Hapoel Holon

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Hapoel Holon
הפועל חולון

Leagues

Ligat Winner
State Cup

Founded

1947

Arena

Holon City Arena (capacity 2,850)

Location

Holon

Team colors

Yellow and Purple

President

Miki Dorsman

Head coach

Miki Dorsman

Championships

1 (2007-08)

Website

www.hapoel-holon.co.il

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Hapoel Holon is an Israeli basketball club based in Holon, playing in the Israeli and European basketball competitions. The club won their first championship in 2008, beating perennial champions Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final four final.

1 History
2 Notable players
3 Arena
4 Honours
5 Colors and mascot
6 Current roster
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The club was was founded in 1947 and reached the top division in 1954, finishing second in their first season.

Holon returned to the top flight at the end of the 2006-07 season, and finished top in the 2007-08 regular season. They reached the play-off final, where they defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-72 to claim their first championship, with Malik Dixon scoring the winning two points four seconds from the end of the game. PJ Tucker won the MVP title. It was the first time Maccabi Tel Aviv had failed to win the trophy in 14 years.^[1]

The club has reached the final of the State Cup final five times, but lost on every occasion.

[edit] Notable players

Over the years the club has signed several former-NBA players, including PJ Tucker, Kenny Benister and Richie Dumas. Their best homegrown player was Ofer Eshed who played for the club between 1957 and 1972 and he is the all-time points leader in the team, with 7,495 points.

[edit] Arena

The club plays at the Holon City Arena, which has a capacity of 2,850. It was the first basketball arena in Israel, built in 1953. It is known as the "Cans Court", as the roof and the sides of the court are made of cans.

[edit] Honours

Ligat Winner
- Champions 2007-08
Liga Leumit
- Champions 2006, 2007
- Regular season champions 2004, 2007

[edit] Colors and mascot

The team's colors are defined as yellow and purple after a Jewish American fan of the Los Angeles Lakers donated uniforms in the colors of his favorite club.

For many years Holon's mascot was a tiger. It appeared on the team's logo for many years and in the 90's the team called 'Hapoel Tigers Holon' on its logo. Today the tiger still exists but in another form.

[edit] Current roster

Hapoel Holon roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.
3.0 SF	4	USA	Tucker, P.J.	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
2.0 SG	5	Israel	Gordon, Avishay	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
1.0 PG	6	Israel	Yisraeli, Goony	1.82 m (5 ft 12 in)
3.0 SF	7	USA Israel	Watson, Chris	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
4.0 PF	8	USA Israel	Lexer, Ryan	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
1.0 PG	9	Israel	Rot, Moran	1.82 m (5 ft 12 in)
1.0 PG	10	USA	Dixon, Malik	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
2.0 SG	11	USA	Simmons, Chester	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
4.0 PF	12	Israel	Tamir, Amit	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
3.0 SF	13	USA	Campell, Erik	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
5.0 C	14	USA	Brown, Elton	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
2.0 SG	15	USA	Wisham, Tony	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
2.0 SG	21	Israel	Levy, Lior	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)