2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League

Basketball tournament 2014–2015 2016–2017 Israeli Basketball Super League 2015–2016 1 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner. #121212; border:#F47D34 2px solid; white Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title) Hapoel Jerusalem Ironi Nes Ziona 12 363 (regular season) October 11, 2015 – June 9, 2016 Sports Channel Channel 1 Darryl Monroe USA Darryl Monroe USA Darryl Monroe 24.2 USA Will Clyburn 20.9 USA Alade Aminu 9.9 NGR Gal Mekel 7.4 ISR 116-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. 12-Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. 40-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. 2,372https://basket.co.il/Viewers.asp?cYear=2016 כדורסל ישראלי | עונת | נתוני צופים לפי קבוצה לעונת 2015-16 Basket.co.il 2016-06-10 Israeli basketball in 2015–16 League(Final Four) State Cup League Cup The 2015–2016 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 62nd season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The regular season started on October 11, 2015, and ended on March 6, 2016. The last game was played on June 9, 2016. This season, the league had a different format. After the eight best teams qualified for the Playoffs, the winners of the series would play in a Final Four tournament. Hapoel Jerusalem was the defending champion. Hapoel failed to reclaim its title, because Maccabi Rishon LeZion won in the Final. It was the first championship ever for Rishon LeZion. Teams Israel Teams 2015–16 right 300 Israel 32.166667 34.833333 left Herzliya Israel 31.933 34.8 left Ness Ziona Israel 31.606111 34.771667 right Kiryat Gat Israel 31.960 34.7801 left Holon Israel 31.789 35.2090 right Jerusalem Israel 31.7944 34.6471 left Ashdod Israel 31.8910 34.7801 right Rishon LeZion Israel 32.051 34.763 left Tel Aviv Israel 32.817 34.983 left Haifa Israel 33.0021 35.075 right Nahariya Israel 29.530 34.933 right Eilat Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been promoted to the league after winning 2014–15 National League. Hapoel Gilboa Galil, who finished last season, relegated from the Super League. Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,500 Maccabi Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat Ashkelon Sports Arena 3,000 Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall5,500 Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Pais Arena 11,000 Ironi Nahariya Nahariya Ein Sarah 2,000 Ironi Nes Ziona Nes Ziona Lev Hamoshava 1,300 Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 2,200 Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena 1,690 Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,200 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Drive in Arena 3,504 Regular season main WL complete Basket.co.il points 2 1 PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO R HJE 27 6 2886 2572 MTA 24 9 2826 2521 MHA 19 14 2565 2482 IRO 18 15 2547 2611 HEI 17 16 2636 2677 MRL 16 17 2659 2644 BNE 15 18 2690 2733 HTA 15 18 2698 2678 MAS 14 19 2719 2813 HHO 12 21 2567 2715 MKG 11 22 2627 2785 INZ 10 23 2591 2780 QR green1 Advance to Playoffs red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Eilat Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Holon Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Nes Ziona Bnei Herzliya Ironi Nahariya Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Kiryat Gat wins Playoffs Quarterfinals The Quarterfinals were played as best-of-five playoff series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary). The Quarterfinals started on May 19 and ended on June 1. 5 Hapoel Jerusalem 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 99–97 85–87 90–73 84–93 86–84 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Bnei Herzliya 76–75 68–51 81–54 – – Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 69–71 71–89 83–66 75–65 60–70 Ironi Nahariya 0–3 Hapoel Eilat 75–82 77–80 85–86 – – |} Final four 2016 Israeli Final Four Final standings Pos PositionTeamQualification or relegation 1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Qualified for 2016–17 Champions League Regular season 2 Hapoel Jerusalem Wild card for 2016–17 Eurocup Basketball 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Automatically qualified for 2016–17 Euroleague 4 Hapoel Eilat 5 Maccabi Haifa 6 Ironi Nahariya Qualification for the Champions League First qualifying round 7 Bnei Herzliya Qualification for the FIBA Europe Cup 8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 9 Maccabi Ashdod 10 Hapoel Holon 11 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 