Israel national basketball team

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

6 July

Angola

75–95

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

7 July

Soviet Union

114–77

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

9 July

91–98

Australia

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

10 July

88–78

Cuba

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

Semifinals - Group 1


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	546	441	+105	10
Brazil	5	4	1	491	435	+56	9
Spain	5	3	2	414	402	+12	8
Israel	5	2	3	387	455	−68	7
Cuba	5	1	4	399	460	−61	6
Greece	5	0	5	419	463	−44	5

13 July

Spain

94–65

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

14 July

Brazil

90–75

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

15 July

Greece

79–82

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

5th–8th classification

Semifinals			5th place game


Spain	100
Canada	80


			Spain	87
			Italy	69


			7th place game

Italy	100	Canada	84
Israel	78		Israel	97

18 July

Italy

100–78

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

19 July

Canada

84–97

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Roster

Coach: Zvi Sherf^[11]

Number	Name
4	Howard Alan Lassoff
5	Motti Daniel
6	Adi Gordon
7	Nir Richlis
8	Ariel Rosenberg
9	Mickey Berkowitz
10	Chen Lippin
11	Doron Shefa
12	Doron Jamchy
13	Larry Bird Cortis
14	Tomer Steinhauer
15	Ofer Yaakobi

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1966	1st	7	6	1
1970	2nd	8	7	1
1974	1st	6	6	0
Total	—	21	19	2

1966 Asian Games

Preliminary Round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	457	298	+159	10
Israel	5	4	1	417	324	+93	9
Philippines	5	3	2	512	357	+155	8
Iran	5	2	3	380	398	−18	7
South Vietnam	5	1	4	378	501	−123	6
Burma	5	0	5	283	549	−266	5

10 December

Israel

87–55

Iran

11 December

Israel

100–70

South Vietnam

12 December

South Korea

62–48

14 December

Philippines

86–91

Israel

15 December

Israel

91–51

Burma

Championship

Semifinals			Gold medal game

17 December
Japan	34
Israel	57

			19 December
			Israel	90
			Thailand	42


			Bronze medal game
17 December		19 December
South Korea	52	Japan	60
Thailand	67		South Korea	72

17 December

Japan

34–57

Israel

19 December

Israel

90–42

Thailand

Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah

Amnon Avidan
Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Igal Dar
Gershon Dekel
Offer Eshed
Abraham Gutt
David Kaminsky
Zvi Lubezki
Itshak Shachar
Ami Shelef
Haim Starkman
Ilan Zohar

1970 Asian Games

Preliminary Round - Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	288	181	+107	6
Japan	3	2	1	243	185	+58	5
Singapore	3	1	2	203	284	−81	4
South Vietnam	3	0	3	202	286	−84	3

10 December

Israel

108–59

South Vietnam

11 December

Israel

98–58

Singapore

12 December

Israel

82–64

Japan

Championship

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	4	1	393	320	+73	9
Israel	5	4	1	429	373	+56	9
Japan	5	3	2				8
Republic of China	5	2	3	364	386	−22	7
Philippines	5	2	3	381	378	+3	7
India	5	0	5				5

14 December

Israel

83–67

Japan

15 December

Republic of China

73–114

Israel

16 December

Israel

82–74

India

18 December

Philippines

78–83

Israel

19 December

67–81

South Korea

Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah

Dan Barzily
Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Hillel Gilboa
Ronald Green
Hanan Keren
Ivan Leshinsky
Itamar Marzel
Gabi Neumark
Mike Schwarz
Haim Starkman
Gabi Teichner
Mark Turenshine

1974 Asian Games

Preliminary Round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	1	1	0	122	73	+49	2
Philippines	1	0	1	73	122	−49	1

September 2
8:30

Israel

122–73

Philippines

Second Round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	216	161	+57	6
South Korea	3	2	1	336	288	+48	5
Japan	3	1	2	287	293	−6	4
Pakistan	3	0	3	175	274	−99	2

