Israel at EuroBasket

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

## Summary

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EuroBasket |  | Qualification

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Year  | Position  | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L
1939 | Did not qualify |
1946
1947
1949
1951
1953 | 5th | 11 | 7 | 4
1955 | Withdrew
1957
1959 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 3
1961 | 11th | 7 | 2 | 5
1963 | 9th | 9 | 4 | 5  | Directly qualified
1965 | 6th | 9 | 5 | 4  | 3 | 2 | 1
1967 | 8th | 9 | 4 | 5  | 3 | 2 | 1
1969 | 11th | 7 | 1 | 6  | 4 | 3 | 1
1971 | 11th | 7 | 1 | 6  | 3 | 2 | 1
1973 | 7th | 7 | 3 | 4  | 11 | 10 | 1
1975 | 7th | 7 | 5 | 2  | Directly qualified
1977 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 3
1979 |  | 9 | 5 | 4
1981 | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5
1983 | 6th | 7 | 3 | 4
1985 | 9th | 7 | 3 | 4
1987 | 11th | 7 | 2 | 5  | 12 | 10 | 2
1989 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 1
1991 | 10 | 5 | 5
1993 | 15th | 3 | 1 | 2  | 6 | 4 | 2
1995 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4  | 6 | 5 | 1
1997 | 9th | 8 | 4 | 4  | 10 | 6 | 4
1999 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4  | 10 | 7 | 3
2001 | 10th | 4 | 1 | 3  | 10 | 8 | 2
2003 | 7th | 7 | 3 | 4  | 10 | 5 | 5
2005 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 2  | 12 | 9 | 3
2007 | 11th | 6 | 2 | 4  | 14 | 9 | 5
2009 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 3  | 6 | 3 | 3
2011 | 13th | 5 | 2 | 3  | 8 | 5 | 3
2013 | 21st | 5 | 1 | 4  | 10 | 6 | 4
2015 | 10th | 6 | 3 | 3  | 6 | 4 | 2
2017 | 21st | 5 | 1 | 4  | Directly qualified
2021 | To be determined | To be determined
Total | 29/38 | 190 | 77 | 113 | 157 | 107 | 50

Note: Red border indicates host nation

## Competitions

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### 1953 EuroBasket

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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

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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
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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

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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]

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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

* Ralph Klein
* Avraham Schneor
* Zachariah Ofri
* Daniel Levy
* Menachem Korman
* Alfred Cohen
* David Heiblum
* Simon Schmukler
* Ernst Winer
* Marcel Hefez
* Mark Mimran
* Haim Boksenbaum
* Reuven Fecher

### 1959 EuroBasket

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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

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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

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Scoring by half: 30–30, 44–29
Pts: Pieri (19) |  | Pts: Klein (14)

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May 22
21:00

France | 77-66 |  Israel

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Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18) |  | Pts: Klein (29)

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May 23
10:00

Israel | 79-67 |  East Germany

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Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23) |  | Pts: Kulik (18)

* * *

May 24
19:30

Soviet Union | 90-44 |  Israel

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Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17) |  | Pts: Kastan (12)

Classification round 1
Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15) |  | Pts: Lampen (17)

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May 28
10:00

Israel | 68-43 |  Iran

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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

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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

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Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27) |  | Pts: Klein (19)

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May 31
10:00

Italy | 75-56 |  Israel

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Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20) |  | Pts: Klein (19)

### 1961 EuroBasket

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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.

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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  |

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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.

