Israeli Female Basketball Premier League

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Israeli Women Basketball Premier League
ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg Ligat ha'Al 2024–2025
Israeli Female Basketball Premier League logo.png
Sport Basketball
Founded1957;68 years ago (1957)
No. of teams10
Country Israel
Confederation FIBA Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		 Elitzur Ramla (13 titles) (2023/2024)
Most titles Elitzur Tel Aviv (14 titles)
TV partner(s) Sports Channel
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s) EuroLeague
EuroCup
Official website wbl.co.il

The Israeli Women Basketball Premier League or Ligat Athena Winner (Hebrew: ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים), is a women's professional basketball league in Israel. It is currently composed of 11 teams. [1]

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The league was founded in 1957. Initially the most predominant teams in the league were veteran women's basketball clubs such as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won almost yearly during the first two decades after the establishment of the women's league. This changed in 1976, when the team Elitzur Tel Aviv began winning all of the league's championships for 19 years straight. During the 1990s the trend again changed, as the most prominent championship winners became A.S Ramat Hasharon and Elitzur Ramla.

The champions of the 2010/2011 season were Elitzur Ramla. [2] Elitzur Tel Aviv and Elitzur Holon share the distinction of having won the most championship trophies, 20 between themselves., [3] although the union that was established in 1990 between the two team was disbanded in 2008.

In the 2011/12 season Maccabi Bnot Ashdod reached double winning, for the first time, the national league and national cup in one season.

History

The League's teams (2024/25 season)

ClubCityArenaCapacityColors
A.S. Ramat HaSharon Ramat Hasharon Oranim Arena1,000  
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 2,000  
Elitzur Ramla Ramla Kiryat Menahem Arena2,000  
Maccabi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Arena1,500  
Elitzur Holon Holon Ariel Sharon Hall500  
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 2,000  
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Gan Nahum1,500  
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Hyuval680  
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Yitzhak Shamir Hall400  
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Bikurim750  

Championships by teams

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Elitzur Tel Aviv 141977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Elitzur Ramla 131996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv 111958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976
Hapoel Tel Aviv 71961, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 2006
Elitzur Holon 61991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
A.S Ramat Hasharon 61999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod 62012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Maccabi Ramat Gan 22020, 2021
Hapoel Jerusalem 11960
Hapoel Yagur 11963

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References

  1. ↑ "Israeli basketball Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket.com . 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  2. ↑ ליגת העל נשים. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ ליגת העל נשים. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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