2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

The 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 66th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. On 13 March 2020, the league was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The league is scheduled to resume behind closed doors on 20 June 2020 in a different format.[2]

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 12
Dates October 2019 – May 2020
TV Sport 5
2020–21 →

Teams
Teams of the 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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.[3] 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 3,504
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 Kfir Arazi Rami Hadar Spencer WeiszSpaldingAltshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat Nachi Indik Eric Alfasi Avi Ben-ChimolPeakYossi Avrahami
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Haim Ohayon Lior Lubin Netanel ArtziPeakGilboa Regional Council
Hapoel Holon Shlomo Issac Stefanos Dedas Shlomi HarushPeakUNET
Hapoel Jerusalem Eyal Chomski Oded Kattash Bar TimorMacronBank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Rami Cohen Ioannis Kastritis Tomer GinatPeakSP Metzer
Ironi Nahariya Nissim Alfasi Danny Franco Tony GaffneyPeak
Ironi Nes Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Nadav Zilberstein Tal DunneKappaChai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod Armaund Asulin Amit Tamir Lior EliyahuAND1SCE
Maccabi Haifa Jeff Rosen Daniel Seoane Willy WorkmanJoma
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Itzhak Peri Guy Goodes Oz BlayzerUnder ArmourWinner
Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeoNikeFOX

Managerial changes
Departure dateTeamOutgoing head coachReasonHire dateIncoming head coachRef.
December 5, 2019Hapoel Holon Sharon DruckerFiredDecember 22, 2019 Stefanos Dedas
[4][5]
January 18, 2020Hapoel Tel Aviv Ariel Beit-HalahmyFiredJanuary 27, 2020 Ioannis Kastritis
[6][7]
May 12, 2020Maccabi Ashdod Brad GreenbergResignedMay 15, 2020 Amit Tamir
[8][9]

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 20 2 2005 1670 +335 .909 Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 22 18 4 1975 1752 +223 .818
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 13 9 1802 1704 +98 .591
4 Hapoel Holon 22 12 10 1910 1925 −15 .545
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 11 1865 1845 +20 .500 Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 22 10 12 1879 1926 −47 .455
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 9 13 1860 1907 −47 .409
8 Ironi Nahariya 22 9 13 1797 1861 −64 .409
9 Hapoel Eilat 22 9 13 1826 1883 −57 .409
10 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 22 9 13 1888 1976 −88 .409
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 8 14 1784 1897 −113 .364
12 Maccabi Ashdod 22 4 18 1730 1975 −245 .182
Updated to match(es) played on March 2, 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 81–85 86–94 103–76 87–83 82–81 101–77 75–77 69–75 63–80
Hapoel Eilat 87–92 79–78 90–81 84–99 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 95–83 84–93 75–96 110–112
Hapoel Holon 92–73 90–85 87–81 112–115 89–75 86–78 99–80 103–86 88–82 105–104 83–94
Hapoel Jerusalem 108–74 83–74 88–73 91–84 80–91 85–55 102–71 72–51 95–81 98–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv 102–97 70–87 96–93 86–90 72–90 96–88 90–95 100–93 88–81 74–77 84–91
Ironi Nahariya 87–74 84–89 95–109 82–88 86–84 71–79 84–68 82–87 118–114 62–89
Ironi Nes Ziona 83–76 101–69 106–115 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 95–80 107–85 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 76–63 75–79 67–66 62–54 66–81
Maccabi Tel Aviv 98–74 102–86 99–76 94–76 89–73 84–74 86–65 80–71 91–77 75–64
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Top-teams League Group


Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 23 21 2 2108 1735 +373 .913 Advance to the Advance to the playoffs
2 Hapoel Jerusalem (A) 23 19 4 2068 1838 +230 .826
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion (A) 23 13 10 1888 1797 +91 .565
4 Hapoel Holon (A) 23 12 11 1975 2028 −53 .522
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
(A) Advance to a further round.


Home \ Away MTA HJE MRL HHO
Maccabi Tel Aviv 103–65
Hapoel Jerusalem 93–86
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Hapoel Holon
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Advance to the playoffs
Source:

Bottom-Teams League Group
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
5 Maccabi Haifa 23 11 12 1947 1935 +12 .478 Advance to the playoffs
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 23 10 13 1962 2011 −49 .435
7 Hapoel Eilat 23 10 13 1916 1965 −49 .435
8 Ironi Nahariya 23 10 13 1883 1929 −46 .435
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 23 10 13 1970 2057 −87 .435 Advance to the Bottom playoffs
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 23 9 14 1941 1989 −48 .391
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 23 9 14 1869 1980 −111 .391
12 Maccabi Ashdod 23 4 19 1798 2061 −263 .174
Updated to match(es) played on June 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Home \ Away MHA INZ HTA INA HEI HGG HBS MAS
Maccabi Haifa 82–90
Ironi Nes Ziona 83–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv 82–81
Ironi Nahariya 86–68
Hapoel Eilat
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Ashdod
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Advance to the playoffs
Advance to the Bottom playoffs
Source:

Bottom Playoffs


Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Relegation to the National League
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Home \ Away TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The first round of the playoffs is played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first (and the second at home if is necessary).