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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  |

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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

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|  East Germany| 50

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|  Turkey| 63 |

|  Turkey| 59

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| |  Poland| 74

|  Poland| 74

|  Israel| 59 |

| 11 – 12 Place

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|  East Germany| 80

|  Israel| 83

### 1963 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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

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Romania |  Israel | 47–57
Czechoslovakia |  Israel | 58–60

### 1965 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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

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Greece |  Israel | 67–69
Bulgaria |  Israel | 63–51

### 1967 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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

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Finland |  Israel | 73–60
Italy |  Israel | 74–72

### 1969 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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

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Greece |  Israel | 95–62
Sweden |  Israel | 83–92

### 1971 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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

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West Germany |  Israel | 99–76
Turkey |  Israel | 74–84

### 1973 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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 round| | Fifth place

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|  Turkey | 67

|  Bulgaria | 76 |

|  Bulgaria | 78

| |  Italy | 96

|  Italy | 94

|  Israel | 73 |

| Seventh place

|  Turkey | 78

|  Israel |  96

### 1975 EuroBasket

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Turkey |  Israel | 77–101
Israel |  Greece | 87–76
Israel |  Romania | 119–105

### 1977 EuroBasket

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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

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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

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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 round| | Fifth place

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|  Bulgaria | 108

|  Netherlands | 85 |

|  Bulgaria | 78

| |  Israel | 88

|  Belgium | 74

|  Israel | 81 |

| Seventh place

|  Netherlands | 104

|  Belgium |  89

### 1979 EuroBasket

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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

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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

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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.

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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

* Mickey Berkowitz
* Lou Silver
* Motti Aroesti
* Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz
* Eric Menkin
* Steve Kaplan
* Boaz Yanai
* Avigdor Moskowitz
* Barry Leibowitz (c)
* Pinhas Hozez
* Uri Ben-Ari (basketballer) [he]
* Shai Sharf

### 1981 EuroBasket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 72-78 |  Netherlands

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|

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

Boxscore

Soviet Union | 92-87 |  Israel

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|

Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41
Pts: Myškin 18 |  | Pts: Berkowitz 32

Palais de Sports, Caen

* * *

28 May
14:30

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia | 89-93 (OT) |  Israel

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|

Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: PRajniak 25 |  | Pts: Jamchi 27

Palais de Sports, Caen

* * *

30 May
20:30

Boxscore

West Germany | 77-70 |  Israel

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|

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

|
|

|  Italy | 7–0
|  Spain | 5–2
|  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 round| | Fifth place

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

| 1 June – 18:00| |

|  Yugoslavia| 88

| 4 June – 15:30

|  Israel| 99 |

|  Israel| 88

| 2 June – 18:00

| |  France| 92

|  West Germany| 82

|  France| 90 |

| Seventh place

| 3 June – 18:00

|  Yugoslavia| 104

|  West Germany| 88

1 June
18:00

Boxscore

Israel | 99-88 |  Yugoslavia

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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

Boxscore

France | 92-88 |  Israel

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|

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 |
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 |
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 |
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

* Ralph Klein

* * *

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

Boxscore

Israel | 72-78 |  Bulgaria

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|

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

Israel | 80-86 |  Netherlands

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|

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

|
|

|  Soviet Union | 7–1
|  Czechoslovakia | 4–4
|  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 round| | Ninth place

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

| 11 June – 15:30| |

|  Poland| 86

| 14 June – 15:30

|  Israel| 91 |

|  Israel| 90

| 12 June – 15:30

| |  Romania| 89

|  Romania| 90

|  Netherlands| 87 |

| Eleventh place

| 13 June – 15:30

|  Poland| 102

|  Netherlands| 100

11 June
15:30

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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. |
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 |
PG | 13  | Hen Lippin | 19 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965  | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
F | 14  | Pinhas Hozez | 27 – (1957-09-08)8 September 1957  |  |  |
C | 15  | Johan Willis | 32 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952  |  |  |

Head coach

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

|
|

|  Greece | 6–2
|  Soviet Union | 7–1
|  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 round| | Ninth place

