Ironi Ness Ziona B.C.

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Ironi Ness Ziona
Ironi Ness Ziona basketball logo 2021.png
Leagues Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
HistoryIroni Nes Ziona B.C.
(2005–present)
ArenaLev Hamoshava
Capacity1,200
Location Ness Ziona, Israel
Team colorsOrange, White, Navy
   
Main sponsorHai Motors
PresidentYaniv Mizrahi
General manager Meir Tapiro
Team managerItamar Rosenberg
Head coach Amit Sherf
Team captain Tzuf Ben Moshe
Championships1 FIBA Europe Cup

Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. [1] (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel. [2] The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people. [2] [3] The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball and 2022–23 European North Basketball League. [2]

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In 2021, Nes Ziona won the FIBA Europe Cup, the continental fourth-tier Championship.

History

Ironi Ness Ziona was founded in 2005. [4] In the 2018–19 season, Ironi Nes Ziona made its debut in a European competition. It played in the qualifying rounds of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, and played its first match ever on 20 September 2018, defeating the Södertälje Kings 72–67. The team went on to qualify for the regular season, where it played in Group D. [2] The team advanced to the play-offs, where it lost in the first round to the Bakken Bears from Denmark.

The logo of Ironi used until 2021 Ironi Nes Ziona basketball logo.png
The logo of Ironi used until 2021

In the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup, Ironi played its third season in the competition and qualified for the Final Four. It won the trophy, its first in history, after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 82-74 in the final, which was hosted in Tel Aviv. [5]

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

Players

Current roster

Ironi Ness Ziona roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Edge, Darnell 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)27 – (1997-08-12)12 August 1997
SG 2 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Bryce 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)27 – (1997-07-24)24 July 1997
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Van Tubbergen, Jake 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)26 – (1998-09-03)3 September 1998
PF 4 Flag of the United States.svg Lindo, Ricky 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)24 – (2000-09-23)23 September 2000
PG 5 Flag of Israel.svg Druker, Alon 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)24 – (2000-09-27)27 September 2000
SF 7 Flag of Israel.svg Danieli, Alon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)18 – (2006-11-25)25 November 2006
G/F 8 Flag of Israel.svg Ben Moshe, Tzuf 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)27 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
C 9 Flag of Israel.svg Segev, Itay 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)29 – (1995-06-15)15 June 1995
SG 10 Flag of Israel.svg Yarom, Itay 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)18 – (2006-03-25)25 March 2006
SF 11 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Israel.svg Turell, Ryan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)25 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999
G 23 Flag of Israel.svg Amsalem, Afek 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)20 – (2004-09-23)23 September 2004
G 33 Flag of Israel.svg Kravitz, Yair 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Israel.svg Sagi Shalev
  • Flag of Israel.svg Ofir Farhi
  • Flag of Israel.svg Yuval Kojocaro
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: September 10, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench
C Jerome Meyinsse Itay Segev
PF Ricky Lindo Tomer Levinson
SF Tzuf Ben Moshe Ryan Turell
SG Bryce Brown Jake Van Tubbergen
PG Darnell Edge Yair Kravits
  • The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
  • There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Honors

FIBA Europe Cup

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. State Cup League Cup European competitions
2010–113 Liga Artzit
1st
2011–122 National League 4th First round
2012–131st
2013–14 1 Premier League 6th Eightfinalist
2014–15 8th Eightfinalist Semifinalist
2015–16 12th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
2016–172 National League
1st
 Quarterfinalist
2017–18 1 Premier League 8th Round of 16
2018–19 5th First round 4 FIBA Europe Cup R1611–7
2019–20 QF Semifinalist Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2R7–5
2020–21 QF Quarterfinalist First round 4 FIBA Europe Cup C 6–1
   Balkan League RS 0–4
2021–22 10th Quarterfinalist First round 4 FIBA Europe Cup Q 1–1
2022–23 QF Semifinalist First round European North League Q 5–4
2023–24 QF Quarterfinalist — 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS Withdrew

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References

  1. ↑ "Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ironi Nes Ziona BC - TheSportsDB.com". www.thesportsdb.com.
  3. ↑ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". Eurobasket LLC.
  4. ↑ "Ironi Nes Ziona - Basketball: Statistics: Titles: Titles (in-depth): History (Timeline): Goals Scored: Fixtures: Results: News & Features: Videos: Photos: Squad". playmakerstats.com.
  5. ↑ "BMSLAM vs Ironi Ness Ziona". FIBA. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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