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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2019–20
DatesOctober 2019 – May 2020
Teams12
TV partner(s)Sport 5

The 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 66th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. On 13 March 2020, the league was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The league is scheduled to resume behind closed doors on 20 June 2020 in a different format.[2]

Teams

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Teams of the 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Maccabi Haifa has been promoted to the league after winning 2018–19 Liga Leumit after they won Hapoel Galil Elyon 3–1 in the Series Finals, and comes back just one year after their relegation.[3] Meanwhile, Bnei Herzliya was relegated after finishing in the last place the previous season .

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Conch Arena 3,000
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 5,400
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Pais Arena 11,000
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 10,383

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Kfir Arazi Israel Rami Hadar United StatesIsrael Spencer Weisz Spalding Altshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat Israel Nachi Indik Israel Eric Alfasi Israel Avi Ben-Chimol Peak Yossi Avrahami
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Haim Ohayon Israel Lior Lubin Israel Netanel Artzi Peak Gilboa Regional Council
Hapoel Holon Israel Shlomo Issac Greece Stefanos Dedas Israel Shlomi Harush Peak UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Eyal Chomski Israel Oded Kattash Israel Bar Timor Macron Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Rami Cohen Greece Ioannis Kastritis Israel Tomer Ginat Peak SP Metzer
Ironi Nahariya Israel Nissim Alfasi Israel Danny Franco United States Tony Gaffney Peak
Ironi Nes Ziona Israel Yaniv Mizrahi Israel Nadav Zilberstein Israel Tal Dunne Kappa Chai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod Israel Armaund Asulin Israel Amit Tamir Israel Lior Eliyahu AND1 SCE
Maccabi Haifa United States Jeff Rosen Venezuela Daniel Seoane United StatesIsrael Willy Workman Joma
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel Itzhak Peri Israel Guy Goodes Israel Oz Blayzer Under Armour Winner
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos United StatesIsrael John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX

Managerial changes

Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reason Hire date Incoming head coach Ref.
December 5, 2019 Hapoel Holon Israel Sharon Drucker Fired December 22, 2019 Greece Stefanos Dedas
[4][5]
January 18, 2020 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Ariel Beit-Halahmy Fired January 27, 2020 Greece Ioannis Kastritis
[6][7]
May 12, 2020 Maccabi Ashdod United States Brad Greenberg Resigned May 15, 2020 Israel Amit Tamir
[8][9]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 20 2 2005 1670 +335 .909 Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 22 18 4 1975 1752 +223 .818
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 13 9 1802 1704 +98 .591
4 Hapoel Holon 22 12 10 1910 1925 −15 .545
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 11 1865 1845 +20 .500 Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 22 10 12 1879 1926 −47 .455
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 9 13 1860 1907 −47 .409
8 Ironi Nahariya 22 9 13 1797 1861 −64 .409
9 Hapoel Eilat 22 9 13 1826 1883 −57 .409
10 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 22 9 13 1888 1976 −88 .409
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 8 14 1784 1897 −113 .364
12 Maccabi Ashdod 22 4 18 1730 1975 −245 .182
Updated to match(es) played on March 2, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il

Rounds 1 to 22

Home \ Away HBS HEI HGG HHO HJE HTA INA INZ MAS MHA MRL MTA
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 88–87 81–85 86–94 103–76 87–83 82–81 101–77 75–77 69–75 63–80
Hapoel Eilat 87–92 79–78 90–81 84–99 71–84 61–63 98–78 87–76 72–94 86–81
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 100–73 76–74 95–88 98–93 68–85 76–95 96–80 95–83 84–93 75–96 110–112
Hapoel Holon 92–73 90–85 87–81 112–115 89–75 86–78 99–80 103–86 88–82 105–104 83–94
Hapoel Jerusalem 108–74 83–74 88–73 91–84 80–91 85–55 102–71 72–51 95–81 98–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv 102–97 70–87 96–93 86–90 72–90 96–88 90–95 100–93 88–81 74–77 84–91
Ironi Nahariya 87–74 84–89 95–109 82–88 86–84 71–79 84–68 82–87 118–114 62–89
Ironi Nes Ziona 83–76 101–69 106–115 78–87 81–93 95–80 83–88 88–97 98–91 93–88 68–91
Maccabi Ashdod 77–79 87–98 89–91 82–69 69–84 83–76 84–96 69–93 91–88 81–94 57–94
Maccabi Haifa 95–80 107–85 95–83 92–60 95–87 84–78 84–87 91–80 88–79 75–93
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 80–72 80–74 90–64 84–59 65–73 94–85 76–63 75–79 67–66 62–54 66–81
Maccabi Tel Aviv 98–74 102–86 99–76 94–76 89–73 84–74 86–65 80–71 91–77 75–64
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Top-teams League Group

