Israel men's national under-20 basketball team

Israel
Joined FIBA1939
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationאיגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Association)
CoachIsrael Elad Hasin
U21 World Championships
Appearances3
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances22
MedalsGold Gold: 2 (2018, 2019)
Silver Silver: 4 (2000, 2004, 2017, 2023)
U20 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances3
MedalsBronze 'Bronze: 1 (2012)

The Israeli national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Israel, administered by the Israel Basketball Association.[1][2] It represents the country in various FIBA youth tournaments. The team usually competes in the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and used to compete in the now defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship. This team was originally the Israeli Under-22 national team, until the FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship was changed into an Under-20 age tournament.

Roster for the 2024 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Danny Wolf playing for the Israeli national under-20 basketball team in 2023
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 5 Niv Lempert 20 – (2004-01-20)20 January 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel
C 7 Alon Michaeli 18 – (2005-11-27)27 November 2005 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya Israel
G 9 Omri Shelef 19 – (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel
G 11 Shachar Doron 19 – (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Elitzur Shomron Israel
G 12 Amit Menachem 20 – (2004-03-14)14 March 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
F 13 Eyal Harel (basketball) 20 – (2004-02-02)2 February 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
C 14 Maxim Filonenko 18 – (2005-12-14)14 December 2005 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel
C 18 Ilay Dolinski 19 – (2005-02-06)6 February 2005 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya Israel
PF 24 Yoav Berman 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Ra'anana Israel
PG 31 Noam Yaacov 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ASVEL Basket Israel
F 33 Maor Nekrashevich 19 – (2004-11-04)4 November 2004 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
SF 99 Yuval Hochstadter 19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) - Israel
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club on 13 July 2024
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 July 2024

Participation in FIBA competitions

Division A Division B
Year Pos. GP W L Ref. Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
Greece 1992 4th 7 4 3 [3]
Slovenia 1994 5th 7 4 3 [4]
Turkey 1996 9th 7 4 3 [5]
Italy 1998 10th 7 2 5 [6]
North Macedonia 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 5 3 [7]
Lithuania 2002 10th 7 1 6 [8]
Czech Republic 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 5 3 [9]
Russia 2005 4th 8 3 5 [10]
Turkey 2006 12th 8 4 4 [11]
Slovenia 2007 6th 8 5 3 [12]
Latvia 2008 10th 8 2 6 [13]
Greece 2009 15th 6 1 5 [14]
Croatia 2010 Did not qualify [15] Austria 2010 5th 8 6 2 [16]
Spain 2011 Did not qualify [17] Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 11th 8 4 4 [18]
Slovenia 2012 Did not qualify [19] Bulgaria 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 5 2 [20]
Estonia 2013 15th 9 4 5 [21]
Greece 2014 7th 10 5 5 [22]
Italy 2015 10th 9 4 5 [23]
Finland 2016 12th 7 3 4 [24]
Greece 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 6 1 [25]
Germany 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 6 1 [26]
Israel 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 6 1 [27]
Lithuania 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
Montenegro 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[a] [28]
Montenegro 2022 4th 7 4 3 [29]
Greece 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 4 3 [30]
Poland 2024 10th 7 4 3 [31]
Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
Spain 1993 9th 7 4 3 [32]
Japan 2001 7th 8 5 3 [33]
Argentina 2005 10th 7 2 5 [34]

See also

References

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