September 7
17:00

Israel	2–0	Pakistan
Walkover

September 9
19:00

Israel	116–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43

September 12
18:30

Japan	68–100	Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Final round

Semi-finals			Final

September 13
Israel	123
Philippines	101

			September 15
			Israel	92
			South Korea	85


			Bronze medal game
September 13		September 15
China	114	Philippines	89
South Korea (OT)	119		China	102

September 13
18:30

Israel	123–101	Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

September 15
15:30

Israel	92–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Roster

Coach: Abraham Hemo

Motti Aroesti
Shamuel Avishar
Miki Berkovich
Tal Brody
Jacob Eisner
Hanan Keren
Itamar Marzel
Avigdor Moskowitz
Shamuel Nachmias
Shuki Schwarz
Boaz Yanai
Shmaryahu Zaslevsky

EuroBasket

EuroBasket
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1935	Did not qualify
1937
1939
1946
1947
1949
1951
1953	5th place	11	7	4
1955	withdrew
1957	withdrew
1959	11th place	4	1	3
1961	11th place	7	2	5
1963	9th place	9	4	5
1965	6th place	9	5	4
1967	8th place	9	4	5
1969	11th place	7	1	6
1971	11th place	7	1	6
1973	7th place	7	3	4
1975	7th place	7	5	2
1977	5th place	7	4	3
1979	02 ! Silver	9	5	4
1981	6th place	8	3	5
1983	6th place	7	3	4
1985	9th place	7	3	4
1987	11th place	7	2	5
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Did not qualify
1993	15th place	3	1	2
1995	9th place	6	2	4
1997	9th place	8	4	4
1999	9th place	6	2	4
2001	10th place	4	1	3
2003	7th place	7	3	4
2005	9th place	4	2	2
2007	11th place	4	2	4
2009	15th place	3	0	3
2011	13th place	5	2	3
2013	21st place	5	1	4
2015	10th place	6	3	3
2017	Qualified
Total	—	183	76	107

Note: Red border indicates host nation

1953 EuroBasket

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1953, the eighth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s first time competing, and finished fifth.

First round - Group D

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
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


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.^[12]

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
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.^[13]


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

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

May 22
21:00

France	77–66	Israel
Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18)		Pts: Klein (29)

May 23
10:00

Israel	79–67	East Germany
Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23)		Pts: Kulik (18)

May 24
19:30

Soviet Union	90–44	Israel
Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17)		Pts: Kastan (12)

Classification round 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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
Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15)		Pts: Lampen (17)

May 28
10:00

Israel	68–43	Iran
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
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
Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27)		Pts: Klein (19)

May 31
10:00

Italy	75–56	Israel
Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20)		Pts: Klein (19)

1961 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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

60
East Germany	50
Turkey	63

			67
			Turkey	59
			Poland	74


			11 – 12 Place
62		66
Poland	74	East Germany	80
Israel	59		Israel	83

1963 EuroBasket

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1963, the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s fourth time competing, and finished ninth.^[14]

First round – Group A

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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

Israel defeated against Romania in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on to defeat Czechoslovakia to finish in ninth place.^[15]

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Romania	Israel	47–57
Czechoslovakia	Israel	58–60

1965 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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

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
Greece	Israel	67–69
Bulgaria	Israel	63–51

1967 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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

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
Finland	Israel	73–60
Italy	Israel	74–72

1969 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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.

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Greece	Israel	95–62
Sweden	Israel	83–92

1971 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
West Germany	Israel	99–76
Turkey	Israel	74–84

1973 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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.^[16]

Classification round			Fifth place


Turkey	67
Bulgaria	76


			Bulgaria	78
			Italy	96


			Seventh place

Italy	94	Turkey	78
Israel	73		Israel	96

1975 EuroBasket

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	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
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.^[17]

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
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
Turkey	Israel	77–101
Israel	Greece	87–76
Israel	Romania	119–105

1977 EuroBasket

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
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
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.^[18]

Classification round			Fifth place


Bulgaria	108
Netherlands	85


			Bulgaria	78
			Israel	88


			Seventh place

Belgium	74	Netherlands	104
Israel	81		Belgium	89

1979 EuroBasket

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.^[19]

First round – Group C


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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


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.