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
(1) (8)
(4) (5)
(3) (6)
(2) (7)

Awards

MVP of the Round
Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
1
 T. J. ClineHapoel Holon
27
[10]
2
 Alex Hamilton (1/3)Maccabi Rishon LeZion
36
[11]
3
 Lior Eliyahu (1/2)Maccabi Ashdod
26
[12]
4
 Scottie WilbekinMaccabi Tel Aviv
34
[13]
November
5
 Rafi Menco (1/2)Hapoel Eilat
20
[14]
6
 Dominic WatersIroni Nahariya
32
[15]
December
8
 Jarmar Gulley (1/2)Hapoel Gilboa Galil
42
[16]
Justin Tillman
29
9
 James FeldeineHapoel Jerusalem
44
[17]
10
 Alex Hamilton (2/3)Maccabi Rishon LeZion
33
[18]
11
 Jake CohenMaccabi Tel Aviv
42
[19]
12
 Lior Eliyahu (2/2)Maccabi Ashdod
30
[20]
January
13
 Alex Hamilton (3/3)Maccabi Rishon LeZion
43
[21]
14
 Jordan HamiltonHapoel Tel Aviv
33
[22]
15
 Édgar SosaHapoel Gilboa Galil
37
[23]
16
 Jarmar Gulley (2/2)Hapoel Gilboa Galil
51
[24]
17
 Gregory Vargas (1/2)Maccabi Haifa
22
[25]
February
18
 Gregory Vargas (2/2)Maccabi Haifa
33
[26]
19
 Rafi Menco (2/2)Hapoel Eilat
37
[27]
March
20
 Jeff WitheyIroni Nes Ziona
35
[28]
21
 Manny HarrisHapoel Holon
41
[29]
June
22
 Ziv Ben-ZviHapoel Eilat
28
[30]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month
Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October Justin TillmanHapoel Gilboa Galil 31.3 [31]
November Jeff WitheyIroni Nes Ziona 29.0 [32]
December Jake CohenMaccabi Tel Aviv 23.8 [33]
January Jarmar GulleyHapoel Gilboa Galil 28.2 [34]

Israeli Player of the Month
Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October Omri CasspiMaccabi Tel Aviv 15.5 [35]
November Raviv LimonadIroni Nes Ziona 17.4 [36]
December –– – –
January Deni AvdijaMaccabi Tel Aviv 18.3 [37]

Coach of the Month
Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Lior LubinHapoel Gilboa Galil 3–0 [38]
November Nadav ZilbersteinIroni Nes Ziona 2–0 [39]
December Ioannis SfairopoulosMaccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 [40]
January Stefanos DedasHapoel Holon 4–1 [41]

Israeli clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Maccabi Tel AvivEuroLeagueRegular season
Maccabi Rishon LeZionEuroCupRegular season
Hapoel JerusalemChampions LeagueFinal Eight
Hapoel HolonRegular season
Ironi Nes ZionaFIBA Europe Cup Second round
  • Bold – still active.

See also

References
  1. "Winner League announce suspensio". Eurobasket.com. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "מתווה החזרה המלא של ליגת ווינר סל". מנהלת הליגה. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. Maccabi Haifa are National League champions
  4. "הפועל חולון הודיעה על פרידה משרון דרוקר" (in Hebrew). December 5, 2019.
  5. "סטפאנוס דדאס יאמן את הפועל "יונט" חולון" (in Hebrew). December 22, 2019.
  6. "בית הלחמי סיים תפקידו בהפועל ת"א" (in Hebrew). January 18, 2020.
  7. "מאמן חדש לאדומים: יאניס קאסטריטיס" (in Hebrew). January 27, 2020.
  8. "הרימה ידיים: גרינברג לא יחזור לאשדוד" (in Hebrew). May 12, 2020.
  9. "עמית תמיר יאמן את אשדוד עד תום העונה" (in Hebrew). May 15, 2020.
  10. "Round 1 MVP: T. J. Cline". October 7, 2019.
  11. "Round 2 MVP: Alex Hamilton". October 15, 2019.
  12. "Round 3 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". October 22, 2019.
  13. "Round 4 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin". October 29, 2019.
  14. "Round 5 MVP: Rafi Menco". November 6, 2019.
  15. "Round 6 MVP: Dominic Waters". November 20, 2019.
  16. "Round 8 MVP: Justin Tillman & Jarmar Gulley". December 3, 2019.
  17. "Round 9 MVP: James Feldeine". December 10, 2019.
  18. "Round 10 MVP: Alex Hamilton". December 18, 2019.
  19. "Round 11 MVP: Jake Cohen". December 24, 2019.
  20. "Round 12 MVP: Lior Eliyahu". December 31, 2019.
  21. "Round 13 MVP: Alex Hamilton". January 3, 2020.
  22. "Round 14 MVP: Jordan Hamilton". January 7, 2020.
  23. "Round 15 MVP: Édgar Sosa". January 14, 2020.
  24. "Round 16 MVP: Jarmar Gulley". January 21, 2020.
  25. "Round 17 MVP: Gregory Vargas". January 27, 2020.
  26. "Round 18 MVP: Gregory Vargas". February 4, 2020.
  27. "Round 19 MVP: Rafi Menco". February 17, 2020.
  28. "Round 20 MVP: Jeff Withey". March 2, 2020.
  29. "Round 21 MVP: Manny Harris". March 11, 2020.
  30. "Round 19 MVP: Ziv Ben-Zvi". June 23, 2020.
  31. "October's Player of the Month: Justin Tillman". November 1, 2019.
  32. "November's Player of the Month: Jeff Withey". December 5, 2019.
  33. "December's Player of the Month: Jake Cohen". January 3, 2020.
  34. "January's Player of the Month: Jarmar Gulley". January 31, 2020.
  35. "October's Israeli Player of the Month: Omri Casspi". November 1, 2019.
  36. "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Raviv Limonad". December 5, 2019.
  37. "January's Israeli Player of the Month: Deni Avdija". January 31, 2020.
  38. "October's Coach of the Month: Lior Lubin". November 1, 2019.
  39. "November's Coach of the Month: Nadav Zilberstein". December 5, 2019.
  40. "December's Coach of the Month: Ioannis Sfairopoulos". January 3, 2020.
  41. "January's Coach of the Month: Stefanos Dedas". January 31, 2020.
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