Israeli Basketball All-Star Game Explained

The Israeli Basketball All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Israel. The event was first played in the 1990s and it returned in the 2010-11 season after a lengthy hiatus.[1] The All-Star Game includes a match between a selection of the best players of the Israeli League, a slam-dunk and a three-point contest. The rosters for the All-Star Game are chosen by an online voting, with fans choosing one international player and one local player from each team. It is organized by the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

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2001[2] January 01Haifa Romema ArenaGroup An/aGroup B
2011[3] February 28Gan Ner Sports Hallbgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars122-117Foreign All Stars Lior Eliyahu
2012[4] March 9Ashkelon Sports Arenabgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars113-109Foreign All Stars Elishay Kadir
2013[5] March 18Haifa Romema Arenabgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars127-111Foreign All Stars
2014[6] February 25Beer-Sheva ArenaIsraeli All Stars103-111bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Shannon Shorter
2015[7] March 3Holon Toto Hallbgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars122-121 (OT)World All Stars Robert Rothbart
2016[8] March 26Eilat Begin Arenabgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars143-117 Foreign All Stars Meir Tapiro
2017[9] April 18Menora Mivtachim ArenaIsraeli All Stars129-137bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World Amare Stoudemire
2018[10] March 2Menora Mivtachim Arenabgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Israeli All Stars137-122 Rest of the World Pierre Jackson
2019[11] April 12Menora Mivtachim ArenaIsraeli All Stars130-134bgcolor=lightyellow align="center"Rest of the World JP Tokoto
2020 Cancelled due to the pandemic

Three-Point Shoot Contest

Yearwidth=210 Winnerwidth=180 Team
2011 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2012 Ironi Ashkelon
2013 Maccabi Haifa
2014 Maccabi Ashod
2015 Zack Rosen (2) Maccabi Ashod
2016 Maccabi Ashod
2017 Maccabi Haifa
2018 Hapoel Holon
2019 Guy Pnini (2) Hapoel Holon

Slam-Dunk Contest

Yearwidth=180 Winnerwidth=180 Team
2011 Jeremy Pargo &
Adrian Banks (shared)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Barak Netanya
2012 Roi Buchbinder Bnei Hasharon
2013 Hapoel Eilat
2014 Hapoel Holon
2015 Ironi Nahariya
2016 Ironi Nahariya
2017 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2018 Ironi Nes Ziona
2019 Cor-J. Cox Maccabi Ashod

Players with most appearances (2011-present)

PlayerAll-StarEditionsNotes
Lior Eliyahu7 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 1x MVP (2011)
Meir Tapiro6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 1x MVP (2016)
Elishay Kadir5 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 1x MVP (2012)
Shawn Dawson5 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Shlomi Harush5 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Donta Smith4 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Gal Mekel4 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
Afik Nissim4 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Isaac Rosefelt4 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Guy Pnini3 2011, 2013, 2019 2x Three-Point Winner
Tamir Blatt3 2017, 2018, 2019
Marco Killingsworth3 2011, 2012, 2016
Adrian Banks3 2011, 2012, 2018

2001 All-Star Game rosters

Group A: Tal Burstein, Ariel McDonald, Nate Huffman, Nadav Henefeld, Derrick Sharp, Anthony Parker (all Maccabi Tel Aviv players), Yariv Yatzkan, Andre Spencer (both Ironi Ramat Gan players), Amir Muchtary (from Haifa B.C), Itzik Ochanon (from Bney Herzelia).
Group B: Lamont Jones, Yoav Saffar, Rimas Kaukenas (all Hapoel Galil Elyon players), Papi Turgeman, Kebo Stewart, Tony Dorsey (all Hapoel Jerusalem players), Guy Kantor, Yaniv Green (both Maccabi Raaanana players), Afik Nissim (from Maccabi Rishon LeZion), Tomer Steinhour (from Maccabi Givat Shmuel).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: אירוע האולסטאר חוזר העונה לליגת העל. December 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101212031149/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=274&docID=90479&lang=HE. 2010-12-12.
  2. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010012647/http://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/basketball-Winner-League_2000-2001.asp. dead. October 10, 2016. www.eurobasket.com.
  3. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  4. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  5. Web site: המסורת נמשכת: צפו בישראלים מנצחים 111:127 את הזרים - ספורט 5. Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט.
  6. Web site: מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | אולסטאר 2014: הזרים ניצחו את הישראלים 103:111. basket.co.il.
  7. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  8. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  9. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  10. Web site: Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. www.eurobasket.com.
  11. Web site: מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | נקבעו סגלי הנבחרות לאולסטאר 2019. basket.co.il.