Israeli Basketball League Cup

The Basketball League Cup is a pre-season basketball tournament held in Israel since 2006. It is held in Malha Arena, Jerusalem, on the week before the start of the League season. It is currently sponsored by Pais Lotto and therefore officially known as the Chance Cup, It was previously sponsored by Toto Winner Organization and named Winner Cup from 2006 to 2009. and in 2010 it had no sponser and was named Basketball League Cup..

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Competition System

The top eight teams in last season's Israeli Premier League compete in the tournament. The tournament uses the knockout system. The teams are seeded according to their positions in the Premier League.

Finals

Year Champion Result Runner-Up Tournament MVP
2006 Ironi Ashkelon 79 – 73 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Guy Kantor (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
2007 Maccabi Tel Aviv 93 – 74 Hapoel Jerusalem David Bluthenthal (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
2008 Hapoel Jerusalem 84 – 69 Ironi Nahariya Timmy Bowers (Hapoel Jerusalem)
2009 Hapoel Jerusalem 86 – 80 Maccabi Tel Aviv Chester Simmons (Hapoel Jerusalem)
2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 87 – 77 Hapoel Jerusalem Jeremy Pargo (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
2011 Maccabi Tel Aviv 78 – 74 Hapoel Holon Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Team rankings

Place Team Titles Runners-up Winning Years
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 2007, 2010, 2011
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 2 2 2008, 2009
3 Ironi Ashkelon 1 0 2006
4 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 0 1
Ironi Nahariya 0 1
Hapoel Holon 0 1

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