Ironi Ness Ziona B.C.

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Ironi Ness Ziona
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	2005;19 years ago (2005)
History	Ironi Nes Ziona B.C. (2005–present)
Arena	Lev Hamoshava
Capacity	1,200
Location	Ness Ziona, Israel
Team colors	Orange, White, Navy
Main sponsor	Hai Motors
President	Yaniv Mizrahi
Team manager	Efi Shemesh
Head coach	Elad Hasin
Team captain	Tal Dunne
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup
Home Away Third

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]

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

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 in the final which was hosted in Tel Aviv. ^[5]

Honors

FIBA Europe Cup

• Champions (1): 2020–21

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	State Cup	League Cup	European competitions
2010–11	3	Liga Artzit	1st
2011–12	2	National League	4th	First round
2012–13			1st
2013–14	1	Premier League	6th	Eightfinalist
2014–15			8th	Eightfinalist	Semifinalist
2015–16			12th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	2	National League	1st	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	Premier League	8th	Round of 16
2018–19			5th	First round		4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	11–7
2019–20			QF	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	2R	7–5
2020–21			QF	Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C	6–1
						Balkan League	RS	0–4
2021–22				Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	Q	1–1

Sponsorship names

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

• Ironi "Dizengoff Trading" Nes Ziona (2013–2017)
• Ironi "Hai Motors" Nes Ziona (2017–present)

Players

Current roster

Ironi Ness Ziona roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1 Alkins, Rawle 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-10-29)29 October 1997 PG 2 Yankovitz, Nadav 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2002-08-31)31 August 2002 G 3 Hannahs, Dusty 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1993-09-02)2 September 1993 C 4 Levinson, Tomer 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2000-05-20)20 May 2000 SG 8 Ben Moshe, Tzuf 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997 C 9 Segev, Itay 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1995-06-15)15 June 1995 SG 11 Whitehead, Isaiah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 F 32 Akerman, Lahav 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2003-09-27)27 September 2003 G 33 Kravitz, Yair 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 C 55 Meyinsse, Jerome 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 G/F 89 Boykins, Jacobi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 F 94 King, George 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-01-15)15 January 1994	Head coach Elad Hasin Assistant coach(es) Eran Gamzu Mor Mahum Yuval Kojocaro Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 6, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Jerome Meyinsse	Tomer Levinson
PF	Itay Segev	Lahav Akerman
SF	George King	Jacobi Boykins
SG	Tzuf Ben Moshe	Isaiah Whitehead
PG	Yair Kravitz	Nadav Yankovich

• 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 nationality 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.

• Joe Dawson 3 seasons: '05–'08
• Tal Dunne 10 seasons: '08–'09, '11–present
• Tal Karpelesz 3 seasons: '11–'13, '15–'16
• Cory Carr 1 season: '13–'14
• Tyler Honeycutt 1 season: '13–'14
• Preston Knowles 2 seasons: '13–'15
• Meir Tapiro 2 seasons: '13–'15
• Diamon Simpson 2 seasons: '13–'14, '15–'16
• Mitchell Watt 3 seasons: '13–'15, '16
• Craig Smith 1 season: '14–'15
• Lamayn Wilson 1 season: '14–'15
• Yuval Naimy 1 season: '15–'16
• Ivan Aska 1 season: '15–'16
• Fuquan Edwin 1 season: '15–'16
• Terrico White 1 season: '15–'16
• Sundiata Gaines 1 season: '15–'16
• Lee Roberts 1 season: '16–'17
• Jermaine Beal 1 season: '16–'17
• Golan Gutt 4 seasons: '16–present
• Khalif Wyatt 1 season: '17–'18
• Gary Browne 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Talib Zanna 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Elishay Kadir 2 seasons: '17–'19
• Daequan Cook 3 seasons: '17–'20
• Chris Dowe 1 season: '18–'19

References

1. "Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
2. "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.

External links

• Official website (in Hebrew)
• Team profile at eurobasket.com
• Team profile at the Israeli BSL WebSite (in Hebrew)