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.^[1] The league resumed behind closed doors on 21 June 2020 in a different format.^[2]

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season	2019–20
Dates	5 October 2019 – 28 July 2020
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel
Regular season
Relegated	Maccabi Ashdod
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (54th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Semifinalists	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Gilboa Galil
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Teams

Haifa

Gilboa

Nes Ziona

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Nahariya

Be'er Sheva

Eilat

Teams of the 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League

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.^[3] 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	Ref.
December 5, 2019	Hapoel Holon	Sharon Drucker	Fired	December 22, 2019	Stefanos Dedas	[4][5]
January 18, 2020	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Fired	January 27, 2020	Ioannis Kastritis	[6][7]
May 12, 2020	Maccabi Ashdod	Brad Greenberg	Resigned	May 15, 2020	Amit Tamir	[8][9]

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
3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	22	13	9	1802	1704	+98	.591
4	Hapoel Holon	22	12	10	1910	1925	−15	.545
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
7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	9	13	1860	1907	−47	.409
8	Ironi Nahariya	22	9	13	1797	1861	−64	.409
9	Hapoel Eilat	22	9	13	1826	1883	−57	.409
10	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	22	9	13	1888	1976	−88	.409
11	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	22	8	14	1784	1897	−113	.364
12	Maccabi Ashdod	22	4	18	1730	1975	−245	.182

Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il

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

Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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
3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	28	17	11	2330	2207	+123	.607
4	Hapoel Holon	28	12	16	2347	2514	−167	.429

Updated to match(es) played on July 12, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il

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

Updated to match(es) played on July 12, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
7	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	13	16	2476	2566	−90	.448
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	29	13	16	2460	2466	−6	.448
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

Updated to match(es) played on July 13, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
(R) Relegated

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

Updated to match(es) played on July 13, 2020. Source: Basket.co.il
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Semifinals

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Gilboa Galil

26 July 2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–78	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Tel Aviv
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 19–14, 21–15, 17–27
Sport 5	Pts: Dorsey 20 Rebs: Avdija 9 Asts: Caloiaro 4 PIR: Wilbekin, Dorsey 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ziv 23 Rebs: Mitchell 8 Asts: Thomasson 4 PIR: Ziv 23	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Amit Balak, Kfir Mualem, Dan Yalon

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Hapoel Jerusalem v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

26 July 2020	Hapoel Jerusalem	97–100	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 20–18, 41–27, 19–23
Sport 5	Pts: Pargo 32 Rebs: Braimoh 10 Asts: Feldeine 4 PIR: Pargo 28	Boxscore	Pts: Harrison 21 Rebs: Harrison 8 Asts: Monroe 7 PIR: Hankins 22	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Omer Esteron, Ofer Manheim, Shaul Yahalom

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

28 July 2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv	86–81	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 25–15, 15–23, 17–22
Sport 5	Pts: Stoudemire 18 Rebs: Hunter 8 Asts: Wilbekin 6 PIR: Hunter 24	Boxscore	Pts: Harrison 38 Rebs: Harrison, Monroe 6 Asts: Harrison 5 PIR: Harrison 48	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Erez Gurion, Zahi Habdali

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

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October
1	T. J. Cline	Hapoel Holon	27	[10]
2	Alex Hamilton (1/3)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	36	[11]
3	Lior Eliyahu (1/2)	Maccabi Ashdod	26	[12]
4	Scottie Wilbekin (1/2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	[13]
November
5	Rafi Menco (1/2)	Hapoel Eilat	20	[14]
6	Dominic Waters	Ironi Nahariya	32	[15]
December
8	Jarmar Gulley (1/2)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	42	[16]
	Justin Tillman		29
9	James Feldeine	Hapoel Jerusalem	44	[17]
10	Alex Hamilton (2/3)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	[18]
11	Jake Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	42	[19]
12	Lior Eliyahu (2/2)	Maccabi Ashdod	30	[20]
January
13	Alex Hamilton (3/3)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	43	[21]
14	Jordan Hamilton	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	[22]
15	Édgar Sosa	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	37	[23]
16	Jarmar Gulley (2/2)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	51	[24]
17	Gregory Vargas (1/2)	Maccabi Haifa	22	[25]
February
18	Gregory Vargas (2/2)	Maccabi Haifa	33	[26]
19	Rafi Menco (2/2)	Hapoel Eilat	37	[27]
March
20	Jeff Withey	Ironi Nes Ziona	35	[28]
21	Manny Harris	Hapoel Holon	41	[29]
June
22	Ziv Ben-Zvi	Hapoel Eilat	28	[30]
23	Tamir Blatt	Hapoel Jerusalem	24	[31]
24	Scottie Wilbekin (2/2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	[32]
July
25	Evan Bruinsma	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	42	[33]
26	Cameron Oliver	Ironi Nes Ziona	39	[34]
27	Yiftach Ziv	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	25	[35]
28	JP Tokoto	Ironi Nes Ziona	41	[36]
29	Andrew Andrews	Maccabi Haifa	36	[37]
QR1	D'Angelo Harrison	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	35	[38]
QR2	Yam Madar	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	[39]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Justin Tillman	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	31.3	[40]
November	Jeff Withey	Ironi Nes Ziona	29.0	[41]
December	Jake Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23.8	[42]
January	Jarmar Gulley	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28.2	[43]

Israeli Player of the Month

Deni Avdija

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Omri Casspi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	15.5	[44]
November	Raviv Limonad	Ironi Nes Ziona	17.4	[45]
December	–	–	–	–
January	Deni Avdija	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18.3	[46]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team	W-L	Ref.
October	Lior Lubin	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	3–0	[47]
November	Nadav Zilberstein	Ironi Nes Ziona	2–0	[48]
December	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	[49]
January	Stefanos Dedas	Hapoel Holon	4–1	[50]

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		Regular season
Ironi Nes Ziona	FIBA Europe Cup	Second round

• Bold – still active.
• Strike – Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

• 2019–20 Israeli Basketball National League
• 2019–20 Israeli Basketball State Cup
• 2019 Israeli Basketball League Cup