MaccabI Tel Aviv (handball)

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Hebrew: מכבי תל אביב‎) is a handball club based in Tel Aviv in Israel. Part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club, they are currently members of Ligat HaAl and play at the Hadar Yosef Sports Centre.

History

The handball team of Maccabi Tel Aviv was founded in the 1930s when handball was first played in Mandatory Palestine. The club was initially three separate clubs; Maccabi North Tel Aviv, who won three national cups in a row between 1963 and 1965, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Brit Maccabim Atid. Over time the three clubs gradually amalgamated.

In 2013 the club won the Judges Association Cup.

Honours

• Israeli league
  • winners 2014
• State Cup
  • Winners 1963, 1964, 1965
• Judges Association Cup
  • Winners 2013

Notable former players

• Bojan Butulija
• Novak Bošković

See also

• Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Maccabi Tel Aviv F. C.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv B. C.