Israel at EuroBasket

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The Israel national basketball team has completed at 29 EuroBasket competitions since their tournament debut at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow.

Summary[edit]

EuroBasket Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Lithuania 1939 Did not qualify
Switzerland 1946
Czechoslovakia 1947
Egypt 1949
France 1951
Soviet Union 1953 5th 11 7 4
Hungary 1955 Withdrew
Bulgaria 1957
Turkey 1959 11th 4 1 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1961 11th 7 2 5
Poland 1963 9th 9 4 5 Directly qualified
Soviet Union 1965 6th 9 5 4 3 2 1
Finland 1967 8th 9 4 5 3 2 1
Italy 1969 11th 7 1 6 4 3 1
West Germany 1971 11th 7 1 6 3 2 1
Spain 1973 7th 7 3 4 11 10 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1975 7th 7 5 2 Directly qualified
Belgium 1977 5th 7 4 3
Italy 1979 Silver 9 5 4
Czechoslovakia 1981 6th 8 3 5
France 1983 6th 7 3 4
West Germany 1985 9th 7 3 4
Greece 1987 11th 7 2 5 12 10 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989 Did not qualify 3 2 1
Italy 1991 10 5 5
Germany 1993 15th 3 1 2 6 4 2
Greece 1995 9th 6 2 4 6 5 1
Spain 1997 9th 8 4 4 10 6 4
France 1999 9th 6 2 4 10 7 3
Turkey 2001 10th 4 1 3 10 8 2
Sweden 2003 7th 7 3 4 10 5 5
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 9th 4 2 2 12 9 3
Spain 2007 11th 6 2 4 14 9 5
Poland 2009 15th 3 0 3 6 3 3
Lithuania 2011 13th 5 2 3 8 5 3
Slovenia 2013 21st 5 1 4 10 6 4
FranceCroatiaGermanyLatvia 2015 10th 6 3 3 6 4 2
FinlandIsraelRomaniaTurkey 2017 21st 5 1 4 Directly qualified
Czech RepublicGeorgia (country)GermanyItaly 2021 To be determined To be determined
Total 29/38 190 77 113 157 107 50

Note: Red border indicates host nation

Competitions[edit]

1953 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1953, the eighth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's first time competing, and finished fifth.

European Cup, Moscow 1953. Zacharia Ofri (#4, Israel) tipping off the ball
First round - Group D
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1.  Israel 7 3 1 178 141 +37
2.  Yugoslavia 7 3 1 218 170 +48
3.  Bulgaria 7 3 1 230 182 +48
4.  Finland 5 1 3 184 219 −35
5.  Lebanon 3 0 4 159 257 −98
Bulgaria 48 – 61 Israel
Israel 60 – 36 Finland
Yugoslavia 57 – 55 Israel
Israel 2 – 0 (w/o) Lebanon

Note: Lebanon forfeited to Israel during their scheduled game.[1]

Final round
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1.  Soviet Union 14 7 0 444 265 +179
2.  Hungary 11 4 3 375 282 +93
3.  France 11 4 3 391 374 +17
4.  Czechoslovakia 11 4 3 387 332 +55
5.  Israel 11 4 3 238 327 −89
6.  Yugoslavia 10 3 4 334 370 −36
7.  Italy 8 1 6 323 387 −64
8.  Egypt 7 1 6 271 426 −155

The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.[2]

Israel 20 – 66 Hungary
Israel 25 – 75 Soviet Union
Israel 45 – 62 France
Israel 2 – 0 (w/o) Egypt
Israel 59 – 53 Czechoslovakia
Israel 47 – 42 Italy
Israel 40 – 29 Yugoslavia

Note: Egypt forfeited to Israel during their scheduled game.

Roster

Coach: Jacob Saltiel

1959 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1959, the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's second time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round - Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 4 4 0 316 173 +143 8
 France 4 3 1 252 228 +24 7
 Italy 4 2 2 250 233 +17 6
 Israel 4 1 3 145 216 −60 5
 East Germany 4 0 4 133 224 −124 4
May 21
18:00
Italy  74–59  Israel
Scoring by half: 30–30, 44–29
Pts: Pieri (19) Pts: Klein (14)
May 22
21:00
France  77–66  Israel
Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18) Pts: Klein (29)
May 23
10:00
Israel  79–67  East Germany
Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23) Pts: Kulik (18)
May 24
19:30
Soviet Union  90–44  Israel
Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17) Pts: Kastan (12)
Classification round 1
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 124 98 +26 4
 Finland 2 1 1 124 93 +31 3
 Iran 2 0 2 137 118 −57 2
May 26
21:00
Israel  56–55  Finland
Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15) Pts: Lampen (17)
May 28
10:00
Israel  68–43  Iran
Scoring by half: 35–11, 33–32
Pts: Ben-Bassat (12) Pts: Meshun (12)
Classification round 2 - Group 1 (9th–11th Place)
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 150 130 +20 4
 Italy 2 1 1 151 134 +17 3
 Israel 2 0 2 110 147 −37 2
May 30
11:30
Yugoslavia  72–54  Israel
Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27) Pts: Klein (19)
May 31
10:00
Italy  75–56  Israel
Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20) Pts: Klein (19)

1961 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1961, the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's third time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group D
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1  Bulgaria 2 2 0 118:89 4 +29
2  Israel 2 1 1 112:89 3 +23
3  West Germany 2 0 2 88:140 2 −52
Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
D1  Israel  West Germany 29:18 41:23 – 70:41
D3  Bulgaria  Israel 21:27 27:15 – 48:42
Second round – Group 2
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1  France 5 4 1 341:286 9 +55
2  Bulgaria 5 4 1 291:281 9 +10
3  Romania 5 4 1 286:269 9 +17
4  Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 308:311 6 −3
5  Turkey 5 1 4 287:311 6 −24
6  Israel 5 1 4 233:288 6 −55
Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
2/1  Israel  Czechoslovakia 30:27 21:37 – 51:64
2/3  Romania  Israel 32:25 30:17 – 62:42
2/6  France  Israel 25:14 39:27 – 64:41
2/11  Israel  Turkey 28:14 29:36 – 57:50
Final round
 

9–12 Place		Final round
9–12 Place
 
      
 
60
 
 
 East Germany50
 
67
 
 Turkey63
 
 Turkey59
 
62
 
 Poland74
 
 Poland74
 
 
 Israel59
 
11 – 12 Place
 
 
66
 
 
 East Germany80
 
 
 Israel83

1963 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1963, the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourth time competing, and finished ninth.[3]

First round – Group A
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Yugoslavia 7 7 0 608:472 14 +136
2.  Hungary 7 5 2 499:455 10 +44
3.  Bulgaria 7 5 2 509:444 10 +65
4.  Belgium 7 4 3 520:512 8 +8
5.  Italy 7 4 3 467:459 8 +8
6.  Israel 7 2 5 463:505 4 −42
7.  Netherlands 7 1 6 453:588 2 −135
8.  Turkey 7 0 7 405:499 0 −94
 Bulgaria  Israel 79–58
 Yugoslavia  Israel 80–73
 Israel  Turkey 64–55
 Israel  Hungary 73–80
 Israel  Netherlands 70–55
 Italy  Israel 63–57
 Belgium  Israel 93–68
Knockout stage – Places 9-12
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Poland
  3.  Yugoslavia
  4.  Hungary
  5.  Bulgaria
  6.  East Germany
  7.  Spain
  8.  Belgium
  9.  Israel
  10.  Czechoslovakia
  11.  Romania
  12.  Italy
  13.  France
  14.  Finland
  15.  Turkey
  16.  Netherlands

Israel defeated Romania in their first game of the 9th-12th place classification Round. They then went on to defeat Czechoslovakia in the 9th-10th place final, to finish in ninth place.[4]

Team 1 Team 2 Result
 Romania  Israel 47–57
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 58–60

1965 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1965, the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fifth time competing, and finished sixth.

First round – Group A
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 7 7 0 546:370 14 +176
2.  Italy 7 5 2 487:466 10 +21
3.  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 522:443 10 +79
4.  Israel 7 4 3 395:439 8 −46
5.  Finland 7 3 4 394:458 6 −64
6.  East Germany 7 2 5 389:454 4 −65
7.  Romania 7 2 5 477:464 4 +13
8.  Hungary 7 0 7 364:478 0 −114
 Hungary  Israel 49–60
 Soviet Union  Israel 88–50
 Israel  Romania 59–57
 Israel  East Germany 56–55
 Israel  Italy 47–68
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 61–61 aet. 71–69
 Finland  Israel 51–52
Knockout stage – Places 5-8
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Poland
  4.  Italy
  5.  Bulgaria
  6.  Israel
  7.  Czechoslovakia
  8.  Greece
  9.  France
  10.  East Germany
  11.  Spain
  12.  Finland
  13.  Romania
  14.  West Germany
  15.  Hungary
  16.  Sweden

Israel defeated against Greece in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and lost to Bulgaria in the fifth place game, finishing in sixth place.

Team 1 Team 2 Result
 Greece  Israel 67–69
 Bulgaria  Israel 63–51

1967 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1967, the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's sixth time competing, and finished eighth.

First round – Group B
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 7 7 0 640:431 14 +209
2.  Bulgaria 7 4 3 475:475 8 +2
3.  Italy 7 4 3 490:480 8 +10
4.  Israel 7 4 3 493:513 8 −20
5.  Greece 7 3 4 449:509 6 −60
6.  France 7 3 4 422:480 6 −58
7.  Hungary 7 2 5 418:464 4 −46
8.  East Germany 7 1 6 435:472 2 −37
 Israel  Soviet Union 65–93
 Israel  Hungary 60–56
 Israel  Greece 75–75 aet. 91–81
 Israel  Italy 67–70
 Israel  East Germany 74–67
 Israel  France 75–68
 Bulgaria  Israel 78–61
Knockout stage – Places 5-8
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Czechoslovakia
  3.  Poland
  4.  Bulgaria
  5.  Romania
  6.  Finland
  7.  Italy
  8.  Israel
  9.  Yugoslavia
  10.  Spain
  11.  France
  12.  Greece
  13.  Hungary
  14.  East Germany
  15.  Belgium
  16.  Netherlands

Israel lost against Finland in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and lost to Italy in the seventh place game, finishing in eighth place.

Team 1 Team 2 Result
 Finland  Israel 73–60
 Italy  Israel 74–72

1969 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1969, the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's seventh time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group B
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Czechoslovakia 5 5 0 397:334 10 +63
2.  Poland 5 3 2 349:380 6 −31
3.  Italy 5 3 2 334:299 6 +35
4.  Spain 5 2 3 359:385 4 −26
5.  Romania 5 2 3 365:361 4 +4
6.  Israel 5 0 5 381:426 0 −45
 Israel  Poland 78–92
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 90–82
 Romania  Israel 75–74
 Israel  Italy 66–79
 Spain  Israel 90–81
Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Israel lost against Greece in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on and defeated Sweden in the eleventh place game, finishing in eleventh place.

