2008–09 Israeli Basketball Super League

2008-2009 Israeli Basketball Super League season
League Israeli Basketball Super League
Sport Basketball
Duration 26 October 2008 - 21 May 2009
Number of games 158
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) Sport 5, Israel 10
Regular Season
League champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
Runners-up Hapoel Jerusalem
Top scorer Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon)
Relegated to Ligat Leumit Elitzur Kiryat Ata
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel
Final four
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Runners-up Maccabi Haifa Heat
Finals MVP Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-2009 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85-72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.

Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they played best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on).

The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit.

Regular season

BNS EKA HPG HPH HPJ IAS INA IRG MGS MHA MRL MTA
Bnei HaSharon82-6771-6676-8777-7374-9180-7688-7896-7597-7890-9283-75
Elitzur Kiryat Ata79-7463-8468-10472-11771-7587-8082-8580-10176-8693-9156-88
Gilboa/Galil74-5486-7558-6487-9070-6884-7279-8477-7288-83101-8764-87
Hapoel Holon83-5283-7989-10390-6985-76
[1]		77-7593-6785-8975-82107-10672-91
Hapoel Jerusalem92-85103-9481-7491-8185-8293-92105-90101-86100-7896-7491-77
Ironi Ashkelon81-7696-7478-7994-8478-8791-8785-9173-6877-8480-8875-99
Ironi Nahariya65-67103-7390-7374-7682-6784-9081-7489-8061-7177-8485-102
Ironi Ramat Gan68-7787-7772-8185-70108-9266-8164-7981-7372-8972-7356-102
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel68-7993-8168-6563-7477-8776-7090-9689-9060-7687-7673-77
Maccabi Haifa70-7592-7572-7990-7173-8079-6857-7694-7477-6975-6879-76
Maccabi Rishon LeZion78-95108-8663-8671-7974-8177-6992-9368-5777-8854-8193-96
Maccabi Tel Aviv77-65102-8089-70105-8297-8197-8684-78103-8681-6180-68114-75

Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
25–26 April		 Game 2
3–4 May		 Game 3
7 May		 Game 4
10 May		 Game 5
14 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3–1Ironi Ashkelon (8)95–96 (OT)86–6992–6997–65
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)3–0Ironi Nahariya (7)78–7692–7988–80
Maccabi Haifa (3)3–1Bnei HaSharon (6)66–6975–7174–6187–68
Hapoel Holon (4)2–3Galil/Gilboa (5)74–8163–6179–78 (OT)55–7780–87(OT)

Final four

Relegation Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
26 April		 Game 2
3 May		 Game 3
7 May
Ironi Ramat Gan (9)3–0Elitzur Kiryat Ata (12)83–7696–79100–87
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel (10)0–3Maccabi Rishon LeZion (11)62–7267–8164–90

Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel were relegated to Liga Leumit.

Awards

The 2008–2009 Basketball Super League Season Awards were granted during the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Gala Dinner on May 16 to the players who stood out the most during the regular season and the playoff.[2] The MVP awards for the best player and coach of the season were given before the final game had been played.

BSL 2008–2009 MVP

BSL 2008–2009 Final MVP

Coach of the season

  • Israel Avi Ashkenazi (Maccabi Haifa Heat)

All-BSL Team

Best 6th man

Best newcomer

Most improving player

Best defensive player

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Hapoel Holon-Ironi Ashkelon match was stopped after 6 minutes after one of the rims had been broken. The rim couldn't be fixed, and the match was postponed to a later data. Hapoel Holon was fined for this incident.
  2. ↑ The 2008/09 BSL Season Awards
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