# 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

The 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 66th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. On 13 March 2020, the league was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The league resumed behind closed doors on 21 June 2020 in a different format.

## Teams

Maccabi Haifa has been promoted to the league after winning 2018–19 Liga Leumit after they won Hapoel Galil Elyon 3–1 in the Series Finals, and comes back just one year after their relegation. Meanwhile, Bnei Herzliya was relegated after finishing in the last place the previous season .

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Conch Arena | 3,000 |
| Hapoel Eilat | Eilat | Begin Arena | 1,490 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Gilboa Regional Council | Gan Ner Sports Hall | 2,100 |
| Hapoel Holon | Holon | Holon Toto Hall | 5,500 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Pais Arena | 11,000 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Drive in Arena | 3,504 |
| Ironi Nahariya | Nahariya | Ein Sarah | 2,500 |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Ness Ziona | Lev Hamoshava | 1,200 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Ashdod | HaKiriya Arena | 2,200 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Romema Arena | 5,000 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Rishon LeZion | Beit Maccabi Rishon | 2,500 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | 10,383 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Chairman | Head coach | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Kfir Arazi | Rami Hadar | Spencer Weisz | Spalding | Altshuler Shaham |
| Hapoel Eilat | Nachi Indik | Eric Alfasi | Avi Ben-Chimol | Peak | Yossi Avrahami |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Haim Ohayon | Lior Lubin | Netanel Artzi | Peak | Gilboa Regional Council |
| Hapoel Holon | Shlomo Issac | Stefanos Dedas | Shlomi Harush | Peak | UNET |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Eyal Chomski | Oded Kattash | Bar Timor | Peak | Bank Yahav |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Rami Cohen | Ioannis Kastritis | Tomer Ginat | Peak | SP Metzer |
| Ironi Nahariya | Nissim Alfasi | Danny Franco | Tony Gaffney | Peak | |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Yaniv Mizrahi | Nadav Zilberstein | Tal Dunne | Kappa | Chai Motors |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Armaund Asulin | Amit Tamir | Lior Eliyahu | AND1 | SCE |
| Maccabi Haifa | Jeff Rosen | Daniel Seoane | Willy Workman | Joma | |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Itzhak Peri | Guy Goodes | Oz Blayzer | Under Armour | Winner |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Shimon Mizrahi | Ioannis Sfairopoulos | John DiBartolomeo | Nike | FOX |

### Managerial changes

| Departure date | Team | Outgoing head coach | Reason | Hire date | Incoming head coach |
| December 5, 2019 | Hapoel Holon | Sharon Drucker | Fired | December 22, 2019 | Stefanos Dedas |
| January 18, 2020 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ariel Beit-Halahmy | Fired | January 27, 2020 | Ioannis Kastritis |
| May 12, 2020 | Maccabi Ashdod | Brad Greenberg | Resigned | May 15, 2020 | Amit Tamir |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2005 | 1670 | +335 | .909 | Advance to the Top-teams League Group |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1975 | 1752 | +223 | .818 | Advance to the Top-teams League Group |
| 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1802 | 1704 | +98 | .591 | Advance to the Top-teams League Group |
| 4 | Hapoel Holon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1910 | 1925 | −15 | .545 | Advance to the Top-teams League Group |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1865 | 1845 | +20 | .500 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 6 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1879 | 1926 | −47 | .455 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1860 | 1907 | −47 | .409 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 8 | Ironi Nahariya | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1797 | 1861 | −64 | .409 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 9 | Hapoel Eilat | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1826 | 1883 | −57 | .409 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 10 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1888 | 1976 | −88 | .409 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1784 | 1897 | −113 | .364 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |
| 12 | Maccabi Ashdod | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1730 | 1975 | −245 | .182 | Advance to the Bottom-Teams League Group |

