Israel women's national basketball team explained

Type:	Women
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Country:	Israel
Coach:	Sharon Drucker
Joined Fiba:	1939
Fiba Zone:	FIBA Europe
Zone Championship:	EuroBasket
National Fed:	איגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Association)
Zone Appearances:	7
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The Israel women's national basketball team represents Israel in international women's basketball matches and is controlled by the Israel Basketball Association.^[1] Israel have hosted the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in 1991, and hosted again in 2023 along with Slovenia.

European Championship record

width=140	Year	Position	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	L
1950	11th	8	1	7
1950–1989	Did not enter qualifier
1991	8th	7	1	6
1993	Did not enter qualifier
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	12th	7	0	7
2005	Did not qualify
2007	13th	3	0	3
2009	13th	3	0	3
2011	13th	3	0	3
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023	16th	3	0	3
2025	To be determined
2027
Total		34	2	32

Note:Red border indicates host nation
Source:^[2]

At the Eurobasket Women 1950, Israel competed for the first time, and finished in 11th place.

Preliminary round - Group B

width=20	Rank	width=220	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Diff
1		3	0	6	+149
2		2	1	5	+32
3		1	2	4	−54
4		0	3	3	−127

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7th to 12th Place

width=20	Rank	width=220	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Diff
1		5	0	10	+63
2		4	1	9	+50
3		2	3	7	−2
4		2	3	7	−18
5		1	4	6	−51
6		1	4	6	−42

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At the Eurobasket Women 1991, Israel competed for the second time, the first time since 1950, and finished in 8th and last place. In addition to competing, Israel was the host of the competition.

Qualification - Group B

width=20 Pl width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA 1 Hungary 5 4 1 ? ? 2 Israel 5 3 2 ? ? 3 Netherlands 5 3 2 317 316 4 Spain 5 3 2 308 336 5 Denmark 5 1 4 ? ? 6 Greece 5 0 5 ? ?

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First Stage - Group AAfter qualifying for the tournament, Israel entered the competition in Group A, and finished third.^[3]

width=20 Pl width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA 1 Hungary 3 2 1 211 217 2 Bulgaria 3 2 1 203 198 3 Israel 3 1 2 166 198 4 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 247 226

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5th to 8th placesIsrael was matched up against Poland in the 5th-8th place round, losing 80-69. In the 7th-8th place round, Israel lost to Italy 78-65.--------

7th place--------

At the Eurobasket Women 1995 qualifier, Israel competed for the third time, and did not qualify.

Qualification - First stage - Group E|}Source:^[4] ----------------

At the Eurobasket Women 1997 qualifier, Israel competed in the qualifying round, and did not qualify.

Qualification - First stage - Group B

width=20 Pl width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA 1 Bulgaria 7 6 1 542 455 2 Israel 7 6 1 586 462 3 Greece 7 5 2 579 393 4 Belarus 7 5 2 628 508 5 Albania 7 4 4 524 567 6 Switzerland 7 2 5 475 615 7 Ireland 7 1 6 416 561 8 Austria 7 0 7 456 644

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Qualification - Second stage - Group C

width=20 Pl width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA 1 Spain 5 4 1 425 332 2 Germany 5 3 2 379 386 3 Moldova 5 3 2 354 382 4 Bulgaria 5 2 3 354 373 5 Croatia 5 2 3 372 362 6 Israel 5 1 4 345 394

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Roster

Number	Name	Position
	Sarit Arbel	F
	Shiri Dromi (Gold)
	Tamar Palmon Maoz	G
	Nurit Rozenzweig
	Inbal Tsiuonov
4	Orly Kesten
5	Rinat Levin
6	Aluma Goren	G
7		G
8	Orly Grossman
9	Iris Dinerman
15	Victoria (Rudovski) Savin

Source:^[5]

During the EuroBasket Women 1999 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.