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 23 21 2 2108 1735 +373 .913 Advance to the Advance to the playoffs
2 Hapoel Jerusalem (A) 23 19 4 2068 1838 +230 .826
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion (A) 23 13 10 1888 1797 +91 .565
4 Hapoel Holon (A) 23 12 11 1975 2028 −53 .522
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
(A) Advance to a further round


Home \ Away MTA HJE MRL HHO
Maccabi Tel Aviv 103–65
Hapoel Jerusalem 93–86
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Hapoel Holon
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Advance to the playoffs
Source: [citation needed]

Bottom-Teams League Group

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
5 Maccabi Haifa 23 11 12 1947 1935 +12 .478 Advance to the playoffs
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 23 10 13 1962 2011 −49 .435
7 Hapoel Eilat 23 10 13 1916 1965 −49 .435
8 Ironi Nahariya 23 10 13 1883 1929 −46 .435
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 23 10 13 1970 2057 −87 .435 Advance to the Bottom playoffs
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 23 9 14 1941 1989 −48 .391
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 23 9 14 1869 1980 −111 .391
12 Maccabi Ashdod 23 4 19 1798 2061 −263 .174
Updated to match(es) played on June 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Home \ Away MHA INZ HTA INA HEI HGG HBS MAS
Maccabi Haifa 82–90
Ironi Nes Ziona 83–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv 82–81
Ironi Nahariya 86–68
Hapoel Eilat
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Ashdod
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Advance to the playoffs
Advance to the Bottom playoffs
Source: [citation needed]

Bottom Playoffs

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Relegation to the National League
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Home \ Away TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The first round of the playoffs is played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first (and the second at home if is necessary).


Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
(1) (8)
(4) (5)
(3) (6)
(2) (7)