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  Poland
  5.  Spain
  6.  Italy
  7.  Bulgaria
  8.  Hungary
  9.  Romania
  10.  Greece
  11.  Israel
  12.  Sweden
Team 1 Team 2 Result
 Greece  Israel 95–62
 Sweden  Israel 83–92

1971 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1971, the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eighth time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group B
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 434:358 10 +76
2.  Italy 5 4 1 374:329 8 +45
3.  Bulgaria 5 3 2 408:357 6 +51
4.  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 401:394 4 +7
5.  Turkey 5 1 4 342:416 2 −74
6.  Israel 5 0 5 408:513 0 −105
 Israel  Italy 68–87
 Turkey  Israel 97–88
 Israel  Bulgaria 75–98
 Israel  Yugoslavia 92–118
 Israel  Czechoslovakia 85–113
Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Israel lost against West Germany in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on and defeated Turkey in the eleventh place game, finishing in eleventh place.

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Italy
  4.  Poland
  5.  Czechoslovakia
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Spain
  8.  Romania
  9.  West Germany
  10.  France
  11.  Israel
  12.  Turkey
Team 1 Team 2 Results
 West Germany  Israel 99–76
 Turkey  Israel 74–84

1973 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1973, the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's ninth time competing, and finished seventh.

First round – Group A
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 5 5 0 439:353 10 +86
2.  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 364:350 8 +14
3.  Turkey 5 2 3 345:386 4 −41
4.  Israel 5 2 3 443:451 4 −8
5.  Poland 5 1 4 376:408 2 −32
6.  Romania 5 1 4 369:388 2 −19
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 92–89
 Israel  Romania 85–80
 Israel  Poland 98–84
 Soviet Union  Israel 101–78
 Turkey  Israel 94–93
Knockout stage – Places 5-8

Israel lost against Italy in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and defeated Turkey in the seventh place game, finishing in seventh place.[5]

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Spain
  3.  Soviet Union
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Italy
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Israel
  8.  Turkey
  9.  Romania
  10.  France
  11.  Greece
  12.  Poland
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Turkey 67
 
 
 
  Bulgaria 76
 
  Bulgaria 78
 
 
 
  Italy 96
 
  Italy 94
 
 
  Israel 73
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Turkey 78
 
 
  Israel 96

1975 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1975, the nineteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's tenth time competing, and finished seventh.

First round – Group B
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 3 3 0 255:224 6 +31
2.  Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 261:252 4 +9
3.  Israel 3 1 2 246:255 2 −9
4.  Poland 3 0 3 232:263 0 −31
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 86–85
 Israel  Poland 90–84
 Soviet Union  Israel 85–71
Knockout stage – Places 7-12

Israel went undefeated in the 7-12 knockout round, finishing in seventh place.[6]

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
7.  Israel 5 5 0 388:338 10 +50
8.  Poland 5 4 1 332:297 6 +35
9.  Turkey 5 3 2 308:332 6 −24
10.  Netherlands 5 2 3 292:306 4 −14
11.  Romania 5 1 4 337:367 2 −30
12.  Greece 5 1 4 284:301 2 −17
 Netherlands  Israel 80–81
 Turkey  Israel 77–101
 Israel  Greece 87–76
 Israel  Romania 119–105

1977 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1977, the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eleventh time competing, and finished fifth.

First round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 428 370 +58 10
 Soviet Union 5 4 1 523 395 +128 9
 Bulgaria 5 3 2 444 464 −20 8
 Israel 5 2 3 427 438 −11 7
 France 5 1 4 377 449 −72 6
 Austria 5 0 5 384 467 −83 5


 Bulgaria  Israel 88–86
 Italy  Israel 78–73
 Israel  Soviet Union 69–103
 Austria  Israel 87–103
 Israel  France 96–82
Knockout stage – Places 5-8

Israel defeated both Belgium and Bulgaria in the Places 5-8 Round, finishing in fifth place.[7]

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Soviet Union
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  Italy
  5.  Israel
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Netherlands
  8.  Belgium
  9.  Spain
  10.  Finland
  11.  France
  12.  Austria
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Bulgaria 108
 
 
 
  Netherlands 85
 
  Bulgaria 78
 
 
 
  Israel 88
 
  Belgium 74
 
 
  Israel 81
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Netherlands 104
 
 
  Belgium 89

1979 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1979, the 21st FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's twelfth time competing, and finished second.

This marked Israel's first metal at the EuroBasket, with winning the silver. In addition, an Israeli competitor won the MVP award for the first time, won by Miki Berkovich.[8]

First round – Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 3 2 1 246 246 0 5
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 258 237 +21 5
 Poland 3 1 2 258 264 −6 4
 France 3 1 2 233 248 −15 4


France 92 – 83 Israel
Israel 86 – 78 Poland
Yugoslavia 76 – 77 Israel 11 June 1979
Final round

The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round. The first and second in this group will go to the finals.

Israel 94 – 93 Czechoslovakia
Israel 78 – 90 Italy
Spain 84 – 88 Israel
Israel 71 – 92 Soviet Union
Israel 77 – 76 Yugoslavia

19 June 1979
 Soviet Union 98
 Israel 76

Roster

Coach: Ralph Klein

1981 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1981, the 22nd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's thirteenth time competing, and finished sixth.

First round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 5 5 0 452 362 +90 10
 Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 393 358 +35 9
 Israel 5 3 2 418 396 +22 8
 France 5 2 3 402 409 −7 7
 England 5 1 4 313 371 −58 6
 Greece 5 0 5 356 438 −82 5


Israel 82 – 74 England
Spain 89 – 81 Israel
France 76 – 88 Israel
Greece 71 – 82 Israel
Israel 85 – 86 Czechoslovakia
Knockout stage – Places 1-6
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Soviet Union 5 5 0 537 424 +113 10
2  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 479 441 +38 9
3  Spain 5 3 2 421 441 −20 8
4  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 425 445 −20 7
5  Italy 5 1 4 440 481 −41 6
6  Israel 5 1 4 435 505 −70 6


 Israel  Yugoslavia 87–102
 Israel  Italy 98–116
 Soviet Union  Israel 112–84

1983 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1983, the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourteenth time competing, and finished sixth.[9] Israel qualified for the tournament automatically by finishing in the top eight during the EuroBasket 1981.

In addition Israeli referee David Dagan worked Group A game against Italy and Sweden[10] as well as semi-finals game Italy vs Netherlands.[11]

First round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 482 375 +107 10
 Netherlands 5 3 2 356 403 −47 8
 West Germany 5 3 2 384 395 −11 8
 Israel 5 2 3 386 398 −12 7
 Poland 5 1 4 357 382 −25 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 405 417 −12 6


26 May
14:30
 Israel 72–78  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 31–43, 41–35
Pts: Berkowitz 24 Pts: Cramer 16
Palais de Sports, Caen
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
27 May
20:30
 Soviet Union 92–87  Israel
Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41
Pts: Myškin 18 Pts: Berkowitz 32
Palais de Sports, Caen
28 May
14:30
 Poland 62–64  Israel
Scoring by half: 32–38, 30–26
Pts: Binkowski 20 Pts: Jamchi, Berkowitz 16
Palais de Sports, Caen
29 May
20:30
 Czechoslovakia 89–93 (OT)  Israel
Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: PRajniak 25 Pts: Jamchi 27
Palais de Sports, Caen
30 May
20:30
 West Germany 77–70  Israel
Scoring by half: 42–42, 35–28
Pts: Schrempf 16 Pts: Jamchi 20
Palais de Sports, Caen
Knockout stage – Places 5-8
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 5–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union 6–1
4  Netherlands 3–4
5  France 4–3
6  Israel 3–4
7  Yugoslavia 4–3
8  West Germany 3–4
9  Poland 3–4
10  Czechoslovakia 2–5
11  Greece 2–5
12  Sweden 0–7
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
1 June – 18:00
 
 
 Yugoslavia88
 
4 June – 15:30
 
 Israel99
 
 Israel88
 
2 June – 18:00
 
 France92
 
 West Germany82
 
 
 France90
 
Seventh place
 
 
3 June – 18:00
 
 
 Yugoslavia104
 
 
 West Germany88
1 June
18:00
 Israel 99–88  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–46, 51–42
Pts: Silver 27 Pts: Radovanović 26
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)
4 June
18:00
 France 92–88  Israel
Scoring by half: 42–41, 50–47
Pts: Szanyiel 23 Pts: Jamchi 22
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)
Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
F/C 4 Howard Lassoff 27 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PG 5 Israel Elimelech 22 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960
PF 6 Louis Silver 29 – (1953-11-27)27 November 1953
PG 7 Motti Aroesti –
C 8 Steve Schlachtern –
F 9 Miki Berkovich 29 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
C 10 Chaim Zlotikman 26 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957
PG 11 Shmuel Zisman –
G/F 12 Doron Jamchi 21 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
C 13 Ofer Yaakobi –
14 Niv Bogin 22 – (1960-07-29)29 July 1960
C 15 Johan Willis 30 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

1985 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1985, the 24th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fifteenth time competing, and finished ninth. Israel qualified for the tournament automatically by finishing in the top eight during the EuroBasket 1983.

Israeli competitor Doron Jamchi lead all scorers with an average of 28.1 points per game. Israeli referee Todd Warnick worked several games. He worked the Group A games Poland vs Romania,[12] France vs Yugoslavia,[13] and France vs Poland.[14] He additionally worked the quarterfinals game Yugoslavia vs Czechoslovakia,[15] and third place game Spain vs Italy.[16]

First round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 4 1 459 391 +68 9
 West Germany 5 4 1 445 420 +25 9
 Bulgaria 5 3 2 396 385 +11 8
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 428 425 +3 7
 Israel 5 2 3 430 434 −4 7
 Netherlands 5 1 4 397 503 −106 6


5 June
20:30
 Israel 72–78  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 44–37, 28–41
Pts: Jamchi 27 Pts: Evtimov 26
Wilhelm-Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: José Manuel Reynoso (USA), Yvan Mainini (FRA)
6 June
18:15
 Israel 92–93  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 54–42, 38–51
Pts: Jamchi 33 Pts: Kropilák 23
Wilhelm-Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Zoran Grbac (YUG), Ion Antonescu (ROU)
7 June
20:30
 Israel 80–86  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 49–45, 31–41
Pts: Jamchi 19 Pts: Kuipers 22
Wilhelm-Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen
Attendance: 2,460
Referees: Yvan Mainin (FRA), Zoran Grbac (YUG)
8 June
18:15
 Israel 94–88  West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–52, 48–36
Pts: Jamchi 42 Pts: Schrempf 36
Wilhelm-Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen
Attendance: 4,002
Referees: Georgy Avalishvili (URS), Francisco Fajardo (ESP)
9 June
19:30
 Israel 92–89 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–41 Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Berkovich 34 Pts: Magnifico 23
Wilhelm-Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen
Attendance: 3,690
Referees: José Manuel Reynoso (USA), Ion Antonescu (ROU)
Knockout stage – Places 9-12
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 7–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 4–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 6–2
4  Spain 5–3
5  West Germany 5–3
6  France 2–6
7  Yugoslavia 5–3
8  Bulgaria 3–5
9  Israel 4–3
10  Romania 2–5
11  Poland 2–5
12  Netherlands 1–6
 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
11 June – 15:30
 
 
 Poland86
 
14 June – 15:30
 
 Israel91
 
 Israel90
 
12 June – 15:30
 
 Romania89
 
 Romania90
 
 
 Netherlands87
 
Eleventh place
 
 
13 June – 15:30
 
 
 Poland102
 
 
 Netherlands100
11 June
15:30
 Poland 86–91  Israel
Scoring by half: 45–40, 41–51
Pts: Zelig 25 Pts: Jamchi 29
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Francisco Fajardo (ESP), Zoran Grbac (YUG)
14 June
15:30
 Israel 90–89  Romania
Scoring by half: 47–47, 43–42
Pts: Jamchi 39 Pts: Ermurache 21
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart
Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Georgy Labov (BUL)
Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
4 Amir Bino 23 – (1961-08-08)8 August 1961
F 5 Mordechai Daniel 21 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
C 6 Ofer Yaakobi –
PG 7 Motti Aroesti –
C 8 Steve Schlachter –
F 9 Miki Berkovich 31 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 10 Chaim Zlotikman 28 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957
PG 11 Shmuel Zisman –
F 12 Doron Jamchi 23 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
PG 13 Hen Lippin 19 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
F 14 Pinhas Hozez 27 – (1957-09-08)8 September 1957
C 15 Johan Willis 32 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 June 1985

1987 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1987, the 25th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's sixteenth time competing, and finished eleventh.[17] Israel qualified for the tournament during the qualification stage.

