Israel at the EuroBasket 2009

Israel at the
EuroBasket
IOC code ISR
NOC Israel Basketball Association
EuroBasket appearances

Israel at the EuroBasket
1935 - 1937 - 1939 - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1951 - 1953 - 1955 - 1957 - 1959 - 1961 - 1963 - 1965 - 1967 - 1969 - 1971 - 1973 - 1975 - 1977 - 1979 2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1981 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017

Israel at the EuroBasket Women
1938 - 1950 - 1952 - 1954 - 1956 - 1958 - 1960 - 1962 - 1964 - 1966 - 1968 - 1970 - 1972 - 1974 - 1981 - 1978 - 1980 - 1993 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015
Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

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,[1] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Czech Republic.[2] Shmuel Bachar worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Bulgaria,[3] Group C, Turkey vs France,[4] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Hungary.[5] During the Preliminary Round he worked Group D, Poland vs Bulgaria,[6] Bulgaria vs Turkey,[7] and Poland vs Turkey.[8] During the Second Round, Group F, he worked Turkey vs Spain,[9] Slovenia vs Poland,[10] and Poland vs Spain.[11] During the quarterfinals he worked Turkey vs Greece.[12]

Seffi Shemmesh worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Italy,[13] and Group C, Turkey vs Belgium.[14]

Moise Bitton worked Qualification Round, Group C, Turkey vs Ukraine.[15]

Gil Oved worked Qualification Round, Group C, Ukraine vs Belgium.[16]

Gili Cohen worked Additional Qualifying Round, Group A, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Portugal.[17]

Qualification

Qualifying round – Group D

Standings

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
 Great Britain 1042504482+22
 Israel 933515491+24
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 933465470−5
 Czech Republic 824432473−41

Games


3 September 2008
19:00
Israel  10292 (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  7771  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  9170  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  9686  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  8874  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  9861  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

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 268 202+66 6
 Croatia 3 2 1 235 226+9 5
 Macedonia 3 1 2 207 24639 4
 Israel 3 0 3 238 27436 3

Games


7 September
19:15
Croatia  8679  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  7982  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  80106  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

References

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