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
Shai Sharf

1981 EuroBasket

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
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


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
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
Israel	Italy	98–116
Soviet Union	Israel	112–84

1983 EuroBasket

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1983, the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s fourteenth time competing, and finished sixth.^[20] 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^[21] as well as semi-finals game Italy vs Netherlands.^[22]

First round – Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Israel	72–78	Netherlands
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

Soviet Union	92–87	Israel
Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41
Pts: Myškin 18		Pts: Berkowitz 32

Palais de Sports, Caen

28 May
14:30

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

Czechoslovakia	89–93 (OT)	Israel
Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: PRajniak 25		Pts: Jamchi 27

Palais de Sports, Caen

30 May
20:30

West Germany	77–70	Israel
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
01 !	Italy	7–0
02 !	Spain	5–2
03 !	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
Israel	99

			4 June – 15:30
			Israel	88
			France	92


			Seventh place
2 June – 18:00		3 June – 18:00
West Germany	82	Yugoslavia	104
France	90		West Germany	88

1 June
18:00

Israel	99–88	Yugoslavia
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

France	92–88	Israel
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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
4.5 !F/C	4	Lassoff, Howard	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.0 !PG	5	Elimelech, Israel	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960
4.0 !PF	6	Silver, Louis	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1953-11-27)27 November 1953
1.0 !PG	7	Aroesti, Motti	–
5.0 !C	8	Schlachtern, Steve	–
3.5 !F	9	Berkovich, Miki	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
5.0 !C	10	Zlotikman, Haim	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957
1.0 !PG	11	Zisman, Shmuel	–
2.5 !G/F	12	Jamchi, Doron	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Ironi Ramat Gan	ISR !
5.0 !C	13	Yaakobi, Ofer	–
	14	Bogin, Niv	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1960-07-29)29 July 1960
5.0 !C	15	Willis, Johan	7001300000000000000♠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

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,^[23] France vs Yugoslavia,^[24] and France vs Poland.^[25] He additionally worked the quarterfinals game Yugoslavia vs Czechoslovakia,^[26] and third place game Spain vs Italy.^[27]

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

Israel	72–78	Bulgaria
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

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

Israel	80–86	Netherlands
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

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

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
01 !	Soviet Union	7–1
02 !	Czechoslovakia	4–4
03 !	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
Israel	91

			14 June – 15:30
			Israel	90
			Romania	89


			Eleventh place
12 June – 15:30		13 June – 15:30
Romania	90	Poland	102
Netherlands	87		Netherlands	100

11 June
15:30

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

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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
	4	Bino, Amir	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1961-08-08)8 August 1961
3.5 !F	5	Daniel, Mordechai	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
5.0 !C	6	Yaakobi, Ofer	–
1.0 !PG	7	Aroesti, Motti	–
5.0 !C	8	Schlachter, Steve	–
3.5 !F	9	Berkovich, Miki	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	10	Zlotikman, Haim	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957
1.0 !PG	11	Zisman, Shmuel	–
3.5 !F	12	Jamchi, Doron	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Ironi Ramat Gan	ISR !
1.0 !PG	13	Lippin, Hen	7001190000000000000♠19 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	14	Hozez, Pinhas	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1957-09-08)8 September 1957
5.0 !C	15	Willis, Johan	7001320000000000000♠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

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1987, the 25th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s sixteenth time competing, and finished eleventh.^[28] 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,^[29] Greece vs Spain,^[30] and France vs Romania.^[31] He also was a referee during the Quarterfinals game Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia,^[32] and Semifinals game Greece vs Yugoslavia.^[33]

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

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

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

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

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

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
01 !	Greece	6–2
02 !	Soviet Union	7–1
03 !	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
Israel	93

			13 June – 17:30
			France	94
			Netherlands	80


			Eleventh place
10 June – 17:30		11 June – 17:30
Romania	87	Israel	97
Netherlands	88		Romania	87