### Rounds 1 to 22

| Home \ Away | MTA | HJE | MRL | HHO | MHA | INZ | HTA | INA | HEI | HGG | HBS | MAS |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | | 89–73 | 75–64 | 94–76 | 91–77 | 80–71 | 84–74 | 86–65 | 102–86 | 99–76 | 98–74 | 114–82 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 98–87 | | 84–78 | 91–84 | 95–81 | 102–71 | 80–91 | 85–55 | 83–74 | 88–73 | 108–74 | 72–51 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 66–81 | 65–73 | | 84–59 | 62–54 | 75–79 | 94–85 | 76–63 | 80–74 | 90–64 | 80–72 | 67–66 |
| Hapoel Holon | 83–94 | 112–115 | 105–104 | | 88–82 | 99–80 | 89–75 | 86–78 | 90–85 | 87–81 | 92–73 | 103–86 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 75–93 | 95–87 | 88–79 | 92–60 | | 84–87 | 72–92 | 84–78 | 107–85 | 95–83 | 95–80 | 91–80 |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | 68–91 | 81–93 | 93–88 | 78–87 | 98–91 | | 95–80 | 83–88 | 101–69 | 106–115 | 83–76 | 88–97 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 84–91 | 72–90 | 74–77 | 86–90 | 88–81 | 90–95 | | 96–88 | 70–87 | 96–93 | 102–97 | 100–93 |
| Ironi Nahariya | 62–89 | 82–88 | 118–114 | 95–109 | 82–87 | 71–79 | 86–84 | | 84–89 | 94–76 | 87–74 | 84–68 |
| Hapoel Eilat | 86–81 | 84–99 | 72–94 | 90–81 | 87–76 | 103–89 | 71–84 | 61–63 | | 79–78 | 87–92 | 98–78 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 110–112 | 98–93 | 75–96 | 95–88 | 84–93 | 96–80 | 68–85 | 76–95 | 76–74 | | 100–73 | 95–83 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 63–80 | 86–94 | 69–75 | 85–73 | 75–77 | 82–81 | 103–76 | 87–83 | 88–87 | 81–85 | | 101–77 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 57–94 | 69–84 | 81–94 | 82–69 | 91–88 | 69–93 | 83–76 | 84–96 | 87–98 | 89–91 | 77–79 | |

## Top-teams League Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2554 | 2144 | +410 | .857 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2513 | 2238 | +275 | .786 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2330 | 2207 | +123 | .607 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Hapoel Holon | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2347 | 2514 | −167 | .429 | Advance to the playoffs |
| Home \ Away | MTA | HJE | MRL | HHO |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | | 86–80 | 77–86 | 103–65 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 82–93 | | 93–86 | 102–67 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 92–90 | 73–88 | | 98–81 |
| Hapoel Holon | 69–100 | 81–93 | 74–93 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hapoel Holon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
* Advance to the playoffs

## Bottom-Teams League Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2498 | 2530 | −32 | .552 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 29 | 15 | 14 | 2455 | 2431 | +24 | .517 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 7 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 29 | 13 | 16 | 2476 | 2566 | −90 | .448 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 29 | 13 | 16 | 2460 | 2466 | −6 | .448 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 29 | 12 | 17 | 2340 | 2465 | −125 | .414 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Eilat | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2316 | 2392 | −76 | .393 | |
| 11 | Ironi Nahariya | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2276 | 2319 | −43 | .393 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ashdod (R) | 29 | 5 | 24 | 2341 | 2634 | −293 | .172 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| Home \ Away | MHA | INZ | HTA | INA | HEI | HGG | HBS | MAS |
| Maccabi Haifa | | 94–79 | | 66–82 | 82–90 | 80–81 | | |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | | | 75–105 | | 88–80 | | 83–85 | 99–97 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 79–82 | | | 77–73 | 69–60 | 82–81 | | |
| Ironi Nahariya | | 89–91 | | | Canceled | | 67–69 | 86–68 |
| Hapoel Eilat | | | | | | 83–95 | 84–88 | 93–87 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | | 90–82 | | 87–82 | | | 83–65 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 83–87 | | 84–81 | | | | | 85–80 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 92–99 | | 106–105 | | | 81–92 | | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ironi Nahariya | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Hapoel Eilat | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Advance to the playoffs
* Relegation to Liga Leumit

