2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League

The 2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 67th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season2020–21
Teams13
Dates1 November 2020
TVSports Channel
2021–22 →

Format

The regular season will be played in a 26 round Round-Robin format.
The top 6 finishers will play the 5 round "upper house", with the other 7 teams playing the 7 round "bottom gruop".
The 6 upper gruop teams, joined by the top 2 teams from the bottom gruop, will play the Best-of-5 Quarter finals.
The Semi finals and Finals will be played as Best-of-3 seriees.[1]

Teams
Teams of the 2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Hapoel Haifa and Bnei Herzliya have been promoted to the league after placing the top two places of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit.

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 Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall 5,500
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
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500
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
Bnei Herzliya Eldad Akunis Sharon Drucker Nitzan HanochiPeak
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kfir Arazi Rami Hadar Spencer WeiszSpaldingAltshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat Nachi Indik Ariel Beit-Halahmy Jonathan SkjöldebrandPeakYossi Avrahami
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Haim Ohayon Avishai Gordon Yotam HanochiPeakGilboa Regional Council
Hapoel Haifa Yoval Rosman Elad Hasin Ofek AvitalPeakB-CURE LASER
Hapoel Holon Shlomo Issac Stefanos Dedas Guy PniniKelmeUnet credit
Hapoel Jerusalem Guy Harel Dainius Adomaitis J'Covan BrownPeakBank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Rami Cohen Danny Franco Yam MadarPeakSP Metzer
Ironi Nahariya Nissim Alfasi Shai Segalovich Orr LeumiPeak
Ironi Nes Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Brad Greenberg Tal DunneKappaChai Motors
Maccabi Haifa Jeff Rosen Daniel Seoane Avi Ben-ChimolJoma
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Itzhak Peri Guy Goodes Darryl MonroeUnder ArmourZarfati Zvi and his sons
Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo NikePlaytika

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Ironi Nahariya Danny FrancoResigned22 December 202011th (1-5) Shai Segalovich24 December 2020
Hapoel Jerusalem Oded KattashMutual consent14 January 20213rd (7-2) Dainius Adomaitis14 January 2021
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior LubinMutual consent14 January 20214th (7-2) Avishai Gordon14 January 2021
Hapeol Tel Aviv Ioannis KastritisFired5 February 202111th (3-8) Danny Franco5 February 2021

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 9 2 949 815 +134 .818 Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 12 9 3 1101 996 +105 .750
3 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 11 8 3 890 856 +34 .727
4 Hapoel Eilat 13 9 4 1165 1106 +59 .692
5 Hapoel Haifa 12 8 4 1088 1067 +21 .667
6 Hapoel Holon 12 7 5 1049 987 +62 .583
7 Ironi Nes Ziona 10 5 5 827 824 +3 .500 Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group
8 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 6 7 1100 1086 +14 .462
9 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 11 5 6 947 926 +21 .455
10 Bnei Herzliya 13 4 9 1138 1067 +71 .308
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 11 3 8 872 937 −65 .273
12 Ironi Nahariya 12 2 10 1006 1164 −158 .167
13 Maccabi Haifa 13 2 11 1016 1228 −212 .154
Updated to match(es) played on February 5, 2021. Source: [2]

Rounds 1 to 26
Home \ Away MTA HJE HGG HEI HHA HHO HBS INZ MRL BNH HTA INA MHA
Maccabi Tel Aviv 101–80 70–79 86–74 81–75 100–74 7 Feb 95–60
Hapoel Jerusalem 82–73 94–66 83–99 96–86 91–82 111–77
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 7 Feb 77–100 86–73 88–68 77–78
Hapoel Eilat 79–100 89–80 6 Feb 85–72 95–85 86–84 84–98
Hapoel Haifa 101–99 84–97 96–85 101–91 106–91 85–84 80–79 8 Feb
Hapoel Holon 79–76 81–88 96–88 90–92 77–63 98–76 105–69
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 81–83 86–89 98–84 94–86 88–75 104–80
Ironi Nes Ziona 58–65 88–74 80–74 7 Feb 80–76
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 69–71 100–91 62–70 79–74 93–85 91–93 25 Mar
Bnei Herzliya 86–92 89–95 78–103 71–85 104–88 104–77
Hapoel Tel Aviv 69–85 76–88 91–81 82–80 85–91 86–98 83–92
Ironi Nahariya 81–98 63–73 90–107 84–92 88–110 71–94 110–102
Maccabi Haifa 75–94 77–82 81–85 91–100 61–102
Updated to match(es) played on February 5, 2021. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

MVP of the Round
Round Player Team EFF Ref.
November
4 Caleb AgadaHapoel Be'er Sheva39[4]
5 Jason SiggersHapoel Haifa28[5]
6 TaShawn ThomasHapoel Jerusalem40[6]
December
7 Chris KramerHapoel Jerusalem35[7]
8 Reggie UpshawHapoel Tel Aviv30[8]
11 Scottie WilbekinMaccabi Tel Aviv31[9]

Player of the Month
Month Player Team EFF Ref.
November Caleb AgadaHapoel Be'er Sheva 32.5 [10]
December Casey PratherHapoel Eilat 26.5 [11]

Israeli Player of the Month
Month Player Team EFF Ref.
November Tamir BlattHapoel Jerusalem 18.8 [12]
December Willy WorkmanHapoel Holon 15.2 [13]

Coach of the Month
Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
November Ariel Beit-HalahmyHapoel Eilat 5-1 [14]
December Stefanos DedasHapoel Holon 5-0 [15]

Israeli clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgressBalkan League
Maccabi Tel AvivEuroLeagueRegular seasonN/A
Maccabi Rishon LeZionEuroCupWithdrawnSecond round playoff
Hapoel JerusalemChampions LeagueRegular seasonRegular season
Hapoel HolonPlayoffsSecond round
Hapoel Tel AvivQualifying roundsSecond round playoff
Ironi Nes ZionaFIBA Europe Cup Round of 16Regular season
Bnei HerzliyaN/ARegular season
Hapoel HaifaRegular season
Ironi NahariyaRegular season
Hapoel Gilboa GalilSecond round
Maccabi HaifaRegular season
Hapoel EilatRegular season
Hapoel Be'er ShevaRegular season
  • Bold – still active.

References
  1. "League Format". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. "League Standings". basket.co.il. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. "League Schedule & Results". basket.co.il. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. "Round 4 MVP: Caleb Agada". 10 November 2020.
  5. "Round 5 MVP: Jason Siggers". 17 November 2020.
  6. "Round 6 MVP: TaShawn Thomas". 24 November 2020.
  7. "Round 7 MVP: Chris Kramer". 10 December 2020.
  8. "Round 8 MVP: Reggie Upshaw". 15 December 2020.
  9. "Round 11 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin". 1 January 2021.
  10. "November's Player of the Month: Caleb Agada". December 3, 2020.
  11. "December's Player of the Month: Casey Prather". January 5, 2021.
  12. "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Tamir Blatt". December 3, 2020.
  13. "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Willy Workman". January 5, 2021.
  14. "November's Coach of the Month: Ariel Beit-Halahmy". December 3, 2020.
  15. "December's Coach of the Month: Stefanos Dedas". January 5, 2021.
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