Israeli referee Todd Warnick also worked several games during the tournament. He was a referee for Group A games: Yugoslavia vs Soviet Union,[18] Greece vs Spain,[19] and France vs Romania.[20] He also was a referee during the Quarterfinals game Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia,[21] and Semifinals game Greece vs Yugoslavia.[22]

First round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 467 379 +88 10
 West Germany 5 3 2 428 447 −19 8
 Poland 5 3 2 332 434 −102 8
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 436 437 −1 7
 Netherlands 5 1 4 380 430 −50 6
 Israel 5 1 4 422 438 −16 6


3 June
10:00
 Israel 99–83  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 44–40, 55–43
Pts: Jamchi 37 Pts: Kropilák 20
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
4 June
10:00
 Israel 60–61  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 24–43, 36–18
Pts: Jamchi 36 Pts: Smits 20
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), George Chiraleu (ROU)
5 June
14:00
 Israel 107–112 (OT)  West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–49, 58–49 Overtime: 9–14
Pts: Bird-Curtis 28 Pts: Jackel 40
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Radoslav Petrović (YUG), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
6 June
20:00
 Israel 79–99  Italy
Scoring by half: 41–56, 38–43
Pts: Jamchi 34 Pts: Riva 20
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
7 June
15:00
 Israel 77–83  Poland
Scoring by half: 45–43, 32–40
Pts: Jamchi 24 Pts: Zelig 31
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
Knockout stage – Places 9-12
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Greece 6–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 5–3
4  Spain 4–4
5  Italy 7–1
6  West Germany 4–4
7  Poland 4–4
8  Czechoslovakia 2–6
9  France 3–4
10  Netherlands 2–5
11  Israel 2–5
12  Romania 0–7
 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
9 June – 17:30
 
 
 France96
 
13 June – 17:30
 
 Israel93
 
 France94
 
10 June – 17:30
 
 Netherlands80
 
 Romania87
 
 
 Netherlands88
 
Eleventh place
 
 
11 June – 17:30
 
 
 Israel97
 
 
 Romania87
9 June
17:30
 France 96–93  Israel
Scoring by half: 44–50, 52–43
Pts: Dubuisson 36 Pts: Bird Curtis 34
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Costas Rigas (GRE), George Chiraleu (ROU)
11 June
17:30
 Israel 97–87  Romania
Scoring by half: 49–43, 48–44
Pts: Jamchi 44 Pts: Niculescu 20
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Peter George (FRG)
Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
C 4 Howard Lassoff 31 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
F 5 Mordechai Daniel 23 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
PG 6 Adi Gordon 21 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Maccabi Haifa B.C. Israel
F 7 Nadav Henefeld 18 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) A.S. Ramat HaSharon Israel
C 8 Ofer Fleisher 21 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
PG 9 Ariel Rosenberg 18 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968
PG 10 Hen Lippin 21 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
F 11 Doron Shefa 25 – (1961-10-13)13 October 1961 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Haifa B.C. Israel
F 12 Doron Jamchi 25 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 13 LaVon Mercer 28 – (1959-01-13)13 January 1959 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 14 Tomer Steinhauer 20 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Haifa B.C. Israel
C 15 Itzhak Cohen 18 – (1968-08-10)10 August 1968
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 June 1987

1993 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1993, the 28th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's seventeenth time competing, and finished thirteenth.[23] Israel qualified for the tournament after having not competed in the previous two.

Additionally, Israeli referee Reuven Virovnik worked Group B game France vs Turkey,[24] Group D games Belgium vs Germany,[25] and Slovenia vs Germany,[26] and Group F games Estonia vs Turkey,[27] Estonia vs France,[28] and Germany vs Turkey.[29] In addition to working Place 5-8 Round Estonia vs Spain,[30] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs France.[31] He also worked Quarterfinals games Croatia vs Bosnia,[32] and Herzegovina and Semifinals game Greece vs Germany.[33]

First round – Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 3 2 1 243 214 +29 5
 Latvia 3 2 1 243 244 −1 5
 Italy 3 1 2 244 251 −7 4
 Israel 3 1 2 243 267 −24 4


22 June
21:00
 Italy 92–83  Israel
Scoring by half: 40–23, 52–60
Pts: Rusconi 22 Pts: Jamchi 19
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)
23 June
19:00
 Israel 79–74  Greece
Scoring by half: 40–41, 39–33
Pts: Gordon 35 Pts: Giannakis 32
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Peter George (GER)
24 June
19:00
 Latvia 101–84  Israel
Scoring by half: 50–35, 51–49
Pts: Jaunzems 21 Pts: Henefeld 16
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Peter George (GER), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)
Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
F 4 Nadav Henefeld 25 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 5 Ofer Fleisher 27 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
F 6 Israel Elimelech 33 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960
C 7 Desi Barmore 33 – (1960-05-22)22 May 1960
C 8 Shimon Amsalem 26 – (1966-11-10)10 November 1966
PG 9 Adi Gordon 27 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. Israel
C 10 Tomer Steinhauer 26 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
G 11 Doron Sheffer 21 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
F 12 Doron Jamchi 31 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
F 13 Amir Katz 22 – (1970-07-15)15 July 1970
G 14 Lior Arditty 25 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 15 Motti Daniel 29 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 June 1993

1995 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1995, the 29th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eighteenth time competing, and finished ninth.

Additionally, Israeli referee Reuven Virovnik worked several games during the tournament. He was the referee for the Group A game Yugoslavia vs Germany,[34] Group B games Slovenia vs France,[35] Finland vs Spain,[36] Russia vs Croatia,[37] France vs Turkey,[38] and Slovenia vs Turkey.[39]

First round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 6 6 0 490 411 +79 12
 Lithuania 6 5 1 513 442 +71 11
 Greece 6 4 2 448 430 +18 10
 Italy 6 3 3 438 433 +5 9
 Israel 6 2 4 419 417 +2 8
 Germany 6 1 5 448 488 −40 7
 Sweden 6 0 6 393 528 −135 6


21 June
17:30
Israel  71–73  Italy
Scoring by half: 39–37, 32–36
Pts: Henefeld 16
Rebs: Henefeld 7
Asts: Goodes 4		 Pts: Rusconi 17
Rebs: Rusconi 10
Asts: Pittis, Rusconi 3
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Necip Kapanlı (TUR)
22 June
22:00
Sweden  62–87  Israel
Scoring by half: 34–42, 28–45
Pts: Sahlström 15
Rebs: Sahlström 9
Asts: Evers 4		 Pts: Jamchi 22
Rebs: Fleisher, Sheffer 5
Asts: Goodes 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: Wiesław Zych (POL), Aleš Kamnikar (SLO)
24 June
13:30
Israel  78–60  Germany
Scoring by half: 40–20, 38–40
Pts: Jamchi 20
Rebs: Fleisher 10
Asts: Sheffer 6		 Pts: Koch 22
Rebs: Welp 7
Asts: Nürnberger 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Aleš Kamnikar (SLO)
26 June
20:00
Greece  69–59  Israel
Scoring by half: 29–25, 30–24
Pts: Sigalas 20
Rebs: Fasoulas 8
Asts: Sigalas 4		 Pts: Jamchi 17
Rebs: Henefeld 13
Asts: Sheffer 3
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
27 June
13:30
Israel  59–72  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–35, 34–37
Pts: Goodes 13
Rebs: Goodes 5
Asts: Sheffer 3		 Pts: Danilović 21
Rebs: Bodiroga 8
Asts: Paspalj 3
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: George Toliver (USA), Necip Kapanlı (TUR)
28 June
20:00
Lithuania  91–75  Israel
Scoring by half: 45–29, 46–46
Pts: Karnišovas 24
Rebs: Karnišovas 13
Asts: Marčiulionis, Štombergas 5		 Pts: Sheffer 16
Rebs: Balul, Henefeld 5
Asts: Goodes 6
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)
Tournament highs

Two Israelis finished in the top ten for assists. Guy Goodes finished fourth with an average of 3.7 per game, and Doron Sheffer finished seventh with 3.3.[40] Three Israelis finished in the top ten in steals. Nadav Henefeld finished first averaging 2.7 steals per game, Doron Sheffer had 2.2 and Mordechai Daniel had 1.8.[41] Israel also finished first as a team, averaging 11.5 steals per game.[42] Israeli Nadav Henefeld finished third in average minutes played, with 34.2 minutes per game.[43]

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
F 4 Nadav Henefeld 27 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 5 Ofer Fleisher 29 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
PG 6 Guy Goodes 24 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
G 7 Bradley Leaf 35 – (1960-05-17)17 May 1960
PF 8 Dror Cohen 21 – (1974-01-17)17 January 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Jerusalem B.C. Israel
PG 9 Adi Gordon 29 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Hapoel Holon Israel
C 10 Amir Muchtari 23 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
G 11 Doron Sheffer 23 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) University of Connecticut United States
F 12 Doron Jamchi 33 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
PF 13 Kobi Balul 22 – (1973-02-05)5 February 1973
G 14 Lior Arditty 27 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 15 Motti Daniel 31 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 June 1995

1997 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1997, the 30th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's nineteenth time competing, and finished ninth. Israeli referee Reuven Virovnik also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for First Round Group C game Italy vs Yugoslavia,[44] Group D games Croatia vs Germany,[45] and Spain vs Germany.[46] He also worked Second Round Group F games, Poland vs Croatia,[47] and Yugoslavia vs Spain.[48] He also worked the third place game Greece vs Russia,[49] classification round Poland vs Lithuania,[50] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Latvia.[51]

First round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 245 215 +30 6
 Israel 3 2 1 217 225 −8 5
 France 3 1 2 250 257 −7 4
 Slovenia 3 0 3 210 225 −15 3


