2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League Explained

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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season:	2019–20
Champions:	Maccabi Tel Aviv (54th title)
Runners Up:	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Semifinalists:	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Relegated:	Maccabi Ashdod
Teams:	12
Tv:	Sports Channel

The 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was 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 resumed behind closed doors on 21 June 2020 in a different format.^[2]

Teams

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	align=right
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	align=right
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	align=right
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	align=right
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	align=right
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	align=right
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	align=right
Ironi Nes Ziona	Ness Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	align=right
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	align=right
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	align=right
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	align=right
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	align=right

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Kfir Arazi				Altshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat	Nachi Indik				Yossi Avrahami
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Haim Ohayon				Gilboa Regional Council
Hapoel Holon	Shlomo Issac				UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem	Eyal Chomski				Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rami Cohen				SP Metzer
Ironi Nahariya	Nissim Alfasi
Ironi Nes Ziona	Yaniv Mizrahi	Nadav Zilberstein			Chai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod	Armaund Asulin				SCE
Maccabi Haifa	Jeff Rosen	Daniel Seoane
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Itzhak Peri				Winner
Maccabi Tel Aviv					FOX

Managerial changes

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason	Hire date	Incoming head coach
	Hapoel Holon	Sharon Drucker	Fired			Stefanos Dedas	^[4] ^[5]
	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Fired			Ioannis Kastritis	^[6] ^[7]
	Maccabi Ashdod	Brad Greenberg	Resigned			Amit Tamir	^[8] ^[9]

Regular season

Rounds 1 to 22

Top-teams League Group

Positions by round

Bottom-Teams League Group

Positions by round

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).

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Final Four

Semifinals

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Final

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team
October
1	T. J. Cline		Hapoel Holon	27	^[10]
2	Alex Hamilton (1/3)		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	36	^[11]
3	Lior Eliyahu (1/2)		Maccabi Ashdod	26	^[12]
4	Scottie Wilbekin (1/2)		Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	^[13]
November
5	Rafi Menco (1/2)		Hapoel Eilat	20	^[14]
6	Dominic Waters		Ironi Nahariya	32	^[15]
December
8	Jarmar Gulley (1/2)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	42	^[16]
	Justin Tillman		29
9	James Feldeine		Hapoel Jerusalem	44	^[17]
10	Alex Hamilton (2/3)		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	^[18]
11	Jake Cohen		Maccabi 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			Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	^[22]
15			Hapoel 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			Ironi Nes Ziona	35	^[28]
21			Hapoel Holon	41	^[29]
June
22			Hapoel Eilat	28	^[30]
23			Hapoel Jerusalem	24	^[31]
24	Scottie Wilbekin (2/2)		Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	^[32]
July
25			Hapoel Be'er Sheva	42	^[33]
26			Ironi Nes Ziona	39	^[34]
27			Hapoel Gilboa Galil	25	^[35]
28			Ironi Nes Ziona	41	^[36]
29			Maccabi Haifa	36	^[37]
QR1			Maccabi Rishon LeZion	35	^[38]
QR2			Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	^[39]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October		Hapoel Gilboa Galil	31.3	^[40]
November		Ironi Nes Ziona	29.0	^[41]
December		Maccabi Tel Aviv	23.8	^[42]
January		Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28.2	^[43]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October		Maccabi Tel Aviv	15.5	^[44]
November		Ironi Nes Ziona	17.4	^[45]
December	–	–	–	–
January		Maccabi Tel Aviv	18.3	^[46]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team
October		Hapoel Gilboa Galil	3–0	^[47]
November		Ironi Nes Ziona	2–0	^[48]
December		Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	^[49]
January		Hapoel Holon	4–1	^[50]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
	EuroLeague	Regular season
	EuroCup	Regular season
	Champions League	Final Eight
		Regular season
	FIBA Europe Cup	Second round

• Bold – still active.
• Strike – Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