9 June
17:30

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

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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
5.0 !C	4	Lassoff, Howard	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	5	Daniel, Mordechai	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
1.0 !PG	6	Gordon, Adi	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Maccabi Haifa B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	7	Henefeld, Nadav	7001180000000000000♠18 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	A.S. Ramat HaSharon	ISR !
5.0 !C	8	Fleisher, Ofer	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
1.0 !PG	9	Rosenberg, Ariel	7001180000000000000♠18 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968
1.0 !PG	10	Lippin, Hen	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	11	Shefa, Doron	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1961-10-13)13 October 1961	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Maccabi Haifa B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Jamchi, Doron	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	13	Mercer, LaVon	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1959-01-13)13 January 1959	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Steinhauer, Tomer	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Haifa B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	15	Cohen, Itzhak	7001180000000000000♠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

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1993, the 28th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s seventeenth time competing, and finished thirteenth.^[34] 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,^[35] Group D games Belgium vs Germany,^[36] and Slovenia vs Germany,^[37] and Group F games Estonia vs Turkey,^[38] Estonia vs France,^[39] and Germany vs Turkey.^[40] In addition to working Place 5-8 Round Estonia vs Spain,^[41] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs France.^[42] He also worked Quarterfinals games Croatia vs Bosnia,^[43] and Herzegovina and Semifinals game Greece vs Germany.^[44]

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

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

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

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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
3.5 !F	4	Henefeld, Nadav	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	5	Fleisher, Ofer	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
3.5 !F	6	Elimelech, Israel	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960
5.0 !C	7	Barmore, Desi	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1960-05-22)22 May 1960
5.0 !C	8	Amsalem, Shimon	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1966-11-10)10 November 1966
1.0 !PG	9	Gordon, Adi	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	10	Steinhauer, Tomer	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Sheffer, Doron	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Jamchi, Doron	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	13	Katz, Amir	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1970-07-15)15 July 1970
1.5 !G	14	Arditty, Lior	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
3.5 !F	15	Daniel, Motti	7001290000000000000♠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

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,^[45] Group B games Slovenia vs France,^[46] Finland vs Spain,^[47] Russia vs Croatia,^[48] France vs Turkey,^[49] and Slovenia vs Turkey.^[50]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.^[51] 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.^[52] Israel also finished first as a team, averaging 11.5 steals per game.^[53] Isralei Nadav Henefeld finished third in average minutes played, with 34.2 minutes per game.^[54]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
3.5 !F	4	Henefeld, Nadav	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	5	Fleisher, Ofer	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1966-03-14)14 March 1966
1.0 !PG	6	Goodes, Guy	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
1.5 !G	7	Leaf, Bradley	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1960-05-17)17 May 1960
4.0 !PF	8	Cohen, Dror	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1974-01-17)17 January 1974	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Jerusalem B.C.	ISR !
1.0 !PG	9	Gordon, Adi	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1966-03-04)4 March 1966	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hapoel Holon	ISR !
5.0 !C	10	Muchtary, Amir	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Sheffer, Doron	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	University of Connecticut	USA !
3.5 !F	12	Jamchi, Doron	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
4.0 !PF	13	Balul, Kobi	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1973-02-05)5 February 1973
1.5 !G	14	Arditty, Lior	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
3.5 !F	15	Daniel, Motti	7001310000000000000♠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

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,^[55] Group D games Croatia vs Germany,^[56] and Spain vs Germany.^[57] He also worked Second Round Group F games, Poland vs Croatia,^[58] and Yugoslavia vs Spain.^[59] He also worked the third place game Greece vs Russia,^[60] classification round Poland vs Lithuania,^[61] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Latvia.^[62]

First round – Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Lithuania	75–60	Israel
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

Israel	69–68	Slovenia
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

France	82–88	Israel
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
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

Turkey	81–71	Israel
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

Israel	69–87	Russia
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

Greece	85–82	Israel
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
01 !	Yugoslavia	8–1
02 !	Italy	8–1
03 !	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