Qualifier - Group D|}Source:^[6] --------------------

Challenge round - Group B|}Source:^[7] ------------------------

Roster

Number	Name	Position
	Tamar Palmon Maoz	G
	Ornit Shwartz	F
	Lili Wolf
4	Sarit Arbel	F
5	Rinat Levin
6	Aluma Goren	G
7		G
8	Orly Grossman
9	Iris Dinerman
11	Sharon Zeevi	F
14	Nurit Rozenzweig
15	Victoria (Rudovski) Savin

Source:^[8]

During the EuroBasket Women 2001 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.

Qualifier - Group C|}Source:^[9]

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Semifinals - Group A|}Source:^[10]

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Roster

Number	Name	Position
4	Orly Kesten
5	Rinat Levin
6	Shiri Dromi (Gold)
7		G
8	Ornit Shwartz	F
9	Iris Dinerman
10	Aluma Goren	G
11	Tali Noy	G
12	Tamar Palmon Maoz	G
13	Sharon Zeevi	F
14	Sarit Arbel	F
15	Victoria (Rudovski) Savin

Source:^[11]

During the EuroBasket Women 2003 tournament, Israel qualified for the third time and finished in 12th place after going 0-7.^[12]

Qualifier--------------------

Preliminary Round - Group A

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts.	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Diff
1.	10	5	5	0	435	336	+99
2.	8	5	3	2	386	346	+40
3.	8	5	3	2	353	309	+44
4.	8	5	3	2	374	352	+22
5.	6	5	1	4	321	362	-41
6.	5	5	0	5	293	457	-164

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9th place bracket------------

Standings

Place	Team	W-L
1		6–2
2		7–1
3		7–1
4		4–4
5		5–3
6		3–5
7		4–4
8		3–5
9		3–4
10		2–5
11		1–6
12		0–7

During the EuroBasket Women 2005 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.

Qualifier - Division A - Group C|}Source:^[13] ----------------------------

Additional qualifier - Group C|}Source:^[14] ----------------------------

Roster

Number	Name	Position
	Ekaterina Abramzon	SF
	Shachar Alterman	SF
	Shay Doron	G
	Shimrit Gigi	F
	Victoria Khashibon	C
	Bat El Lazmi	PG
	Katia Levitsky	PF
	Tali Noy	G
	Inbar Oriyon	PF
	Laine Selwyn	PG
4	Rivi Grinboym	GF
5	Meirav Dori	SF
6	Chen Nusel	SG
7	Liron Cohen	PG
8	Ornit Shwartz	F
9	Michal Epstein	PF
10	Shiri Sharon	G
11	Tal Hila Zalz	F
12	Tamar Palmon Maoz	G
13	Sharon Zeevi	F
14	Sarit Arbel	F
15	Shiran Zairy	PG

Coach: Eliyahu RabiSource:^[15]

During the EuroBasket Women 2007 tournament, Israel qualified for the fourth time and finished in 13th place.^{[16] [17]}

In addition to competing in the tournament, Israel referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the qualifying round Group F game Serbia vs Italy, and Spain vs Russia. She also worked the classification round game France vs Lithuania.

Preliminary round - Group A

width=150px	Team !	width=30px	Pts. !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !		width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
	6	3	0	1.000	231	149	+82
	5	2	1	0.667	194	205	−11
	4	1	2	0.333	194	217	−23
	3	0	3	0.000	174	222	−48

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During the EuroBasket Women 2009 tournament, Israel qualified for the fifth time and finished in 13th place.^[19]

In addition to competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the following games:

• Preliminary round - Group A - Spain vs Ukraine^[20]
• Preliminary round - Group B - Latvia vs Poland^[21]
• Preliminary round - Group B - Greece vs Latvia^[22]
• Qualifying round - Group F - Belarus vs Russia^[23]
• Qualifying round - Group F - Turkey vs France^[24]
• Quarterfinals - Slovakia vs Belarus^[25]
• Finals - Russia vs France^[26]

Qualifying round - Group A

width=200	Team	width=40	Pts	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=40	Diff
	14	6	2	604	537	+67
	14	6	2	551	498	+53
	13	5	3	580	527	+53
	10	2	6	472	580	−108
	9	1	7	540	605	−65

Preliminary round - Group D

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	212	192	+20	6
	3	2	1	203	198	+5	5
	3	1	2	200	206	−6	4
	3	0	3	201	229	−19	3

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During the EuroBasket Women 2011 tournament, Israel qualified for the sixth time and finished in 13th place.

