2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season	2024–25
Dates	6 October 2024 – June 2025
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel
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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

Galil Elyon

Gilboa

Kiryat Ata

Haifa

Afula

Netanya

Ramat Gan

Ness Ziona

Holon

Jerusalem

Herzliya

Tel Aviv

Be'er Sheva

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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	Eldad Akunis	Yehu Orland	Frédéric Bourdillon	Peak	PenLink
Elitzur Netanya	Avidan Nager	Ruven Najberger Idan Avshalom	Roy Paretsky Ariel Aizik	Peak	Briga
Hapoel Afula	Yossi Malka	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Muriel Lutati	Reebok
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	Kfir Arazi	Rami Hadar	Neta Segal	Kempa	Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon	Tamir Abrahams	Guni Israeli	Lior Carreira	Peak	Rivulis
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gideon Yadin	Sharon Avrahami	Roey Netzia	Reebok	Innovate
Hapoel Haifa	Yuval Rosman	Roee Perl	Amit Gershon	Reebok	Shoval Engineering
Hapoel Holon	Eitan Lanciano	Guy Kaplan	Niv Misgav	Kelme	Netanel Groups
Hapoel Jerusalem	Matan Edelson	Yonatan Alon	Yovel Zoosman	Nike	Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Offer Yanai	Dimitrios Itoudis	Bar Timor	Reebok	Shlomo Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Ata	Naftali Bentov	Eldad Bentov	Yariv Amiram	Reebok	Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona	Yaniv Mizrahi	Amit Schaerf	Tzuf Ben Moshe	Nike	Chai Motors
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	Chen Shnaiderman	Shmulik Brenner	Adam Ariel	Peak	Cnanan Groups
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shimon Mizrahi	Oded Kattash	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	Stefanos Dedas	Mutual Consent	15 November 2024	3rd (6–0)	Dimitrios Itoudis	15 November 2024	[4]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	Oren Aharoni	Fired	16 November 2024	13th (2–3)	Rami Hadar	17 November 2024	[5] [6]
Hapoel Haifa	Elad Hasin	Resigned	12 December 2024	14th (1–8)	Roee Perl	13 December 2024	[7] [8]
Hapoel Holon	Guy Goodes	Mutual Consent	23 January 2025	6th (9–5)	Guy Kaplan	4 February 2025	[9] [10]
Hapoel Haifa	Roee Perl	Resigned	20 March 2025	14th (2–18)			[11]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q)	23	20	3	2045	1757	+288	42 [a]	Advance to the playoffs
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q)	21	18	3	1893	1713	+180	39
3	Hapoel Jerusalem (Q)	21	16	5	1834	1612	+222	37
4	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	21	12	9	1838	1753	+85	33
5	Bnei Herzliya	21	12	9	1831	1867	−36	33
6	Hapoel Holon	21	11	10	1696	1660	+36	32
7	Hapoel Galil Elyon	22	9	13	1662	1752	−90	31	Advance to the play-in
8	Ironi Ness Ziona	21	10	11	1774	1768	+6	31
9	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	22	9	13	1792	1818	−26	31
10	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	21	9	12	1768	1789	−21	30
11	Elitzur Netanya	21	7	14	1649	1798	−149	28	Advance to playouts
12	Ironi Kiryat Ata	21	7	14	1696	1838	−142	28
13	Hapoel Afula	21	7	14	1706	1744	−38	28
14	Hapoel Haifa (X)	21	2	19	1674	1989	−315	23

Updated to match(es) played on March 24, 2025. Source: ^[13]
Rules for classification: ^[14]
(Q) Advance to the playoffs; (X) Advance to the playouts
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. ^[12]

