# 2024–25 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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

Hapoel Eilat has been relegated to 2024–25 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2023–24 Premier League. Hapoel Gilboa Galil and Elitzur Netanya has been promoted to the league after win for the 2023–24 National League semi-final Series .

### 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 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Stefanos Dedas | Mutual Consent | 15 November 2024 | 3rd (6–0) | Dimitrios Itoudis | 15 November 2024 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona | Oren Aharoni | Fired | 16 November 2024 | 13th (2–3) | Rami Hadar | 17 November 2024 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Elad Hasin | Resigned | 12 December 2024 | 14th (1–8) | Roee Perl | 13 December 2024 |
| Hapoel Holon | Guy Goodes | Mutual Consent | 23 January 2025 | 6th (9–5) | Guy Kaplan | 4 February 2025 |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q) | 21 | 18 | 3 | 1856 | 1592 | +264 | 38 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1807 | 1630 | +177 | 37 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 3 | Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1752 | 1528 | +224 | 36 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1757 | 1670 | +87 | 32 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 5 | Bnei Herzliya | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1740 | 1772 | −32 | 32 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 6 | Hapoel Holon | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1613 | 1574 | +39 | 31 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 7 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1579 | 1671 | −92 | 29 | Advance to the play-in |
| 8 | Ironi Ness Ziona | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1675 | 1679 | −4 | 29 | Advance to the play-in |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1689 | 1705 | −16 | 29 | Advance to the play-in |
| 10 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1635 | 1658 | −23 | 28 | Advance to the play-in |
| 11 | Elitzur Netanya | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1583 | 1715 | −132 | 27 | Advance to playouts |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1622 | 1662 | −40 | 26 | Advance to playouts |
| 13 | Ironi Kiryat Ata | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1612 | 1759 | −147 | 26 | Advance to playouts |
| 14 | Hapoel Haifa (X) | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1585 | 1890 | −305 | 22 | Advance to playouts |
* ↑ 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.

### 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 | March 22 | | 84–86 | 88–86 | 106–101 |
| Elitzur Netanya | 80–85 | | 92–84 | 80–96 | 88–56 | March 24 | 78–75 | | 74–98 | 70–96 | 89–74 | | 95–89 | 72–76 |
| Hapoel Afula | 111–97 | | | | 87–65 | 96–62 | 86–74 | | March 21 | 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 | | 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 | |
| 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 | | 77–107 | | 83–94 | | | 61–82 | 79–108 | 86–100 | March 22 | 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 | | 72–79 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 94–79 | | 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 | March 19 | | 84–68 | 77–92 | | 96–95 | | | 76–70 |
| Ironi Kiryat Ata | 93–78 | 64–84 | 67–84 | March 23 | 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 | March 24 | 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 | March 23 | | 97–79 | | 85–81 | 94–87 | |

## Play-in

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | — | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

## Playoffs

* Quarterfinals TBA
* 1
* 8
* 4
* 5
* 2
* 7
* 3
* 6
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### Finals
## Awards
### MVP of the Round

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

### Monthly Awards
#### Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team | EFF |
| October | Jimmy Clark | Bnei Herzliya | 17.8 |
| November | Jared Harper | Hapoel Jerusalem | 24.3 |
| December | J'Covan Brown | Hapoel Afula | 22.3 |
| January | Amin Stevens | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan | 21.8 |

#### Israeli Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team | EFF |
| October | Gur Lavy | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 18.3 |
| November | Ethan Burg | Bnei Herzliya | 14.2 |
| December | Yovel Zoosman | Hapoel Jerusalem | 18.8 |
| January | Roi Huber | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan | |

#### Coach of the Month

| Month | Coach | Team | W-L |
| October | Yehu Orland | Bnei Herzliya | 3–1 |
| November | Yonatan Alon (1/2) | Hapoel Jerusalem | 3–0 |
| December | Yonatan Alon (2/2) | Hapoel Jerusalem | 4–1 |
| January | Shmulik Brenner | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan | 4–0 |

### 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 |
| EuroCup | Hapoel Jerusalem | Quarterfinals |
| Champions League | Hapoel Holon | Play-ins |
| Champions League | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan | Play-ins |