2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League

The 2022–23 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 69th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The league started on 7 October 2022.

Format The regular season will be played in a 22-round round-robin format. The top 6 finishers will play the 5 rounds "upper house", with the other 6 teams playing the 5 rounds "bottom house". The 6 upper group teams, joined by the top 2 teams from the bottom group, will play the quarter finals as Best-of-5 series. The semifinals and finals will be played as Best-of-3 series.

Teams

Maccabi Rishon LeZion has been relegated to 2022–23 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2021–22 Premier League. Ironi Kiryat Ata has been promoted to the league after winning the 2021–22 National League.

Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Conch Arena Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena Hapoel Galil Elyon Upper Galilee and Kiryat Shmona HaPais Kfar Blum Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall Hapoel Haifa Haifa Romema Arena Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Pais Arena Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Drive in Arena Ironi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall Ironi Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena

Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsorBnei Herzliya Eldad Akunis Oren Aharoni Yair Kravitz Peak Ofek DistHapoel Be'er Sheva Kfir Arazi Lior Lubin Neta Segal Kempa Altshuler ShachamHapoel Eilat Tal Pinhas Maurizio Buscaglia Netanel Artzi Nike Yossi AvrahamiHapoel Galil Elyon Tamir Abrahams Barak Peleg Nimrod Levi Macron Nofar EnergyHapoel Gilboa Galil Ariel Beit-Halahmy Amit Suss GevasolHapoel Haifa Yuval Rosman Mickey Gorka Ofek Avital Reebok B-Cure LaserHapoel Holon Eitan Lanciano Guy Goodes Chris Johnson Atsmon PlayGroundsHapoel Jerusalem Eyal Chomski Aleksandar Džikić Itay Segev Givova Bank YahavHapoel Tel Aviv Rami Cohen Danny Franco Bar Timor Reebok Vegan FriendlyIroni Kiryat Ata Naftali Ben Tov Sharon Avrahami Ido Davidi Tax:onIroni Ness Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Elad Hasin Lior Carreira Macron Chai MotorsMaccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Oded Kattash John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Hapoel Gilboa Galil Rami Hadar Fired 21 December 2022 12th (2-8) Ariel Beit-Halahmy 9 January 2023 Hapoel Eilat Ariel Beit-Halahmy Resigned 25 December 2022 11th (3-8) Maurizio Buscaglia 15 January 2023 Hapoel Haifa Sharon Drucker Fired 11 April 2023 11th (6-17) Mickey Gorka 12 April 2023

Regular season

Rounds 1 to 22

Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Top-teams League Group

Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Bottom-Teams League Group

Positions by Round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Semifinals Game 1

Game 2

Finals

2022–23 Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Tel Aviv56th title

Awards MVP of the Round Round Player Team October 1Payton Willis Hapoel Gilboa Galil 35 2D. J. Cooper Ironi Ness Ziona 29 4Anthony Hickey Hapoel Haifa 27 November 5D. J. Cooper Ironi Ness Ziona 34 6Speedy Smith Hapoel Jerusalem 29 December8Shaq Buchanan Ironi Ness Ziona 32 Tyler Bey 36 9Maurice Kemp Bnei Herzliya 39 11David Efianayi Hapoel Be'er Sheva 35 January 13Itay Moskovich Hapoel Galil Elyon 30 14J'Covan Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv 39 15David Efianayi Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 February 17Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon 29 March 18Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon 37 19Tony Carr Hapoel Gilboa Galil 42 21J'Covan Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv 34 April 25Hayden Dalton Hapoel Holon 35 May 27Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 32 – 3Jordan McRae Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 7Shaq Buchanan Ironi Ness Ziona 33 10Andy Van Vliet Bnei Herzliya 31 12Roi Huber Hapoel Galil Elyon 24 16Roi Huber Hapoel Galil Elyon 33 20Mangok Mathiang Hapoel Eilat 44 22Tyler Bey Ironi Ness Ziona 36 23Jordan McRae Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 24Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 26Zach Hankins Hapoel Jerusalem 31

Monthly Awards Player of the Month Month Player Team October Tyler Bey Ironi Ness Ziona 30.0 November D. J. Cooper Ironi Ness Ziona 31.0 December Maurice Kemp Bnei Herzliya 24.8 January David Efianayi Hapoel Be'er Sheva 23.8 February Antonius Cleveland Hapoel Eilat 22 March April Maurice Kemp Bnei Herzliya 27.0

Israeli Player of the Month Month Player Team October Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 24.3 November Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv 14.0 December Itay Moskovich Hapoel Galil Elyon 16.8 January Roi Huber Hapoel Galil Elyon 19.5 February Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.3 March April Egor Koulechov Hapoel Be'er Sheva 15.5

Coach of the Month Month Coach Team October Oded Kattash Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 November Aleksandar Džikić Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0 December Oren Aharoni Bnei Herzliya 3–1 January Barak Peleg Hapoel Galil Elyon 4–0 February Aleksandar Džikić Hapoel Jerusalem 6–0 March April Oren Aharoni Bnei Herzliya 4–0

Yearly awards Award Winner Team Regular season MVP Zach Hankins Hapoel Jerusalem Regular season Israeli MVP Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv Rising Star Roy Paretsky Hapoel Be'er Sheva Best Defender Or Cornelius Hapoel Jerusalem Most Improved Player Itay Moskovich Hapoel Galil Elyon Sixth Man of the Year Bar Timor Hapoel Tel Aviv First Team D. J. Cooper Ironi Ness Ziona Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon Tomer Ginat Hapoel Tel Aviv Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv Zach Hankins Hapoel Jerusalem Second Team Wade Baldwin Maccabi Tel Aviv Khadeen Carrington Hapoel Jerusalem Jordan McRae Hapoel Tel Aviv Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon Maurice Kemp Bnei Herzliya Coach of the Year Aleksandar Džikić Hapoel Jerusalem Finals MVP Wade Baldwin Maccabi Tel Aviv

Israeli clubs in European competitions +European-wide competitions Competition Team Progress EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Quarter-finals Champions League Hapoel Jerusalem Bnei Herzliya Regular season Hapoel Holon Round of 16 EuroCup Hapoel Tel Aviv Quarter-finals FIBA Europe Cup Hapoel Galil Elyon Regular season Hapoel Haifa Second round

+Regional leagues Competition Team Progress European North Basketball League Ironi Ness Ziona Quarter-finals Balkan League Hapoel Be'er Sheva

References