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October
1
 United StatesIsrael T. J. Cline Hapoel Holon
27
[10]
2
 United States Alex Hamilton (1/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
36
[11]
3
 Israel Lior Eliyahu (1/2) Maccabi Ashdod
26
[12]
4
 United States Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv
34
[13]
November
5
 Israel Rafi Menco (1/2) Hapoel Eilat
20
[14]
6
 United States Dominic Waters Ironi Nahariya
32
[15]
December
8
 United States Jarmar Gulley (1/2) Hapoel Gilboa Galil
42
[16]
United States Justin Tillman
29
9
 Dominican Republic James Feldeine Hapoel Jerusalem
44
[17]
10
 United States Alex Hamilton (2/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
33
[18]
11
 United StatesIsrael Jake Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv
42
[19]
12
 Israel Lior Eliyahu (2/2) Maccabi Ashdod
30
[20]
January
13
 United States Alex Hamilton (3/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
43
[21]
14
 United States Jordan Hamilton Hapoel Tel Aviv
33
[22]
15
 Dominican Republic Édgar Sosa Hapoel Gilboa Galil
37
[23]
16
 United States Jarmar Gulley (2/2) Hapoel Gilboa Galil
51
[24]
17
 Venezuela Gregory Vargas (1/2) Maccabi Haifa
22
[25]
February
18
 Venezuela Gregory Vargas (2/2) Maccabi Haifa
33
[26]
19
 Israel Rafi Menco (2/2) Hapoel Eilat
37
[27]
March
20
 United States Jeff Withey Ironi Nes Ziona
35
[28]
21
 United States Manny Harris Hapoel Holon
41
[29]
June
22
 Israel Ziv Ben-Zvi Hapoel Eilat
28
[30]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October United States Justin Tillman Hapoel Gilboa Galil 31.3 [31]
November United States Jeff Withey Ironi Nes Ziona 29.0 [32]
December United StatesIsrael Jake Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv 23.8 [33]
January United States Jarmar Gulley Hapoel Gilboa Galil 28.2 [34]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October Israel Omri Casspi Maccabi Tel Aviv 15.5 [35]
November Israel Raviv Limonad Ironi Nes Ziona 17.4 [36]
December – – – –
January Israel Deni Avdija Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.3 [37]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Israel Lior Lubin Hapoel Gilboa Galil 3–0 [38]
November Israel Nadav Zilberstein Ironi Nes Ziona 2–0 [39]
December Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 [40]
January Greece Stefanos Dedas Hapoel Holon 4–1 [41]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Maccabi Tel Aviv EuroLeague Regular season
Maccabi Rishon LeZion EuroCup Regular season
Hapoel Jerusalem Champions League Final Eight
Hapoel Holon Regular season
Ironi Nes Ziona FIBA Europe Cup Second round
  • Bold – still active.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Winner League announce suspensio". Eurobasket.com. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "מתווה החזרה המלא של ליגת ווינר סל". מנהלת הליגה. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ Maccabi Haifa are National League champions
  4. ^ "הפועל חולון הודיעה על פרידה משרון דרוקר" (in Hebrew). December 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "סטפאנוס דדאס יאמן את הפועל "יונט" חולון" (in Hebrew). December 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "בית הלחמי סיים תפקידו בהפועל ת"א" (in Hebrew). January 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "מאמן חדש לאדומים: יאניס קאסטריטיס" (in Hebrew). January 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "הרימה ידיים: גרינברג לא יחזור לאשדוד" (in Hebrew). May 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "עמית תמיר יאמן את אשדוד עד תום העונה" (in Hebrew). May 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "Round 1 MVP: T. J. Cline". October 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Alex Hamilton". October 15, 2019.
  12. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". October 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin". October 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Round 5 MVP: Rafi Menco". November 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Dominic Waters". November 20, 2019.
  16. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Justin Tillman & Jarmar Gulley". December 3, 2019.
  17. ^ "Round 9 MVP: James Feldeine". December 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "Round 10 MVP: Alex Hamilton". December 18, 2019.
  19. ^ "Round 11 MVP: Jake Cohen". December 24, 2019.
  20. ^ "Round 12 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". December 31, 2019.
  21. ^ "Round 13 MVP: Alex Hamilton". January 3, 2020.
  22. ^ "Round 14 MVP: Jordan Hamilton". January 7, 2020.
  23. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Édgar Sosa". January 14, 2020.
  24. ^ "Round 16 MVP: Jarmar Gulley". January 21, 2020.
  25. ^ "Round 17 MVP: Gregory Vargas". January 27, 2020.
  26. ^ "Round 18 MVP: Gregory Vargas". February 4, 2020.
  27. ^ "Round 19 MVP: Rafi Menco". February 17, 2020.
  28. ^ "Round 20 MVP: Jeff Withey". March 2, 2020.
  29. ^ "Round 21 MVP: Manny Harris". March 11, 2020.
  30. ^ "Round 19 MVP: Ziv Ben-Zvi". June 23, 2020.
  31. ^ "October's Player of the Month: Justin Tillman". November 1, 2019.
  32. ^ "November's Player of the Month: Jeff Withey". December 5, 2019.
  33. ^ "December's Player of the Month: Jake Cohen". January 3, 2020.
  34. ^ "January's Player of the Month: Jarmar Gulley". January 31, 2020.
  35. ^ "October's Israeli Player of the Month: Omri Casspi". November 1, 2019.
  36. ^ "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Raviv Limonad". December 5, 2019.
  37. ^ "January's Israeli Player of the Month: Deni Avdija". January 31, 2020.
  38. ^ "October's Coach of the Month: Lior Lubin". November 1, 2019.
  39. ^ "November's Coach of the Month: Nadav Zilberstein". December 5, 2019.
  40. ^ "December's Coach of the Month: Ioannis Sfairopoulos". January 3, 2020.
  41. ^ "January's Coach of the Month: Stefanos Dedas". January 31, 2020.
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