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2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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.

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

Format edit

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 edit

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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 edit

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 edit

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

Managerial changes edit

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

Regular season edit

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 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q) 23 17 6 2169 1891 +278 .739
3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan (Q) 23 17 6 1946 1846 +100 .739
4 Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) 23 14 9 1885 1836 +49 .609
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 26, 2024. Source: [14]
Rules for classification: [15]
(Q) Advance to the Top-Teams League Group; (X) Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group

Rounds 1 to 26 edit

Home \ Away MTA HTA MRG HJE HHO IKA BNH HHA HAF INZ HEI HGE HBS
Maccabi Tel Aviv 95–78 92–75 90–78 91–82 78–86 98–85 96–104 95–78 86–82 90–77 89–81 90–77
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
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 Jerusalem 85–90 64–91 Apr 30 72–73 97–83 81–65 88–68 81–78 76–70 103–85 81–73 77–71
Hapoel Holon 84–86 98–90 74–75 89–96 88–82 87–92 86–75 85–80 81–73 87–71 84–72 103–80
Ironi Kiryat Ata 72–91 89–97 71–94 76–74 86–82 74–87 100–72 90–73 101–96 83–70 81–95 92–72
Bnei Herzliya 74–94 May 1 70–80 80–85 75–72 76–62 96–98 81–75 68–99 93–96 80–66 87–78
Hapoel Haifa 73–108 84–103 74–81 85–78 71–84 92–93 90–101 88–82 82–111 81–71 71–88 93–87
Hapoel Afula 83–97 84–78 80–97 105–65 72–60 73–76 65–64 91–73 82–64 80–94 109–107 91–76
Ironi Ness Ziona 73–97 63–102 86–74 74–77 74–76 78–64 84–92 79–83 77–73 80–71 87–91 98–95
Hapoel Eilat 70–85 78–106 83–80 57–95 May 1 83–75 81–91 76–78 67–65 63–67 73–80 87–96
Hapoel Galil Elyon 67–103 76–112 101–108 71–80 71–92 83–93 104–99 76–83 79–94 92–95 69–72 80–87
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 75–87 78–95 98–96 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 26, 2024. Source: [16]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Top-teams League Group edit

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Hapoel Holon 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6   0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [14]
Rules for classification: [15]

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round262728293031
Maccabi Tel Aviv111
 2
 3
Hapoel Jerusalem4
Hapoel Holon5
 6
Source: [14]
  = Leader and advance to playoffs;   = Advance to the playoffs

Bottom-Teams League Group edit

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: [14]
Rules for classification: [15]

Positions by Round edit

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233
 7
Hapoel Haifa8
Hapoel Afula9
Ironi Ness Ziona10
 11
 12
 13
Source: [14]
  = Advance to the playoffs;   = Relegation to Liga Leumit


Awards edit

MVP of the Round edit

Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
1

Monthly Awards edit

Player of the Month edit

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
December   Xavier Munford Hapoel Tel Aviv 25.4 [17]
January   James Batemon Ironi Kiryat Ata 18.5 [18]

Israeli Player of the Month edit

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
December   Lior Carreira Hapoel Galil Elyon 20.3 [19]
January   Jordan Cohen Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 16.2 [20]

Coach of the Month edit

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
December   Sharon Avrahami Ironi Kiryat Ata 5–2 [21]
January   Danny Franco Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 [22]

Israeli clubs in European competitions edit

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[23]
Bnei Herzliya Regular season[23]
Ironi Ness Ziona Regular season[23]
Regional leagues
Competition Team Progress
European North Basketball League Hapoel Be'er Sheva Regular season[24]

References edit

  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. ^ Or Shkedy (12 November 2023). "ליאור ליובין ביקש לסיים את תפקידו בהפועל באר שבע, עוזרו יחליפו" [Lior Lubin asked to end his role in Hapoel Be'er Sheva, his assistant will replace him]. 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.
  7. ^ Arale Weisberg (4 January 2024). "הפועל ירושלים הודיעה על התרת חוזהו של אלכסנדר דז'יקיץ'" [Hapoel Jerusalem announced the ending of Aleksandar Džikić's contract]. Walla! (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.
  9. ^ Or Shkedy (21 January 2024). "מסימיליאנו מנטי עזב את הפועל אילת, ואמור להצטרף לז'לגיריס" [Massimiliano Menetti left Hapoel Eilat, and is supposed to join Žalgiris]. Walla! (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ Or Shkedy (7 February 2024). "יוריצה גולמאץ חתם בהפועל אילת ויגיע לישראל בימים הקרובים" [Jurica Golemac signed with Hapoel Eilat and will arrive in Israel in the coming days]. Walla! (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.
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  17. ^ "שחקן חודש דצמבר: אקסבייר מנפורד" [December MVP: Xavier Munford]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  18. ^ "שחקן חודש ינואר: ג'יימס בייטמון" [January MVP: James Batemon]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
  19. ^ "שחקן החודש הישראלי: ליאור קררה" [The Israeli player of December: Lior Carreira]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  20. ^ "שחקן החודש הישראלי: ג'ורדן כהן" [The Israeli player of January: Jordan Cohen]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
  21. ^ "מאמן חודש דצמבר: שרון אברהמי" [Winner Basketball League coach of December: Sharon Avrahami]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 January 2024.
  22. ^ "מאמן חודש ינואר: דני פרנקו" [Winner Basketball League coach of January: Danny Franco]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 February 2024.
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  24. ^ 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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