The Israel national basketball team has completed at 29 EuroBasket competitions since their tournament debut at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow.

Summary EuroBasketQualificationYearPosition 1939Did not qualify 1946 1947 1949 1951 19535th1174 1955Withdrew 1957 195911th413 196111th725 19639th945Directly qualified 19656th954321 19678th945321 196911th716431 197111th716321 19737th73411101 19757th752Directly qualified 19775th743 1979954 19816th835 19836th734 19859th734 198711th72512102 1989Did not qualify321 19911055 199315th312642 19959th624651 19979th8441064 19999th6241073 200110th4131082 20037th7341055 20059th4221293 200711th6241495 200915th303633 201113th523853 201321st5141064 201510th633642 201721st514Directly qualified 2021 To be determined To be determinedTotal29/38190 77 113 157 107 50 Note: Red border indicates host nation

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

First round - Group D RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 731178141+37 2. 731218170+48 3. 731230182+48 4. 513184219−35 5. 304159257−98 Bulgaria48 – 61IsraelIsrael60 – 36FinlandYugoslavia57 – 55IsraelIsrael2 – 0 (w/o)Lebanon Note: Lebanon forfeited to Israel during their scheduled game.

Final round RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 1470444265+179 2. 1143375282+93 3. 1143391374+17 4. 1143387332+55 5. 1143238327−89 6. 1034334370−36 7. 816323387−64 8. 716271426−155

The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.SCOREBOARD Israel20 – 66HungaryIsrael25 – 75Soviet UnionIsrael45 – 62FranceIsrael2 – 0 (w/o)EgyptIsrael59 – 53CzechoslovakiaIsrael47 – 42ItalyIsrael40 – 29Yugoslavia

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 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 4 4 0 316 173 +143 8 4 3 1 252 228 +24 7 4 2 2 250 233 +17 6 4 1 3 145 216 −60 5 4 0 4 133 224 −124 4

Classification round 1 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 124 98 +26 4 2 1 1 124 93 +31 3 2 0 2 137 118 −57 2

Classification round 2 - Group 1 (9th–11th Place) TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 150 130 +20 4 2 1 1 151 134 +17 3 2 0 2 110 147 −37 2

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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 118:89 4 +29 2 2 1 1 112:89 3 +23 3 2 0 2 88:140 2 −52

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T D1 29:18 41:23 – 70:41 D3 21:27 27:15 – 48:42

Second round – Group 2 Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 5 4 1 341:286 9 +55 2 5 4 1 291:281 9 +10 3 5 4 1 286:269 9 +17 4 5 1 4 308:311 6 −3 5 5 1 4 287:311 6 −24 6 5 1 4 233:288 6 −55

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T 2/1 30:27 21:37 – 51:64 2/3 32:25 30:17 – 62:42 2/6 25:14 39:27 – 64:41 2/11 28:14 29:36 – 57:50

Final round

1963 EuroBasket Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1963, the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourth time competing, and finished ninth.Israel

First round – Group A Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 7 7 0 608:472 14 +136 2. 7 5 2 499:455 10 +44 3. 7 5 2 509:444 10 +65 4. 7 4 3 520:512 8 +8 5. 7 4 3 467:459 8 +8 6. 7 2 5 463:505 4 −42 7. 7 1 6 453:588 2 −135 8. 7 0 7 405:499 0 −94

79–58 80–73 64–55 73–80 70–55 63–57 93–68

Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Israel defeated Romania in their first game of the 9th-12th place classification Round. They then went on to defeat Czechoslovakia in the 9th-10th place final, to finish in ninth place.Final Round Team 1 Team 2 Result 47–57 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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 7 7 0 546:370 14 +176 2. 7 5 2 487:466 10 +21 3. 7 5 2 522:443 10 +79 4. 7 4 3 395:439 8 −46 5. 7 3 4 394:458 6 −64 6. 7 2 5 389:454 4 −65 7. 7 2 5 477:464 4 +13 8. 7 0 7 364:478 0 −114

49–60 88–50 59–57 56–55 47–68 61–61 aet. 71–69 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 67–69 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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 7 7 0 640:431 14 +209 2. 7 4 3 475:475 8 +2 3. 7 4 3 490:480 8 +10 4. 7 4 3 493:513 8 −20 5. 7 3 4 449:509 6 −60 6. 7 3 4 422:480 6 −58 7. 7 2 5 418:464 4 −46 8. 7 1 6 435:472 2 −37

