| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Israeli Basketball Premier League | |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Champions: | Maccabi Tel Aviv (52nd title) |
| Runners Up: | Hapoel Holon |
| Semifinalists: | Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Promoted: | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Relegated: | Maccabi Haifa |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Dates: | October 8, 2017 – June 14, 2018 |
| Tv: | Sports Channel |
| Mvp N: | JAM |
| Finals Mvp N: | ISR |
| Award5: | Sixth Man |
| Award5 N: | ISR |
| Award6: | Rising Star |
| Award6 N: | ISR |
| Award7: | Best Defender |
| Award7 N: | ISR |
| Award8: | Most Improved |
| Award8 N: | ISR |
| Pir: | 29.9 |
| Pir N: | USA |
| Ppg: | 24.3 |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Rpg: | 9.2 |
| Rpg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 7.2 |
| Apg N: | ISR |
The 2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 64th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Hapoel Jerusalem is the defending champion.
Twelve teams took part in the regular season, where they played against each other four times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The first eight qualified teams advanced to the playoffs. The last qualified team was relegated to the Liga Leumit. The regular season started 8 October 2017.
Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning 2016–17 National League, and comes back just one year after their relegation.[1] Maccabi Kiryat Gat, who finished in last place during the 2016–17 season, relegated to the Liga Leumit[2]
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bnei Herzliya | Herzliya | HaYovel Herzliya | align=right | 1,500 | |
| Hapoel Eilat | Eilat | Begin Arena | align=right | 1,490 | |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Gilboa Regional Council | Gan Ner Sports Hall | align=right | 2,100 | |
| Hapoel Holon | Holon | Holon Toto Hall | align=right | 5,500 | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Pais Arena | align=right | 11,000 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Drive in Arena | align=right | 3,504 | |
| Ironi Nahariya | Nahariya | Ein Sarah | align=right | 2,500 | |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Ness Ziona | Lev Hamoshava | align=right | 1,200 | |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Ashdod | HaKiriya Arena | align=right | 2,200 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Romema Arena | align=right | 5,000 | |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Rishon LeZion | Beit Maccabi Rishon | align=right | 2,500 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | align=right | 10,383 |
| Team | Chairman | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bnei Herzliya |  Eldad Akunis | Rav-Bariach | |||
| Hapoel Eilat | Motti Amsalem | And1 | Fattal | ||
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Haim Ohayon | Peak | |||
| Hapoel Holon | Eitan Lanciano | Peak | UNET | ||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Ori Allon | Macron[3] | Bank Yahav | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Rami Cohen | Peak | SP | ||
| Ironi Nahariya | Nissim Alfasi | Peak | |||
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Tomer Yamin | Nadav Zilberstein | Hai Motors | ||
| Maccabi Ashdod | Meir Kikoz | And1 | Kaplan Medical Center | ||
| Maccabi Haifa |  Jeff Rosen | Barak Peleg | Peak | Hunter | |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Itzhak Peri | ILAND.TV | |||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | FOX |
| Departure date | Team | Outgoing head coach | Reason | Hire date | Incoming head coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Fotios Katsikaris | Fired | Modi Maor | [4] | |||
| Hapoel Eilat | Meir Tapiro | Fired | Sharon Drucker | [5] [6] | |||
| Bnei Herzliya | Mickey Gorka | Fired | Arik Shivek | [7] [8] | |||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Modi Maor | Fired | Oded Kattash | [9] | |||
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Shmulik Brener | Fired | Zvika Sherf | [10] | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | Offer Rahimi | Resigned | Barak Peleg | [11] [12] | |||
In the regular season, teams play against each other at least three times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 8 October 2017.
On May 22, 2018, the Israeli Basketball Players Association announced a strike after the league introduced a rule, which enforced the teams to have at least two Israeli players on court at the same time.[13] On May 24, the league announced that the season would be ended with one regular season game remaining and that no playoffs would be held due to the ongoing strike.[14] [15]
However, on May 25, 2018, the Israeli League Management have reached an agreement with the Israeli Basketball Players Association and the strike ended.[16] [17]
|}Source: Ligat Winner
See main article: article and 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Final Four.
