Israel men's national under-20 basketball team

The Israel men's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Israel, administered by the Israel Basketball Association.^[1][2] It represents the country in various FIBA youth tournaments. The team usually competes in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket, and used to compete in the now defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship. This team was originally the Israeli Under-22 national team, until the FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship was changed into an Under-20 age tournament.

Israel

Joined FIBA	1939
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	איגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Association)
Coach	Elad Hasin
U21 World Championships
Appearances	3
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances	23
Medals	Gold: 2 (2018, 2019) Silver: 4 (2000, 2004, 2017, 2023)
U20 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances	3
Medals	Bronze: 1 (2012)
Home Away

Roster for the 2024 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Danny Wolf playing for the Israeli national under-20 basketball team in 2023

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 5 Niv Lempert 20 – (2004-01-20)20 January 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil C 7 Alon Michaeli 18 – (2005-11-27)27 November 2005 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya G 9 Omri Shelef 19 – (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Be'er Sheva G 11 Shachar Doron 19 – (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Elitzur Shomron G 12 Amit Menachem 20 – (2004-03-14)14 March 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Haifa F 13 Eyal Harel (basketball) 20 – (2004-02-02)2 February 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Haifa C 14 Maxim Filonenko 18 – (2005-12-14)14 December 2005 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil C 18 Ilay Dolinski 19 – (2005-02-06)6 February 2005 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya PF 24 Yoav Berman 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Ra'anana PG 31 Noam Yaacov 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ASVEL Basket F 33 Maor Nekrashevich 19 – (2004-11-04)4 November 2004 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion SF 99 Yuval Hochstadter 19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) -	Head Coach Elad Hasin Assistant Coaches Amit Schaerf Yoav Shamir Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club on 13 July 2024 Age – describes age on 13 July 2024

Participation in FIBA competitions

FIBA U20 EuroBasket

Division A						Division B
Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.	Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1992	4th	7	4	3	[3]
1994	5th	7	4	3	[4]
1996	9th	7	4	3	[5]
1998	10th	7	2	5	[6]
2000		8	5	3	[7]
2002	10th	7	1	6	[8]
2004		8	5	3	[9]
2005	4th	8	3	5	[10]
2006	12th	8	4	4	[11]
2007	6th	8	5	3	[12]
2008	10th	8	2	6	[13]
2009	15th	6	1	5	[14]
2010	Did not qualify				[15]	2010	5th	8	6	2	[16]
2011					[17]	2011	11th	8	4	4	[18]
2012					[19]	2012		7	5	2	[20]
2013	15th	9	4	5	[21]
2014	7th	10	5	5	[22]
2015	10th	9	4	5	[23]
2016	12th	7	3	4	[24]
2017		7	6	1	[25]
2018		7	6	1	[26]
2019		7	6	1	[27]
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[a]				[28]
2022	4th	7	4	3	[29]
2023		7	4	3	[30]
2024	10th	7	4	3	[31]
2025	6th	7	5	2	[32]

1. Replaced with the 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers

FIBA Under-21 World Championship (defunct)

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1993	9th	7	4	3	[33]
2001	7th	8	5	3	[34]
2005	10th	7	2	5	[35]

See also

• Israel men's national basketball team
• Israel men's national under-18 basketball team
• Israel women's national under-20 basketball team