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

| 9 June – 17:30| |

|  France| 96

| 13 June – 17:30

|  Israel| 93 |

|  France| 94

| 10 June – 17:30

| |  Netherlands| 80

|  Romania| 87

|  Netherlands| 88 |

| Eleventh place

| 11 June – 17:30

|  Israel| 97

|  Romania| 87

9 June
17:30

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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. |
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. |
F | 7  | Nadav Henefeld | 18 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | A.S. Ramat HaSharon |
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. |
F | 11  | Doron Shefa | 25 – (1961-10-13)13 October 1961  | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Maccabi Haifa B.C. |
F | 12  | Doron Jamchi | 25 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
C | 13  | LaVon Mercer | 28 – (1959-01-13)13 January 1959  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
C | 14  | Tomer Steinhauer | 20 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Haifa B.C. |
C | 15  | Itzhak Cohen | 18 – (1968-08-10)10 August 1968  |  |  |

Head coach

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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. |
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. |
C | 10  | Tomer Steinhauer | 26 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. |
G | 11  | Doron Sheffer | 21 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
F | 12  | Doron Jamchi | 31 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
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

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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. |
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. |
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. |
PG | 9  | Adi Gordon | 29 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966  | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  | Hapoel Holon |
C | 10  | Amir Muchtari | 23 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
G | 11  | Doron Sheffer | 23 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | University of Connecticut |
F | 12  | Doron Jamchi | 33 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
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

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

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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

Boxscore

Lithuania | 75-60 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 69-68 |  Slovenia

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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

Boxscore

France | 82-88 |  Israel

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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

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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

Boxscore

Turkey | 81-71 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 69-87 |  Russia

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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

Boxscore

Greece | 85-82 |  Israel

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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

|
|

|  Yugoslavia | 8–1
|  Italy | 8–1
|  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 round| | Ninth place

|
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|

|  |  |  |  |  |

| 4 July – 10:00| |

|  Israel| 84

| 5 July – 12:00

|  Germany| 75 |

|  Israel| 91

| 4 July – 12:00

| |  France| 84

|  France| 84

|  Croatia| 79 |

| Eleventh place

| 5 July – 10:00

|  Germany| 93

|  Croatia| 100

4 July
10:00

Boxscore

Israel | 84-75 |  Germany

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|

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

Boxscore

Israel | 91-84 |  France

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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. |
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. |
PF | 7  | Amir Muchtari | 25 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
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. |
PG | 10  | Oded Kattash | 22 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
G | 11  | Doron Sheffer | 25 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
F | 12  | Gur Shelef | 23 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974  | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
F | 13  | Uri Cohen-Mintz | 23 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Ironi Ramat Gan |
C | 14  | Tomer Steinhauer | 30 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
C | 15  | Ofer Fleisher | 31 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966  |  |  |

Head coach

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

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|

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

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|
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|
|
|
|

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

Boxscore

Israel | 61-81 |  Yugoslavia

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|

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

|
|
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|
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|
|

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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 |
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 |
G | 7  | Papi Turgeman | 29 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
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 |
PG | 10  | Oded Kattash | 24 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Panathinaikos |
G | 11  | Doron Sheffer | 27 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F | 12  | Gur Shelef | 25 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974  | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F | 13  | Uri Cohen-Mintz | 25 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 14  | Tomer Steinhauer | 32 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 15  | Yoav Saffar | 23 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |

Head coach

* Muli Katzurin

* * *

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

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|
|

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

|
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|
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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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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 |
F | 5  | Shahar Gordon | 21 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980  | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Ironi Ramat Gan |
G | 6  | Derrick Sharp | 29 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 7  | Papi Turgeman | 31 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G | 8  | Lior Lubin | 23 – (1977-09-19)19 September 1977  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Ironi Ramat Gan |
SF | 9  | Ido Kozikaro | 23 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
G | 10  | Afik Nissim | 20 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981  | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
G | 11  | Meir Tapiro | 26 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
F | 12  | Yoav Saffar | 25 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
F | 13  | Barak Peleg | 29 – (1972-06-16)16 June 1972  | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 21 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Bnei Herzliya |
F | 15  | Moshe Mizrahi | 21 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Holon |

