Liga Leumit (basketball)

Liga Leumit

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1954
CEO	Naftali Goshen
No. of teams	14
Country	Israel
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Israel)
Promotion to	Ligat Winner
Relegation to	Liga Artzit
Domestic cup(s)	State Cup
Official website	www.ibba.one.co.il

Kiryat Ata

Beer Sheva

Yavne

Ramat HaSharon

Ramat Gan

Hod HaSharon

Kfar Saba

Migdal Ha'emek

Afula

Galil Elyon

Kiryat Ata

Raanana

Ashkelon

League Map 2015-16

Liga Leumit (Hebrew: ליגה לאומית‎‎, lit. National League) is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.

League system

The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit.

2015–16 members

• A.S. Ramat HaSharon
• Elitzur Yavne
• Ironi Ashkelon
• Elitzur Kiryat Ata Azrieli
• Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C.
• Hapoel Ramat Gan - Givatayim B.C.
• Hapoel Afula
• Maccabi Ra'anana
• Maccabi Hod HaSharon
• Ironi Ramat Gan
• Hapoel Gilboa Galil
• Hapoel Galil Elyon
• Hapoel Kfar Saba
• Hapoel Migdal HaEmek

2013–14 members

• A.S. Ramat HaSharon
• Elitzur Kiryat Ata
• Elitzur Yavne
• Elitzur Ramla
• Ironi Ashkelon
• Ironi Ramat Gan
• Hapoel Afula
• Hapoel Kfar Saba
• Hapoel Migdal HaEmek
• Maccabi Hod HaSharon
• Elitzur Kiryat Ata Azrieli
• Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov

See also

• Israel Basketball Association
• Basketball in Israel

External links

• http://ibasketball.co.il/league/4039/team/293901/