2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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

Israeli Basketball Premier League

Competition details
Season	2019–20
Teams	12
Dates	5 October 2019 – 28 July 2020
TV	Sport 5
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (54th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Semifinalists	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Relegated	Maccabi Ashdod
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Teams

Haifa

Gilboa

Nes Ziona

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Nahariya

Be'er Sheva

Eilat

Teams of the 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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	3,000
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,490
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,100
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,400
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,504
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,500
Ironi Nes Ziona	Ness Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,200
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Kfir Arazi	Rami Hadar	Spencer Weisz	Spalding	Altshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat	Nachi Indik	Eric Alfasi	Avi Ben-Chimol	Peak	Yossi Avrahami
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Haim Ohayon	Lior Lubin	Netanel Artzi	Peak	Gilboa Regional Council
Hapoel Holon	Shlomo Issac	Stefanos Dedas	Shlomi Harush	Peak	UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem	Eyal Chomski	Oded Kattash	Bar Timor	Peak	Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rami Cohen	Ioannis Kastritis	Tomer Ginat	Peak	SP Metzer
Ironi Nahariya	Nissim Alfasi	Danny Franco	Tony Gaffney	Peak
Ironi Nes Ziona	Yaniv Mizrahi	Nadav Zilberstein	Tal Dunne	Kappa	Chai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod	Armaund Asulin	Amit Tamir	Lior Eliyahu	AND1	SCE
Maccabi Haifa	Jeff Rosen	Daniel Seoane	Willy Workman	Joma
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Itzhak Peri	Guy Goodes	Oz Blayzer	Under Armour	Winner
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shimon Mizrahi	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	John DiBartolomeo	Nike	FOX

Managerial changes

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Ref.
December 5, 2019	Hapoel Holon	Sharon Drucker	Fired	December 22, 2019	Stefanos Dedas	[4][5]
January 18, 2020	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Fired	January 27, 2020	Ioannis Kastritis	[6][7]
May 12, 2020	Maccabi Ashdod	Brad Greenberg	Resigned	May 15, 2020	Amit Tamir	[8][9]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	20	2	2005	1670	+335	.909	Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	18	4	1975	1752	+223	.818
3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	22	13	9	1802	1704	+98	.591
4	Hapoel Holon	22	12	10	1910	1925	−15	.545
5	Maccabi Haifa	22	11	11	1865	1845	+20	.500	Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group
6	Ironi Nes Ziona	22	10	12	1879	1926	−47	.455
7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	9	13	1860	1907	−47	.409
8	Ironi Nahariya	22	9	13	1797	1861	−64	.409
9	Hapoel Eilat	22	9	13	1826	1883	−57	.409
10	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	22	9	13	1888	1976	−88	.409
11	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	22	8	14	1784	1897	−113	.364
12	Maccabi Ashdod	22	4	18	1730	1975	−245	.182

Updated to match(es) played on March 2, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il

Rounds 1 to 22

Home \ Away	HBS	HEI	HGG	HHO	HJE	HTA	INA	INZ	MAS	MHA	MRL	MTA
Hapoel Be'er Sheva		88–87	81–85		86–94	103–76	87–83	82–81	101–77	75–77	69–75	63–80
Hapoel Eilat	87–92		79–78	90–81	84–99	71–84	61–63		98–78	87–76	72–94	86–81
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	100–73	76–74		95–88	98–93	68–85	76–95	96–80	95–83	84–93	75–96	110–112
Hapoel Holon	92–73	90–85	87–81		112–115	89–75	86–78	99–80	103–86	88–82	105–104	83–94
Hapoel Jerusalem	108–74	83–74	88–73	91–84		80–91	85–55	102–71	72–51	95–81		98–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv	102–97	70–87	96–93	86–90	72–90		96–88	90–95	100–93	88–81	74–77	84–91
Ironi Nahariya	87–74	84–89		95–109	82–88	86–84		71–79	84–68	82–87	118–114	62–89
Ironi Nes Ziona	83–76	101–69	106–115	78–87	81–93	95–80	83–88		88–97	98–91	93–88	68–91
Maccabi Ashdod	77–79	87–98	89–91	82–69	69–84	83–76	84–96	69–93		91–88	81–94	57–94
Maccabi Haifa	95–80	107–85	95–83	92–60	95–87		84–78	84–87	91–80		88–79	75–93
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	80–72	80–74	90–64	84–59	65–73	94–85	76–63	75–79	67–66	62–54		66–81
Maccabi Tel Aviv	98–74	102–86	99–76	94–76	89–73	84–74	86–65	80–71		91–77	75–64

Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Top-teams League Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	24	4	2554	2144	+410	.857	Advance to the Advance to the playoffs
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	28	22	6	2513	2238	+275	.786
3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	28	17	11	2330	2207	+123	.607
4	Hapoel Holon	28	12	16	2347	2514	−167	.429

Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il

Home \ Away	MTA	HJE	MRL	HHO
Maccabi Tel Aviv		86–80	77–86	103–65
Hapoel Jerusalem	82–93		93–86	102–67
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	92–90	73–88		98–81
Hapoel Holon	69–100	81–93	74–93

Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hapoel Jerusalem	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hapoel Holon	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Advance to the playoffs

Source:

Bottom-Teams League Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
5	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	29	16	13	2498	2530	−32	.552	Advance to the playoffs
6	Maccabi Haifa	29	15	14	2455	2431	+24	.517
7	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	13	16	2476	2566	−90	.448
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	29	13	16	2460	2466	−6	.448
9	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	29	12	17	2340	2465	−125	.414
10	Hapoel Eilat	28	11	17	2316	2392	−76	.393
11	Ironi Nahariya	28	11	17	2276	2319	−43	.393
12	Maccabi Ashdod (R)	29	5	24	2341	2634	−293	.172	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Updated to match(es) played on June 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
(R) Relegated.

