2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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2017–18 Ligat Winner1
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Sport 5
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner.

The 2017–18 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 64th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. Hapoel Jerusalem is the defending champion.

Competition format

Twelve teams join the regular season, where they play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The last qualified team is relegated to the Liga Leumit. The regular season starts 8 October 2017.

Teams

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Teams 2017–18

Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning 2016–17 National League, and comes back just one year after their relegation.[1] Maccabi Kiryat Gat, who finished in last place during the 2016-17 season, relegated to the Super League[2]

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500
Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena 1,490
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,100
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall 5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Payis Arena 11,600
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Drive in Arena 3,504
Ironi Nahariya Nahariya Ein Sarah 2,500
Ironi Nes Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava 1,200
Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 2,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 11,060

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bnei Herzliya Israel Eldad Akunis Israel Mickey Gorka Peak Rav-Bariach
Hapoel Eilat Israel Motti Amsalem Israel Sharon Drucker And1 Fattal
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Haim Ohayon Israel Ariel Bet-Halachmi Peak
Hapoel Holon Israel Eitan Lanciano Israel Dan Shamir Peak UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Ori Allon Israel Modi Maor Macron[3] Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Rami Cohen Israel Danny Franco Peak SP
Ironi Nahariya Israel Nissim Alfasi Israel Eric Alfasi Peak
Ironi Nes Ziona Israel Tomer Yamin Israel Nadav Zilberstein Kappa Hai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod Israel Meir Kikoz United States Brad Greenberg And1 Kaplan Medical Center
Maccabi Haifa United States Jeff Rosen Israel Offer Rahimi Peak Hunter
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel Itzhak Peri Israel Shmulik Brenner Under Armour ILAND.TV
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Croatia Neven Spahija Nike FOX

Managerial changes

Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reason for departure Hire date Incoming head coach Ref.
November 9, 2017 Hapoel Jerusalem Greece Fotios Katsikaris Fired November 9, 2017 Israel Modi Maor
[4]
November 14, 2017 Hapoel Eilat Israel Meir Tapiro Fired November 18, 2017 Israel Sharon Drucker
[5][6]

Regular season

Standings

Template:2017–18 Israeli Basketball Super League table

Clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress Ref
Maccabi Tel Aviv EuroLeague —
Hapoel Jerusalem EuroCup — [7]
Hapoel Holon Champions League — [8]
Bnei Herzliya FIBA Europe Cup – [9]

Awards

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Rounds Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref
October 1–4 United States Alex Young Ironi Nahariya 21.0 [10]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Rounds Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref
October 1–4 Israel Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 16.3 [11]

Coach of the Month

Month Rounds Coach Team W-L Ref
October 1–4 Israel Eric Alfasi Ironi Nahariya 3–1 [12]

Player of the Week

Round Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
1
 Israel Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv
18
[13]
2
 United States Alex Young Ironi Nahariya
22
[14]
3
 United States Brandon Bowman Maccabi Haifa
26
[15]
4
 United States David Laury Maccabi Ashdod
32
[16]
Jamaica Sek Henry
26
5
 United States Tyler Stone Hapoel Gilboa Galil
40
[17]
6
 United States J'Covan Brown Hapoel Gilboa Galil
42
[18]
7
 United States Glen Rice Jr. Hapoel Holon
43
[19]

Other articles

External links

References

  1. ^ Ironi Nes-Ziona celebrate National League title
  2. ^ http://basket.co.il/StatsPage_Table.asp?cYear=2017&lang=en
  3. ^ "MACRON & HAPOEL JERUSALEM BASKETBALL CLUB". Macron.com. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  4. ^ "מודי מאור מונה למאמן הפועל ירושלים" (in Hebrew). November 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "אילת החליטה להיפרד ממאיר טפירו" (in Hebrew). November 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "אילת: שרון דרוקר מונה למאמן הקבוצה" (in Hebrew). November 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season". EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Champions line up in battle for European Glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup Qualification Round 1 and 2 pairings confirmed". FIBA.com. 2017-08-03.
  10. ^ "October's Player of the Month: Alex Young" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "October's Israeli Player of the Month: Tomer Ginat" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "October's Coach of the Month: Eric Alfasi" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
  13. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Tomer Ginat" (in Hebrew). October 9, 2017.
  14. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Alex Young" (in Hebrew). October 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Brandon Bowman" (in Hebrew). October 24, 2017.
  16. ^ "Round 4 MVP: David Laury & Sek Henry" (in Hebrew). October 31, 2017.
  17. ^ "Round 5 MVP: Tyler Stone" (in Hebrew). November 7, 2017.
  18. ^ "Round 6 MVP: J'Covan Brown" (in Hebrew). November 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). November 20, 2017.
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