2009–10 Israeli Basketball Super League

2009–2010 Israeli Basketball Super League season
League Israeli Basketball Super League
Sport Basketball
Duration 24 October 2009 – 27 May 2010
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 Justin Dentmon (Hapoel Afula)
Relegated to Ligat Leumit Ironi Nahariya, Hapoel Afula ironi Ramat Gan
Final four
Champions Gilboa/Galil
  Runners-up Maccabi Tel Aviv

The 2009–2010 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Winner) was the 56th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 24 October 2009. The final four event was played on 25–27 May 2010. The defending champion was Maccabi Tel Aviv, but they lost in the final against Gilboa/Galil.

Format

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 play 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 (9th VS 12th, 10th VS 11th) and the two losers were relegated to Liga Leumit 2010–11.

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
1.Maccabi Tel Aviv 2221120751692383432010–11 Euroleague Group stage
2.Hapoel Jerusalem 221481913182786362010–11 ULEB Eurocup Qualifying Round
3.Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon 2214818421717125362010-11 Euroleague First qualifying round
4.Maccabi Haifa 2214817581649109362010-11 EuroChallenge Qualifying Round
5.Elitzur Maccabi Netanya 2214817951831−36362010-11 EuroChallenge Group stage
6.Ironi Ashkelon 22111117531784−3133
7.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22101217581796−3832
8.Bnei HaSharon 2291317121705+731
9.Ironi Nahariya 2271516721779−10729Relegation to the 2010-11 Liga Leumit
10.Hapoel Afula 2271518111979−16829
11.Ironi Ramat Gan 2261617031906−20328
12.Hapoel Holon 2261616901817−12728
Qualification to Playoffs
Qualification to Relegation Playoffs

Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

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
2–3 May		 Game 2
5–6 May		 Game 3
9–10 May		 Game 4
13 May		 Game 5
17 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3–2Bnei HaSharon (8)79–8991–58104–8281–9171–69
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)3–1Maccabi Rishon LeZion (7)73–6975–6478–87 (OT)62–56
Galil/Gilboa (3)3–0Ironi Ashkelon (6)92–8184–7394–76
Maccabi Haifa (4)1–3Elitzur Maccabi Netanya (5)76–8875–7375–7771–75

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
2–3 May		 Game 2
5–6 May		 Game 3
9–10 May		 Game 4
13 May		 Game 5
16–17 May
Ironi Nahariya (9)2–3Hapoel Holon (12)73–6870–7682–7655–7164–75
Hapoel Afula (10)3–2Ironi Ramat Gan (11)71–7584–9196–9279–7186–81

Ironi Ramat Gan and Ironi Nahariya were relegated to Liga Leumit.

See also

References

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