Head coach

* Muli Katzurin

* * *

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

| Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

|
|
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|
|
|
|

Greece | 10  | 9  | 1  | 889  | 637 | +252  | 19
Spain | 10  | 9  | 1  | 866  | 685 | +181  | 19
Israel | 10  | 5  | 5  | 738  | 707 | +31  | 15
Romania | 10  | 4  | 6  | 657  | 804 | −147  | 14
Belgium | 10  | 3  | 7  | 663  | 751 | −88  | 13
Denmark | 10  | 0  | 10  | 603  | 832 | −229  | 10

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Belgium | –  | 79–60  | 59–92  | 69–75  | 69–73  | 63–78
Denmark | 60–73  | –  | 60–75  | 48–66  | 75–76  | 66–96
Greece | 88–49  | 103–63  | –  | 85–61  | 103–45  | 86–73
Israel | 66–67  | 89–78  | 73–74  | –  | 91–63  | 71–79
Romania | 74–69  | 88–47  | 60–92  | 56–72  | –  | 70–96
Spain | 85–66  | 87–46  | 94–91  | 88–74  | 90–52  | –

Preliminary round – Group B
Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

Boxscore

Germany | 86-81 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 62-94 |  Lithuania

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 91-75 |  Latvia

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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

Boxscore

Slovenia | 76-78 |  Israel

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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-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| September 10 – 18:00| | | | |

|  France| 76

| September 13 – 14:00

|  Russia| 69 |

|  France| 70

| September 10 – 21:00

| |  Lithuania| 74 |

|  Lithuania| 98

| | September 14 – 20:00

|  Serbia and Montenegro| 82 |

|  Lithuania| 93

| September 11 – 18:00

| |  Spain| 84

|  Spain| 78

| September 13 – 17:00|

|  Israel| 64 |

|  Spain| 81

| September 11 – 21:00

| |  Italy| 78 | | Third place

|  Greece| 59

| | September 14 – 17:00

|  Italy| 62 |

|  France| 67

|  Italy| 69

September 11
18:00

Boxscore

Spain | 78-64 |  Israel

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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 round| | Fifth place

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| September 12 – 18:00| |

|  Russia| 77

| September 14 – 13:30

|  Serbia and Montenegro| 86 |

|  Serbia and Montenegro| 64

| September 12 – 21:00

| |  Greece| 72

|  Israel| 56

|  Greece| 63 |

| Seventh place

| September 14 – 11:00

|  Russia| 82

|  Israel| 89

September 12
21:00

Boxscore

Israel | 56-63 |  Greece

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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

Boxscore

Russia | 82-89 |  Israel

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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

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G | 4  | Erez Katz | 23 – (1980-04-09)9 April 1980  | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G | 5  | Yotam Halperin | 19 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 6  | Derrick Sharp | 31 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F | 7  | Moshe Mizrahi | 23 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 8  | Israel Sheinfeld | 27 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
F | 9  | Gur Shelef | 29 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 10  | Tal Burstein | 23 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 11  | Meir Tapiro | 28 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
F | 12  | Yoav Saffar | 27 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
SF | 13  | Ido Kozikaro | 25 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 23 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
F | 15  | Shahar Gordon | 23 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980  | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |

Head coach

* Muli Katzurin

* * *

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

| Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Latvia | 6  | 4  | 2  | 517  | 451 | +66  | 10
Bulgaria | 6  | 4  | 2  | 487  | 495 | −8  | 10
Israel | 6  | 3  | 3  | 471  | 467 | +4  | 9
Portugal | 6  | 1  | 5  | 473  | 535 | −62  | 7

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Bulgaria | –  | 72–65  | 96–85  | 89–87
Israel | 64–84  | –  | 79–77  | 96–101
Latvia | 102–79  | 80–57  | –  | 92–64
Portugal | 72–87  | 73–90  | 76–81  | –

