2014–15 Israeli Basketball Super League

The 2014–2015 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponsorships reasons known as Ligat Winner Basketball, was the 61st season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season began on October 12, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014.

The season marked the first time since 1993 that Maccabi Tel Aviv did not reach the Finals, and the third time they failed to finish in either the first or second place. The season was the first time in the league's history to not include a Tel Aviv-based team in the first or second place.

Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. took the Israeli title, after it beat Hapoel Eilat in the Finals.

Teams

Changes

Eilat class=notpageimage| Teams 2014–15

Barak Netanya has been relegated to Ligat Leumit due to financial difficulties, Making Maccabi Ashdod stay in the league although finishing last in the previous season.
Ironi Nahariya has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Last Season (Regular season)
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500	11th
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,100	QF (8th)
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500	QF (7th)
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000	SF (2nd)
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,000	1st (Ligat Leumit)
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nes Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,300	QF (6th)
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200	12th
Hapoel Eilat B.C.	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,200	SF (5th)
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000	Runner-Up (3rd)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,200	10th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383	Champion (1st)
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,504	QF (4th)

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Seasons in the club
Bnei Herzliya	Mickey Gorka	1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	1
Hapoel Holon	Elad Hasin	2
Hapoel Jerusalem	Danny Franco	1
Ironi Nahariya	Roi Hagay	2
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nadav Zilberstein	2
Maccabi Ashdod	Zvi Sherf	1
Hapoel Eilat	Arik Shivek	3
Maccabi Haifa	Rami Hadar	2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Sharon Drucker	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Guy Goodes	1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Oded Kattash	1

Regular season

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	27	6	2867	2611	+256	60
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	25	8	2794	2427	+367	58
3.	Hapoel Holon	33	17	16	2675	2669	+6	50
4.	Hapoel Eilat	33	17	16	2718	2708	+10	50
5.	Maccabi Haifa	33	17	16	2655	2668	-13	50
6.	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	17	16	2643	2621	+22	50
7.	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	17	16	2674	2591	+83	50
8.	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	15	18	2647	2705	-58	48
9.	Bnei Herzliya	33	14	19	2826	2850	-24	47
10.	Ironi Nahariya	33	12	21	2634	2855	-221	45
11.	Maccabi Ashdod	33	11	22	2650	2799	-149	44
12.	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	9	24	2518	2797	-279	42

	Qualification to Quarterfinals
	Relegation to the Second Division

Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

Playoffs

Bracket

Small bold numbers represent the seed earned in the regular season of each team.

Quarterfinals 16–31 May		Semifinals 3–18 June		Finals 22–25 June



1 Maccabi Tel Aviv	3

8 Ironi Nes Ziona	0
		1 Maccabi Tel Aviv	2

		4 Hapoel Eilat	3
4 Hapoel Eilat	3

5 Maccabi Haifa	2
				4 Hapoel Eilat	65	68	133

				2 Hapoel Jerusalem	80	88	168
2 Hapoel Jerusalem	3

7 Hapoel Tel Aviv	0
		2 Hapoel Jerusalem	3

		4 Maccabi Rishon LeZion	0
3 Hapoel Holon	1

6 Maccabi Rishon LeZion	3

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1 16–18 May	Game 2 20–21 May	Game 3 24–25 May	Game 4 27–28 May	Game 5 30–31 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	3-0	(8) Ironi Nes Ziona	89-88	75-56	90-73
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)	3-0	(7) Hapoel Tel Aviv	75-67	98-83	77-73 (OT)
Hapoel Holon (3)	1-3	(6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion	76-80 (OT)	73-79	83-64	81-93
Hapoel Eilat (4)	3-2	(5) Maccabi Haifa	95-74	68-76	85-79	62-69	85-75

Semifinals

The Semifinals are played The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1 3–4 June	Game 2 7–8 June	Game 3 10–11 June	Game 4 14–15 June	Game 5 17–18 June
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	2-3	(4) Hapoel Eilat	91-82	86-64	98-104 (OT)	79-92	76-79
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)	3-0	(6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion	81-73	76-75	90-74

Finals

The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied. The team who finishes at a higher place in the regular season will host the second game.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1 22 June	Game 2 25 June
Hapoel Eilat (4)	133-168	(2) Hapoel Jerusalem	65-80	68-88

