2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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.

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2024–25
DatesOctober 2024 – June 2025
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Sports Channel

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   Eldad Akunis   Yehu Orland Ofek Dist
Elitzur Netanya   Avidan Nager   Ruven Najberger
  Idan Avshalom
BRIGA
Hapoel Afula   Yossi Malka
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona   Kfir Arazi   Oren Aharoni Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon   Tamir Abrahams   Guni Israeli Nofar Energy
Hapoel Gilboa Galil   Gideon Yadin   Sharon Avrahami
Hapoel Haifa   Yuval Rosman   Elad Hasin Shoval Engineering
Hapoel Holon   Eitan Lanciano   Guy Goodes Netanel Group
Hapoel Jerusalem     Matan Edelson   Yonatan Alon Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Offer Yanai   Stefanos Dedas Shlomo Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Ata   Naftali Bentov   Eldad Bentov Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona   Yaniv Mizrahi   Amit Schaerf Nike Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan   Chen Shnaiderman   Shmulik Brenner
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Shimon Mizrahi   Oded Kattash Playtika

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Bnei Herzliya 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the playoffs
2 Elitzur Netanya 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hapoel Afula 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hapoel Galil Elyon 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the play-in
8 Hapoel Holon 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hapoel Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ironi Kiryat Ata 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playouts
12 Ironi Ness Ziona 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: October 5, 2024. Source: [citation needed]

Rounds 1 to 26

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Home \ Away BNH ELN HAF HBS HGE HGG HHA HHO HJE HTA IKA INZ MRG MTA
Bnei Herzliya
Elitzur Netanya
Hapoel Afula
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona
Hapoel Galil Elyon
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Holon
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Ata
Ironi Ness Ziona
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv
First match(es) will be played: October 5, 2024. Source: [citation needed]
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.

Monthly Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.

Israeli Player of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.

Coach of the Month

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Month Coach Team W-L Ref.

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.