The 2017–18 Israeli Basketball National League (or the Liga Leumit) is the 18th season of the Israeli Basketball National League. It started on October 15, 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on May 22, 2018 with the finals. Hapoel Be'er Sheva have won the championship after defeating Maccabi Kiryat Gat 3–0 in a best of five series.
Teams The following teams had changed divisions after the 2016–17 season:
Relegated from Premier League Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Promoted from Liga Artzit Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin Elitzur Yavne
Venues and locations Team City Arena CapacityElitzur Yavne Yavne Ralf Klain Hall 600Hapoel Afula Afula Nir Ha'emak Hall 1,000Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Conch Arena 3,000 Upper Galilee and Safed HaPais Kfar Blum 2,200Hapoel Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba HaYovel Kfar Saba 680 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Migdal HaEmek Yearot HaEmek 850Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim Ramat Gan and Givatayim Zisman Hall 1,400Ironi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall 1,000Maccabi Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon Atidim Hall 400Maccabi Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat Ashkelon Sports Arena 3,000Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Motzkin Goshen Hall 750Maccabi Ra'anana Ra'anana Metro West 1,850Maccabi Rehovot Rehovot Katzir Hall 500
League table Regular season
Playouts
Playoffs
Statistical leaders Points | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
Assists
Rebounds | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
Efficiency
Other statistics Category Player Team Average Steals Vernon Teel Maccabi Hod HaSharon 3.0 Blocks Robert Rothbart Maccabi Kiryat Gat 2.0 Turnovers Folarin Campbell Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin 4.3 Minutes Vernon Teel Maccabi Hod HaSharon 38:16 2P% Brandon Edwards Hapoel Galil Elyon 62.7% 3P% Tony Younger Hapoel Be'er Sheva 43.6% FT% Rashad Madden Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim 82.6%
Source: ibasketball.co.il
Awards Finals MVP PlayerTeam F/C Storm Warren Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Regular season MVP PlayerTeam C Robert Rothbart Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Coach of the Year CoachTeam Yaniv Burger Hapoel Be'er Sheva
All-League First Team First Team PlayerTeam G Guy Lavie Maccabi Ra'anana G Nimrod Tishman Maccabi Kiryat Gat F Malik Cooke Ironi Kiryat Ata F/C Storm Warren Hapoel Be'er Sheva C Robert Rothbart Maccabi Kiryat Gat Source: EuroBasket.com
See also 2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League 2017–18 Israeli Basketball State Cup
References