Game 1

22 June 2015
21:00

Box score

Hapoel Eilat	65–80	Hapoel Jerusalem
Scoring by quarter: 22-25, 14-19, 16-20, 13-16
Pts: Uter 16 Rebs: Uter, Kadir 8 Asts: Nissim 7		Pts: Wright 18 Rebs: Thompson 7 Asts: Eliyahu 7

Begin Arena
Attendance: 1,300

Game 2

25 June 2015
21:00

Box score

Hapoel Jerusalem	88–68	Hapoel Eilat
Scoring by quarter: 20-26, 16-18, 27-10, 25-14
Pts: Smith, Wright 20 Rebs: Smith 10 Asts: Smith, Eliyahu 6		Pts: Uter 17 Rebs: Uter 11 Asts: Berkowitz 5

Pais Arena, Jerusalem
Attendance: 11,000

2015 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title

All-Star Game

The 2015 Israeli League All-star event was held on 3 March 2015, at the new Holon Toto Hall in Holon. Every team sent one foreigner and one Israeli for the respective team, with the remaining spots been selected by the League. Maccabi Tel Aviv have been abroad for a Euroleague game, therefore their players did not compete in the event.

**Israeli All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Meir Tapiro	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Eilat
Reserves
G	Shlomi Harush	Hapoel Holon
G	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv
G	Yuval Naimi	Bnei Herzliya
G	Chanan Colman	Maccabi Haifa
F	Itay Segev	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
C	Robert Rothbart	Ironi Nahariya
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Hapoel Holon
Head coach: Elad Hasin (Hapoel Holon)
Head coach: Sharon Drucker (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

**International All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Jordan Taylor	Hapoel Holon
G	Isaiah Swann	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Donta Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Yancy Gates	Hapoel Tel Aviv
C	Craig Smith	Ironi Nes Ziona
Reserves
G	Mark Lyons	Ironi Nahariya
G	Josh Selby	Bnei Herzliya
G	Alex Young	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
G	Bracey Wright	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Tony Crocker	Hapoel Holon
F	René Rougeau	Maccabi Haifa
C	Curtis Kelly	Maccabi Ashdod
C	Adrian Uter	Hapoel Eilat
Head coach:Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Head coach:Oded Kattash (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

3 March

Israeli All-Stars	122–121 (OT)	International All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 30–30, 29–43, 36–19, 23–26, Overtime: 4–3
Pts: Rothbart 26 Rebs: Rothbart 8 Asts: Lior Eliyahu 7		Pts: Selby 23 Asts: Selby 11

Three-point shootout

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Zack Rosen (W)	Maccabi Ashdod	20	19
G	Chanan Colman	Maccabi Haifa	19	14
C	Robert Rothbart	Ironi Nahariya	14	-
G	Yehu Orland	Maccabi Ashdod	14	-
G	Yuval Naimi	Bnei Herzliya	13	-
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	9	-
G	Tony Crocker	Hapoel Holon	8	-

Slam Dunk Contest

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team
G	Mark Lyons (W)	Ironi Nahariya
F	Ivan Aska	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Itay Segev	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
F	Netanel Artzi	Maccabi Haifa

Awards

Regular season MVP

Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem)

All-BSL 1st team

External links

IBA's official website (Hebrew)

References

v t e Israeli Basketball Premier League
Current teams	Bnei Herzliya Hapoel Afula Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Eilat Hapoel Galil Elyon Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Holon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Ata Ironi Nes Ziona Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Tel Aviv
Former teams	Elitzur Givat Shmuel Elitzur Netanya Hapoel Gilboa Galil Ironi Ashkelon Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Seasons	1954–55 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Final Fours and Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019
Awards and Stats	MVP Finals MVP Quintet Defensive Player of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Most Improved Player Discovery of the Year Coach of the Year Stats Leaders
Related competitions	State Cup League Cup Liga Leumit Liga Artzit 2011 BSL All-Star Game

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Domestic leagues

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Women	France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Lithuania Poland Romania Russia Serbia Spain Turkey Ukraine

Regional leagues

Men	Adriatic League Balkan League Baltic League
Women	Adriatic League Adriatic Friendly League Baltic League Central Europe League

Continental
competitions

Men	Euroleague Qualifying rounds Regular season A B C D Top 16 E F Quarter-finals Final Four Eurocup Regular season A B C D E F Last 32 G H I J K L M N Knockout stage Finals EuroChallenge Regular season A B C D E F G H Last 16 I J K L Quarter-finals Final Four Next Generation Tournament
Women	EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women

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