65–93 60–56 75–75 aet. 91–81 67–70 74–67 75–68 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 73–60 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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 397:334 10 +63 2. 5 3 2 349:380 6 −31 3. 5 3 2 334:299 6 +35 4. 5 2 3 359:385 4 −26 5. 5 2 3 365:361 4 +4 6. 5 0 5 381:426 0 −45

78–92 90–82 75–74 66–79 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 95–62 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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 434:358 10 +76 2. 5 4 1 374:329 8 +45 3. 5 3 2 408:357 6 +51 4. 5 2 3 401:394 4 +7 5. 5 1 4 342:416 2 −74 6. 5 0 5 408:513 0 −105

68–87 97–88 75–98 92–118 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 99–76 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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 439:353 10 +86 2. 5 4 1 364:350 8 +14 3. 5 2 3 345:386 4 −41 4. 5 2 3 443:451 4 −8 5. 5 1 4 376:408 2 −32 6. 5 1 4 369:388 2 −19

92–89 85–80 98–84 101–78 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.Final Round

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 Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 3 3 0 255:224 6 +31 2. 3 2 1 261:252 4 +9 3. 3 1 2 246:255 2 −9 4. 3 0 3 232:263 0 −31

86–85 90–84 85–71

Knockout stage – Places 7-12 Israel went undefeated in the 7-12 knockout round, finishing in seventh place.Classification round Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 7. 5 5 0 388:338 10 +50 8. 5 4 1 332:297 6 +35 9. 5 3 2 308:332 6 −24 10. 5 2 3 292:306 4 −14 11. 5 1 4 337:367 2 −30 12. 5 1 4 284:301 2 −17

80–81 77–101 87–76 119–105

1977 EuroBasket Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1977, the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eleventh time competing, and finished fifth.

First round – Group A

88–86 78–73 69–103 87–103 96–82

Knockout stage – Places 5-8 Israel defeated both Belgium and Bulgaria in the Places 5-8 Round, finishing in fifth place.Israel Scoreboard

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.Miki Berkovich

First round – Group C

France92 – 83IsraelIsrael86 – 78PolandYugoslavia76 – 77Israel 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.

Israel94 – 93CzechoslovakiaIsrael78 – 90ItalySpain84 – 88IsraelIsrael71 – 92Soviet UnionIsrael77 – 76Yugoslavia

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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

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

Israel82 – 74 EnglandSpain89 – 81 IsraelFrance76 – 88 IsraelGreece71 – 82IsraelIsrael85 – 86 Czechoslovakia

Knockout stage – Places 1-6

87–102 98–116 112–84

1983 EuroBasket Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1983, the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourteenth time competing, and finished sixth.26 May. to 4 Jun. 1983 - Limoges, Caen, Nantes in France. 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 SwedenSWEDEN vs ITALY (Group A) as well as semi-finals game Italy vs Netherlands.ITALY vs NETHERLANDS (Group 5)

First round – Group B

Knockout stage – Places 5-8 Rank Team Record 7–0 5–2 6–1 4 3–4 5 4–3 6 3–4 7 4–3 8 3–4 9 3–4 10 2–5 11 2–5 12 0–7

Roster

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,POLAND vs ROMANIA (Group A) France vs Yugoslavia,FRANCE vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group A) and France vs Poland.FRANCE vs POLAND (Group A) He additionally worked the quarterfinals game Yugoslavia vs Czechoslovakia,YUGOSLAVIA vs CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Group 4) and third place game Spain vs Italy.SPAIN vs ITALY (Group 2)

First round – Group B

Knockout stage – Places 9-12 Rank Team Record 7–1 4–4 6–2 4 5–3 5 5–3 6 2–6 7 5–3 8 3–5 9 4–3 10 2–5 11 2–5 12 1–6

Roster

1987 EuroBasket Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1987, the 25th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's sixteenth time competing, and finished eleventh.Event Standings 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,YUGOSLAVIA vs SOVIET UNION (Group A) Greece vs Spain, and France vs Romania. He also was a referee during the Quarterfinals game Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia,SOVIET UNION vs CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Group 1) and Semifinals game Greece vs Yugoslavia.GREECE vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group 6)

First round – Group B

Knockout stage – Places 9-12 Rank Team Record 6–2 7–1 5–3 4 4–4 5 7–1 6 4–4 7 4–4 8 2–6 9 3–4 10 2–5 11 2–5 12 0–7

Roster

1993 EuroBasket Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1993, the 28th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's seventeenth time competing, and finished thirteenth.Event Standings Israel qualified for the tournament after having not competed in the previous two.