Liga Leumit | |
Country: | Israel |
Fed: | IBBA |
Confed: | FIBA Europe |
First: | 1966–67 |
Promotion: | Israeli Premier League |
Relegation: | Liga Artzit |
Levels: | 2 |
Domest Cup: | Israeli Basketball Leumit Cup |
Champions: | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan (2022/23) |
Current: | 2024–25 Israeli Basketball National League |
Liga Leumit (he|ליגה לאומית, lit. National League) is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.
On 30 July, 2024 the Israel Basketball Association announces new game system. The regular season be played in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top 6 finishers will advance to the Top-teams League Group, and the rest of the teams will advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group. The winner of the Top-teams League Group will be promoted to the Premier League, while the 2nd to 9th ranked teams will advance to the playoff to determine the second team that will be promoted. The two teams that finish at the bottom of the Bottom-Teams League Group will be relegated to the Liga Artzit.[1]
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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3,000 | |||
Kiryat Yearim Hall | 900 | ||
1,000 | |||
Ralf Klain Hall | 930 | ||
S.C. Safed | HaPais Hall Safed | 608 | |
Hapoel Bnei Kafr Qasim | 1,500 | ||
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel | Yearot HaEmek | 900 | |
HaYovel Kfar Saba | 680 | ||
Begin Arena | 1,490 | ||
Ein Sara Sport Hall | 2,500 | ||
Metro West | 1,668 | ||
Barzilai Sports-Center | 700 | ||
Beit Maccabi Rishon | 2,500 | ||
Otef Darom BC | 500 | ||