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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.

Teams

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.[1] 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 3,500
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 United States Brad Greenberg 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
[2][3]
January 18, 2020 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Ariel Beit-Halahmy Fired January 27, 2020 Greece Ioannis Kastritis
[4][5]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 17 1 1630 1350 +280 .944 Advance to the playoffs
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 17 13 4 1477 1320 +157 .765
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 18 12 6 1480 1377 +103 .667
4 Hapoel Holon 19 11 8 1620 1621 −1 .579
5 Maccabi Haifa 20 10 10 1686 1668 +18 .500
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 18 8 10 1541 1555 −14 .444
7 Ironi Nahariya 18 8 10 1468 1524 −56 .444
8 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 18 7 11 1556 1619 −63 .389
9 Hapoel Eilat 18 7 11 1465 1504 −39 .389
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 19 7 12 1582 1652 −70 .368
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 18 6 12 1441 1579 −138 .333
12 Maccabi Ashdod 19 4 15 1579 1756 −177 .211 Relegation to the National League
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 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 86–94 103–76 87–83 82–81 75–77 69–75 63–80
Hapoel Eilat 87–92 79–78 90–81 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 84–93 75–96 110–112
Hapoel Holon 92–73 90–85 87–81 89–75 86–78 99–80 103–86 88–82 83–94
Hapoel Jerusalem 108–74 83–74 88–73 91–84 80–91 85–55 72–51 95–81
Hapoel Tel Aviv 102–97 70–87 96–93 86–90 72–90 100–93 88–81 74–77 84–91
Ironi Nahariya 87–74 95–109 82–88 86–84 71–79 84–68 82–87 118–114 62–89
Ironi Nes Ziona 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 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 75–79 67–66 62–54 66–81
Maccabi Tel Aviv 98–74 102–86 94–76 89–73 84–74 86–65 80–71 91–77
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October
1
United StatesIsrael T. J. Cline Hapoel Holon
27
[6]
2
United States Alex Hamilton (1/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
36
[7]
3
Israel Lior Eliyahu (1/2) Maccabi Ashdod
26
[8]
4
United States Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv
34
[9]
November
5
Israel Rafi Menco Hapoel Eilat
20
[10]
6
United States Dominic Waters Ironi Nahariya
32
[11]
December
8
United States Jarmar Gulley (1/2) Hapoel Gilboa Galil
42
[12]
United States Justin Tillman
29
9
Dominican Republic James Feldeine Hapoel Jerusalem
44
[13]
10
United States Alex Hamilton (2/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
33
[14]
11
United StatesIsrael Jake Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv
42
[15]
12
Israel Lior Eliyahu (2/2) Maccabi Ashdod
30
[16]
January
13
United States Alex Hamilton (3/3) Maccabi Rishon LeZion
43
[17]
14
United States Jordan Hamilton Hapoel Tel Aviv
33
[18]
15
Dominican Republic Édgar Sosa Hapoel Gilboa Galil
37
[19]
16
United States Jarmar Gulley (2/2) Hapoel Gilboa Galil
51
[20]
17
Venezuela Gregory Vargas (1/2) Maccabi Haifa
22
[21]
February
18
Venezuela Gregory Vargas (2/2) Maccabi Haifa
33
[22]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October United States Justin Tillman Hapoel Gilboa Galil 31.3 [23]
November United States Jeff Withey Ironi Nes Ziona 29.0 [24]
December United StatesIsrael Jake Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv 23.8 [25]
January United States Jarmar Gulley Hapoel Gilboa Galil 28.2 [26]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
October Israel Omri Casspi Maccabi Tel Aviv 15.5 [27]
November Israel Raviv Limonad Ironi Nes Ziona 17.4 [28]
December
January Israel Deni Avdija Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.3 [29]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Israel Lior Lubin Hapoel Gilboa Galil 3–0 [30]
November Israel Nadav Zilberstein Ironi Nes Ziona 2–0 [31]
December Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 [32]
January Greece Stefanos Dedas Hapoel Holon 4–1 [33]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Maccabi Tel Aviv EuroLeague Regular season
Maccabi Rishon LeZion EuroCup Regular season
Hapoel Jerusalem Champions League Round of 16
Hapoel Holon Regular season
Ironi Nes Ziona FIBA Europe Cup Second round

See also

References

  1. ^ Maccabi Haifa are National League champions
  2. ^ "הפועל חולון הודיעה על פרידה משרון דרוקר" (in Hebrew). December 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "סטפאנוס דדאס יאמן את הפועל "יונט" חולון" (in Hebrew). December 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "בית הלחמי סיים תפקידו בהפועל ת"א" (in Hebrew). January 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "מאמן חדש לאדומים: יאניס קאסטריטיס" (in Hebrew). January 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Round 1 MVP: T. J. Cline". October 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Alex Hamilton". October 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". October 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin". October 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "Round 5 MVP: Rafi Menco". November 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Dominic Waters". November 20, 2019.
  12. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Justin Tillman & Jarmar Gulley". December 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "Round 9 MVP: James Feldeine". December 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Round 10 MVP: Alex Hamilton". December 18, 2019.
  15. ^ "Round 11 MVP: Jake Cohen". December 24, 2019.
  16. ^ "Round 12 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". December 31, 2019.
  17. ^ "Round 13 MVP: Alex Hamilton". January 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "Round 14 MVP: Jordan Hamilton". January 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Édgar Sosa". January 14, 2020.
  20. ^ "Round 16 MVP: Jarmar Gulley". January 21, 2020.
  21. ^ "Round 17 MVP: Gregory Vargas". January 27, 2020.
  22. ^ "Round 18 MVP: Gregory Vargas". February 4, 2020.
  23. ^ "October's Player of the Month: Justin Tillman". November 1, 2019.
  24. ^ "November's Player of the Month: Jeff Withey". December 5, 2019.
  25. ^ "December's Player of the Month: Jake Cohen". January 3, 2020.
  26. ^ "January's Player of the Month: Jarmar Gulley". January 31, 2020.
  27. ^ "October's Israeli Player of the Month: Omri Casspi". November 1, 2019.
  28. ^ "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Raviv Limonad". December 5, 2019.
  29. ^ "January's Israeli Player of the Month: Deni Avdija". January 31, 2020.
  30. ^ "October's Coach of the Month: Lior Lubin". November 1, 2019.
  31. ^ "November's Coach of the Month: Nadav Zilberstein". December 5, 2019.
  32. ^ "December's Coach of the Month: Ioannis Sfairopoulos". January 3, 2020.
  33. ^ "January's Coach of the Month: Stefanos Dedas". January 31, 2020.