The 2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 71st season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season will started in October 2024.

Format

The regular season will be played in a 26-round (13 round-robin format). The top 6 finishers will Advance to the playoffs, will the 7th to 10th-ranked teams will face each other in the play-in showdown. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format is similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff, and is identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed hosts the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs; likewise the 9th seed hosts the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game hosts the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot . the 11th to 14th-ranked teams will be played in a 4-round (2 round-robin format), the bottom two teams will relegated to Liga Leumit

Teams

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Teams of the 2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Hapoel Eilat has been relegated to 2024–25 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2023–24 Premier League.[1] Hapoel Gilboa Galil and Elitzur Netanya has been promoted to the league after win for the 2023–24 National League semi-final Series .[2][3]

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500
Elitzur Netanya Netanya Netanya Arena 2,500
Hapoel Afula Afula Nir Ha'emak Hall 1,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Be'er Sheva and Dimona Conch Arena 3,000
Hapoel Galil Elyon Upper Galilee HaPais Kfar Blum 2,000
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional and Lower Galilee Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,057
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 Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383
Ironi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall 1,200
Ironi Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava 1,300
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Hall 1,500
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 Israel Eldad Akunis Israel Yehu Orland FranceIsrael Frédéric Bourdillon Peak PenLink
Elitzur Netanya Israel Avidan Nager Israel Ruven Najberger
Israel Idan Avshalom		 Israel Roy Paretsky
Israel Ariel Aizik		 Peak Briga
Hapoel Afula Israel Yossi Malka Israel Ariel Beit-Halahmy Israel Muriel Lutati Reebok
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Israel Kfir Arazi Israel Rami Hadar Israel Neta Segal Kempa Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel Tamir Abrahams Israel Guni Israeli Israel Lior Carreira Peak Rivulis
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Gideon Yadin Israel Sharon Avrahami Israel Roey Netzia Reebok Innovate
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yuval Rosman Israel Roee Perl Israel Amit Gershon Reebok Shoval Engineering
Hapoel Holon Israel Eitan Lanciano Israel Guy Kaplan Israel Niv Misgav Kelme Netanel Groups
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel United States Matan Edelson Israel Yonatan Alon Israel Yovel Zoosman Nike Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Offer Yanai Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Israel Bar Timor Reebok Shlomo Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Naftali Bentov Israel Eldad Bentov Israel Yariv Amiram Reebok Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona Israel Yaniv Mizrahi Israel Amit Schaerf Israel Tzuf Ben Moshe Nike Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Israel Chen Shnaiderman Israel Shmulik Brenner Israel Adam Ariel Peak Cnanan Groups
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Israel Oded Kattash United StatesIsrael John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Greece Stefanos Dedas Mutual Consent 15 November 2024 3rd (6–0) Greece Dimitrios Itoudis 15 November 2024 [4]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Israel Oren Aharoni Fired 16 November 2024 13th (2–3) Israel Rami Hadar 17 November 2024 [5][6]
Hapoel Haifa Israel Elad Hasin Resigned 12 December 2024 14th (1–8) Israel Roee Perl 13 December 2024 [7][8]
Hapoel Holon Israel Guy Goodes Mutual Consent 23 January 2025 6th (9–5) Israel Guy Kaplan 4 February 2025 [9][10]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 17 15 2 1542 1367 +175 32 Advance to the playoffs
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 17 13 4 1470 1291 +179 30
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 17 14 3 1501 1292 +209 30[a]
4 Bnei Herzliya 17 10 7 1470 1495 −25 27
5 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 17 10 7 1492 1441 +51 27
6 Hapoel Holon 17 10 7 1377 1319 +58 27
7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 17 8 9 1403 1442 −39 25 Advance to the play-in
8 Ironi Ness Ziona 17 7 10 1387 1414 −27 24
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 17 7 10 1391 1409 −18 24
10 Hapoel Afula 17 6 11 1391 1399 −8 23
11 Ironi Kiryat Ata 17 6 11 1368 1470 −102 23 Advance to playouts
12 Hapoel Galil Elyon 17 6 11 1273 1333 −60 23
13 Elitzur Netanya 17 5 12 1321 1489 −168 22
14 Hapoel Haifa 17 2 15 1346 1571 −225 19
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2025. Source: [12]
Rules for classification: [13]
Notes:
  1. ^ The Disciplinary Court of the Israel Basketball Association partially imposed a suspended sentence against Hapoel Tel Aviv and deducted one point from its balance in the 2024/25 season, following the lighting of flares during the final series games in the 2023/24 season.[11]

