2006 Israeli Basketball League Cup

Israeli basketball pre-season tournament Israeli Basketball League Cup 2006 Jerusalem Malha Arena 15–19 October 2006 Ironi Ashkelon (1st title) Maccabi Rishon LeZion ISR 20px Guy Kantor Israeli Basketball League Cup#Most Valuable Players 2007 Winner Cup 2006 is the 1st edition of the Israeli basketball pre-season tournament - Winner Cup. It was played on 15 October-19 October in Jerusalem at the Malha Arena, during the jewish holiday of Sukkot. Ironi Ashkelon has won the cup after beating Maccabi Rishon LeZion 79-73 in the final. Withdrawals The teams that finished at the top eight places on Basketball Super League 2005–06 were supposed to compete in the tournament. Maccabi Tel Aviv that finished 1st in the 2005-06 season has withdrawn from the tournament due to schedule problems. Hapoel Tel Aviv that finished on the 8th place was relegated to the 2nd division due to financial problems and was not eligible to compete in the tournament. The both teams were replaced by the 9th and 10th ranked teams - Bnei HaSharon and Ironi Ramat Gan, respectively. Tournament Bracket The teams were matched by their last season standings (2nd VS 10th, 3rd VS 9th, etc...). Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ironi Nahariya 77 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 87 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 77 Bnei HaSharon 76 Ironi Ashkelon 101 Hapoel Galil Elyon 85 Ironi Ramat Gan 72 Hapoel Jerusalem 83 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 102 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 109 Ironi Ashkelon 65 Hapoel Jerusalem 60 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 73 Ironi Ashkelon 79 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 89 Hapoel Jerusalem 93 Results Quarter-finals 15 October 17:30 Report Ironi Nahariya 77 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 87 20-21 23-19 13-23 21-24 Ben David 18 Kozikaro 8 Limonad 6 Davis 26 Wallace 10 Straight 8 Malha Arena 15 October 20:00 Report Ironi Ramat Gan 72 Hapoel Jerusalem 83 21-28 16-25 15-14 20-16 Allen 30 Louis, Allen 6 McCants 12 Austin 18 Golemac, Austin 7 Austin 5 Malha Arena 16 October 17:30 Report Ironi Ashkelon 101 Hapoel Galil Elyon 85 10-22 33-15 19-26 39-22 Eitan 31 Miles 15 Hatten, Miles 7 Casspi 24 Blloberk, Stockman 6 Rot 7 Malha Arena 16 October 20:00 Report Maccabi Rishon LeZion 77 Bnei HaSharon 76 21-16 19-17 23-13 14-30 Shimonovich 19 Shimonovich 12 Kantor, Tolbert, Shimonovich 4 Williams, Cisse 15 Cisse 13 Katz 5 Malha Arena Semi-finals 18 October Report Maccabi Rishon LeZion 109 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 102 90-90 17-27 29-19 22-23 22-21 19-12 Kantor, Moore 21 Moore 12 Sidney 8 Straight 29 Wallace 16 Davis 5 Malha Arena 18 October Report Hapoel Jerusalem 60 Ironi Ashkelon 65 22-14 19-19 9-17 10-15 Bowers 19 Golemac, Bowers 9 Golemac 8 Hatten 20 Miles 8 Colman 5 Malha Arena Third-place game 19 October Report Hapoel Jerusalem 93 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 89 18-22 24-15 29-21 22-30 Bowers 20 Davis 35 Malha Arena Final #eee 19 October Report Maccabi Rishon LeZion 73 Ironi Ashkelon 79 27-18 12-26 17-15 17-20 Tolbert 27 Moore 10 Moore 3 Eitan 17 Hatten 13 Hatten 5 Malha Arena External links Winner Cup (Hebrew) 2006 Category:2006–07 in Israeli basketball