12 Ironi Nes Ziona Relegated to the Ligat Leumit Statistical leaders As of 22 April 2016.https://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/basketball.aspx Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards eurobasket.com 2016-06-10 Efficiency yes 1 USA Darryl Monroe Maccabi Rishon LeZion 25.0 2 USA Paul Delaney Maccabi Kiryat Gat 23.5 3 NGR Alade Aminu Hapoel Eilat 22.6 | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"| Points yes 1 USA Will Clyburn Hapoel Holon 20.4 2 USA Charles Thomas Maccabi Ashdod 20.4 3 USA Diante Garrett Maccabi Ashdod 18.8 |} |} Rebounds yes 1 NGR Alade Aminu Hapoel Eilat 9.9 2 USA Richard Howell Ironi Nahariya 9.6 3 USA Darryl Monroe Maccabi Rishon LeZion 8.8 | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"| Assists yes 1 ISR Niv Berkowitz Ironi Nahariya 6.7 2 VEN Gregory Vargas Hapoel Haifa 6.6 3 USA Diante Garrett Maccabi Ashdod 6.0 |} |} Season highs Category Player Club Points 46 USA Nate Robinson Hapoel Tel Aviv Rebounds 20 USA Richard Howell Ironi Nahariya Assists 16 ISR Gal Mekel Maccabi Tel Aviv Blocks 6 5 occasions Steals 7 USA Paul Delaney (2 times) Maccabi Kiryat Gat Source: RealGM All-Star Game The 2016 Israeli League All-star event was held on 25 March 2016, at the Begin Arena in Eilat. +Israeli All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG ISR Gal Mekel Maccabi Tel AvivG ISR Meir Tapiro Maccabi Kiryat GatF ISR Shawn Dawson Maccabi Rishon LeZionF ISR Oz Blayzer Maccabi HaifaC ISR Elishay Kadir Hapoel EilatReservesG ISR Niv Berkowitz Ironi NahariyaG ISR Yuval Naimi Ironi Nes ZionaG ISR Aviram Zelekovits Bnei HerzliyaG ISR Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel AvivG ISR Afik Nissim Hapoel EilatF ISR Amit Simhon Hapoel EilatF ISR Karam Mashour Bnei HerzliyaF ISRSWE Jonathan Skjöldebrand Maccabi AshdodF ISR Lior Eliyahu Hapoel JerusalemC ISRUSA Isaac Rosefelt Hapoel HolonHead coach: ISR Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)Head coach: ISR Rami Hadar (Maccabi Haifa) +International All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG VEN Gregory Vargas Maccabi HaifaG USA Khalif Wyatt Hapoel EilatF USA Will Graves Maccabi HaifaF USAVEN Donta Smith Hapoel JerusalemC USA Darryl Monroe Maccabi Rishon LeZionReservesG USA Isaiah Swann Maccabi AshdodG USA Diante Garrett Maccabi AshdodG USANGR Michael Umeh Ironi NahariyaG USA Sundiata Gaines Ironi Nes ZionaF USA Gilbert Brown Ironi NahariyaF USA Drew Crawford Bnei HerzliyaF USA Will Clyburn Hapoel HolonF USA John Williamson Hapoel Tel AvivF CRO Dragan Bender Maccabi Tel AvivC USA Marco Killingsworth Maccabi Kiryat GatC USANGR Alade Aminu Hapoel EilatHead coach: CRO Žan Tabak (Maccabi Tel Aviv)Head coach: ISR Mickey Gorka (Bnei Herzliya) #eee 25 March Israeli All-Stars 143 118 International All-Stars 41–25 39–34 24–35 39–24 Kadir 21 Kadir 9 Berkovitz 8 Garrett 18 Garrett 8 Garrett 5 Begin Arena, Eilat 1,690 Three-point shootout thumb|180px|Amit Simhon +Contestants Pos. Player Team First round Final roundGUSA Isaiah Swann (W)Maccabi Haifa2116FISR Guy PniniMaccabi Tel Aviv2214GISR Amit SimhonHapoel Eilat19-GUSANGA Michael UmehIroni Nahariya19-GISR Aviram ZelekovitsBnei Herzliya16-GISR Yotam HalperinHapoel Jerusalem14-GISR Afik NissimHapoel Eilat13-GISR Yuval NaimiIroni Nes Ziona9- Slam Dunk Contest +Contestants Pos. Player Team First round Second round Final roundFUSA Gilbert Brown (W)Ironi Nahariya504546FUSA John WilliamsonHapoel Tel Aviv504545FISR Karam MashourBnei Herzliya5042-CUSANGA Alade AminuHapoel Eilat4442-GUSA Diante GarrettMaccabi Ashdod4147- Awards Regular season MVP USA Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) All-BSL 1st team ISR Gal Mekel (Maccabi Tel Aviv) USA Khalif Wyatt (Hapoel Eilat) USAVEN Donta Smith (Hapoel Jerusalem) ISR Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem) USA Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) All-BSL 2nd team VEN Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa) ISR Raviv Limonad (Hapoel Tel Aviv) ISR Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) USA Will Clyburn (Hapoel Holon) USA Richard Howell (Ironi Nahariya) Coach of the Season ISR Arik Shivek (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) Rising Star ISR Karam Mashour (Bnei Herzliya) Best Defender VEN Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa) Most Improved Player ISR Itay Segev (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Sixth Man of the Season ISR Bar Timor (Hapoel Jerusalem) External links BSL's official website References Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League seasons Israeli Basketball