Additional qualifying round – Group B

| Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Israel | 4  | 4  | 0  | 319  | 280 | +39  | 8
Belgium | 4  | 2  | 2  | 280  | 262 | +18  | 6
Netherlands | 4  | 0  | 4  | 252  | 309 | −57  | 4

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Belgium | –  | 75–79  | 76–63
Israel | 69–67  | –  | 89–60
Netherlands | 51–62  | 78–82  | –

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

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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

Boxscore

Czech Republic | 78-83 |  Israel

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Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25

Novi Sad, Serbia

* * *

13 September 2005
20:00

Boxscore

Israel | 83-69 |  Hungary

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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

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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

Boxscore

Latvia | 65-74 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 77-93 |  Serbia and Montenegro

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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

Boxscore

Spain | 77-85 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Greece | 67-61 |  Israel

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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

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| 4  | Dror Hajaj | 26 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978  |  | Spotter Leuven |
G | 5  | Afik Nissim | 24 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981  | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  | Strasbourg IG |
F | 6  | Sharon Shason | 26 – (1979-03-16)16 March 1979  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Ural Great Perm |
| 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 |
F | 9  | Gur Shelef | 31 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 10  | Tal Burstein | 25 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 11  | Meir Tapiro | 30 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | SLUC Nancy |
F | 12  | Moshe Mizrahi | 25 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Galil Elyon  |
SF | 13  | Ido Kozikaro | 27 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 25 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 15  | Yotam Halperin | 21 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |

Head coach

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

| Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Portugal | 6  | 4  | 2  | 462  | 447 | +15  | 10
North Macedonia | 6  | 3  | 3  | 486  | 493 | −7  | 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6  | 3  | 3  | 482  | 459 | +23  | 9
Israel | 6  | 2  | 4  | 431  | 462 | −31  | 8

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Bosnia and Herzegovina | –  | 85–63  | 75–72  | 78–80
Israel | 88–81  | –  | 83–70  | 61–67
North Macedonia | 81–77  | 90–87  | –  | 83–63
Portugal | 75–86  | 69–49  | 108–90  | –

Additional qualifying round – Group C

| Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Israel | 6  | 5  | 1  | 485  | 421 | +64  | 11
Belgium | 6  | 5  | 1  | 442  | 400 | +42  | 11
Ukraine | 6  | 1  | 5  | 409  | 445 | −36  | 7
Denmark | 6  | 1  | 5  | 417  | 487 | −70  | 7

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Belgium | –  | 80–66  | 83–74  | 72–69
Denmark | 61–71  | –  | 60–72  | 90–85
Israel | 85–66  | 105–76  | –  | 81–73
Ukraine | 45–70  | 74–64  | 63–68  | –

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

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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

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60-67 |  Israel

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Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13

Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500

* * *

31 August 2007
20:30

Boxscore

Israel | 92-87 |  North Macedonia

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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

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 66-76 |  Greece

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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

Boxscore

Russia | 90-56 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 87-83 |  Serbia

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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

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 80-75 |  Croatia

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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

Boxscore

Portugal | 94-85 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Spain | 99-73 |  Israel

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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

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G | 4  | Dror Hajaj | 28 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978  | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G | 5  | Moran Roth | 24 – (1982-11-10)10 November 1982  | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  | Hapoel Holon |
G | 6  | Yotam Halperin | 23 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F | 7  | Lior Eliyahu | 21 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
C | 8  | Erez Markovich | 29 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G | 9  | Jeron Roberts | 30 – (1976-11-10)10 November 1976  | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Demon Astronauts Amsterdam |
F | 10  | Guy Pnini | 23 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G | 11  | Meir Tapiro | 32 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Bnei HaSharon |
G | 12  | Matan Naor | 26 – (1980-11-03)3 November 1980  | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Ironi Nahariya |
SF | 13  | Ido Kozikaro | 29 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Ironi Nahariya |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 27 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | CSK VVS Samara |
C | 15  | Amit Tamir | 27 – (1979-12-02)2 December 1979  | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  | Cherkaski Monkeys |