4 July – 10:00
Israel	84
Germany	75

			5 July – 12:00
			Israel	91
			France	84


			Eleventh place
4 July – 12:00		5 July – 10:00
France	84	Germany	93
Croatia	79		Croatia	100

4 July
10:00

Israel	84–75	Germany
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

Israel	91–84	France
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.^[63] Tomer Steinhauer finished third in average rebounds per game with 6.4.^[64] Oded Kattash finished ninth in average assists per game with 3.7.^[65] Oded Kattash finished second in average steals per game with 3.6.^[66] The Israeli team also finished fifth overall for teams average steals per game, with 14.4.^[67] 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.^[68] The Israeli team finished first in average free throw percentage over the tournament, with a 76.5% average.^[69] 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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
3.5 !F	4	Henefeld, Nadav	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
1.0 !PG	5	Arditty, Lior	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1967-12-16)16 December 1967	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
1.5 !G	6	Turgeman, Shalom	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.	ISR !
4.0 !PF	7	Muchtary, Amir	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1972-06-12)12 June 1972	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
4.0 !PF	8	Bernsley, David	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1969-05-06)6 May 1969
1.0 !PG	9	Aharoni, Oren	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1973-11-12)12 November 1973	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Ramat Gan B.C.	ISR !
1.0 !PG	10	Kattash, Oded	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Sheffer, Doron	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Shelef, Gur	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
3.5 !F	13	Cohen-Mintz, Uri	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Ironi Ramat Gan	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Steinhauer, Tomer	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	ISR !
5.0 !C	15	Fleisher, Ofer	7001310000000000000♠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

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,^[70] Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina,^[71] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Croatia.^[72] In Second Round he worked Group F Turkey vs Germany,^[73] and Czech Republic vs Turkey.^[74] Additionally he worked the Quarterfinals game France vs Turkey,^[75] and Semifinals game Italy vs Yugoslavia.^[76]

Qualifier round


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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	Bealarus	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
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	227	181	+46	6
France	3	2	1	200	196	+4	5
Israel	3	1	2	191	220	−29	4
Macedonia	3	0	3	197	218	−21	3

21 June
18:00

Israel	61–81	Yugoslavia
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

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

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
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

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

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

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.^[77] 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.^[78] The Israeli team finished third in average assists per game, with 17.0.^[79]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
3.5 !F	4	Henefeld, Nadav	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1968-06-19)19 June 1968	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	5	Daniel, Mordechai	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963
1.0 !PG	6	Goodes, Guy	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1971-03-13)13 March 1971	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Cantabria Baloncesto	ESP !
1.5 !G	7	Turgeman, Shalom	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	8	Amsalem, Shimon	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1966-11-10)10 November 1966
1.0 !PG	9	Tapiro, Meir	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Haifa	ISR !
1.0 !PG	10	Kattash, Oded	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1974-10-10)10 October 1974	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Panathinaikos	GRE !
1.5 !G	11	Sheffer, Doron	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1972-03-12)12 March 1972	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Shelef, Gur	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	13	Cohen-Mintz, Uri	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1973-08-01)1 August 1973	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Steinhauer, Tomer	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1966-10-03)3 October 1966	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
4.0 !PF	15	Saffar, Yoav	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !

Head coach

Muli Katzurin

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 21 June 1999

2001 EuroBasket

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,^[80] and Estonia vs Croatia.^[81]

Qualifier round


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

^[82]

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
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

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

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

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

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.^[83] Yoav Saffar finished in eighth place among all players in the tournament for average steals per game, with 1.8.^[84] 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.^[85] 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.^[86]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
5.0 !C	4	Sheinfeld, Israel	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Wright State University	USA !
3.5 !F	5	Gordon, Shahar	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Ironi Ramat Gan	ISR !
1.5 !G	6	Sharp, Derrick	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	7	Turgeman, Shalom	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
1.5 !G	8	Lubin, Lior	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1977-09-19)19 September 1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Ironi Ramat Gan	ISR !
3.0 !SF	9	Kozikaro, Ido	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
1.5 !G	10	Nissim, Afik	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Tapiro, Meir	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Saffar, Yoav	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
3.5 !F	13	Peleg, Barak	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1972-06-16)16 June 1972	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Bnei Herzliya	ISR !
3.5 !F	15	Mizrahi, Moshe	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Holon	ISR !