25 June
22:30
 Lithuania 75–60  Israel
Scoring by half: 30–31, 45–29
Pts: Einikis, Karnišovas 17
Rebs: Karnišovas 9
Asts: Karnišovas 6		 Pts: Kattash 25
Rebs: Steinhauer 7
Asts: Kattash 3
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Tomislav Jovančić (YUG)
26 June
22:30
 Israel 69–68  Slovenia
Scoring by half: 36–40, 33–28
Pts: Steinhauer 22
Rebs: Henefeld 6
Asts: Kattash 4		 Pts: Alibegović 18
Rebs: Nesterovič 13
Asts: 3 Players 3
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Víctor Mas (ESP), Agnis Perkons (LAT)
27 June
20:30
 France 82–88  Israel
Scoring by half: 42–42, 40–46
Pts: Bonato 21
Rebs: Dubos 6
Asts: Sciarra 5		 Pts: Kattash 34
Rebs: Steinhauer 6
Asts: Kattash 4
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Vilim Koller (SVK), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)
Second round – Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 5 5 0 386 343 +43 10
 Russia 5 4 1 432 343 +89 9
 Lithuania 5 3 2 392 399 −7 8
 Turkey 5 2 3 356 396 −40 7
 Israel 5 1 4 370 410 −40 6
 France 5 0 5 392 437 −45 5


29 June
18:00
 Turkey 81–71  Israel
Scoring by half: 26–35, 55–36
Pts: Ene 19
Rebs: Türkcan 7
Asts: Ene 5		 Pts: Steinhauer 23
Rebs: Steinhauer 8
Asts: Henefeld 5
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Tomislav Jovančić (YUG)
30 June
18:00
 Israel 69–87  Russia
Scoring by half: 31–43, 38–44
Pts: Kattash, Shelef 14
Rebs: Steinhauer 6
Asts: Henefeld 3		 Pts: Fetisov 16
Rebs: Mikhaylov 7
Asts: Babkov 3
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Víctor Mas (ESP), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)
1 July
18:00
 Greece 85–82  Israel
Scoring by half: 44–48, 41–34
Pts: Oikonomou 20
Rebs: Rentzias 6
Asts: Oikonomou 3		 Pts: Kattash 29
Rebs: Sheffer 6
Asts: Sheffer 5
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Krzysztof Koralewski (POL), Almir Akšamija (BIH)
Knockout round – Place 9-12
Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship as host
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 8–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 8–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia 7–2
4  Greece 7–2
5  Spain 6–3
6  Lithuania 5–4
7  Poland 4–5
8  Turkey 3–6
9  Israel 4–4
10  France 2–6
11  Croatia 2–6
12  Germany 1–7
13  Ukraine 3–2
14  Slovenia 1–4
15  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4
16  Latvia 0–5
 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
4 July – 10:00
 
 
 Israel84
 
5 July – 12:00
 
 Germany75
 
 Israel91
 
4 July – 12:00
 
 France84
 
 France84
 
 
 Croatia79
 
Eleventh place
 
 
5 July – 10:00
 
 
 Germany93
 
 
 Croatia100
4 July
10:00
 Israel 84–75  Germany
Scoring by half: 39–41, 45–34
Pts: Kattash 25
Rebs: Kattash 7
Asts: Kattash 5		 Pts: Rödl, Wucherer 18
Rebs: Femerling 9
Asts: Harnisch 4
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS)
5 July
12:00
 Israel 91–84  France
Scoring by half: 43–48, 48–36
Pts: Kattash 27
Rebs: Steinhauer 12
Asts: Kattash, Steinhauer 4		 Pts: Risacher 23
Rebs: Dubos 7
Asts: 3 Players 3
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Agnis Perkons (LAT)
Tournament highs

Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average points per game. Oded Kattash finished first with 22.0, and Tomer Steinhauer finished fourth with 17.1.[52] Tomer Steinhauer finished third in average rebounds per game with 6.4.[53] Oded Kattash finished ninth in average assists per game with 3.7.[54] Oded Kattash finished second in average steals per game with 3.6.[55] The Israeli team also finished fifth overall for teams average steals per game, with 14.4.[56] Three Israelis finished in the top ten for average minutes per game, Oded Kattash finished first with 38.4, Tomer Steinhauer finished third with 34.5 and Nadav Henefeld finished fifth with 33.6.[57] The Israeli team finished first in average free throw percentage over the tournament, with a 76.5% average.[58] Additionally during their game against France they had the highest free throw percentage for any team during a single game, with 90.3% after going 10 for 11.

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
F 4 Nadav Henefeld 29 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
PG 5 Lior Arditty 29 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 6 Papi Turgeman 27 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. Israel
PF 7 Amir Muchtari 25 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
PF 8 David Bernsley 28 – (1969-05-06)6 May 1969
PG 9 Oren Aharoni 23 – (1973-11-12)12 November 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Ramat Gan B.C. Israel
PG 10 Oded Kattash 22 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
G 11 Doron Sheffer 25 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
F 12 Gur Shelef 23 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
F 13 Uri Cohen-Mintz 23 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
C 14 Tomer Steinhauer 30 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
C 15 Ofer Fleisher 31 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 24 June 1997

1999 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1999, the 31st FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's twentieth time competing, and finished ninth.

Israeli referee Reuven Virovnik also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for Preliminary Round Group C games Croatia vs Italy,[59] Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina,[60] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Croatia.[61] In Second Round he worked Group F Turkey vs Germany,[62] and Czech Republic vs Turkey.[63] Additionally he worked the Quarterfinals game France vs Turkey,[64] and Semifinals game Italy vs Yugoslavia.[65]

Qualifier round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 10 10 0 827 643 +184 20
 Israel 10 7 3 749 688 +61 17
 Ukraine 10 5 5 733 692 +41 15
 England 10 4 6 679 726 −47 14
 Belarus 10 3 7 652 774 −122 13
 Denmark 10 1 9 639 771 −132 11


Team 1 Team 2 Result
Israel Belarus 95-64
Ukraine Israel 62-65
Denmark Israel 76-95
Israel Spain 61-67
England Israel 68-82
Belarus Israel 71-65
Ukraine Israel 77-70
Israel Denmark 67-63
Spain Israel 71-63
Israel England 79-76
Preliminary round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 227 181 +46 6
 France 3 2 1 200 196 +4 5
 Israel 3 1 2 191 220 −29 4
 North Macedonia 3 0 3 197 218 −21 3


21 June
18:00
 Israel 61–81  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 23–38, 38–43
Pts: Sheffer 18
Rebs: Sheffer 5
Asts: Henefeld 4		 Pts: Tomašević 24
Rebs: Tomašević 12
Asts: 4 Players 3
Palais des sports de Toulouse, Toulouse
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
22 June
20:45
 France 77–66  Israel
Scoring by half: 37–34, 40–32
Pts: Abdul-Wahad 19
Rebs: Abdul-Wahad 8
Asts: Abdul-Wahad 3		 Pts: Steinhauer 19
Rebs: Steinhauer 7
Asts: Goodes 7
Palais des sports de Toulouse, Toulouse
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
23 June
18:30
 North Macedonia 62–64  Israel
Scoring by half: 37–29, 25–35
Pts: Stefanov 14
Rebs: Bocevski 12
Asts: Stefanov 8		 Pts: Henefeld 21
Rebs: Henefeld 8
Asts: Kattash 5
Palais des sports de Toulouse, Toulouse
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), György Varadi (HUN)
Second round – Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Yugoslavia 6 5 1 443 386 +57 11 1–0
 France 6 5 1 414 384 +30 11 0–1
 Russia 6 4 2 441 409 +32 10  
 Spain 6 3 3 439 454 −15 9  
 Israel 6 2 4 416 467 −51 8 1–0
 Slovenia 6 2 4 405 421 −16 8 0–1
26 June
20:45
 Russia 93–84 (OT)  Israel
Scoring by half: 41–43, 35–33 Overtime: 17–8
Pts: Ruslan Avleev, Karasev 21
Rebs: Panov 10
Asts: Karasev 6		 Pts: Sheffer 26
Rebs: Sheffer 7
Asts: Shelef 5
Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau
Attendance: 7,600
Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Stefano Cazzaro (ITA)
27 June
18:30
 Israel 67–66  Slovenia
Scoring by half: 41–28, 26–38
Pts: Goodes 16
Rebs: Henefeld, Kattash 5
Asts: Sheffer 5		 Pts: Zdovc 20
Rebs: Jurković 9
Asts: Jurković, Zdovc 4
Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Ivan Zachara (CZE)
28 June
14:45
 Spain 88–74  Israel
Scoring by half: 36–31, 52–43
Pts: Reyes 19
Rebs: Herreros, Reyes 7
Asts: de la Fuente 4		 Pts: Sheffer 17
Rebs: Steinhauer 5
Asts: Goodes 4
Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau
Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Stefano Cazzaro (ITA)
Tournament highs

Doron Sheffer finish third in all players during the tournament for points per game, with 16.7.[66] Two Israelis finished in the top ten for average minutes per game in the tournament. Nadav Henefeld finished sixth with 33.2, and Doron Sheffer finished seventh with 32.7.[67] The Israeli team finished third in average assists per game, with 17.0.[68]

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
F 4 Nadav Henefeld 31 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 5 Mordechai Daniel 35 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
PG 6 Guy Goodes 28 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Cantabria Baloncesto Spain
G 7 Papi Turgeman 29 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 8 Shimon Amsalem 32 – (1966-11-10)10 November 1966
PG 9 Meir Tapiro 24 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
PG 10 Oded Kattash 24 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos Greece
G 11 Doron Sheffer 27 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 12 Gur Shelef 25 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 13 Uri Cohen-Mintz 25 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 14 Tomer Steinhauer 32 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 15 Yoav Saffar 23 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 June 1999

2001 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2001, the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 21st time competing, and finished tenth.

Israeli referee Moise Bitton also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for Preliminary Round, Group C, Estonia vs Germany,[69] and Estonia vs Croatia.[70]

Qualifier round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 10 8 2 817 703 +114 18
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 4 781 760 +21 16
 Netherlands 10 5 5 752 742 +10 15
 Bulgaria 10 4 6 815 799 +16 14
 Finland 10 4 6 795 880 −85 14
 Sweden 10 3 7 762 838 −76 13


[71]

Team 1 Team 2 Result
Israel Netherlands 90-61
Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel 65-69
Israel Finland 93-68
Sweden Israel 61-75
Israel Bulgaria 87-65
Netherlands Israel 71-53
Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina 97-81
Finland Israel 68-86
Israel Sweden 81-83
Bulgaria Israel 80-86
Preliminary round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 France 3 2 1 239 225 +14 5 1–0
 Lithuania 3 2 1 215 195 +20 5 0–1
 Israel 3 1 2 218 210 +8 4 1–0
 Ukraine 3 1 2 214 256 −42 4 0–1
31 August
16:45
 Israel 71–77 (OT)  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–16, 16–15, 18–13, Overtime: 9–15
Pts: Tapiro 21
Rebs: Tapiro 12
Asts: Tapiro 7		 Pts: Foirest 18
Rebs: Sciarra 10
Asts: Foirest 5
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)
1 September
16:45
 Lithuania 68–59  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–4, 9–22, 23–21, 18–12
Pts: Timinskas 15
Rebs: Timinskas 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Sharp, Turgeman 12
Rebs: Green 11
Asts: Lubin 3
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
2 September
14:30
 Ukraine 65–88  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–22, 17–23, 15–22
Pts: Ryzhov 16
Rebs: Okunskyy 6
Asts: Rayevskyy 2		 Pts: Saffar 19
Rebs: Green 9
Asts: Tapiro 5
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Atso Matsalu (EST)
Second round
3 September
21:15
 Spain 71–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 27–19, 16–24, 18–13
Pts: Reyes 16
Rebs: Reyes 11
Asts: Navarro 5		 Pts: Turgeman 15
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Turgeman 2
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
Tournament highs

Yaniv Green finished in ninth place among all players in the tournament for average rebounds per game, with 7.0.[72] Yoav Saffar finished in eighth place among all players in the tournament for average steals per game, with 1.8.[73] Lior Lubin in the game against Ukraine had more steals than anyone else in a game, with 8. Additionally the Israeli team had the highest average steals of any team, with 12.3.[74] Two Israelis finished in the top ten of the players in the tournament in minutes per game. Derrick Sharp finished third with 34.3 and Shalom Turgeman finished fourth with 33.9.[citation needed]

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
C 4 Israel Sheinfeld 25 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Wright State University United States
F 5 Shahar Gordon 21 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
G 6 Derrick Sharp 29 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 7 Papi Turgeman 31 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 8 Lior Lubin 23 – (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
SF 9 Ido Kozikaro 23 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
G 10 Afik Nissim 20 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
G 11 Meir Tapiro 26 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 12 Yoav Saffar 25 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
F 13 Barak Peleg 29 – (1972-06-16)16 June 1972 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 21 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Bnei Herzliya Israel
F 15 Moshe Mizrahi 21 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Holon Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2001

2003 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2003, the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 22nd time competing, and finished seventh.