Head coach

* Zvi Sherf

* * *

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

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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

Game 2

Israel | 102-92 (OT) |  Great Britain

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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

Game 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77-71 |  Israel

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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

Game 5

Czech Republic | 91-70 |  Israel

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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

Game 8

Great Britain | 96-86 |  Israel

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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

Game 10

Israel | 88-74 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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

Game 11

Israel | 98-61 |  Czech Republic

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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

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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

Report

Croatia | 86-79 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 79-82 |  North Macedonia

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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

Report

Israel | 80-106 |  Greece

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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

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4 | Moran Rot | 1.83 | 6' 00" | Guard | 1982 |  Hapoel Jerusalem
5 | Yuval Naimi | 1.87 | 6' 02" | Guard | 1988 |  Hapoel Jerusalem
6 | Gal Mekel | 1.95 | 6' 05" | Guard | 1988 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 | Raviv Limonad | 1.91 | 6' 03" | Guard | 1984 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
8 | Guy Pnini | 2.01 | 6' 07" | Forward | 1983 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
9 | Yotam Halperin | 1.96 | 6' 05" | Guard | 1984 |  Olympiacos
10 | Tal Burstein | 1.98 | 6' 06" | Guard | 1980 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
11 | Lior Eliyahu | 2.07 | 6' 09" | Forward | 1985 |  Caja Laboral
12 | Moshe Mizrahi | 2.02 | 6' 08" | Forward | 1980 |  Maccabi Haifa
13 | Ido Kozikaro | 2.02 | 6' 08" | Forward | 1978 |  Maccabi Haifa
14 | Yaniv Green | 2.06 | 6' 09" | Center | 1980 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
15 | Amit Tamir | 2.09 | 6' 10" | Center | 1979 |  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

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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

Report

Italy | 71-79 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 110-88 |  Latvia

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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

Report

Finland | 84-83 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 77-73 |  Montenegro

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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

Report

Israel | 76-81 |  Italy

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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

Report

Latvia | 56-92 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 85-71 |  Finland

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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

Report

Montenegro | 79-69 |  Israel

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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.

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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

Report

Germany | 91-64 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 68-85 |  France

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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

Report

Serbia | 89-80 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 91-88 |  Latvia

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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

Report

Israel | 96-95 (OT) |  Italy

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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.

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PG | 4  | Yogev Ohayon | 24 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987  | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
PG | 5  | Afik Nissim | 30 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981  | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)  | ČEZ Nymburk |
PG | 6  | Yuval Naimi | 26 – (1985-08-31)31 August 1985  | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
SF | 7  | David Blu | 31 – (1980-07-18)18 July 1980  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
SF | 8  | Guy Pnini | 27 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 9  | Gal Mekel | 23 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988  | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Pallacanestro Treviso |
SG | 10  | Tal Burstein (C)  | 31 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 11  | Lior Eliyahu | 25 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
SG | 12  | Yotam Halperin | 27 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Olympiacos |
PF | 13  | Elishay Kadir | 23 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Haifa |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 31 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 15  | Uri Kukia | 30 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |

Head coach

*   * Arik Shivek

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Oded Kattash
*   * Dan Shamir

* * *

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

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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

Report

Montenegro | 75-69 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 86-88 (OT) |  Estonia

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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

Report

Iceland | 83-110 |  Israel

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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

Report

Slovakia | 64-82 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 89-76 |  Serbia

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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

Report

Israel | 76-81 |  Montenegro

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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

Report

Estonia | 53-84 |  Israel

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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

Report

Israel | 92-75 |  Iceland

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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

Report

Israel | 106-73 |  Slovakia

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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

Report

Serbia | 83-67 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 71-75 (OT) |  Great Britain

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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

Boxscore

Ukraine | 74-67 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

France | 82-63 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 87-69 |  Belgium

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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

Boxscore

Germany | 80-76 |  Israel

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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.

