Israel national basketball team

This article describes the Israeli men's national basketball team . For women's selection, see Israel Women's National Basketball Team

Israel ישראל
Association	איגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Federation)
FIBA member since	1939
FIBA world rankings	25th
Trainer	Arik Shivek
World championships
Participation in the finals	2
Best results	Round of 16 (1954, 1986)
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	Preliminary round (1952)
Continental championships
championship	Europe
Participation in the finals	26th
Best results	Silver (1979)
Homepage	one.co.il
(As of September 5, 2013)

The Israeli national team represents the country of Israel in basketball . The association was founded in 1939, and the greatest success was the silver medal in the 1979 European championship. As with other Israeli sports associations, they play in the FIBA European group for political reasons .

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

1952 - 17th place

World championships

1954 - 8th place 1986 - 7th place

European championships

1953 - 5th place 1959 - 11th place 1961 - 11th place 1963 - 9th place 1965 - 6th place 1967 - 8th place 1969 - 11th place 1971 - 11th place 1973 - 7th place 1975 - 7th place

1977 - 5th place 1979 - silver medal 1981 - 6th place 1983 - 6th place 1985 - 9th place 1987 - 11th place 1993 - 15th place 1995 - 9th place 1997 - 9th place 1999 - 9th place

2001 - 10th place 2003 - 7th place 2005 - 9th place 2007 - 9th place 2009 - 15th place 2011 - 13th place 2013 - 21st place 2015 - qualified

Squad

Squad Israel at the 2017 European Championship

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 6th Shawn Dawson 12/12/1993 198 Bnei Herzlia 7th Gal Mekel 03/04/1988 191  Herbalife Gran Canaria 12 Yotam Halperin 01/24/1984 193 Hapoel Jerusalem 15th Bar Timor 03/02/1992 191 Hapoel Jerusalem 21st Yogev Ohayon 04/24/1987 191 Maccabi Tel Aviv Forwards ( SF , PF ) 8th Lior Eliyahu 09.09.1985 203 Hapoel Jerusalem 9 Omri Casspi 06/22/1988 204  Golden State Warriors 10 Guy Pnini 09/04/1983 203 Hapoel Holon 11 Elishay Kadir 04/11/1987 202 Ironi Nes Ziona 14th Oz Blayzer 12/29/1992 199 Maccabi Haifa Center ( C ) 1 Richard Howell 09/26/1990 206 Hapoel Jerusalem 20th Idan Zalmanson 04/18/1995 208 Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Trainer Nat. Surname position Eretz gemstone Head coach Dan Shamir Assistant coach / Alon Stein Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage As of September 1, 2017

Well-known players and coaches

• Miki Berkovich
• Tal Brody
• David sheet
• Doron Jamchy
• Oded Kattash
• Ralph Klein
• Derrick Sharp

Web links

• Official Website (Hebrew)
• Eurobasket page