Head coach

Muli Katzurin

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 31 August 2001

2003 EuroBasket

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,^[87] and Turkey vs Greece.^[88] He was the referee in the fifth place games Serbia and Montenegro vs Greece.^[89] He also worked Quarterfinals game France vs Russia,^[90] and Semifinals game France vs Lithuania.^[91]

Qualifier round


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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


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
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

Germany	86–81	Israel
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

Israel	62–94	Lithuania
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

Israel	91–75	Latvia
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

Slovenia	76–78	Israel
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

September 10 – 18:00

France

September 13 – 14:00

Russia

France

September 10 – 21:00

Lithuania

September 14 – 20:00

Serbia and Montenegro

Lithuania

September 11 – 18:00

Spain

Spain

September 13 – 17:00

Spain

Third place

September 11 – 21:00

Italy

Greece

France

Italy

September 14 – 17:00

September 11
18:00

Spain	78–64	Israel
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

September 12 – 18:00
Russia	77
Serbia and Montenegro	86

			September 14 – 13:30
			Serbia and Montenegro	64
			Greece	72


			Seventh place
September 12 – 21:00		September 14 – 11:00
Israel	56	Russia	82
Greece	63		Israel	89

September 12
21:00

Israel	56–63	Greece
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

Russia	82–89	Israel
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.^[92] 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.^[93] 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.^[94] Tal Burstein finished fifth in all players in the tournament in minutes per game with 31.6.^[95] 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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
1.5 !G	4	Katz, Erez	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1980-04-09)9 April 1980	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
1.5 !G	5	Halperin, Yotam	7001190000000000000♠19 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	6	Sharp, Derrick	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	7	Mizrahi, Moshe	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	8	Sheinfeld, Israel	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	9	Shelef, Gur	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	10	Burstein, Tal	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Tapiro, Meir	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
3.5 !F	12	Saffar, Yoav	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.0 !SF	13	Kozikaro, Ido	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	15	Gordon, Shahar	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	ISR !

Head coach

Muli Katzurin

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 5 September 2003

2005 EuroBasket

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,^[96] Italy vs Russia,^[97] and Italy vs Ukraine,^[98] and fifth place game of Lithuania vs Slovenia.^[99] Additionally, referee Shmuel Bachar worked Preliminary Round, Group B, games Turkey vs Lithuania,^[100] and Bulharia vs Turkey,^[101] the third place game France vs Spain,^[102] and classification round games Russia vs Lithuania,^[103] and Slovenia vs Croatia.^[104]

Qualifying round – Group 2


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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


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


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
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

Czech Republic	78–83	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25

Novi Sad, Serbia

13 September 2005
20:00

Israel	83–69	Hungary
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
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

Latvia	65–74	Israel
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

Israel	77–93	Serbia and Montenegro
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

Spain	77–85	Israel
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

Greece	67–61	Israel
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.^[105] Israel also finished in first for assists for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 14.3 per game.^[106] Dror Hajaj and Meir Tapiro both tied for second in average number of steals per game, with 3.0.^[107] Israel also finished in second for steals for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 11.8 per game.^[108] Yaniv Green was tied for seventh place on average number of blocks per game, with 1.0.^[109] 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.^[110] 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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
	4	Hajaj, Dror	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978		Spotter Leuven	BEL !
1.5 !G	5	Nissim, Afik	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Strasbourg IG	FRA !
3.5 !F	6	Shason, Sharon	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1979-03-16)16 March 1979	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Ural Great Perm	RUS !
	7	Watson, Chris	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1975-07-16)16 July 1975
5.0 !C	8	Markovich, Erez	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Ironi Nahariya	ISR !
3.5 !F	9	Shelef, Gur	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	10	Burstein, Tal	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Tapiro, Meir	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	SLUC Nancy	FRA !
3.5 !F	12	Mizrahi, Moshe	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Galil Elyon	ISR !
3.0 !SF	13	Kozikaro, Ido	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	15	Halperin, Yotam	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !

Head coach

Zvi Sherf

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 15 September 2005

2007 EuroBasket

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
Portugal	6	4	2	462	447	+15	10
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


Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	85–63	75–72	78–80
Israel	88–81	–	83–70	61–67
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
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


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
Israel	2	2	0	159	147	+12	4
Macedonia	2	1	1	160	155	+5	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	123	140	−17	2

30 August 2007
20:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina	60–67	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13

Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500

31 August 2007
20:30

Israel	92–87	Macedonia
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
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

Israel	66–76	Greece
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

Russia	90–56	Israel
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

Israel	87–83	Serbia
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
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

Israel	80–75	Croatia
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

Portugal	94–85	Israel
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

Spain	99–73	Israel
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.^[111]

Yaniv Green finished in first place in average rebounds per game, with 9.3.^[112]

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.^[113] Additionally Israel finished in third place a team in the tournament with an average of 13.7 assists per game.^[114]

Meir Tapiro finished in fourth place in average steals per game, with 1.5.^[115]

Yaniv Green finished in fourth place in average blocks per game, with 1.5.^[116]

Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place in average minutes per game, with 31.5.^[117]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club
1.5 !G	4	Hajaj, Dror	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
1.5 !G	5	Roth, Moran	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1982-11-10)10 November 1982	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hapoel Holon	ISR !
1.5 !G	6	Halperin, Yotam	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	7	Eliyahu, Lior	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
5.0 !C	8	Markovich, Erez	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
1.5 !G	9	Roberts, Jeron	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1976-11-10)10 November 1976	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Demon Astronauts Amsterdam	NED !
3.5 !F	10	Pnini, Guy	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Tapiro, Meir	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bnei HaSharon	ISR !
1.5 !G	12	Naor, Matan	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1980-11-03)3 November 1980	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Ironi Nahariya	ISR !
3.0 !SF	13	Kozikaro, Ido	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Ironi Nahariya	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	CSK VVS Samara	RUS !
5.0 !C	15	Tamir, Amit	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1979-12-02)2 December 1979	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Cherkaski Monkeys	UKR !

Head coach

Zvi Sherf

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 3 September 2007

2009 EuroBasket

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,^[118] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Czech Republic.^[119]

Shmuel Bachar worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Bulgaria,^[120] Group C, Turkey vs France,^[121] and Relegation Round, Ukraine vs Hungary.^[122] During the Preliminary Round he worked Group D, Poland vs Bulgaria,^[123] Bulgaria vs Turkey,^[124] and Poland vs Turkey.^[125] During the Second Round, Group F, he worked Turkey vs Spain,^[126] Slovenia vs Poland,^[127] and Poland vs Spain.^[128] During the quarterfinals he worked Turkey vs Greece.^[129]

Seffi Shemmesh worked Qualification Round, Group A, Serbia vs Italy,^[130] and Group C, Turkey vs Belgium,^[131]

Moise Bitton worked Qualification Round, Group C, Turkey vs Ukraine.^[132]

Gil Oved worked Qualification Round, Group C, Ukraine vs Belgium.^[133]

Gili Cohen worked Additional Qualifying Round, Group A, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Portugal.^[134]

Qualifying round – Group D

Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Greece	3	3	0	268	202	+66	6
Croatia	3	2	1	235	226	+9	5
Macedonia	3	1	2	207	246	−39	4
Israel	3	0	3	238	274	−36	3

7 September
19:15

Croatia	86–79	Israel
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

Israel	79–82	Macedonia
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

Israel	80–106	Greece
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
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