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away BNH ENE HAF HBS HGE HGG HHA HHO HJE HTA IKA INZ MRG MTA
Bnei Herzliya 88–91 87–81 85–79 88–83 89–80 68–66 84–86 88–86 106–101
Elitzur Netanya 80–85 92–84 80–96 78–75 74–98 70–96 Mar 3 95–89 72–76
Hapoel Afula 111–97 87–65 96–62 86–74 74–99 76–88 96–86 75–87
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 88–69 78–73 81–87 81–101 68–104 88–98 86–77 104–84 75–93
Hapoel Galil Elyon 87–93 69–65 88–77 60–74 Mar 2 87–69 67–70 64–79 77–65 80–96
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 100–67 84–76 78–83 77–93 100–81 79–83 81–89 56–73 85–60 88–83
Hapoel Haifa 101–109 94–85 83–94 61–82 79–108 86–100 Mar 1 67–106
Hapoel Holon 84–71 97–64 82–74 Mar 3 80–77 89–71 79–85 68–72 87–72 91–85 72–79
Hapoel Jerusalem Mar 2 80–78 84–80 85–75 91–66 72–85 89–66 86–87 101–84
Hapoel Tel Aviv 97–79 85–62 82–83 77–92 96–95 Mar 2
Ironi Kiryat Ata 93–78 64–84 67–84 85–64 89–84 88–85 77–94 90–102
Ironi Ness Ziona 91–72 Mar 5 107–97 74–76 101–83 86–68 72–60 74–81 54–90 97–82 61–76
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 89–75 85–82 85–78 79–83 89–79 90–88 82–91 93–75 108–84 87–98
Maccabi Tel Aviv 99–83 77–62 73–60 89–83 102–87 97–79 85–81 94–87
Updated to match(es) played on February 16, 2025. Source: [14]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team EFF Ref.
October
2 United States Marcus Bingham Hapoel Holon 39 [15]
3 Israel Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 27 [16]
4 United States Chavaughn Lewis Ironi Kiryat Ata 36 [17]
November
5 United States Jared Harper (1/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 26 [18]
6 Gabon Chris Silva Bnei Herzliya 32 [19]
8 United States Justyn Mutts Hapoel Afula 26 [20]
December
9 France Jaylen Hoard Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 [21]
10 Israel Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 [22]
11 United States Jared Harper (2/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 30 [23]
12 Israel Yiftach Ziv Hapoel Holon 30 [24]
January
13 Israel Roi Huber Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 14 [25]
14 United States Liam O'Reilly Ironi Kiryat Ata 30 [26]
15 Israel Gur Lavy Hapoel Gilboa Galil 33 [27]
February
16 Panama Iverson Molinar Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona 30 [28]
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1 United States Johnathan Motley Hapoel Tel Aviv 32 [29]
7 United States Ishmael El-Amin Hapoel Gilboa Galil 23 [30]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October United States Jimmy Clark Bnei Herzliya 17.8 [31]
November United States Jared Harper Hapoel Jerusalem 24.3 [32]
December United States J'Covan Brown Hapoel Afula 22.3 [33]
January United States Amin Stevens Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 21.8 [34]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
October Israel Gur Lavy Hapoel Gilboa Galil 18.3 [35]
November Israel Ethan Burg Bnei Herzliya 14.2 [36]
December Israel Yovel Zoosman Hapoel Jerusalem 18.8 [37]
January Israel Roi Huber Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan [38]

Coach of the Month

Month Coach Team W-L Ref.
October Israel Yehu Orland Bnei Herzliya 3–1 [39]
November Israel Yonatan Alon (1/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0 [40]
December Israel Yonatan Alon (2/2) Hapoel Jerusalem 4–1 [41]
January Israel Shmulik Brenner Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 4–0 [42]

Yearly awards

Award Winner Team Ref.

Israeli clubs in European competitions

European-wide competitions
Competition Team Progress
EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Regular season
EuroCup Hapoel Tel Aviv Quarterfinals
Hapoel Jerusalem Quarterfinals
Champions League Hapoel Holon Play-ins
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Play-ins

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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League
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