November 2023). "Thanks, Hapoel Beer Sheva-Dimona. Welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus!". European North Basketball League. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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