Israeli referee Shmuel Bachar also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for the Preliminary Round, Group D, Greece vs Croatia,[75] and Turkey vs Greece.[76] He was the referee in the fifth place games Serbia and Montenegro vs Greece.[77] He also worked Quarterfinals game France vs Russia,[78] and Semifinals game France vs Lithuania.[79]

Qualifier round
Preliminary round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 279 224 +55 6
 Germany 3 2 1 251 260 −9 5
 Israel 3 1 2 234 255 −21 4
 Latvia 3 0 3 252 277 −25 3


September 5
15:15
 Germany 86–81  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 22–23, 19–13, 22–30
Pts: Nowitzki, Okulaja 17
Rebs: Okulaja 10
Asts: Demirel 4		 Pts: Tapiro 21
Rebs: Tapiro 6
Asts: Burstein, Halperin 2
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 2,444
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
September 6
17:00
 Israel 62–94  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 6–17, 18–28, 19–26
Pts: Green 12
Rebs: Kozikaro, Saffar 4
Asts: Tapiro 2		 Pts: Štombergas 16
Rebs: Praškevičius, Slanina 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 3,666
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Tonči Anzulović(CRO)
September 7
18:15
 Israel 91–75  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 23–18, 20–21, 19–22
Pts: Burstein 21
Rebs: Burstein 8
Asts: Burstein 6		 Pts: Ostlers 17
Rebs: Ostlers 6
Asts: Štelmahers 5
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 3,850
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL)
Second round
September 8
20:30
 Slovenia 76–78  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 15–21, 10–23, 23–18
Pts: Gorenc 21
Rebs: Nachbar 6
Asts: Lakovič 3		 Pts: Green 14
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Tapiro 9
Coop Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,843
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
Quarterfinals
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
September 10 – 18:00
 
 
 France76
 
September 13 – 14:00
 
 Russia69
 
 France70
 
September 10 – 21:00
 
 Lithuania74
 
 Lithuania98
 
September 14 – 20:00
 
 Serbia and Montenegro82
 
 Lithuania93
 
September 11 – 18:00
 
 Spain84
 
 Spain78
 
September 13 – 17:00
 
 Israel64
 
 Spain81
 
September 11 – 21:00
 
 Italy78 Third place
 
 Greece59
 
September 14 – 17:00
 
 Italy62
 
 France67
 
 
 Italy69
 
September 11
18:00
 Spain 78–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 16–14, 14–15, 20–13
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 7
Asts: Calderón 4		 Pts: Sharp 16
Rebs: Tapiro 6
Asts: Tapiro 5
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,466
Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL)
Knockout Stage – Place 5-8
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
September 12 – 18:00
 
 
 Russia77
 
September 14 – 13:30
 
 Serbia and Montenegro86
 
 Serbia and Montenegro64
 
September 12 – 21:00
 
 Greece72
 
 Israel56
 
 
 Greece63
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 14 – 11:00
 
 
 Russia82
 
 
 Israel89
September 12
21:00
 Israel 56–63  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 12–19, 17–15, 17–12
Pts: Halperin 12
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Halperin 3		 Pts: Fotsis 19
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papaloukas 5
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,892
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU)
September 14
11:00
 Russia 82–89  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–20, 21–22, 25–31
Pts: Monia 26
Rebs: Karasev, Monia 6
Asts: Kirilenko, Monia 4		 Pts: Tapiro 26
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Burstein 4
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,723
Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR)
Tournament highs

Two Israelis finish in the top ten in average assists per game. Meir Tapiro finished fourth with 3.4 and Tal Burstein finished ninth with 2.4.[80] Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average steals per game. Meir Tapiro finished third with 1.9 and Tal Burstein finished seventh with 1.3.[81] Meir Tapiro also finished tied with the tournament high of five steals in a game. Israel as a team also finished fifth with average steals per game for a team, with 7.0.[82] Tal Burstein finished fifth in all players in the tournament in minutes per game with 31.6.[83] Israel during the game against Latvia had the highest 3-point field goal percentage of the tournament of 55.6% after going ten for eighteen. Israel during the game against Spain had the highest free throw percentage of the tournament, of 100% after going six for six.

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G 4 Erez Katz 23 – (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 5 Yotam Halperin 19 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 6 Derrick Sharp 31 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 7 Moshe Mizrahi 23 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 8 Israel Sheinfeld 27 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
F 9 Gur Shelef 29 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 10 Tal Burstein 23 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 11 Meir Tapiro 28 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 12 Yoav Saffar 27 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SF 13 Ido Kozikaro 25 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 23 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
F 15 Shahar Gordon 23 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2003

2005 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2005, the 34th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 23rd time competing, and finished ninth.

Israeli referee Seffi Shemmesh also worked several games in the tournament, including Preliminary Round, Group A, games Germany vs Italy,[84] Italy vs Russia,[85] and Italy vs Ukraine,[86] and fifth place game of Lithuania vs Slovenia.[87] Additionally, referee Shmuel Bachar worked Preliminary Round, Group B, games Turkey vs Lithuania,[88] and Bulharia vs Turkey,[89] the third place game France vs Spain,[90] and classification round games Russia vs Lithuania,[91] and Slovenia vs Croatia.[92]

Qualifying round – Group 2
Additional qualifying round – Group B
Final qualifying stage
Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2005
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 166 147 +19 4
 Hungary 2 1 1 153 162 −9 3
 Czech Republic 2 0 2 157 167 −10 2


12 September 2005
20:00
Czech Republic  78–83  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25
Novi Sad, Serbia
13 September 2005
20:00
Israel  83–69  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–17, 18–20, 25–15
Novi Sad, Serbia
Preliminary round – Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 280 264 +16 5
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 1 245 233 +12 5
 Israel 3 2 1 236 235 +1 5
 Latvia 3 0 3 241 270 −29 3


16 September
17:30
 Latvia 65–74  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–15, 8–18, 16–18
Pts: Štelmahers 19
Rebs: Helmanis 6
Asts: Šķēle, Štelmahers 2		 Pts: Hajaj 18
Rebs: Tapiro 10
Asts: Shelef, Tapiro 4
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)
17 September
20:30
 Israel 77–93  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 27–20, 12–26
Pts: Burstein 20
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Burstein 6		 Pts: Jarić 19
Rebs: Krstić 10
Asts: Rakočević 6
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
18 September
17:30
 Spain 77–85  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–16, 31–32, 18–20
Pts: Garbajosa 21
Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 9
Asts: Navarro 4		 Pts: Burstein 19
Rebs: 4 Players 4
Asts: Burstein, Tapiro 5
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
Knockout stage
20 September
20:30
 Greece 67–61  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 11–8, 24–27, 18–20
Pts: Zisis 23
Rebs: Papadopoulos 10
Asts: Zisis 6		 Pts: Green 11
Rebs: Burstein 6
Asts: Burstein 6
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU)
Tournament highs

Tal Burstein and Meir Tapiro both tied for third in average number of assists per game, with 4.0.[93] Israel also finished in first for assists for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 14.3 per game.[94] Dror Hajaj and Meir Tapiro both tied for second in average number of steals per game, with 3.0.[95] Israel also finished in second for steals for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 11.8 per game.[96] Yaniv Green was tied for seventh place on average number of blocks per game, with 1.0.[97] Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average minutes per game. Tal Burstein finished fourth with 34.5, and Meir Tapiro finished tenth with 31.3.[98] Tal Burstein in the game against Greece, lead all players in the tournament in an individual game in turnovers, with 8.

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
4 Dror Hajaj 26 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978 Spotter Leuven Belgium
G 5 Afik Nissim 24 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Strasbourg IG France
F 6 Sharon Shason 26 – (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Ural Great Perm Russia
7 Chris Watson 30 – (1975-07-16)16 July 1975
C 8 Erez Markovich 27 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
F 9 Gur Shelef 31 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 10 Tal Burstein 25 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 11 Meir Tapiro 30 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) SLUC Nancy France
F 12 Moshe Mizrahi 25 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
SF 13 Ido Kozikaro 27 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 25 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 15 Yotam Halperin 21 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 September 2005

2007 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2007, the 35th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 24th time competing, and finished eleventh. Games were broadcast in Israel on Sport 5 and Channel 10.