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2011, the 37th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 26th time competing, and finished thirteenth.^[135] 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
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

Italy	71–79	Israel
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

Israel	110–88	Latvia
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

Finland	84–83	Israel
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

Israel	77–73	Montenegro
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

Israel	76–81	Italy
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

Latvia	56–92	Israel
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: Neimi 4

Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Ivo Dolinek, Jakub Zamojski, Mindaugas Vecerskis

26 August 2010
18:00

Israel	85–71	Finland
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

Montenegro	79–69	Israel
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.
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

Germany	91–64	Israel
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

Israel	68–85	France
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

Serbia	89–80	Israel
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

Israel	91–88	Latvia
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

Israel	96–95 (OT)	Italy
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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club	Ctr.
1.0 !PG	4	Ohayon, Yogev	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Israel !
1.0 !PG	5	Nissim, Afik	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	ČEZ Nymburk	Czech Republic !
1.0 !PG	6	Naimi, Yuval	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1985-08-31)31 August 1985	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Israel !
3.0 !SF	7	Blu, David	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-07-18)18 July 1980	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel !
3.0 !SF	8	Pnini, Guy	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel !
4.0 !PF	9	Mekel, Gal	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Pallacanestro Treviso	Italy !
2.0 !SG	10	Burstein, Tal (C)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel !
4.0 !PF	11	Eliyahu, Lior	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel !
2.0 !SG	12	Halperin, Yotam	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Olympiacos	Greece !
4.0 !PF	13	Kadir, Elishay	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Haifa	Israel !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel !
4.0 !PF	15	Kukia, Uri	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Israel !

Head coach

Arik Shivek

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Age field is age on 31 August 2011

2013 EuroBasket

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
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

Montenegro	75–69	Israel
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

Israel	86–88 (OT)	Estonia
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

Iceland	83–110	Israel
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

Slovakia	64–82	Israel
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

Israel	89–76	Serbia
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

Israel	76–81	Montenegro
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

Estonia	53–84	Israel
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

Israel	92–75	Iceland
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

Israel	106–73	Slovakia
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

Serbia	83–67	Israel
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

Israel	71–75 (OT)	Great Britain
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

Ukraine	74–67	Israel
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

France	82–63	Israel
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

Israel	87–69	Belgium
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

Germany	80–76	Israel
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.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club	Ctr.
1.5 !G	4	Limonad, Raviv	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1984-08-26)26 August 1984	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	5	Nissim, Afik	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hapoel Eilat	ISR !
2.5 !G/F	6	Hanochi, Nitzan	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1986-06-10)10 June 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hapoel Eilat	ISR !
3.5 !F	7	Tyus, Alex	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-01-08)8 January 1988	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
3.5 !F	8	Eliyahu, Lior	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
3.5 !F	9	Casspi, Omri	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Houston Rockets	USA !
3.5 !F	10	Pnini, Guy	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	11	Ohayon, Yogev	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ISR !
1.5 !G	12	Halperin, Yotam	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
5.0 !C	13	Kozikaro, Ido	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Maccabi Haifa	ISR !
5.0 !C	14	Green, Yaniv	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !
3.5 !F	15	Kadir, Elishay	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hapoel Jerusalem	ISR !

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

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
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

Israel	97–100 (OT)	Montenegro
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

Netherlands	57–66	Israel
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

Bulgaria	84–100	Israel
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

Montenegro	65–80	Israel
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

Israel	83–60	Netherlands
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

Israel	61–69	Bulgaria
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
1	France	5	5	0	407	335	+72	10	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Israel	5	3	2	375	384	−9	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Poland	5	3	2	367	352	+15	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Finland	5	2	3	387	392	−5	7
5	Russia	5	1	4	379	374	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4	324	402	−78	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1 2 Poland–Israel 73–75
1 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina–Russia 61–81

5 September 2015
17:30

Israel	76–73	Russia
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

Finland	66–79	Israel
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

Israel	84–86 (OT)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
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

Poland	73–75	Israel
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

Israel	61–86	France
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