Home \ Away	MHA	INZ	HTA	INA	HEI	HGG	HBS	MAS
Maccabi Haifa		94–79		66–82	82–90	80–81
Ironi Nes Ziona			75–105		88–80		83–85	99–97
Hapoel Tel Aviv	79–82			77–73	69–60	82–81
Ironi Nahariya		89–91			Canceled		67–69	86–68
Hapoel Eilat						83–95	84–88	93–87
Hapoel Gilboa Galil		90–82		87–82			83–65
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	83–87		84–81					85–80
Maccabi Ashdod	92–99		106–105			81–92

Updated to match(es) played on May 23, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Maccabi Haifa	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Ironi Nes Ziona	9	8	11	8	7	7	7
Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	10	8	9	8	8	8
Ironi Nahariya	6	9	9	10	10	11	11
Hapoel Eilat	8	7	7	11	11	10	10
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11	11	10	7	9	9	9
Maccabi Ashdod	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Advance to the playoffs
	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source:

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).

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	67–66	72–82	83–68
Hapoel Holon	1–2	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	80–77	65–99	82–87
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	2–0	Maccabi Haifa	87–72	101–82	—
Hapoel Jerusalem	2–0	Ironi Nes Ziona	104–79	114–87	—

Final Four

Bracket

	Semifinals				Championship game
	26 July
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81
					28 July
	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	78
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	86
	26 July
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	81
	Hapoel Jerusalem	97
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	100

Semifinals

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Gilboa Galil

26 July 2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–78	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Tel Aviv
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 19–14, 21–15, 17–27
Sport 5	Pts: Dorsey 20 Rebs: Avdija 9 Asts: Caloiaro 4 PIR: Wilbekin, Dorsey 18	Report	Pts: Ziv 23 Rebs: Mitchell 8 Asts: Thomasson 4 PIR: Ziv 23	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Amit Balak, Kfir Mualem, Dan Yalon

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Hapoel Jerusalem v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

26 July 2020	Hapoel Jerusalem	97–100	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 20–18, 41–27, 19–23
Sport 5	Pts: Pargo 32 Rebs: Braimoh 10 Asts: Feldeine 4 PIR: Pargo 28	Report	Pts: Harrison 21 Rebs: Harrison 8 Asts: Monroe 7 PIR: Hankins 22	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Omer Esteron, Ofer Manheim, Shaul Yahalom

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

28 July 2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv	86–81	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 25–15, 15–23, 17–22
Sport 5	Pts: Stoudemire 18 Rebs: Hunter 8 Asts: Wilbekin 6 PIR: Hunter 24	Report	Pts: Harrison 38 Rebs: Harrison, Monroe 6 Asts: Harrison 5 PIR: Harrison 48	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Erez Gurion, Zahi Habdali

2019–20 Israeli Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 54th title

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
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	Jordan Hamilton	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	[22]
15	Édgar Sosa	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	Jeff Withey	Ironi Nes Ziona	35	[28]
21	Manny Harris	Hapoel Holon	41	[29]
June
22	Ziv Ben-Zvi	Hapoel Eilat	28	[30]
23	Tamir Blatt	Hapoel Jerusalem	24	[31]
24	Scottie Wilbekin (2/2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	[32]
July
25	Evan Bruinsma	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	42	[33]
26	Cameron Oliver	Ironi Nes Ziona	39	[34]
27	Yiftach Ziv	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	25	[35]
28	JP Tokoto	Ironi Nes Ziona	41	[36]
29	Andrew Andrews	Maccabi Haifa	36	[37]
QR1	D'Angelo Harrison	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	35	[38]
QR2	Yam Madar	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	[39]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Justin Tillman	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	31.3	[40]
November	Jeff Withey	Ironi Nes Ziona	29.0	[41]
December	Jake Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23.8	[42]
January	Jarmar Gulley	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28.2	[43]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Omri Casspi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	15.5	[44]
November	Raviv Limonad	Ironi Nes Ziona	17.4	[45]
December	–	–	–	–
January	Deni Avdija	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18.3	[46]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team	W-L	Ref.
October	Lior Lubin	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	3–0	[47]
November	Nadav Zilberstein	Ironi Nes Ziona	2–0	[48]
December	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	[49]
January	Stefanos Dedas	Hapoel Holon	4–1	[50]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Maccabi Tel Aviv	EuroLeague	Regular season
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	EuroCup	Regular season
Hapoel Jerusalem	Champions League	Final Eight
Hapoel Holon		Regular season
Ironi Nes Ziona	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

References

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