In addition to Israel competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Yaari Rainisch worked the following games:

• Preliminary round - Group C - Germany vs Poland
• Preliminary round - Group D - France vs Croatia
• Preliminary round - Group D - Greece vs France
• Main round - Group F - Montenegro vs France
• Main round - Group F - France vs Poland
• Classification round - Croatia vs Latvia
• Seventh place game - Latvia vs Lithuania

Qualifying round - Group B

width=200	Team	width=40	Pts	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=40	Diff
	10	4	2	476	435	+41
	10	4	2	451	400	+51
	10	4	2	437	439	−2
	6	0	6	403	493	−90

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Preliminary round - Group B

width=150	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	199	163	+36	6
	3	2	1	185	148	+37	5
	3	1	2	159	166	−7	4
	3	0	3	148	214	−66	3

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During the EuroBasket Women 2013 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.

Qualifier - Group A

width=200	Team	width=20	G	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
	8	6	2	505	435	+70	14
	8	5	3	538	483	+55	13
	8	5	3	538	471	+67	13
	8	4	4	494	500	−6	12
	8	0	8	379	565	−186	8

Source:^[27]

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Roster

Number	Name	Position
4	Katia Levitsky	PF
5	Noa Ganor	SG
6	Ekaterina Abramzon	SF
7	Liron Cohen	PG
8	Shay Doron	G
9	Shiran Zairy	PG
10	Brahsheedah Elohim	G
11	Nomi Kolodny	PG
12	Ortal Oren	PG
13	Shira Shecht	F
14	Shani Levy	SF
15	Jennifer Fleischer	C

Head coach: Eliyahu Rabi| asst_coach = Source:^[28]

During the EuroBasket Women 2015 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.

In addition to competing, Israeli referee David Romano work the first leg, of the first round, finals match, between Greece and Poland.^[29]

Qualifier - First round - Group DIsrael, in addition to participating in the tournament, was also the host nation of the qualifier, with all game were played in Ramla.^[30]

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Knockout stage------------

Qualifier - Second round - Group FDuring the first game of the round, Israel held an eight-point lead with eight minutes to go in the game, but ultimately fell to Croatia 76-73.^[31] During their first game against Bulgaria, Israel original trailed by eight before coming back to hold on to a 71-68 victory.^[32] During the third game of the tournament, Israel again lost to Croatia, by the score of 83-56.^[33] Israel, during their fourth game lost to Bulgaria and was officially eliminated from the tournament.^[34]

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Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.^{[35] [36]}

Former head coaches

• Eli Rabi
• Marik Zeltzer
• Moshe Weinkrantz

See also

• Israel women's national under-19 basketball team
• Israel women's national under-17 basketball team
• Israel women's national 3x3 team
• Sports in Israel