• 2019–20 Israeli Basketball National League
• 2019–20 Israeli Basketball State Cup
• 2019 Israeli Basketball League Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winner League announce suspensio. Eurobasket.com. 16 March 2020. 16 March 2020.
2. Web site: מתווה החזרה המלא של ליגת ווינר סל. מנהלת הליגה. 10 May 2020. 10 May 2020.
3. https://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/Israel/2019/0524_2732_8459.asp Maccabi Haifa are National League champions
4. Web site: הפועל חולון הודיעה על פרידה משרון דרוקר. he. December 5, 2019.
5. Web site: סטפאנוס דדאס יאמן את הפועל "יונט" חולון. he. December 22, 2019.
6. Web site: בית הלחמי סיים תפקידו בהפועל ת"א. he. January 18, 2020.
7. Web site: מאמן חדש לאדומים: יאניס קאסטריטיס. he. January 27, 2020.
8. Web site: הרימה ידיים: גרינברג לא יחזור לאשדוד. he. May 12, 2020.
9. Web site: עמית תמיר יאמן את אשדוד עד תום העונה. he. May 15, 2020.
10. Web site: Round 1 MVP: T. J. Cline. October 7, 2019.
11. Web site: Round 2 MVP: Alex Hamilton. October 15, 2019.
12. Web site: Round 3 MVP: Lior Eliyahu. October 22, 2019.
13. Web site: Round 4 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin. October 29, 2019.
14. Web site: Round 5 MVP: Rafi Menco. November 6, 2019.
15. Web site: Round 6 MVP: Dominic Waters. November 20, 2019.
16. Web site: Round 8 MVP: Justin Tillman & Jarmar Gulley. December 3, 2019.
17. Web site: Round 9 MVP: James Feldeine. December 10, 2019.
18. Web site: Round 10 MVP: Alex Hamilton. December 18, 2019.
19. Web site: Round 11 MVP: Jake Cohen. December 24, 2019.
20. Web site: Round 12 MVP: Lior Eliyahu. December 31, 2019.
21. Web site: Round 13 MVP: Alex Hamilton. January 3, 2020.
22. Web site: Round 14 MVP: Jordan Hamilton. January 7, 2020.
23. Web site: Round 15 MVP: Édgar Sosa. January 14, 2020.
24. Web site: Round 16 MVP: Jarmar Gulley. January 21, 2020.
25. Web site: Round 17 MVP: Gregory Vargas. January 27, 2020.
26. Web site: Round 18 MVP: Gregory Vargas. February 4, 2020.
27. Web site: Round 19 MVP: Rafi Menco. February 17, 2020.
28. Web site: Round 20 MVP: Jeff Withey. March 2, 2020.
29. Web site: Round 21 MVP: Manny Harris. March 11, 2020.
30. Web site: Round 22 MVP: Ziv Ben-Zvi. June 23, 2020.
31. Web site: Round 23 MVP: Tamir Blatt. June 26, 2020.
32. Web site: Round 24 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin. June 30, 2020.
33. Web site: Round 25 MVP: Evan Bruinsma. July 3, 2020.
34. Web site: Round 26 MVP: Cameron Oliver. July 7, 2020.
35. Web site: Round 27 MVP: Yiftach Ziv. July 8, 2020.
36. Web site: Round 28 MVP: JP Tokoto. July 12, 2020.
37. Web site: Round 29 MVP: Andrew Andrews. July 14, 2020.
38. Web site: QR1 MVP: D'Angelo Harrison. July 19, 2020.
39. Web site: QR2 MVP: Yam Madar. July 22, 2020.
40. Web site: October's Player of the Month: Justin Tillman. November 1, 2019.
41. Web site: November's Player of the Month: Jeff Withey. December 5, 2019.
42. Web site: December's Player of the Month: Jake Cohen. January 3, 2020.
43. Web site: January's Player of the Month: Jarmar Gulley. January 31, 2020.
44. Web site: October's Israeli Player of the Month: Omri Casspi. November 1, 2019.
45. Web site: November's Israeli Player of the Month: Raviv Limonad. December 5, 2019.
46. Web site: January's Israeli Player of the Month: Deni Avdija. January 31, 2020.
47. Web site: October's Coach of the Month: Lior Lubin. November 1, 2019.
48. Web site: November's Coach of the Month: Nadav Zilberstein. December 5, 2019.
49. Web site: December's Coach of the Month: Ioannis Sfairopoulos. January 3, 2020.
50. Web site: January's Coach of the Month: Stefanos Dedas. January 31, 2020.

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