2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup

The 2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup, for sponsorships reasons the Winner League Cup, was the 12th edition of the pre-season tournament of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title for the seventh time after beating Ironi Nahariya 93–79 in the Final.^[1] John DiBartolomeo was named tournament MVP.

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1 October 2017	Hapoel Eilat	71–77	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 9–11, 22–18, 22–23, 18–25
Sport 5	Pts: Loyd 17 Rebs: Treadwell 14 Asts: Berkowitz 8	Report	Pts: Tollefsen 18 Rebs: Tollefsen 10 Asts: Ben-Chimol 14	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: David Romano, Eyal Porhiles, Rotem Koza

1 October 2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–80	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 25–15, 19–19, 19–16
Sport 5	Pts: Thomas 17 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: DiBartolomeo 6	Report	Pts: McKee 23 Rebs: Allen 9 Asts: Limonad 14	Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Gili Cohen, Dan Yalon, David Kolangi

2 October 2017	Hapoel Jerusalem	84–87	Ironi Nahariya	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 22-20, 14-20, 22-25
Sport 5	Pts: Jerrells 16 Rebs: Eliyahu 7 Asts: Jerrells & Timor 5	Report	Pts: Webster 26 Rebs: Young 7 Asts: Ziv 5	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Omer Esteron, Nir Meirson, Nir Keren

2 October 2017	Hapoel Holon	73–82	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-25, 17-21, 15-22, 21-14
Sport 5	Pts: Holloway & Alexander 13 Rebs: Alexander 8 Asts: Holloway 4	Report	Pts: Harrison 17 Rebs: Stone 12 Asts: Brown & Szuchman 5	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ofer Manheim, Zachi Havdali, Pini Rimon

3 October 2017	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	60–86	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 13-18, 13-19, 13-25, 21-24
Sport 5	Pts: Zalmanson 13 Rebs: Crawford 8 Asts: Ben-Chimol 4	Report	Pts: DiBartolomeo 19 Rebs: Bolden & Mashour 9 Asts: DiBartolomeo & Roll 6	Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Kfir Moalem, Ori Shalhavi

3 October 2017	Ironi Nahariya	88–82	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28-10, 25-23, 22-24, 13-25
Sport 5	Pts: Young 26 Rebs: Nesterenko 9 Asts: Skjöldebrand & Nesterenko 4	Report	Pts: Harrison 23 Rebs: Stone & LeDay 12 Asts: Stone & Szuchman 4	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Amit Balack, Lior Beinisch, David Izmirly

5 October 2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv	93–79	Ironi Nahariya	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 27-21, 24-21, 20-22
Sport 5	Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Tyus 12 Asts: Roll 6	Report	Pts: Young 23 Rebs: Livingston 7 Asts: Webster & Ben-Zvi 3	Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Tzachi Havdali, Elad Leibovich, Guy Shmueli

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	12	John DiBartolomeo	11	2	3
G	5	Michael Roll	14	2	6
F	4	Karam Mashour	5	8	1
F	43	Jonah Bolden	11	9	1
C	45	Artsiom Parakhouski	11	3	1
Reserves:
F	1	Deshaun Thomas	20	2	4
C	9	Alex Tyus	18	12	1
G	50	Yovel Zoosman	9	3	1
F	15	Jake Cohen	2	2	0
C	18	Itay Segev	0	1	0
G	30	Norris Cole	DNP
F	8	Deni Avdija	DNP
Head coach:
Neven Spahija

M. Tel Aviv

I. Nahariya

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	99	Yiftach Ziv	6	3	2
G	9	Corey Webster	12	1	3
F	5	Alex Young	23	4	1
F	83	Jonathan Skjöldebrand	6	6	2
C	15	Ousmane Drame	4	4	1
Reserves:
G	11	Denzel Livingston	13	7	2
C	18	Igor Nesterenko	8	0	0
G	31	Stu Douglass	7	0	2
G	6	Ziv Ben-Zvi	0	0	3
F	13	Yariv Amiram	0	0	0
F	2	Amit Shitrit	DNP
G	8	Neri Harrison	DNP
Head coach:
Eric Alfasi

2017 League Cup Winners
Maccabi Tel Aviv 7th title

^ "בפעם השביעית: גביע ווינר סל לצהובים" (in Hebrew). basket.co.il. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.