Qualifying Round – Group 2
Additional qualifying round – Group C
Final qualifying stage
Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2007
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 159 147 +12 4
 North Macedonia 2 1 1 160 155 +5 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 2 123 140 −17 2


30 August 2007
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  60–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
31 August 2007
20:30
Israel  92–87  North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 17–23, 29–19, 21–27
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,700
Preliminary round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 224 174 +50 6
 Greece 3 2 1 197 194 +3 5
 Israel 3 1 2 209 249 −40 4
 Serbia 3 0 3 215 228 −13 3


3 September
20:00
 Israel 66–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–12, 17–21, 18–24
Pts: Halperin 20
Rebs: Tapiro 8
Asts: Halperin, Tapiro 6		 Pts: Spanoulis 19
Rebs: Dikoudis 6
Asts: Tsartsaris 3
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Virginijus Dovidavičius (LTU), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
4 September
18:00
 Russia 90–56  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 23–13, 26–13, 24–15
Pts: Holden 18
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: Khryapa, Kirilenko5		 Pts: Eliyahu 17
Rebs: Green 8
Asts: Pnini 2
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 4,350
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Eddie Viator (FRA)
5 September
18:00
 Israel 87–83  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 20–22, 25–15, 26–23
Pts: Green 26
Rebs: Green 12
Asts: Tapiro 4		 Pts: Gurović 19
Rebs: Miličić 13
Asts: Jarić 6
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Eddie Viator (FRA)
Second round – Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 422 341 +81 9
 Russia 5 4 1 381 325 +56 9
 Greece 5 3 2 353 348 +5 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 398 396 +2 7
 Portugal 5 1 4 350 420 −70 6
 Israel 5 1 4 360 434 −74 6


7 September
19:00
 Israel 80–75  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 19–18, 20–16, 27–24
Pts: Green 17
Rebs: Green 16
Asts: Tapiro 7		 Pts: Kasun 18
Rebs: Kasun, Markota 7
Asts: Kus 4
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Oliver Lefwerth (SWE)
9 September
16:30
 Portugal 94–85  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 18–20, 19–14, 29–37
Pts: Gomes 23
Rebs: Gomes 11
Asts: da Silva 9		 Pts: Eliyahu 29
Rebs: Eliyahu 9
Asts: Tapiro 6
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), Anibal Castaño (FRA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
11 September
21:30
 Spain 99–73  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 28–19, 27–20, 25–5
Pts: P. Gasol 26
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: 3 Players 3		 Pts: 3 Players 15
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Tapiro 7
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Eddie Viator (FRA)
Tournament records

Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place in average points per game, with 14.0.[99]

Yaniv Green finished in first place in average rebounds per game, with 9.3.[100]

Two Israelis finished in the top ten average assists per game. Meir Tapiro finished in second place with 5.0, and Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place with 2.8.[101] Additionally Israel finished in third place a team in the tournament with an average of 13.7 assists per game.[102]

Meir Tapiro finished in fourth place in average steals per game, with 1.5.[103]

Yaniv Green finished in fourth place in average blocks per game, with 1.5.[104]

Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place in average minutes per game, with 31.5.[105]

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G 4 Dror Hajaj 28 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 5 Moran Roth 24 – (1982-11-10)10 November 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Hapoel Holon Israel
G 6 Yotam Halperin 23 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 7 Lior Eliyahu 21 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
C 8 Erez Markovich 29 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 9 Jeron Roberts 30 – (1976-11-10)10 November 1976 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Demon Astronauts Amsterdam Netherlands
F 10 Guy Pnini 23 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 11 Meir Tapiro 32 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bnei HaSharon Israel
G 12 Matan Naor 26 – (1980-11-03)3 November 1980 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
SF 13 Ido Kozikaro 29 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 27 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CSK VVS Samara Russia
C 15 Amit Tamir 27 – (1979-12-02)2 December 1979 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Cherkaski Monkeys Ukraine
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 September 2007

2009 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2009, the 36th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 25th time competing, and finished thirteenth. Games were broadcast in Israel on Sport 5 and Channel 1.

Referees

Several Israeli referees worked the tournament as well.

Omer Esteron worked Qualification Round, Group C, Ukraine vs Turkey,[106] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Czech Republic.[107]

Shmuel Bachar worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Bulgaria,[108] Group C, Turkey vs France,[109] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Hungary.[110] During the Preliminary Round he worked Group D, Poland vs Bulgaria,[111] Bulgaria vs Turkey,[112] and Poland vs Turkey.[113] During the Second Round, Group F, he worked Turkey vs Spain,[114] Slovenia vs Poland,[115] and Poland vs Spain.[116] During the quarterfinals he worked Turkey vs Greece.[117]

Seffi Shemmesh worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Italy,[118] and Group C, Turkey vs Belgium,[119]

Moise Bitton worked Qualification Round, Group C, Turkey vs Ukraine.[120]

Gil Oved worked Qualification Round, Group C, Ukraine vs Belgium.[121]

Gili Cohen worked Additional Qualifying Round, Group A, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Portugal.[122]

Qualifying round – Group D
Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
 Great Britain 10 4 2 504 482 +22
 Israel 9 3 3 515 491 +24
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 3 3 465 470 −5
 Czech Republic 8 2 4 432 473 −41
3 September 2008
19:00
Israel  102–92 (OT)  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 23–22, 27–20, 16–18, Overtime: 17–7
Pts: Tapiro 27
Rebs: Green 6
Asts: Tapiro 6		 Pts: Deng 30
Rebs: Freeland 9
Asts: Mensah-Bonsu 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Petr Sudek (Slovakia), Charalampos Karakatsounis (Greece), Ismail Özgün (Turkey)
6 September 2008
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  77–71  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 19–18, 17–24, 19–14
Pts: Bajramović, Opačak 13
Rebs: Jazvin 9
Asts: Gordić 3		 Pts: Tamir 13
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Tapiro 3
SKPC Mejdan, Tuzla
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (Greece), Marko Juras (Serbia), Radomir Vojinović (Montenegro)
10 September 2008
18:00
Czech Republic  91–70  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 18–16, 27–19, 28–23
Pts: Welsch, Benda 20
Rebs: Starosta 9
Asts: Welsch 8		 Pts: Pnini 22
Rebs: Casspi 8
Asts: Casspi, Halperin, Pnini 2
ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 4,670
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (Italy), Fabien Conderanne (France), Anastasios Piloidis (Greece)
13 September 2008
19:00
Great Britain  96–86  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 31–21, 23–14, 20–32
Pts: Mensah-Bonsu 22
Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 11
Asts: Deng, Reinking 5		 Pts: Eliyahu 24
Rebs: Pnini 5
Asts: Tapiro 4
Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
Attendance: 2,350
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (Spain), Eddie Viator (France), Oliver Krause (Germany)
17 September 2008
18:00
Israel  88–74  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–21, 25–14, 23–15
Pts: Halperin 22
Rebs: Eliyahu 17
Asts: Eliyahu 6		 Pts: Ikonić 17
Rebs: Opačak 7
Asts: Gordić 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy), Mehmet Keseratar (Turkey), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (Greece)
20 September 2008
21:00
Israel  98–61  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–18, 29–19, 20–7
Pts: Halperin 25
Rebs: Eliyahu 9
Asts: Halperin 7		 Pts: Benda 16
Rebs: Benda 5
Asts: Welsch 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (Greece), Emin Mogulkoc (Turkey), Antonis Demetriou (Cyprus)
First Round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 268 202 +66 6
 Croatia 3 2 1 235 226 +9 5
 North Macedonia 3 1 2 207 246 −39 4
 Israel 3 0 3 238 274 −36 3


7 September
19:15
Croatia  86–79  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 17–20, 17–22, 27–20
Pts: Vujčić 21
Rebs: Kasun, Planinić 7
Asts: Planinić 3		 Pts: Eliyahu 31
Rebs: Eliyahu 6
Asts: Halperin 4

Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Dimitar Gologanov (BUL)
8 September
16:30
Israel  79–82  North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 20–23, 16–20, 24–22
Pts: Burstein 25
Rebs: Mekel 7
Asts: Burstein, Eliyahu 4		 Pts: Antić 19
Rebs: Stefanov 8
Asts: Stefanov 4

Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO)
9 September
19:15
Israel  80–106  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 25–31, 17–25, 23–23, 15–27
Pts: Eliyahu 21
Rebs: Green, Eliyahu 8
Asts: Eliyahu 4		 Pts: Spanoulis 18
Rebs: Koufos 8
Asts: Spanoulis 5

Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Jakub Zamojski (POL)
Roster

Coach: Zvi Sherf

No Player Height (m) Height (f) Position Year born Current Club
4 Moran Rot 1.83 6' 00" Guard 1982 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
5 Yuval Naimi 1.87 6' 02" Guard 1988 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
6 Gal Mekel 1.95 6' 05" Guard 1988 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 Raviv Limonad 1.91 6' 03" Guard 1984 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
8 Guy Pnini 2.01 6' 07" Forward 1983 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
9 Yotam Halperin 1.96 6' 05" Guard 1984 Greece Olympiacos
10 Tal Burstein 1.98 6' 06" Guard 1980 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
11 Lior Eliyahu 2.07 6' 09" Forward 1985 Spain Caja Laboral
12 Moshe Mizrahi 2.02 6' 08" Forward 1980 Israel Maccabi Haifa
13 Ido Kozikaro 2.02 6' 08" Forward 1978 Israel Maccabi Haifa
14 Yaniv Green 2.06 6' 09" Center 1980 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
15 Amit Tamir 2.09 6' 10" Center 1979 Israel Ironi Ashkelon

2011 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2011, the 37th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 26th time competing, and finished thirteenth.[123] Games were broadcast in Israel on IBA and Charlton.

Each team during the tournament consisted of 12 players. Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalized foreign player, who could not have been in the national team of another nation. Players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent, were allowed to play for that team. US-born David Blu, who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth.

Qualifying round – Group A
Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
 Montenegro 14 6 2 645 561 +84
 Israel 13 5 3 671 603 +68
 Italy 13 5 3 630 615 +15
 Latvia 11 3 5 636 722 −86
 Finland 9 1 7 599 680 −81
2 August 2010
20:30
Italy  71–79  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–25, 22–22, 16–12
Pts: Bargnani, Belinelli 20
Rebs: Bargnani 8
Asts: Datome, Belinelli 2		 Pts: Halperin 16
Rebs: Bluthenthal 7
Asts: Casspi 5
Palaflorio, Bari
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Ilija Belosevic, Juan Arteaga, David Chambon
8 August 2010
18:00
Israel  110–88  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 37–18, 18–22, 24–23, 31–25
Pts: Casspi 21
Rebs: Casspi 8
Asts: Burstein 6		 Pts: Kuksiks 24
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Strelnieks 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Spyridon Gontas, Dragan Neskovic, Virginijus Dovidavicius
11 August 2010
19:00
Finland  84–83  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–26, 23–18, 17–17
Pts: Huff, Virtanen 13
Rebs: Kotti 10
Asts: Huff, Iisalo 2		 Pts: Halperin 18
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Burstein 3
Barona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,704
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Tomasz Kudlicki, Aare Halliko
14 August 2010
20:30
Israel  77–73  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 14–18, 19–21, 18–12
Pts: Casspi 30
Rebs: Bluthenthal, Eliyahu 5
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Peković 20
Rebs: Dragicevic 8
Asts: Cook 8
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Milan Brziak, Christos Christodoulou, Marius Ciulin
17 August 2010
18:30
Israel  76–81  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–26, 21–21, 16–12
Pts: Casspi 20
Rebs: Casspi 10
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Bargnani 26
Rebs: Belinelli 8
Asts: Belinelli 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Engin Kennerman, Daniel Hierrezuelo, Sasa Maricic
23 August 2010
20:30
Latvia  56–92  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 11–36, 15–14, 15–24
Pts: Selakovs 14
Rebs: Freimanis 7
Asts: Strelnieks 4		 Pts: Pnini 14
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Naimy 4
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Ivo Dolinek, Jakub Zamojski, Mindaugas Vecerskis
26 August 2010
18:00
Israel  85–71  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 19–11, 34–20, 19–18
Pts: Eliyahu 18
Rebs: Eliyahu 13
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Huff 16
Rebs: Huff 8
Asts: Kotti 3
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Mehmet Keseratar, Milan Mazic, Alfred Jovovic
29 August 2010
21:00
Montenegro  79–69  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 13–21, 19–16, 21–12
Pts: Dragicevic 20
Rebs: Dragicevic 8
Asts: Jeretin, Cook 3		 Pts: Casspi, Eliyahu 18
Rebs: Eliyahu 8
Asts: Naimy 5
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Antonio Conde, Sérgio Silva
Preliminary Round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
 France 5 5 0 438 391 1.120 10
 Serbia 5 4 1 432 386 1.119 9
 Germany 5 3 2 377 357 1.056 8
 Israel 5 2 3 399 448 0.891 7
 Italy 5 1 4 380 405 0.938 6
 Latvia 5 0 5 385 424 0.908 5
August 31, 2011
21:00
Germany  91–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 25–12, 25–17, 26–21
Pts: Nowitzki 25
Rebs: Kaman 10
Asts: Hamann 4		 Pts: Pnini 20
Rebs: Eliyahu 6
Asts: Ohayon 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,600
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Anton Makhlin (RUS)
September 1, 2011
17:45
Israel  68–85  France
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 21–18, 13–22, 20–21
Pts: Eliyahu, Halperin 15
Rebs: Burstein, Kadir 4
Asts: Mekel 3		 Pts: Parker 21
Rebs: Noah 9
Asts: Parker 8
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,100
September 2, 2011
15:15
Serbia  89–80  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 13–16, 23–23, 31–16
Pts: Savanović 24
Rebs: four players 7
Asts: Teodosić 5		 Pts: Halperin 18
Rebs: Kadir 10
Asts: Nissim 9
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovsky (UKR), Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), David Berekashvili (GEO)
September 4, 2011
15:15
Israel  91–88  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–23, 19–22, 25–21
Pts: Eliyahu 26
Rebs: Eliyahu 10
Asts: Mekel 4		 Pts: Blūms 27
Rebs: Šeļakovs 9
Asts: Blūms 6
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Anton Makhlin (RUS), David Berekashvili (GEO)
September 5, 2011
15:15
Israel  96–95 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 22–15, 30–19, 5–24, Overtime: 12–11
Pts: Pnini 22
Rebs: Eliyahu 7
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Bargnani 26
Rebs: Bargnani 11
Asts: Hackett 5
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Anton Makhlin (RUS)
Tournament highs

