2024–25 Israeli Basketball National League

Israeli Basketball National League
Season	2024–25
Teams	14
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024-2025 Israeli Basketball National League will be its 26th season as the second tier since its re-alignment in 2000 and the 71st season of second-tier basketball in Israel.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–2023 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Artzit

• Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel (North Division) ^[1]
• Hapoel Kfar Saba (North Division) ^[2]
• Elitzur Yavne (South Division) ^[3]

Relegated from Premier League

• Ironi Eilat ^[4]

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

• Hapoel Gilboa Galil ^[5]
• Elitzur Netanya ^[6]

Relegated to Liga Artzit

• Maccabi Haifa ^[7]
• Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim ^[8]

On 29 July 2024, the Israeli Basketball Association Decided to Attach a new team to the league from Gaza Envelope the team Declined from promotion or Relegation . ^[9]

Format

The regular season will be played in a 26-round (13 round-robin format). The top 6 finishers will Advance to the Top-teams League Group, will the 7th to 14th-ranked teams will Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group. with the winner of this stage qualify to Ligat HaAl, will the 2nd to 9th (2nd to 6th from the Top-teams League Group and 7th to 9th Bottom-Teams League Group) Advance to the playoff, To determine the Second qualifier . the bottom two teams will relegated to Liga Leumit

Venues and locations

Safed

Nahariya

Migdal HaEmek

Ramat Hasharon

Kfar Saba

Ra'anana

Kafr Qasim

Rishon LeZion

Yavne

Rehovot

Shomron

Ashkelon

Eilat

Otef Darom

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League Map

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
A.S. Elitzur Ashkelon	Ashkelon	Ashkelon Sports Arena	3,000
A.S. Ramat HaSharon	Ramat HaSharon	Kiryat Yearim Hall	900
Elitzur Shomron	Shomron Regional Council	Leader Sport Center, Ganei Tikva	1,000
Elitzur Yavne	Yavne	Ralf Klain Hall	930
F.C. Safed	Safed	HaPais Hall Safed	608
Hapoel Bnei Kafr Qasim	Kafr Qasim	Zisman Hall, Ramat Gan	1,500
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel	Migdal HaEmek and Jezreel Valley Regional Council	Yearot HaEmek	900
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	HaYovel Kfar Saba	680
Ironi Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,490
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sara Sport Hall	2,500
Ironi Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Metro West	1,668
Maccabi Rehovot	Rehovot	Barzilai Sports-Center	700
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,500
Otef Darom BC	Gaza Envelope	Rotem Hall, Kibutz Magen	500

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	7	6	1	632	569	+63	13	Advance to the Top-teams League Group
2	Maccabi Rehovot	6	5	1	517	433	+84	11
3	Elitzur Yavne	6	4	2	523	478	+45	10
4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	3	3	568	542	+26	9
5	A.S. Elitzur Ashkelon	6	3	3	528	554	−26	9
6	Ironi Nahariya	6	3	3	491	501	−10	9
7	A.S. Ramat HaSharon	5	4	1	468	401	+67	9	Advance to Bottom-Teams League Group
8	Ironi Eilat	6	3	3	507	502	+5	9
9	Hapoel Bnei Kafr Qasim	6	2	4	427	490	−63	8
10	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel	4	2	2	339	330	+9	6
11	Otef Darom BC	6	0	6	479	588	−109	6
12	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	4	1	3	304	327	−23	5
13	Elitzur Shomron	4	1	3	344	375	−31	5
14	F.C. Safed	3	1	2	224	260	−36	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away	EAS	ARH	ESH	YAV	DAR	FCS	HKQ	HMJ	HKS	IRE	IRN	IRA	MRH	MRL
A.S. Elitzur Ashkelon							84–94						100–95	73–94
A.S. Ramat HaSharon	88–95						78–64				101–84
Elitzur Shomron		76–101		87–96
Elitzur Yavne						94–60		85–96					70–74
Otef Darom BC		82–100		89–101						78–94
F.C. Safed
Hapoel Bnei Kafr Qasim								74–72			69–79		56–74
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel					96–63				77–98			70–84
Hapoel Kfar Saba	105–111						103–70				97–93
Ironi Eilat				68–81										85–70
Ironi Nahariya										83–70
Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	78–65				105–81	100–84				96–88
Maccabi Rehovot									89–71		94–59	91–77
Maccabi Rishon LeZion						70–76					70–93

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

References

1. "ארצית: יבנה הביסה, מגדל הדהימה" [Artzity: Yavne defeat, Migdal surprise]. safsal.co.il (in Hebrew). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
2. "ארצית: יבנה הביסה, מגדל הדהימה" [Kfar Saba returns to Liga Leumit]. safsal.co.il (in Hebrew). 26 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
3. "ארצית: יבנה הביסה, מגדל הדהימה" [Artzity: Yavne defeat, Migdal surprise]. safsal.co.il (in Hebrew). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
4. "אלא אם יוקפאו הירידות: אילת נשרה ללאומית" [Eilat will be relegated to Leumit]. ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
5. "אחרי עונה אחת בלאומית: הפועל גלבוע גליל חזרה לליגת העל" [After one season in Laemit: Hapoel Gilboa Galil returned to the Premier League]. sports.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
6. "אליצור נתניה עלתה לליגת העל בכדורסל" [Elitzur Netanya promoted to the basketball league]. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
7. "מכבי חיפה ירדה לליגה הארצית בכדורסל" [Maccabi Haifa was relegated to Liga Artzit]. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
8. "לאחר 3 עונות בלאומית: מעלה אדומים ירדה ליגה" [After 3 seasons in Laemit: Ma'ale Adumim was relegated]. one.co.il (in Hebrew). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "החל מהעונה הבאה: קבוצה מהעוטף בלאומית" [Starting next season: A team from the envelope in Leumit]. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.