2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates6 October 2024 – June 2025
Teams14
TV partner(s)Sports Channel

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.

Format

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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Teams of the 2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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

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

Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Bnei Herzliya Israel Eldad Akunis Israel Yehu Orland FranceIsrael Frédéric Bourdillon Peak PenLink
Elitzur Netanya Israel Avidan Nager Israel Ruven Najberger
Israel Idan Avshalom		 Israel Roy Paretsky
Israel Ariel Aizik		 Peak Briga
Hapoel Afula Israel Yossi Malka Israel Ariel Beit-Halahmy Israel Muriel Lutati Reebok
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Israel Kfir Arazi Israel Rami Hadar Israel Neta Segal Kempa Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel Tamir Abrahams Israel Guni Israeli Israel Lior Carreira Peak Rivulis
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Gideon Yadin Israel Sharon Avrahami Israel Roey Netzia Reebok Innovate
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yuval Rosman Israel Roee Perl Israel Amit Gershon Reebok Shoval Engineering
Hapoel Holon Israel Eitan Lanciano Israel Guy Goodes Israel Niv Misgav Kelme Netanel Groups
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel United States Matan Edelson Israel Yonatan Alon Israel Yovel Zoosman Nike Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Offer Yanai Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Israel Bar Timor Reebok Shlomo Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Naftali Bentov Israel Eldad Bentov Israel Yariv Amiram Reebok Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona Israel Yaniv Mizrahi Israel Amit Schaerf Israel Tzuf Ben Moshe Nike Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Israel Chen Shnaiderman Israel Shmulik Brenner Israel Adam Ariel Peak Cnanan Groups
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Israel Oded Kattash United StatesIsrael John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Greece Stefanos Dedas Mutual Consent 15 November 2024 3rd (6–0) Greece Dimitrios Itoudis 15 November 2024 [4]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Israel Oren Aharoni Fired 16 November 2024 13th (2–3) Israel Rami Hadar 17 November 2024 [5][6]
Hapoel Haifa Israel Elad Hasin Resigned 12 December 2024 14th (1–8) Israel Roee Perl 13 December 2024 [7][8]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Jerusalem 12 10 2 1037 885 +152 22 Advance to the playoffs
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 12 10 2 1059 980 +79 22
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 12 11 1 1041 887 +154 22[a]
4 Bnei Herzliya 12 8 4 1063 1069 −6 20
5 Hapoel Holon 12 7 5 987 942 +45 19
6 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 11 6 5 984 939 +45 17
7 Hapoel Galil Elyon 12 5 7 915 942 −27 17 Advance to the play-in
8 Hapoel Afula 12 5 7 1003 976 +27 17
9 Ironi Ness Ziona 12 5 7 1015 1041 −26 17
10 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 12 4 8 967 994 −27 16
11 Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 11 4 7 893 958 −65 15 Advance to playouts
12 Elitzur Netanya 12 3 9 917 1040 −123 15
13 Ironi Kiryat Ata 12 3 9 954 1044 −90 15
14 Hapoel Haifa 12 2 10 958 1096 −138 14
Updated to match(es) played on December 30, 2024. Source: [10]
Rules for classification: [11]
Notes:
  1. ^ The Disciplinary Court of the Israel Basketball Association partially imposed a suspended sentence against Hapoel Tel Aviv and deducted one point from its balance in the 2024/25 season, following the lighting of flares during the final series games in the 2023/24 season.[9]

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away BNH ENE HAF HBS HGE HGG HHA HHO HJE HTA IKA INZ MRG MTA
Bnei Herzliya 87–81 Jan 4 89–80 68–66 84–86 88–86 106–101
Elitzur Netanya 80–85 92–84 74–98 70–96 95–89 72–76
Hapoel Afula 111–97 96–62 86–74 96–86 Jan 6
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 88–69 78–73 81–87 81–101 68–104 88–98 86–77
Hapoel Galil Elyon 87–93 69–65 88–77 Jan 6 87–69 67–70 64–79 80–96
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 100–67 78–83 77–93 100–81 79–83 81–89 56–73 85–60
Hapoel Haifa 101–109 94–85 61–82 Jan 5 86–100
Hapoel Holon 97–64 82–74 89–71 68–72 Jan 4 91–85 72–79
Hapoel Jerusalem 80–78 84–80 91–66 72–85 89–66 Jan 5 101–84
Hapoel Tel Aviv 97–79 85–62 96–95
Ironi Kiryat Ata 93–78 64–84 67–84 85–64 90–102
Ironi Ness Ziona Jan 3 107–97 74–76 101–83 86–68 74–81 54–90 97–82
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 85–82 Jan 1 79–83 89–79 90–88 82–91 93–75 108–84
Maccabi Tel Aviv 77–62 73–60 89–83 102–87 97–79 85–81 94–87
Updated to match(es) played on December 30, 2024. Source: [12]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
2 United States Marcus Bingham Hapoel Holon 39 [13]
3 Israel Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 27 [14]
4 United States Chavaughn Lewis Ironi Kiryat Ata 36 [15]
November
5 United States Jared Harper (1/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 26 [16]
6 Gabon Chris Silva Bnei Herzliya 32 [17]
8 United States Justyn Mutts Hapoel Afula 26 [18]
December
9 France Jaylen Hoard Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 [19]
10 Israel Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 [20]
11 United States Jared Harper (2/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 30 [21]
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1 United States Johnathan Motley Hapoel Tel Aviv 32 [22]
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Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October United States Jimmy Clark Bnei Herzliya 17.8 [23]
November United States Jared Harper Hapoel Jerusalem 24.3 [24]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October Israel Gur Lavy Hapoel Gilboa Galil 18.3 [25]
November Israel Ethan Burg Bnei Herzliya 14.2 [26]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Israel Yehu Orland Bnei Herzliya 3–1 [27]
November Israel Yonatan Alon Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0 [28]

Yearly awards

Award Winner Team Ref.

Israeli clubs in European competitions

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

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