Israel during the tournament finished fifth in average points per game with 79.8. They also finished seventh in average assists per game with 14.8, and tenth in average steals per game, with 6.4.

Roster
Israeli National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Yogev Ohayon 24 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
PG 5 Afik Nissim 30 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PG 6 Yuval Naimi 26 – (1985-08-31)31 August 1985 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
SF 7 David Blu 31 – (1980-07-18)18 July 1980 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SF 8 Guy Pnini 27 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 9 Gal Mekel 23 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Pallacanestro Treviso Italy
SG 10 Tal Burstein (C) 31 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 11 Lior Eliyahu 25 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SG 12 Yotam Halperin 27 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos Greece
PF 13 Elishay Kadir 23 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 31 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 15 Uri Kukia 30 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Age field is age on 31 August 2011

2013 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2013, the 38th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 27th time competing, and finished 21st. Games were broadcast in Israel on Sport 5.

Qualifying round – Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
 Montenegro 10 10 0 814 697 +117 20
 Israel 10 6 4 861 751 +90 16 2–2 (+26)
 Serbia 10 6 4 846 721 +125 16 2–2 (+21)
 Estonia 10 6 4 768 761 +7 16 2–2 (−47)
 Iceland 10 1 9 743 920 −177 11 1–1 (+4)
 Slovakia 10 1 9 704 886 −182 11 1–1 (−4)
15 August 2012
18:00
Montenegro  75–69  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 20–14, 11–22, 27–13
Pts: three players 12
Rebs: Šehović 11
Asts: Rochestie 5		 Pts: Eliyahu 22
Rebs: Ohayon 10
Asts: Ohayon 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Paolo Taurino (ITA), Elias Koromilas (GRE)
18 August 2012
21:00
Israel  86–88 (OT)  Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 15–15, 18–25, 17–23, Overtime: 11–13
Pts: Casspi 23
Rebs: Ohayon 9
Asts: Ohayon 7		 Pts: Kangur 21
Rebs: Vene 10
Asts: Sokk 6
Bet Maccabi, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Sergey Mikhaylov (RUS), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)
21 August 2012
19:15
Iceland  83–110  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 17–21, 15–30, 32–30
Pts: Pálsson 19
Rebs: Baeringsson 8
Asts: Stefánsson 6		 Pts: Limonad, Casspi 17
Rebs: Tyus 9
Asts: Ohayon 6
Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,570
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Bert Van Slooten (NED), Simon Unsworth (ENG)
24 August 2012
18:00
Slovakia  64–82  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 15–20, 12–22, 17–13
Pts: Gavel 22
Rebs: Vido 6
Asts: Gavel 6		 Pts: Tyus 18
Rebs: Tyus 7
Asts: Halperin 6
City Sport Hall, Levice
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Boris Schmidt (GER), Christoph Rohacky (AUT)
28 August 2012
20:30
Israel  89–76  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 23–23, 17–18, 24–20
Pts: Casspi 23
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Casspi 4		 Pts: Teodosić, Erceg 10
Rebs: Erceg, Mačvan 5
Asts: Teodosić 4
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Anton Makhlin (RUS)
30 August 2012
20:30
Israel  76–81  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 25–14, 24–27, 15–23
Pts: Casspi 20
Rebs: Ohayon 7
Asts: Ohayon 8		 Pts: Dašić 20
Rebs: Dubljević 10
Asts: Dašić 5
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Miguel Perez Perez (ESP), Spyridon Gontas (GRE), Miroslav Tomov (BUL)
2 September 2012
20:00
Estonia  53–84  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 17–19, 10–19, 13–25
Pts: Talts 14
Rebs: Talts 10
Asts: Sokk 4		 Pts: Casspi 26
Rebs: Eliyahu 11
Asts: Ohayon 7
Saku Suurhall Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 6,950
Referees: Haydn Jones (WAL), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Johannes Sarekoski (FIN)
5 September 2012
20:30
Israel  92–75  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 25–18, 25–18, 25–19
Pts: Casspi 22
Rebs: Eliyahu 11
Asts: Eliyahu 5		 Pts: Sigurðarson 21
Rebs: Baeringsson 11
Asts: Ermolinskij 7
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Antonis Demetriou (CYP), David Berekashvili (GEO)
8 September 2012
21:00
Israel  106–73  Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 26–23, 32–8, 25–23
Pts: Eliyahu 18
Rebs: Tyus 11
Asts: Eliyahu 12		 Pts: Vojtek 17
Rebs: Vojtek, Mrvis 4
Asts: Nuber 7
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Paolo Taurino (ITA), Borys Shulga (UKR), Ilya Putenko (RUS)
11 September 2012
20:30
Serbia  83–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 23–17, 12–16, 20–20
Pts: Tepić 16
Rebs: Krstić 7
Asts: Teodosić 7		 Pts: Casspi 20
Rebs: Kozikaro, Casspi 4
Asts: Casspi 4
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 6,150
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Emilio Perez (ESP), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL)
Preliminary Round – Group A
4 September 2013
14:30
Israel  71–75 (OT)  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 13–12, 22–13, 14–19, Overtime: 5–9
Pts: Nissim 17
Rebs: Eliyahu 14
Asts: Ohayon 7		 Pts: Johnson 22
Rebs: Achara 13
Asts: Sullivan 2
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 750
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Marek Ćmikiewicz (POL), David Berekashvili (GEO)
5 September 2013
14:30
Ukraine  74–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 16–13, 18–20, 21–21
Pts: Gladyr 17
Rebs: Kravtsov 8
Asts: Mishula 5		 Pts: Nissim 12
Rebs: Eliyahu 5
Asts: Halperin 4
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 790
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Damir Javor (SLO), David Berekashvili (GEO)
6 September 2013
21:00
France  82–63  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 18–15, 27–14, 17–20
Pts: Ajinça 13
Rebs: Ajinça 6
Asts: Parker 7		 Pts: Eliyahu, Casspi 14
Rebs: Eliyahu 5
Asts: Ohayon 4
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,990
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Vicente Bulto (ESP), Marek Cmkiewicz (POL)
8 September 2013
21:00
Israel  87–69  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 22–18, 32–13, 14–23
Pts: Nissim 23
Rebs: Ohayon 7
Asts: Eliyahu 6		 Pts: De Zeeuw 14
Rebs: Hervelle 7
Asts: Van Rossom 5
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,010
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Damir Javor (SLO), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)
9 September 2013
17:45
Germany  80–76  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 19–10, 22–19, 27–27
Pts: Günther, Staiger 15
Rebs: Pleiß 14
Asts: Schaffartzik 4		 Pts: Casspi 22
Rebs: Casspi 13
Asts: Ohayon, Halperin 4
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,940
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Vicente Bulto (ESP), Petri Mäntylä (FIN)
Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Raviv Limonad 29 – (1984-08-26)26 August 1984 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
G 5 Afik Nissim 32 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Hapoel Eilat Israel
G/F 6 Nitzan Hanochi 27 – (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Eilat Israel
F 7 Alex Tyus 25 – (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 8 Lior Eliyahu 27 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 9 Omri Casspi 25 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Houston Rockets United States
F 10 Guy Pnini 30 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 11 Yogev Ohayon 26 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 12 Yotam Halperin 29 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 13 Ido Kozikaro 35 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 33 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 15 Elishay Kadir 25 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 4 September 2013

2015 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2015, the 39th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 28th time competing, and finished tenth. Games were broadcast in Israel on Sport 5.

