Israel men's national under-20 basketball team

Israel

Joined FIBA	1939
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	איגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Association)
Coach	Elad Hasin
U21 World Championships
Appearances	3
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances	23
Medals	Gold: 2 (2018, 2019) Silver: 4 (2000, 2004, 2017, 2023)
U20 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances	3
Medals	Bronze: 1 (2012)
Home Away

The Israel men's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Israel, administered by the Israel Basketball Association. ^{[1] [2]} It represents the country in various FIBA youth tournaments. The team usually competes in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket, and used to compete in the now defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship. This team was originally the Israeli Under-22 national team, until the FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship was changed into an Under-20 age tournament.

Roster for the 2024 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Danny Wolf playing for the Israeli national under-20 basketball team in 2023

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 5 Niv Lempert 20 – (2004-01-20)20 January 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil C 7 Alon Michaeli 18 – (2005-11-27)27 November 2005 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya G 9 Omri Shelef 19 – (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Be'er Sheva G 11 Shachar Doron 19 – (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Elitzur Shomron G 12 Amit Menachem 20 – (2004-03-14)14 March 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Haifa F 13 Eyal Harel (basketball) 20 – (2004-02-02)2 February 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Haifa C 14 Maxim Filonenko 18 – (2005-12-14)14 December 2005 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil C 18 Ilay Dolinski 19 – (2005-02-06)6 February 2005 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya PF 24 Yoav Berman 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Ra'anana PG 31 Noam Yaacov 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ASVEL Basket F 33 Maor Nekrashevich 19 – (2004-11-04)4 November 2004 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion SF 99 Yuval Hochstadter 19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) -	Head Coach Elad Hasin Assistant Coaches Amit Schaerf Yoav Shamir Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club on 13 July 2024 Age – describes age on 13 July 2024

Participation in FIBA competitions

FIBA U20 EuroBasket

Division A						Division B
Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.	Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1992	4th	7	4	3	[3]
1994	5th	7	4	3	[4]
1996	9th	7	4	3	[5]
1998	10th	7	2	5	[6]
2000		8	5	3	[7]
2002	10th	7	1	6	[8]
2004		8	5	3	[9]
2005	4th	8	3	5	[10]
2006	12th	8	4	4	[11]
2007	6th	8	5	3	[12]
2008	10th	8	2	6	[13]
2009	15th	6	1	5	[14]
2010	Did not qualify				[15]	2010	5th	8	6	2	[16]
2011					[17]	2011	11th	8	4	4	[18]
2012					[19]	2012		7	5	2	[20]
2013	15th	9	4	5	[21]
2014	7th	10	5	5	[22]
2015	10th	9	4	5	[23]
2016	12th	7	3	4	[24]
2017		7	6	1	[25]
2018		7	6	1	[26]
2019		7	6	1	[27]
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe [a]				[28]
2022	4th	7	4	3	[29]
2023		7	4	3	[30]
2024	10th	7	4	3	[31]
2025	6th	7	5	2	[32]

1. Replaced with the 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers

FIBA Under-21 World Championship (defunct)

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1993	9th	7	4	3	[33]
2001	7th	8	5	3	[34]
2005	10th	7	2	5	[35]

See also

• Israel men's national basketball team
• Israel men's national under-18 basketball team
• Israel women's national under-20 basketball team

References

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27. "2019 FIBA U20 European Championship Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
28. "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA . 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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30. "2023 FIBA U20 European Championship Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
31. "2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
32. "2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
33. "1993 Under-22 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
34. "2001 Under-21 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
35. "2005 Under-21 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

External links

• Archived records of Israel team participations