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	91–95	March 31	84–86	88–86	106–101
Elitzur Netanya	80–85		92–84	80–96	88–56	66–83	78–75		74–98	70–96	89–74		95–89	72–76
Hapoel Afula	111–97				87–65	96–62	86–74		84–82	74–99	76–88	96–86	68–84	75–87
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	97–98	88–69	78–73				81–87	81–101	68–104	88–98	86–77	March 30	104–84	75–93
Hapoel Galil Elyon	87–93	69–65	88–77	60–74		76–69	87–69	67–70		64–79	97–82	77–65	80–96	March 31
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	86–93	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	March 27	77–107		83–94			61–82	79–108	86–100	89–99	79–106	67–106
Hapoel Holon	84–71	97–64	82–74	88–82	80–77	80–89	89–71		79–85	68–72	87–72	91–85	March 29	72–79
Hapoel Jerusalem	94–79	March 30	80–78		84–80	85–75	106–83	91–66		72–85	89–66		86–87	101–84
Hapoel Tel Aviv	97–79	96–85	85–62	82–83	99–77	94–74		84–68	77–92		96–95			76–70
Ironi Kiryat Ata	93–78	64–84	67–84	84–79	85–64		89–84		88–85	77–94		88–103		90–102
Ironi Ness Ziona		91–72	87–74	107–97	74–76	101–83	86–68	72–60	74–81	54–90	97–82		61–76	98–103
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	89–75		85–82	85–78	81–83	79–83	89–79	90–88	75–82	82–91	93–75	108–84		87–98
Maccabi Tel Aviv		99–83	92–89	77–62	73–60	89–83	102–87	86–83		97–79		85–81	94–87

Updated to match(es) played on March 24, 2025. Source: ^[15]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-in

	Game 1				Game 2
	TBA, TBA
	Place 7
					TBA, TBA
	Place 8
					Loser G1.1
	TBA, TBA
					Winner G1.2
	Place 9
	Place 10

source: ^{[13] [15]}

Game 1

Place 7 v Place 8

TBA	Place 7	vs. (Series: –)	Place 8
TBA	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Place 9 v Place 10

TBA	Place 9	vs. (Series: –)	Place 10
TBA	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Game 2

Loser G1.1 v Winner G1.2

TBA	Loser G1.1	vs. (Series: –)	Winner G1.2
TBA	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Playouts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation		TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
11	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
12	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
13	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[13] [15]}
Rules for classification: ^[14]

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals TBA										Semifinals TBA								Finals TBA
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

source: ^{[13] [15]}

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October
2	Marcus Bingham	Hapoel Holon	39	[16]
3	Tomer Ginat	Hapoel Tel Aviv	27	[17]
4	Chavaughn Lewis	Ironi Kiryat Ata	36	[18]
November
5	Jared Harper (1/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	26	[19]
6	Chris Silva (1/2)	Bnei Herzliya	32	[20]
8	Justyn Mutts	Hapoel Afula	26	[21]
December
9	Jaylen Hoard	Maccabi Tel Aviv	32	[22]
10	Roman Sorkin	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	[23]
11	Jared Harper (2/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	30	[24]
12	Yiftach Ziv	Hapoel Holon	30	[25]
January
13	Roi Huber	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	14	[26]
14	Liam O'Reilly	Ironi Kiryat Ata	30	[27]
15	Gur Lavy	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	[28]
February
16	Iverson Molinar	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	30	[29]
17	Silvio De Sousa	Ironi Kiryat Ata	48	[30]
March
18	Bryce Brown	Ironi Ness Ziona	26	[31]
19	Yam Madar	Hapoel Tel Aviv	31	[32]
20	Chris Silva (2/2)	Bnei Herzliya	36	[33]
21
April
23
25
26
–
1	Johnathan Motley	Hapoel Tel Aviv	32	[34]
7	Ishmael El-Amin	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	23	[35]
22
24

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Jimmy Clark	Bnei Herzliya	17.8	[36]
November	Jared Harper	Hapoel Jerusalem	24.3	[37]
December	J'Covan Brown	Hapoel Afula	22.3	[38]
January	Amin Stevens	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	21.8	[39]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Gur Lavy	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	18.3	[40]
November	Ethan Burg	Bnei Herzliya	14.2	[41]
December	Yovel Zoosman	Hapoel Jerusalem	18.8	[42]
January	Roi Huber	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan		[43]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team	W-L	Ref.
October	Yehu Orland	Bnei Herzliya	3–1	[44]
November	Yonatan Alon (1/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	3–0	[45]
December	Yonatan Alon (2/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	4–1	[46]
January	Shmulik Brenner	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	4–0	[47]

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	Semifinals
	Hapoel Jerusalem	Quarterfinals
Champions League	Hapoel Holon	Play-ins
	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	Play-ins

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