Basketball in Israel
Israel's greatest successes in sport to date have been in basketball . The greatest success of the national team is second place in the 1979 European Basketball Championship in Italy . The strength of Israeli basketball, however, lies at the club level. The Israeli record champions Maccabi Tel Aviv won the European Cup five times between 1977 and 2005 and the European Cup in 1981; Elitzur Ramle's women's team won the 2011 Women's Eurocup.
National team
Leagues of men
- D1 - Premier League
The Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al ) is the highest Israeli basketball league . 11 teams take part per season.
- D2 - National League
The National League ( Ligat Leumit ) is the second highest league with 14 teams.
- D3 - National 2
The National 2 League ( Ligat Artzit ) has a north and a south division with 12 teams each.
The fourth highest division is the Ligat Alef
International success
| year | title | team | championship | discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | basketball |
| 1977 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1979 | Vice European champion | National team | European basketball championship | basketball |
| 1980 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1980 | World Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Intercontinental Cup | basketball |
| 1981 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1982 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1987 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1988 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1989 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 1999 | Vice European Cup winner | AS Ramat-Hasharon | Ronchetti Cup | Womens basketball |
| 2000 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup | basketball |
| 2001 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | FIBA Suproleague | basketball |
| 2004 | European Cup winner | Hapoel Jerusalem | ULEB Eurocup | basketball |
| 2004 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |
| 2005 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |
| 2006 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |
| 2008 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |
| 2011 | Vice European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |
| 2011 | European Cup winner | Elitzur Ramla | EuroCup Women | Womens basketball |
| 2014 | European Cup winner | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ULEB Euroleague | basketball |