2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League
Basketball league season
The 2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League , for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner , was the 64th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League . Hapoel Jerusalem is the defending champion.
Twelve teams took part in the regular season, where they played against each other four times home-and-away in a double round-robin format . The first eight qualified teams advanced to the playoffs. The last qualified team was relegated to the Liga Leumit . The regular season started 8 October 2017.
Teams
Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning 2016–17 National League , and comes back just one year after their relegation.[ 1] Maccabi Kiryat Gat , who finished in last place during the 2016–17 season, relegated to the Liga Leumit [ 2]
Stadia and locations
Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
Bnei Herzliya
Herzliya
HaYovel Herzliya
1,500
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
Managerial changes
Departure date
Team
Outgoing head coach
Reason
Hire date
Incoming head coach
November 9, 2017
Hapoel Jerusalem
Fotios Katsikaris
Fired
November 9, 2017
Modi Maor
[ 4]
November 14, 2017
Hapoel Eilat
Meir Tapiro
Fired
November 18, 2017
Sharon Drucker
[ 5] [ 6]
December 5, 2017
Bnei Herzliya
Mickey Gorka
Fired
December 20, 2017
Arik Shivek
[ 7] [ 8]
February 22, 2018
Hapoel Jerusalem
Modi Maor
Fired
February 22, 2018
Oded Kattash
[ 9]
April 10, 2018
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Shmulik Brener
Fired
April 10, 2018
Zvika Sherf
[ 10]
April 22, 2018
Maccabi Haifa
Offer Rahimi
Resigned
April 27, 2018
Barak Peleg
[ 11] [ 12]
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other at least three times home-and-away in double a round-robin format . The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 8 October 2017.
Standings
Players strike
On May 22, 2018, the Israeli Basketball Players Association announced a strike after the league introduced a rule, which enforced the teams to have at least two Israeli players on court at the same time.[ 13] On May 24, the league announced that the season would be ended with one regular season game remaining and that no playoffs would be held due to the ongoing strike.[ 14] [ 15]
However, on May 25, 2018, the Israeli League Management have reached an agreement with the Israeli Basketball Players Association and the strike ended.[ 16] [ 17]
Play-offs
Source: Ligat Winner
Final Four
Clubs in European competitions
Final standings
All-Star Game
The 2018 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 2, 2018, at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv .[ 21]
The International team won the game 137–122. The MVP of the game was Pierre Jackson who scored 18 points along with 6 assists.[ 22]
Corey Webster won the Three-Point Shootout [ 23] and Jaron Johnson won the Slam Dunk Contest.[ 24]
Rosters
Game
Israeli All-Stars v International All-Stars
Three-point shootout
Source: Basket.co.il
Slam Dunk Contest
Source: Basket.co.il
Statistical leaders
Other statistics
Source: Basket.co.il
Individual game highs
Source: RealGM
Awards
Yearly awards
Source: basket.co.il
Source: basket.co.il
Source: basket.co.il
Dan Shamir
Source: basket.co.il
Quarterfinals MVP
Source: basket.co.il
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Monthly Awards
Player of the Month
Israeli Player of the Month
Coach of the Month
MVP of the Round
Brandon Bowman
Average attendances
Included playoffs games.
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Hapoel Jerusalem
105,763
10,802
3,774
5,876
−9.2% †
2
Maccabi Tel Aviv
86,650
8,000
2,205
4,814
−4.2% †
3
Hapoel Holon
64,000
5,100
2,500
3,556
+8.9% †
4
Hapoel Tel Aviv
51,422
3,536
900
2,857
−3.6% †
5
Maccabi Haifa
32,009
3,487
500
2,001
−4.3% †
6
Ironi Nahariya
31,350
2,500
1,600
1,959
+2.9% †
7
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
24,500
2,200
600
1,531
−15.1% †
8
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
22,300
2,100
850
1,312
+23.2% †
9
Bnei Herzliya
18,100
1,400
700
1,131
−4.0% †
10
Ironi Nes Ziona
19,650
1,300
650
1,092
−7.1% †
11
Hapoel Eilat
16,400
1,300
550
965
−10.1% †
12
Maccabi Ashdod
16,604
2,000
500
922
+6.5% †
League total
488,748
10,802
500
2,373
−7.9% †
See also
References
^ Ironi Nes-Ziona celebrate National League title
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^ "MACRON & HAPOEL JERUSALEM BASKETBALL CLUB" . Macron.com. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-08-22 .
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^ "אילת החליטה להיפרד ממאיר טפירו" (in Hebrew). November 14, 2017.
^ "אילת: שרון דרוקר מונה למאמן הקבוצה" (in Hebrew). November 18, 2017.
^ "מיקי גורקה סיים את תפקידו בהרצליה" (in Hebrew). December 5, 2017.
^ "שיבק חוזר להרצליה: "מועדון יקר לליבי" " (in Hebrew). December 20, 2017.
^ "שינוי על הקווים: קטש חוזר לבירה" (in Hebrew). February 22, 2018.
^ "שרף חוזר לקדנציה שלישית בעיר היין" (in Hebrew). April 10, 2018.
^ "עופר רחימי התפטר ממכבי "Hunter" חיפה" (in Hebrew). April 22, 2018.
^ "ברק פלג מונה למאמן מכבי "Hunter" חיפה" (in Hebrew). April 27, 2018.
^ Barkas, Aris (May 22, 2018). "Israeli players on strike" . Eurohoops . Retrieved May 24, 2018 .
^ "הודעת המנהלת בסיום ישיבת הדירקטוריון" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018 .
^ "Israeli League season over due to players' strike" . Eurohoops . May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018 .