| Team | Competition | Progress | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroLeague | Regular season | |||
| EuroCup | Regular season | [18] | ||
| Champions League | Regular season | [19] | ||
| FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | [20] |
| width=30 | width=200 | Team | Qualification or relegation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | |||
| 2 | align=left | Qualified for 2018–19 Basketball Champions League | ||
| 3 | align=left | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||
| 4 | align=left | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| 5 | align=left | |||
| 6 | align=left | |||
| 7 | align=left | |||
| 8 | align=left | Qualified for 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup | ||
| 9 | align=left | |||
| 10 | align=left | |||
| 11 | align=left | |||
| 12 | align=left | Relegated to the Ligat Leumit |
The 2018 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 2, 2018, at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.[21]
The International team won the game 137–122. The MVP of the game was Pierre Jackson who scored 18 points along with 6 assists.[22]
Corey Webster won the Three-Point Shootout [23] and Jaron Johnson won the Slam Dunk Contest.[24]
| Pos | Player | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||||
| G | Tamir Blatt | Hapoel Holon | |||
| G | Adrian Banks | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
| F | Shawn Dawson | Bnei Herzliya | |||
| F | Amit Simhon | Hapoel Eilat | |||
| C | Alex Tyus | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Reserves | |||||
| G | Yiftach Ziv | Ironi Nahariya | |||
| G | Avi Ben-Chimol | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | |||
| G | Joaquin Szuchman | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | |||
| F | Maccabi Haifa | ||||
| F | Nimrod Levi | Maccabi Ashdod | |||
| F/C | Elishay Kadir | Ironi Nes Ziona | |||
| C | Richard Howell | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||
| F | Maccabi Haifa | ||||
| Head coach: Dan Shamir (Hapoel Holon) | |||||
| Head coach: Ariel Beit-Halahmy (Hapoel Gilboa Galil) | |||||
| Pos | Player | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||||
| G | Pierre Jackson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| G | Jerome Dyson | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||
| F | Glen Rice Jr. | Hapoel Holon | |||
| F | Tony Gaffney | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
| F/C | Zach LeDay | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | |||
| Reserves | |||||
| G | Hapoel Eilat | ||||
| G | Khalif Wyatt | Ironi Nes Ziona | |||
| G | Maccabi Ashdod | ||||
| G | Jason Siggers | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | |||
| F | Alex Young | Ironi Nahariya | |||
| F/C | Brandon Bowman | Maccabi Haifa | |||
| F/C | Jeff Adrien | Bnei Herzliya | |||
| G | Hapoel Eilat | ||||
| F | Maccabi Ashdod | ||||
| Head coach: Neven Spahija (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | |||||
| Head coach: Brad Greenberg (Maccabi Ashdod) | |||||
| Team ! | 1st round | Final round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G |  Corey Webster | Ironi Nahariya | 16 | 22 |
| F | Guy Pnini | Hapoel Holon | 20 | 15 |
| G | Hapoel Holon | 17 | 15 | |
| G | John DiBartolomeo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 | - |
| F | Amit Simhon | Hapoel Eilat | 14 | - |
| G | Jerome Dyson | Hapoel Jerusalem | 8 | - |
| G | Khalif Wyatt | Ironi Nes Ziona | 8 | - |
| G | Or Cohen | Hapoel Jerusalem (Youth) | 8 | - |
| F | Ironi Nahariya | - | - | |
| Team ! | 1st round | 2nd round | Final round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Jaron Johnson | Ironi Nes Ziona | 40 | 40 | 39 |
| G | Adrian Banks | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 40 | 40 | 36 |
| G |  Sek Henry | Maccabi Ashdod | 37 | - | - |
| F/C | Zach LeDay | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 34 | - | - |
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| Category | Player | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steals | 2.4 | ||
| Blocks | 1.5 | ||
| Turnovers | 3.3 | ||
| Minutes | 34:20 | ||
| 2P% | 76.9% | ||
| 3P% | 48.5% | ||
| FT% | 92.0% | ||
Source: Basket.co.il
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Glen Rice Jr. | 43 | Maccabi Ashdod (Nov 18, 17) | ||
| Rebounds | Zach LeDay | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 20 | Hapoel Jerusalem (Dec 10, 17) | |
| Assists | Avi Ben-Chimol | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 16 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Apr 9, 18) | |
| Steals | Pierre Jackson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 7 | Ironi Nahariya (Dec 12, 17) | |
| Blocks | Joe Alexander | Hapoel Holon | 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem (Mar 24, 18) | |
| Three Pointers | Jerome Dyson | Hapoel Jerusalem | 8 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Jan 15, 18) |
| First Team | Second Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Hapoel Eilat | |||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Month | Rounds | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 1–4 | Ironi Nahariya | 21.0 | [25] | |
| November | 5–7 | Glen Rice Jr. (1/2) | Hapoel Holon | 28.0 | [26] |
| December | 8–10 | Zach LeDay (1/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 30.7 | [27] |
| January | 11–15 | Maccabi Ashdod | 25.8 | [28] | |
| February | 16–17 | Glen Rice Jr. (2/2) | Hapoel Holon | 44.0 | [29] |
| March | 18–21 | Bnei Herzliya | 33.0 | [30] | |
| April | 22–27 | Zach LeDay (2/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 27.8 | [31] |
| Month | Rounds | Player | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 1–4 | Tomer Ginat (1/2) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16.3 | [32] | |
| November | 5–7 | Hapoel Holon | 23.3 | [33] | ||
| December | 8–10 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 16.6 | [34] | ||
| January | 11–15 | Maccabi Ashdod | 16.4 | [35] | ||
| February | 16–17 | Hapoel Holon | 9.3 | [36] | ||
| March | 18–21 | Hapoel Eilat | 14.8 | [37] | ||
| April | 22–27 | Tomer Ginat (2/2) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 18.5 | [38] | |
| Month | Rounds | Coach | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 1–4 | Ironi Nahariya | 3–1 | [39] | |
| November | 5–7 | Dan Shamir (1/2) | Hapoel Holon | 3–0 | [40] |
| December | 8–10 | Ariel Beit-Halahmy (1/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 3–0 | [41] |
| January | 11–15 | Maccabi Ashdod | 5–0 | [42] | |
| February | 16–17 | Dan Shamir (2/2) | Hapoel Holon | 2–0 | [43] |
| March | 18–21 | Nadav Zilberstein | Ironi Nes Ziona | 3–1 | [44] |
| April | 22–27 | Ariel Beit-Halahmy (2/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 6–0 | [45] |
Included playoffs games.