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G | 4  | Raviv Limonad | 29 – (1984-08-26)26 August 1984  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
G | 5  | Afik Nissim | 32 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981  | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)  | Hapoel Eilat |
G/F | 6  | Nitzan Hanochi | 27 – (1986-06-10)10 June 1986  | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Eilat |
F | 7  | Alex Tyus | 25 – (1988-01-08)8 January 1988  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F | 8  | Lior Eliyahu | 27 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985  | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
F | 9  | Omri Casspi | 25 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Houston Rockets |
F | 10  | Guy Pnini | 30 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 11  | Yogev Ohayon | 26 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987  | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G | 12  | Yotam Halperin | 29 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 13  | Ido Kozikaro | 35 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Haifa |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 33 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
F | 15  | Elishay Kadir | 25 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |

Head coach

*   * Arik Shivek

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Eric Elfasi
*   * Oded Kattash

* * *

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

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 97-100 (OT) |  Montenegro

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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

Boxscore

Netherlands | 57-66 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Bulgaria | 84-100 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Montenegro | 65-80 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 83-60 |  Netherlands

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 61-69 |  Bulgaria

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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

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 76-73 |  Russia

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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

Boxscore

Finland | 66-79 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 84-86 (OT) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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

Boxscore

Poland | 73-75 |  Israel

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 61-86 |  France

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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

Boxscore

Israel | 52-82 |  Italy

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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

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|
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|
|

SG | 5  | Dagan Yivzori | 29 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
G/F | 6  | Shawn Dawson | 21 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
PG | 7  | Gal Mekel | 27 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988  | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Crvena zvezda |
PF | 8  | Lior Eliyahu | 29 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
SF | 9  | Omri Casspi (C)  | 27 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Sacramento Kings |
SG | 10  | Raviv Limonad | 31 – (1984-08-26)26 August 1984  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
PF | 11  | Elishay Kadir | 27 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Eilat |
PG | 12  | Yogev Ohayon | 28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
C | 14  | Yaniv Green | 35 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 15  | D'or Fischer | 33 – (1981-10-12)12 October 1981  | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 16  | Robert Rothbart | 29 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986  | 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)  | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
PG | 23  | Bar Timor | 23 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |

Head coach

*   * Erez Edelstein

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Lior Lubin
*   * Alon Stein

General Manager

*   * Pini Gershon

* * *

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

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

|
|
|
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|
|

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

* v
* t
* e

Players | Coaches
}  | Pos. | No. | Name | Age – Date of birth | Height | Club | Ctr.

|
|
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|
|

C | 1  | Richard Howell | 26 – (1990-09-26)26 September 1990  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
G/F | 6  | Shawn Dawson | 23 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
PG | 7  | Gal Mekel | 29 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 8  | Lior Eliyahu | 31 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
SF | 9  | Omri Casspi (C)  | 29 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Minnesota Timberwolves |
SF | 10  | Guy Pnini | 33 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 11  | Elishay Kadir | 29 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987  | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
SG | 12  | Yotam Halperin | 33 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
PF | 14  | Oz Blayzer | 24 – (1992-12-29)29 December 1992  | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Maccabi Haifa |
G | 15  | Bar Timor | 25 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Hapoel Jerusalem |
C | 20  | Idan Zalmanson | 22 – (1995-04-18)18 April 1995  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
PG | 21  | Yogev Ohayon | 30 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987  | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |

Head coach

* Erez Edelstein

Assistant coach(es)

* Dan Shamir
* Alon Stein
* Modi Maor
* Avi Kowalski

General Manager

* Pini Gershon

* * *

Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Club – describes last
club before the tournament
* Age – describes age
on 31 August 2017

## See also

[edit]

* Israel national basketball team#Past rosters

## External links

[edit]

* Official website Archived 2016-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
* FIBA profile
* Eurobasket.com

### Videos

[edit]

* Israel v Russia - Group A - Game Highlights - EuroBasket 2015 YouTube.com video

## 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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