^ "עונת הכדורסל תימשך ביום ראשון" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018 .
^ "Strike is over, Winner League will continue and finish the season" . Sportando.com . May 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018 .
^ "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season" . EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017 .
^ "Champions line up in battle for European Glory" . BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017 .
^ "FIBA Europe Cup Qualification Round 1 and 2 pairings confirmed" . FIBA.com. 2017-08-03. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017.
^ "אולסטאר 2018: נקבעו הסגלים למשחק" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
^ "אולסטאר: הזרים גברו על הישראלים" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
^ "אלוף תחרות השלשות: קורי וובסטר" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
^ "אלוף ההטבעות באולסטאר: ג'רון ג'ונסון" . basket.co.il (in Hebrew). March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
^ "October's Player of the Month: Alex Young" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
^ "November's Player of the Month: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). November 30, 2017.
^ "December's Player of the Month: Zach LeDay" (in Hebrew). December 28, 2017.
^ "January's Player of the Month: Sek Henry" (in Hebrew). February 1, 2018.
^ "February's Player of the Month: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). March 1, 2018.
^ "March's Player of the Month: Jeff Adrien" (in Hebrew). March 29, 2018.
^ "April's Player of the Month: Zach LeDay" (in Hebrew). May 2, 2018.
^ "October's Israeli Player of the Month: Tomer Ginat" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
^ "November's Israeli Player of the Month: Joe Alexander" (in Hebrew). November 30, 2017.
^ "December's Israeli Player of the Month: Joaquin Szuchman" (in Hebrew). December 28, 2017.
^ "January's Israeli Player of the Month: Nimrod Levi" (in Hebrew). February 1, 2018.
^ "February's Israeli Player of the Month: Guy Pnini" (in Hebrew). March 1, 2018.
^ "March's Israeli Player of the Month: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). March 29, 2018.
^ "April's Israeli Player of the Month: Tomer Ginat" (in Hebrew). May 2, 2018.
^ "October's Coach of the Month: Eric Alfasi" (in Hebrew). November 2, 2017.
^ "November's Coach of the Month: Dan Shamir" (in Hebrew). November 30, 2017.
^ "December's Coach of the Month: Ariel Bet-Halachmi" (in Hebrew). December 28, 2017.
^ "January's Coach of the Month: Brad Greenberg" (in Hebrew). February 1, 2018.
^ "February's Coach of the Month: Dan Shamir" (in Hebrew). March 1, 2018.
^ "March's Coach of the Month: Zilberstein" (in Hebrew). March 29, 2018.
^ "April's Coach of the Month: Ariel Bet-Halachmi" (in Hebrew). May 2, 2018.
^ "Round 1 MVP: Tomer Ginat" (in Hebrew). October 9, 2017.
^ "Round 2 MVP: Alex Young" (in Hebrew). October 19, 2017.
^ "Round 3 MVP: Brandon Bowman" (in Hebrew). October 24, 2017.
^ "Round 4 MVP: David Laury & Sek Henry" (in Hebrew). October 31, 2017.
^ "Round 5 MVP: Tyler Stone" (in Hebrew). November 7, 2017.
^ "Round 6 MVP: J'Covan Brown" (in Hebrew). November 14, 2017.
^ "Round 7 MVP: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). November 20, 2017.
^ "Round 8 MVP: Tony Gaffney" (in Hebrew). December 5, 2017.
^ "Round 9 MVP: Zach LeDay" (in Hebrew). December 14, 2017.
^ "Round 10 MVP: Jerome Dyson" (in Hebrew). December 19, 2017.
^ "Round 11 MVP: Jordan Loyd" (in Hebrew). January 5, 2018.
^ "Round 12 MVP: Taurean Green" (in Hebrew). January 11, 2018.
^ "Round 13 MVP: Jerome Dyson" (in Hebrew). January 16, 2018.
^ "Round 14 MVP: D'Angelo Harrison" (in Hebrew). January 23, 2018.
^ "Round 15 MVP: Murphy Holloway" (in Hebrew). January 30, 2018.
^ "Round 16 MVP: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). February 6, 2018.
^ "Round 17 MVP: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). February 19, 2018.
^ "Round 18 MVP: Khalif Wyatt" (in Hebrew). March 7, 2018.
^ "Round 19 MVP: Glen Rice Jr" (in Hebrew). March 13, 2018.
^ "Round 20 MVP: Tu Holloway" (in Hebrew). March 20, 2018.
^ "Round 21 MVP: Oz Blayzer" (in Hebrew). March 27, 2018.
^ "Round 22 MVP: Joaquin Szuchman" (in Hebrew). April 4, 2018.
^ "Round 23 MVP: J'Covan Brown" (in Hebrew). April 11, 2018.
^ "Round 24 MVP: Murphy Holloway" (in Hebrew). April 27, 2018.
^ "Round 25 MVP: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). April 17, 2018.
^ "Round 26 MVP: Jerome Dyson" (in Hebrew). April 24, 2018.
^ "Round 27 MVP: D'Angelo Harrison" (in Hebrew). May 1, 2018.
^ "Round 28 MVP: Joe Alexander" (in Hebrew). May 5, 2018.
^ "Round 29 MVP: Cameron Long" (in Hebrew). May 8, 2018.
^ "Round 30 MVP: Lior Eliyahu" (in Hebrew). May 12, 2018.
^ "Round 31 MVP: Shawn Dawson" (in Hebrew). May 15, 2018.
^ "Round 32 MVP: Jeremy Pargo" (in Hebrew). May 19, 2018.
^ "Round 33 MVP: Richard Howell" (in Hebrew). May 28, 2018.
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