External links

• • FIBA profile
• Eurobasket.com

Notes and References

1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/306/nfProf.html Profile | Israel
2. http://www.eurobasketwomen2015.com/en/pageID_p7fruX4IJboRe2LEqD5nX0.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2015.roundID_9492.teamID_306.html Accumulated historical results
3. Web site: Standings - European Championship for Women (1991) - FIBA Europe. 18 August 2016.
4. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1995.roundID_1295.html Qualifying round - Group E - Standings
5. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_V8KW5Q3WHV--DArup,VpT0.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1997.roundID_1509.teamID_306.html Israel roster 1997
6. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1999.roundID_1792.html Qualifying round - Group D - Standings
7. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1999.roundID_1791.html Challenge round - Group B - Standings
8. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_V8KW5Q3WHV--DArup,VpT0.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1999.roundID_1792.teamID_306.html Israel roster 1999
9. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_GZbMg38uHqwSIzP3aeoVq3.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2001.roundID_233.html Qualifying round - Group C - Standings
10. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_GZbMg38uHqwSIzP3aeoVq3.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2001.roundID_234.html Semi-Final round - Group A - Standings
11. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2001.roundID_233.teamID_306.html Israel roster 2001
12. Web site: Schedule - European Championship for Women (2003) - FIBA Europe. 18 August 2016.
13. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_-vjCv8HqHsAzz3gbhkE3j2.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2005.roundID_3770.html Division A Group C standings
14. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_-vjCv8HqHsAzz3gbhkE3j2.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2005.roundID_3770.html Additional qualifying round Group C standings
15. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_lG-vA5n4Jaw1TWA2Cf9ze1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2005.roundID_3770.teamID_306.html Israel Roster 2005
16. Web site: Euro Basket Women - Italia 2007. 18 August 2016.
17. Web site: Teams - Euro Basket Women. 18 August 2016.
18. Web site: Event & Games - Euro Basket Women. 18 August 2016.
19. Web site: Schedule - FIBA EuroBasket Women (2017) - FIBA Europe. 18 August 2016.
20. http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6348-A-1-1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6348.teamID_.html#{D7125007-6636-4115-849A-9ED354162640} 2009 Spain v Ukraine
21. http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/default.asp?cid={8463F1D1-910D-4257-9BCA-01968479FD36}&compID={CF1BFB60-1462-4EB7-ABFD-6769D7079803}&roundID=6341&season=2009&gameID=6348-B-2-1 2009 Latvia v Poland
22. Web site: 2009 Greece v Latvia . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007163852/http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6348-B-5-3.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6341.teamID_.html# . 7 October 2011 . dead .
23. Web site: 2009 Belarus v Russia . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007164646/http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6349-F-2-1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6341.teamID_.html# . 7 October 2011 . dead .
24. Web site: 2009 Turkey v France . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007165029/http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6349-F-6-2.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6341.teamID_.html# . 7 October 2011 . dead .
25. Web site: 2009 Slovakia v Belarus . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007165640/http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6350-44-A-1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6341.teamID_.html# . 7 October 2011 . dead .
26. Web site: 2009 Russia v France . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905010021/http://www.eurobasketwomen2009.com/en/cid_X6FnqP4DGbURoW6MX7dzD2.gameID_6357-54-A-1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2009.roundID_6341.teamID_.html# . 5 September 2011 . dead .
27. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_MR8R,h11I8-OolVDzBJm42.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2013.roundID_8842.teamID_306.html Israel schedule 2013
28. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_lG-vA5n4Jaw1TWA2Cf9ze1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_2013.roundID_8842.teamID_306.html Israel roster 2013
29. Web site: Greece - Poland | EuroBasket Women 2015 . fibaeurope.com. 2016-08-22.
30. Web site: Groups | EuroBasket Women 2015 Group D . eurobasketwomen2015.com. 2016-08-22.
31. Web site: Croatia Sneak Past Israel In Thriller | EuroBasket Women 2015. eurobasketwomen2015.com. 2016-08-22.
32. Web site: Israel Dig Out Valuable Maiden Success | EuroBasket Women 2015. eurobasketwomen2015.com. 2016-08-22.
33. Web site: Classy Croatia Sink Israel, Seal Place | EuroBasket Women 2015. eurobasketwomen2015.com. 2016-08-22.
34. Web site: Highlights: Bulgaria vs Israel | EuroBasket Women 2015. eurobasketwomen2015.com. 2016-08-22.
35. Web site: צליל וטורי וטל סהר בפנים, אמי רינת בחוץ. mako.co.il. 13 June 2023. 13 June 2023. he.
36. Web site: Team Roster: Israel. fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. 15 June 2023. 8.