Liga Leumit (basketball)

Liga Leumit (Hebrew: ליגה לאומית, lit. National League) is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.

Liga Leumit
Founded1966 (1966)
First season1966–67
Country Israel
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toIsraeli Premier League
Relegation toLiga Artzit
Domestic cup(s)Israeli State Cup
SupercupLeumit League Cup
Current championsMaccabi Haifa
Websiteibasketball.co.il
2019–20 Israeli Basketball National League

League system

The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit.

Current teams

TeamCityArenaCapacity
A.S. Ramat HaSharonRamat HaSharonOranim Hall900
Bnei HerzliyaHerzliyaHaYovel Herzliya1,500
Elitzur Eito AshkelonAshkelonAshkelon Sports Arena3,000
Elitzur NetanyaNetanyaYeshurun Hall1,000
Elitzur YavneYavneRalf Klain Hall600
Hapoel AfulaAfulaNir Ha'emak Hall1,000
Hapoel Galil ElyonUpper Galilee and Kiryat ShmonaHaPais Kfar Blum2,200
Hapoel HaifaHaifaRomema Arena5,000
Hapoel Hevel Modi'inHevel Modi'in Regional CouncilNahshon Hall370
Hapoel Ramat Gan GivatayimRamat Gan and GivatayimZisman Hall1,400
Ironi Kiryat AtaKiryat AtaRamaz Hall1,000
Maccabi Hod HaSharonHod HaSharonAtidim Hall400
Maccabi Kiryat MotzkinKiryat MotzkinGoshen Hall750
Maccabi Ra'ananaRa'ananaMetro West1,850

League champions

Season Champions Other promoted team
2001–02Hapoel Tel AvivA.S. Ramat HaSharon, Ironi Nahariya
2002–03Elitzur Ashkelon-
2003–04Maccabi Petach Tikva-
2004–05Ironi Ramat Gan-
2005–06Hapoel Gilboa/Afula-
2006–07Hapoel Holon-
2007–08Maccabi HaifaIroni Kiryat Ata, Maccabi Givat Shmuel
2008–09Barak NetanyaHapoel Afula
2009–10Maccabi Ashdod-
2010–11Habikaa B.C.-
2011–12Hapoel Tel Aviv-
2012–13Ironi Nes Ziona-
2013–14Ironi Nahariya-
2014–15Maccabi Kiryat Gat-
2015–16Hapoel Gilboa Galil-
2016–17Ironi Nes Ziona-
2017–18Hapoel Be'er Sheva-
2018–19Maccabi Haifa-

See also

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