Hapoel Galil Elyon

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הפועל גליל עליון
Hapoel Galil-Elyon

Leagues

ULEB Cup
Ligat Winner
State Cup

Founded

1978

History

1978 - present

Arena

Heichal haPais (capacity 2200)

Location

Kfar Blum, Upper Galilee, Israel

Team colors

Red and white

President

Haim Ohayon

Head coach

Oded Kattash

Championships

1 Israeli Championship
2 Israeli State Cups

Website

www.galilgolan.co.il

Uniforms



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Hapoel Galil-Elyon (Hebrew: הפועל גליל עליון) is an Israeli basketball team playing in the Israeli Basketball Super League (Ligat Winner) and the Israeli Basketball State Cup. The team represents the north-east region of the country - the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights.

In 1992/93, the team -- then coached by Pinhas "Pini" Gershon -- became the only club based outside Tel Aviv to have won the Israeli Championship from the establishment of the league and until the season of 2007/08.

Over the past 20 years, many of the Israel's most successful basketball players have come through the club, including Nadav Henefeld, Oded Kattash, Doron Sheffer, Gur Shelef, Lior Eliyahu and Sharon Sasson, earning the team the nickname "the Israeli basketball college".

1 Trophies
2 Current Roster
3 Notable Players
4 External links

[edit] Trophies

Israeli Championship
- Winner - 1 (1993)
- Runner Up - 2 (1990,1995)
State Cup
- Winner - 2 (1988, 1992)
- Runner Up - 3 (1987, 1990, 1998)

[edit] Current Roster

Hapoel Galil Elyon roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.
3.5 F	4	Israel	Asante, Eran	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
1.5 G	5	USA	Nixon, Aaron	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
1.5 G	6	Israel Australia	Hyams, Eban	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
1.5 G	7	Israel	Sheffer, Doron	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
1.5 G	8	USA	Campbell, Mike	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
3.5 F	9	USA	Brown, Cliff	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
3.5 F	10	Israel	Mossinson, Gil	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
1.5 G	11	Israel	Ben Chimol, Avi	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
1.5 G	12	Israel	Ohayon, Yogev	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
5.0 C	13	Israel	Sonego, Matan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
5.0 C	14	USA	Lewis, Jai	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
5.0 C	15	USA	Nigut, Josh	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
3.5 F	21	Israel	Eytan, Or	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
1.5 G	23	USA	Johnson, Kejuan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Head coach

Oded Katash

Assistant coach(es)

Nati Cohen

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague
Injured

Roster • updated 2007-11-16

[edit] Notable Players

Rimantas Kaukenas
Chester Simmons
Sam Hoskin
Nadav Henefeld
Omri Casspi
Doron Sheffer
Oded Katash
Andrew Kennedy
Ido Kozikaro
Teo Ćizmić
Christian Dalmau

[edit] External links

Official Site

Ligat Winner 2007-08

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ULEB Cup 2007-08

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Champion
DKV Joventut

Runner-up
Akasvayu Girona

Third place Dynamo Moscow | Fourth place Galatasaray Café Crown

Eliminated after Eighthfinals:
Artland Dragons • Hemofarm • BC Kyiv • Gran Canaria • Khimki • Lukoil Academic • Red Star • Zadar

Eliminated after Sixteenth Finals:
ASVEL Villeurbanne • Asco Śląsk Wrocław • Azovmash Mariupol • Benetton Treviso • BK Ventspils • ČEZ Nymburk • Elan Chalon • Hapoel Jerusalem • KK Bosna • KK Budućnost • Köln 99ers • Allianz Swans Gmunden • Telindus Oostende • Triumph Lyubertsy • Türk Telekom

Regular Season
Group A • Group B • Group C • Group D • Group E • Group F • Group G • Group H • Group I

Eliminated after Regular Season:
ALBA Berlin • Antwerp Giants • Anwil Wloclawek • ASK Riga • BC Kalev/Cramo • UPIM Bologna • Benetton Fribourg • CSU Asesoft • D. Bank Skyliners • EiffelTowers • FMP • Guildford Heat • Hanzevast Capitals • Hapoel Galil Elyon • Ludwigsburg • Ovarense Aerosoles • Panellinios GS • Pau-Orthez • Šiauliai • Spirou Charleroi • Strasbourg