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2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates6 October 2024 – June 2025
Teams14
TV partner(s)Sports Channel

The 2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 71st season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season will started in October 2024.

Format

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The regular season will be played in a 26-round (13 round-robin format). The top 6 finishers will Advance to the playoffs, will the 7th to 10th-ranked teams will face each other in the play-in showdown. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format is similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff, and is identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed hosts the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs; likewise the 9th seed hosts the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game hosts the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot . the 11th to 14th-ranked teams will be played in a 4-round (2 round-robin format), the bottom two teams will relegated to Liga Leumit

Teams

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Hapoel Eilat has been relegated to 2024–25 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2023–24 Premier League.[1] Hapoel Gilboa Galil and Elitzur Netanya has been promoted to the league after win for the 2023–24 National League semi-final Series .[2][3]

Stadia and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500
Elitzur Netanya Netanya 2,500
Hapoel Afula Afula Nir Ha'emak Hall 1,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Be'er Sheva and Dimona Conch Arena 3,000
Hapoel Galil Elyon Upper Galilee HaPais Kfar Blum 2,000
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional and Lower Galilee 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 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

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Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Bnei Herzliya Israel Eldad Akunis Israel Yehu Orland FranceIsrael Frédéric Bourdillon Peak PenLink
Elitzur Netanya Israel Avidan Nager Israel Ruven Najberger
Israel Idan Avshalom
Israel Roy Paretsky
Israel Ariel Aizik
Peak Briga
Hapoel Afula Israel Yossi Malka Israel Ariel Beit-Halahmy Israel Muriel Lutati Reebok
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Israel Kfir Arazi Israel Oren Aharoni Israel Neta Segal Kempa Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel Tamir Abrahams Israel Guni Israeli Israel Lior Carreira Peak Rivulis
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Gideon Yadin Israel Sharon Avrahami Israel Roey Netzia Reebok Innovate
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yuval Rosman Israel Elad Hasin Israel Amit Gershon Reebok Shoval Engineering
Hapoel Holon Israel Eitan Lanciano Israel Guy Goodes Israel Niv Misgav Kelme Netanel Groups
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel United States Matan Edelson Israel Yonatan Alon Israel Yovel Zoosman Nike Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Offer Yanai Greece Stefanos Dedas Israel Bar Timor Reebok Shlomo Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Naftali Bentov Israel Eldad Bentov Israel Yariv Amiram Reebok Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona Israel Yaniv Mizrahi Israel Amit Schaerf Israel Tzuf Ben Moshe Nike Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Israel Chen Shnaiderman Israel Shmulik Brenner Israel Adam Ariel Peak Cnanan Groups
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Israel Oded Kattash United StatesIsrael John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 5 0 400 358 +42 10 Advance to the playoffs
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 5 4 1 422 372 +50 9
3 Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 3 3 471 464 +7 9
4 Bnei Herzliya 5 3 2 425 444 −19 8
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 4 0 365 301 +64 7[a]
6 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 4 3 1 376 326 +50 7
7 Hapoel Holon 4 3 1 322 293 +29 7 Advance to the play-in
8 Ironi Kiryat Ata 5 2 3 401 430 −29 7
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 5 1 4 424 439 −15 6
10 Ironi Ness Ziona 5 1 4 414 433 −19 6
11 Hapoel Afula 5 1 4 380 410 −30 6 Advance to playouts
12 Elitzur Netanya 5 1 4 380 451 −71 6
13 Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 4 1 3 309 335 −26 5
14 Hapoel Haifa 4 1 3 330 363 −33 5
Updated to match(es) played on November 3, 2024. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: [6]
Notes:
  1. ^ The Disciplinary Court of the Israel Basketball Association partially imposed a suspended sentence against Hapoel Tel Aviv and deducted one point from its balance in the 2024/25 season, following the lighting of flares during the final series games in the 2023/24 season.[4]

Rounds 1 to 26

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Home \ Away BNH ENE HAF HBS HGE HGG HHA HHO HJE HTA IKA INZ MRG MTA
Bnei Herzliya 87–81 Nov 30 88–86 Nov 10
Elitzur Netanya 92–84 72–76
Hapoel Afula Nov 8
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Nov 11 78–73 Dec 11 88–98
Hapoel Galil Elyon 87–93 88–77 67–70 Nov 10
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 100–67 77–93 81–89
Hapoel Haifa 94–85 Nov 10 86–100
Hapoel Holon 97–64 89–71 Nov 11
Hapoel Jerusalem 91–66 72–85 89–66
Hapoel Tel Aviv 97–79 85–62 Nov 9
Ironi Kiryat Ata 93–78 67–84
Ironi Ness Ziona 74–76 101–83 74–81
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 89–79 93–75 108–84
Maccabi Tel Aviv 77–62 89–83 85–81
Updated to match(es) played on November 3, 2024. Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

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MVP of the Round

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Round Player Team EFF Ref.
2 Marcus Bingham Hapoel Holon 39 [8]

Monthly Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October United States Jimmy Clark Bnei Herzliya 17.8 [9]

Israeli Player of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October Israel Gur Lavy Hapoel Gilboa Galil 18.3 [10]

Coach of the Month

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Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Israel Yehu Orland Bnei Herzliya 3–1 [11]

Yearly awards

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Award Winner Team Ref.

Israeli clubs in European competitions

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European-wide competitions
Competition Team Progress
EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Regular season
EuroCup Hapoel Tel Aviv Regular season
Hapoel Jerusalem Regular season
Champions League Hapoel Holon Regular season
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Regular season

References

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  1. ^ "אלא אם יוקפאו הירידות: אילת נשרה ללאומית" [Eilat will be relegated to Leumit]. ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "אחרי עונה אחת בלאומית: הפועל גלבוע גליל חזרה לליגת העל" [After one season in Laemit: Hapoel Gilboa Galil returned to the Premier League]. sports.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "אליצור נתניה עלתה לליגת העל בכדורסל" [Elitzur Netanya promoted to the basketball league]. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ^ Givati, Tomer (8 July 2024). "בעקבות אירועי הדרבי: הופחתה נקודה ממאזנה של הפועל תל אביב בעונה הבאה" [Following the events of the derby: a point was deducted from Hapoel Tel Aviv's next season balance]. Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  5. ^ "League Standings". basket.co.il. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ "תקנון חישוב טבלה" [Table Rules]. Israeli Basketball Premier League (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  7. ^ "League Schedule & Results". basket.co.il. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  8. ^ "מצטיין המחזור השני: מרכוס בינגהאם" [Round 2 MVPs: Marcus Bingham]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  9. ^ "שחקן חודש אוקטובר: ג'ימי קלארק" [October MVP: Jimmy Clark]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 October 2024.
  10. ^ "שחקן החודש הישראלי: גור לביא" [The Israeli player of October: Gur Lavy]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ "מאמן חודש אוקטובר: יהוא אורלנד" [Winner Basketball League coach of October: Yehu Orland]. basket.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 October 2024.