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

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

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

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

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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Hapoel Tel Aviv File:Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Dedas Mutual Consent 15 November 2024 3rd (6–0) File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Itoudis 15 November 2024 [4]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona File:Flag of Israel.svg Oren Aharoni Fired 16 November 2024 13th (2–3) File:Flag of Israel.svg Rami Hadar 17 November 2024 [5][6]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Jerusalem 8 7 1 688 579 +109 15 Advance to the playoffs
2 Bnei Herzliya 8 6 2 705 705 0 14
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 7 7 0 606 520 +86 13[lower-alpha 1]
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 6 1 595 551 +44 13
5 Hapoel Galil Elyon 8 4 4 638 629 +9 12
6 Hapoel Holon 7 4 3 561 539 +22 11
7 Hapoel Afula 8 3 5 650 638 +12 11 Advance to the play-in
8 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 6 4 2 559 500 +59 10
9 Ironi Ness Ziona 8 2 6 682 702 −20 10
10 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 8 2 6 642 689 −47 10
11 Ironi Kiryat Ata 8 2 6 642 707 −65 10 Advance to playouts
12 Elitzur Netanya 8 2 6 613 688 −75 10
13 Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 6 2 4 465 508 −43 8
14 Hapoel Haifa 7 1 6 541 632 −91 8
Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2024. Source: [8]
Rules for classification: [9]
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.[7]

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away BNH ENE HAF HBS HGE HGG HHA HHO HJE HTA IKA INZ MRG MTA
Bnei Herzliya 87–81 89–80 Dec 14 88–86 106–101
Elitzur Netanya 80–85 92–84 Dec 21 Dec 6 72–76
Hapoel Afula Dec 23 96–62 Dec 16 96–86
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 88–69 78–73 Dec 11 68–104 88–98 Dec 16
Hapoel Galil Elyon 87–93 Dec 15 88–77 87–69 67–70 80–96
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 100–67 Dec 22 77–93 100–81 81–89 56–73 Dec 9
Hapoel Haifa Dec 6 94–85 61–82 86–100
Hapoel Holon 97–64 Dec 8 89–71 68–72 91–85 Dec 14
Hapoel Jerusalem 80–78 Dec 7 91–66 72–85 89–66 Dec 22
Hapoel Tel Aviv 97–79 85–62 96–95 Dec 15
Ironi Kiryat Ata 93–78 64–84 67–84 Dec 23
Ironi Ness Ziona Dec 7 74–76 101–83 Dec 20 74–81 97–82
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Dec 14 89–79 Dec 22 Dec 25 93–75 108–84
Maccabi Tel Aviv 77–62 73–60 89–83 Dec 10 Dec 8 85–81 94–87
Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2024. Source: [10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
2 Marcus Bingham Hapoel Holon 39 [11]
3 Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 27 [12]
4 Chavaughn Lewis Ironi Kiryat Ata 36 [13]
November
5 Jared Harper Hapoel Jerusalem 26 [14]
6 Chris Silva Bnei Herzliya 32 [15]
8 Justyn Mutts Hapoel Afula [16]
1
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Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October File:Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Clark Bnei Herzliya 17.8 [17]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October File:Flag of Israel.svg Gur Lavy Hapoel Gilboa Galil 18.3 [18]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October File:Flag of Israel.svg Yehu Orland Bnei Herzliya 3–1 [19]

Yearly awards

Award Winner Team Ref.

Israeli clubs in European competitions

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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  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 עברית). 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 עברית). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. Stav Ifargan (15 November 2024). "עכשיו זה רשמי: דימיטריס איטודיס מונה למאמן הפועל ת"א" [Now it's official: Dimitrios Itoudis has been appointed coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv]. Ynet (in עברית). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. Or Shkedy (16 November 2024). "אורן אהרוני פוטר מהפועל באר שבע, רמי הדר מועמד להחליפו" [Oren Aharoni was fired from Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Rami Hadar is nominated to replace him]. Walla! (in עברית). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. Or Shkedy (17 November 2024). "רמי הדר מונה למאמן הפועל באר שבע: "יחד נעמוד באתגרים"" [Rami Hadar was appointed coach of Hapoel Be'er Sheva: "Together we will face the challenges"]. Walla! (in עברית). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. 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 עברית). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. "League Standings". basket.co.il. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  9. "תקנון חישוב טבלה" [Table Rules]. Israeli Basketball Premier League (in עברית). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  10. "League Schedule & Results". basket.co.il. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  11. "מצטיין המחזור השני: מרכוס בינגהאם" [Round 2 MVPs: Marcus Bingham]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  12. "מצטיין המחזור השלישי: תומר גינת" [Round 3 MVPs: Tomer Ginat]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 22 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  13. "מצטיין המחזור הרביעי: שאבון לואיס" [Round 4 MVPs: Chavaughn Lewis]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 29 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  14. "מצטיין המחזור החמישי: ג'ארד הארפר" [Round 5 MVPs: Jared Harper]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  15. "מצטיין המחזור השישי: כריס סילבה" [Round 6 MVPs: Chris Silva]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  16. "מצטיין המחזור השמיני: ג'סטין מאטס" [Round 8 MVPs: Justyn Mutts]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  17. "שחקן חודש אוקטובר: ג'ימי קלארק" [October MVP: Jimmy Clark]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 31 October 2024.
  18. "שחקן החודש הישראלי: גור לביא" [The Israeli player of October: Gur Lavy]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 31 October 2024.
  19. "מאמן חודש אוקטובר: יהוא אורלנד" [Winner Basketball League coach of October: Yehu Orland]. basket.co.il (in עברית). 31 October 2024.