## Playoffs

The first round of the playoffs is played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first (and the second at home if is necessary).
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 67–66 | 72–82 | 83–68 |
| Hapoel Holon | 1–2 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 80–77 | 65–99 | 82–87 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 2–0 | Maccabi Haifa | 87–72 | 101–82 | — |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 2–0 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 104–79 | 114–87 | — |

## Final Four
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| 26 July | 26 July |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 81 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 81 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 78 | 28 July | 28 July |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 78 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 86 |
| 26 July | 26 July | | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 86 |
| 26 July | 26 July | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 81 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 97 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 81 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 100 | | |

### Final

* 2019–20 Israeli Premier League champions
* Maccabi Tel Aviv 54th title

## Awards
### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | EFF |
| October |||||
| 1 | T. J. Cline | Hapoel Holon | 27 |
| 2 | Alex Hamilton (1/3) | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 36 |
| 3 | Lior Eliyahu (1/2) | Maccabi Ashdod | 26 |
| 4 | Scottie Wilbekin (1/2) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 34 |
| November |||||
| 5 | Rafi Menco (1/2) | Hapoel Eilat | 20 |
| 6 | Dominic Waters | Ironi Nahariya | 32 |
| December |||||
| 8 | Jarmar Gulley (1/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 42 |
| 8 | Justin Tillman | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 29 |
| 9 | James Feldeine | Hapoel Jerusalem | 44 |
| 10 | Alex Hamilton (2/3) | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 33 |
| 11 | Jake Cohen | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 42 |
| 12 | Lior Eliyahu (2/2) | Maccabi Ashdod | 30 |
| January |||||
| 13 | Alex Hamilton (3/3) | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 43 |
| 14 | Jordan Hamilton | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 |
| 15 | Édgar Sosa | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 37 |
| 16 | Jarmar Gulley (2/2) | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 51 |
| 17 | Gregory Vargas (1/2) | Maccabi Haifa | 22 |
| February |||||
| 18 | Gregory Vargas (2/2) | Maccabi Haifa | 33 |
| 19 | Rafi Menco (2/2) | Hapoel Eilat | 37 |
| March |||||
| 20 | Jeff Withey | Ironi Nes Ziona | 35 |
| 21 | Manny Harris | Hapoel Holon | 41 |
| June |||||
| 22 | Ziv Ben-Zvi | Hapoel Eilat | 28 |
| 23 | Tamir Blatt | Hapoel Jerusalem | 24 |
| 24 | Scottie Wilbekin (2/2) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 |
| July |||||
| 25 | Evan Bruinsma | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 42 |
| 26 | Cameron Oliver | Ironi Nes Ziona | 39 |
| 27 | Yiftach Ziv | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 25 |
| 28 | JP Tokoto | Ironi Nes Ziona | 41 |
| 29 | Andrew Andrews | Maccabi Haifa | 36 |
| QR1 | D'Angelo Harrison | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 35 |
| QR2 | Yam Madar | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 24 |

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

| Month | Player | Team | EFF |
| October | Justin Tillman | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 31.3 |
| November | Jeff Withey | Ironi Nes Ziona | 29.0 |
| December | Jake Cohen | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 23.8 |
| January | Jarmar Gulley | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 28.2 |

#### Israeli Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team | EFF | Ref. |
| October | Omri Casspi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15.5 | |
| November | Raviv Limonad | Ironi Nes Ziona | 17.4 | |
| December | – | – | – | – |
| January | Deni Avdija | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 18.3 | |

#### Coach of the Month

| Month | Coach | Team | W-L |
| October | Lior Lubin | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 3–0 |
| November | Nadav Zilberstein | Ironi Nes Ziona | 2–0 |
| December | Ioannis Sfairopoulos | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–0 |
| January | Stefanos Dedas | Hapoel Holon | 4–1 |

## Israeli clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Champions League | Final Eight |
| Hapoel Holon | Champions League | Regular season |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
* Bold – still active.
* Strike – Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.