Qualifying round – Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Israel 6 4 2 487 435 +52 10 2–0
 Netherlands 6 4 2 378 374 +4 10 0–2
 Montenegro 6 3 3 434 447 −13 9  
 Bulgaria 6 1 5 400 443 −43 7  
10 August 2014
19:00
Israel  97–100 (OT)  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–22, 18–27, 28–20, Overtime: 11–14
Pts: Casspi 28
Rebs: Casspi 10
Asts: Mekel 6		 Pts: Rochestie 17
Rebs: Dragičević, Šehović 6
Asts: Rochestie 9
Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 400
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Marius Ciulin (ROU)
13 August 2014
19:30
Netherlands  57–66  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 19–24, 12–13, 4–8
Pts: Schaftenaar 12
Rebs: Oudendag 11
Asts: Slagter 7		 Pts: Pnini 16
Rebs: Casspi 8
Asts: Mekel 5
MartiniPlaza, Groningen
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Semen Ovinov (RUS), Haydn Jones (WAL)
17 August 2014
20:30
Bulgaria  84–100  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 16–17, 20–34, 26–20
Pts: Vezenkov 18
Rebs: Varbanov 12
Asts: Marinov 5		 Pts: Casspi 19
Rebs: Fischer 13
Asts: Mekel 7
Universiada Hall, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Benjamin Jiménez (ESP), Nikolaos Somos (GRE), Saša Maričić (SRB)
20 August 2014
21:00
Montenegro  65–80  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–17, 19–24, 14–19
Pts: Dragičević 19
Rebs: Borisov 7
Asts: Rochestie 5		 Pts: Casspi 17
Rebs: Mekel 11
Asts: Mekel 11
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Vicente Bulto (ESP), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
24 August 2014
19:00
Israel  83–60  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 26–5, 22–18, 14–19, 21–18
Pts: Casspi 22
Rebs: Casspi 8
Asts: Mekel, Pnini 6		 Pts: De Jong 15
Rebs: Oudendag 9
Asts: Williams 4
Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 300
Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Oscar Perea (ESP), Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE)
27 August 2014
20:45
Israel  61–69  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–12, 11–17, 9–24
Pts: Eliyahu 16
Rebs: Eliyahu 7
Asts: Pnini 6		 Pts: Vezenkov 20
Rebs: Vezenkov 8
Asts: Avramov 4
Kition Athletic Center, Larnaca, Cyprus
Attendance: 100
Referees: Spyridon Gontas (GRE), Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU), Tomislav Vovk (CRO)
Preliminary round – Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 5 0 407 335 +72 10 Advanced to Knockout stage
2  Israel 5 3 2 375 384 −9 8[a]
3  Poland 5 3 2 367 352 +15 8[a]
4  Finland 5 2 3 387 392 −5 7
5  Russia 5 1 4 379 374 +5 6[b]
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 1 4 324 402 −78 6[b]
Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Poland–Israel 73–75
  2. ^ a b Bosnia and Herzegovina–Russia 61–81
5 September 2015
17:30
Israel  76–73  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 11–18, 21–10, 26–24
Pts: Casspi 21
Rebs: Casspi 9
Asts: Ohayon 5		 Pts: Khvostov, Vorontsevich 15
Rebs: Vorontsevich 13
Asts: Khvostov, Vorontsevich 5
Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Siniša Herceg (CRO), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE)
6 September 2015
17:30
Finland  66–79  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 18–21, 23–16, 12–17
Pts: Murphy 24
Rebs: Murphy 9
Asts: Koponen 5		 Pts: Eliyahu 22
Rebs: Fischer 11
Asts: Eliyahu 6
Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Spyridon Gontas (GRE), Renaud Geller (BEL)
7 September 2015
17:30
Israel  84–86 (OT)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 16–19, 15–25, 15–15, Overtime: 9–11
Pts: Casspi 29
Rebs: Fischer 8
Asts: Mekel 7		 Pts: Gordić 22
Rebs: Stipanović 18
Asts: Renfroe 8
Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Attendance: 6,288
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Anthonie Sinterniklaas (NED)
9 September 2015
17:30
Poland  73–75  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 8–13, 18–16, 23–24
Pts: Kulig, Waczyński 13
Rebs: Gortat 8
Asts: Ponitka 6		 Pts: Casspi 35
Rebs: Fischer 8
Asts: Limonad, Mekel 5
Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Spyridon Gontas (GRE), Igor Dragojević (MNE)
10 September 2015
21:00
Israel  61–86  France
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 17–16, 21–24, 13–24
Pts: Limonad 13
Rebs: Kadir 9
Asts: three players 4		 Pts: Gobert 15
Rebs: Gobert 10
Asts: De Colo, Parker 4
Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Attendance: 9,755
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Siniša Herceg (CRO), Igor Dragojević (MNE)
Round of 16
13 September 2015
18:30
Israel  52–82  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–18, 9–28, 13–14
Pts: Mekel 20
Rebs: Casspi 6
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Gentile 27
Rebs: Melli 7
Asts: Cinciarini 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 14,742
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Sreten Radović (CRO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU)
Tournament highs

D'or Fischer finished in third place in the tournament for average blocks per game, with 1.8. Yogev Ohayon finished in second place in the tournament for average steals per game, with 1.7.

Roster
Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
SG 5 Dagan Yivzori 29 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G/F 6 Shawn Dawson 21 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
PG 7 Gal Mekel 27 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Crvena zvezda Serbia
PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 29 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
SF 9 Omri Casspi (C) 27 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Sacramento Kings United States
SG 10 Raviv Limonad 31 – (1984-08-26)26 August 1984 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
PF 11 Elishay Kadir 27 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Eilat Israel
PG 12 Yogev Ohayon 28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
C 14 Yaniv Green 35 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 15 D'or Fischer 33 – (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 16 Robert Rothbart 29 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
PG 23 Bar Timor 23 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
General Manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

2017 EuroBasket[edit]

Israel will compete in the EuroBasket 2017, the 40th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's 29th time competing.

In addition to competing, Israel will be one of the hosts of the tournament. Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country.[124] On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations have applied to organise the EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.[125] On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.[126][127]

Tel Aviv
Menora Mivtachim Arena
Capacity: 10,383
First round - Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 4 1 426 359 +67 9 Knockout stage
2  Germany 5 3 2 355 346 +9 8[a]
3  Italy 5 3 2 346 322 +24 8[a]
4  Ukraine 5 2 3 367 392 −25 7[b]
5  Georgia 5 2 3 390 394 −4 7[b]
6  Israel (H) 5 1 4 358 429 −71 6
Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Germany 61–55 Italy
  2. ^ a b Ukraine 88–81 Georgia
Israel men's national basketball team – EuroBasket 2017 roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 1 Richard Howell 26 – (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G/F 6 Shawn Dawson 23 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
PG 7 Gal Mekel 29 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 31 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
SF 9 Omri Casspi (C) 29 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota Timberwolves United States
SF 10 Guy Pnini 33 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 11 Elishay Kadir 29 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
SG 12 Yotam Halperin 33 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
PF 14 Oz Blayzer 24 – (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
G 15 Bar Timor 25 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 20 Idan Zalmanson 22 – (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
PG 21 Yogev Ohayon 30 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
General Manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2017

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Videos[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1953 Moscow
  2. ^ SCOREBOARD
  3. ^ Israel
  4. ^ Final Round
  5. ^ Final Round
  6. ^ Classification round
  7. ^ Israel Scoreboard
  8. ^ Miki Berkovich
  9. ^ 26 May. to 4 Jun. 1983 - Limoges, Caen, Nantes in France.
  10. ^ SWEDEN vs ITALY (Group A)
  11. ^ ITALY vs NETHERLANDS (Group 5)
  12. ^ POLAND vs ROMANIA (Group A)
  13. ^ FRANCE vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group A)
  14. ^ FRANCE vs POLAND (Group A)
  15. ^ YUGOSLAVIA vs CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Group 4)
  16. ^ SPAIN vs ITALY (Group 2)
  17. ^ Event Standings
  18. ^ YUGOSLAVIA vs SOVIET UNION (Group A)
  19. ^ GREECE vs SPAIN (Group A)
  20. ^ FRANCE vs ROMANIA (Group A)
  21. ^ SOVIET UNION vs CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Group 1)
  22. ^ GREECE vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group 6)
  23. ^ Event Standings
  24. ^ FRANCE vs TURKEY (Group B)
  25. ^ BELGIUM vs GERMANY (Group D)
  26. ^ SLOVENIA vs GERMANY (Group D)
  27. ^ ESTONIA vs TURKEY (Group 2)
  28. ^ ESTONIA vs FRANCE (Group 2)
  29. ^ GERMANY vs TURKEY (Group 2)
  30. ^ ESTONIA vs SPAIN (Group 1)
  31. ^ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA vs FRANCE (Group 3)
  32. ^ CROATIA vs BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Group 4)
  33. ^ GREECE vs GERMANY (Group 4)
  34. ^ YUGOSLAVIA vs GERMANY (Group A)
  35. ^ SLOVENIA vs FRANCE (Group B)
  36. ^ FINLAND vs SPAIN (Group B)
  37. ^ RUSSIA vs CROATIA (Group B)
  38. ^ FRANCE vs TURKEY (Group B)
  39. ^ SLOVENIA vs TURKEY (Group B)
  40. ^ ASSISTS : ALL ROUNDS
  41. ^ STEALS : ALL ROUNDS
  42. ^ TEAM STEALS : ALL ROUNDS
  43. ^ MINUTES : ALL ROUNDS
  44. ^ ITALY vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group C)
  45. ^ CROATIA vs GERMANY (Group D)
  46. ^ SPAIN vs GERMANY (Group D)
  47. ^ POLAND vs CROATIA (Group F)
  48. ^ YUGOSLAVIA vs SPAIN (Group F)
  49. ^ GREECE vs RUSSIA (Group 3)
  50. ^ POLAND vs LITHUANIA (Group 3)
  51. ^ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA vs LATVIA (Group 3)
  52. ^ PPG Leaders
  53. ^ RPG Leaders
  54. ^ APG Leaders
  55. ^ SPG Leaders
  56. ^ Team SPG Leaders
  57. ^ MPG Leaders
  58. ^ Team FT% Leaders
  59. ^ CROATIA vs ITALY (Group C)
  60. ^ ITALY vs BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Group C)
  61. ^ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA vs CROATIA (Group C)
  62. ^ TURKEY vs GERMANY (Group F)
  63. ^ CZECH REPUBLIC vs TURKEY (Group F)
  64. ^ FRANCE vs TURKEY (Group 3)
  65. ^ ITALY vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group 4)
  66. ^ PPG Leaders
  67. ^ MPG Leaders
  68. ^ Team APG Leaders
  69. ^ ESTONIA vs GERMANY (Group C)
  70. ^ ESTONIA vs CROATIA (Group C)
  71. ^ Semi-Final round
  72. ^ RPG Leaders
  73. ^ SPG Leaders
  74. ^ Team SPG Leaders
  75. ^ GREECE vs CROATIA (Group D)
  76. ^ TURKEY vs GREECE (Group D)
  77. ^ SERBIA & MONTENEGRO vs GREECE (Group 38)
  78. ^ FRANCE vs RUSSIA (Group 29)
  79. ^ FRANCE vs LITHUANIA (Group 35)
  80. ^ APG Leaders
  81. ^ SPG Leaders
  82. ^ Team SPG Leaders
  83. ^ MPG Leaders
  84. ^ GERMANY vs ITALY (Group A)
  85. ^ ITALY vs RUSSIA (Group A)
  86. ^ ITALY vs UKRAINE (Group A)
  87. ^ LITHUANIA vs SLOVENIA (Group 38)
  88. ^ TURKEY vs LITHUANIA (Group B)
  89. ^ BULGARIA vs TURKEY (Group B)
  90. ^ FRANCE vs SPAIN (Group 39)
  91. ^ RUSSIA vs LITHUANIA (Group 31)
  92. ^ SLOVENIA vs CROATIA (Group 34)
  93. ^ APG Leaders
  94. ^ Team APG Leaders
  95. ^ SPG Leaders
  96. ^ Team SPG Leaders
  97. ^ BPG Leaders
  98. ^ MPG Leaders
  99. ^ PPG Leaders
  100. ^ RPG Leaders
  101. ^ APG Leaders
  102. ^ Team APG Leaders
  103. ^ SPG Leaders
  104. ^ BPG Leaders
  105. ^ MPG Leaders
  106. ^ Game 7 Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  107. ^ Game 12 Archived 21 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  108. ^ Game 10 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  109. ^ Game 5 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  110. ^ "Game 7". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  111. ^ "Poland vs Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  112. ^ "Bulgaria vs Turkey". Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  113. ^ "Poland vs Turkey". Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  114. ^ "Turkey vs Spain". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  115. ^ "Slovenia vs Poland". Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  116. ^ "Poland vs Spain". Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  117. ^ "Turkey vs Greece". Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  118. ^ Game 11 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  119. ^ Game 9 Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  120. ^ Game 1 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  121. ^ Game 12 Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  122. ^ "Game 4". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  123. ^ Standings and fixtures Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  124. ^ Pavitt, M. (27 June 2015). "Ukraine decline opportunity to host 2017 Eurobasket". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  125. ^ Five Countries Bid To Host EuroBasket 2017
  126. ^ "Finland, Israel, Romania and Turkey To Host FIBA EuroBasket 2017 | FIBA Europe".
  127. ^ "Israel at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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