2008–09 Israeli Basketball Super League

2008-2009 Israeli Basketball Super League season Israeli Basketball Super League Basketball 26 October 2008 - 21 May 2009 158 12 Sport 5, Israel 10 Regular Season Maccabi Tel Aviv League champions Hapoel Jerusalem Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon) Elitzur Kiryat AtaMaccabi Giv'at Shmuel Ligat Leumit Final four 2008–2009 Israeli Final Four Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Heat Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Most Valuable Player Israeli Basketball Super League 2007–2008 Israeli Basketball Super League 2007–2008 2009–2010 Israeli Basketball Super League 2009–2010 The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-2009 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85–72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon. Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they played best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on). The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit. Regular season TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 19 3 2002 1659 +343 41 2. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 17 5 1962 1828 +134 39 3. Maccabi Haifa 22 14 8 1734 1651 +83 36 4. Hapoel Holon 22 13 9 1811 1764 +47 35 5. Gilboa/Galil 22 13 9 1728 1672 +56 35 6. Bnei HaSharon 22 13 9 1713 1696 +17 35 7. Ironi Nahariya 22 10 12 1790 1740 +50 32 8. Ironi Ashkelon 22 8 14 1769 1797 -28 30 9. Ironi Ramat Gan 22 8 14 1707 1861 -154 30 10. Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 22 7 15 1706 1788 -82 29 11. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 7 15 1769 1903 -134 29 12. Elitzur Kiryat Ata 22 3 19 1688 2020 -332 25 15% Qualification to Playoffs Qualification to Relegation Playoffs Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. BNSEKAHPGHPHHPJIASINAIRGMGSMHAMRLMTABnei HaSharon 82-6771-6676-8777-7374-9180-7688-7896-7597-7890-9283-75Elitzur Kiryat Ata79-74 63-8468-10472-11771-7587-8082-8580-10176-8693-9156-88Gilboa/Galil74-5486-75 58-6487-9070-6884-7279-8477-72 88-83101-8764-87Hapoel Holon83-5283-7989-103 90-6985-76The Hapoel Holon-Ironi Ashkelon match was stopped after 6 minutes after one of the rims had been broken. The rim couldn't be fixed, and the match was postponed to a later data. Hapoel Holon was fined for this incident.77-7593-6785-8975-82107-10672-91Hapoel Jerusalem92-85103-94 81-7491-81 85-8293-92105-90101-86100-7896-7491-77Ironi Ashkelon81-7696-7478-7994-8478-87 91-8785-9173-6877-84 80-8875-99Ironi Nahariya65-67103-7390-7374-7682-67 84-90 81-7489-8061-71 77-84 85-102Ironi Ramat Gan68-77 87-7772-8185-70108-9266-8164-79 81-7372-8972-7356-102Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel68-7993-8168-6563-7477-8776-7090-9689-90 60-7687-7673-77Maccabi Haifa70-7592-7572-7990-7173-8079-6857-7694-7477-69 75-6879-76Maccabi Rishon LeZion 78-95108-8663-8671-7974-8177-6992-9368-5777-8854-81 93-96Maccabi Tel Aviv77-65102-8089-70105-8297-8197-8684-78103-8681-6180-68114-75 Playoff The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary). Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 125–26 April Game 23–4 May Game 37 May Game 410 May Game 514 May Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3–1 Ironi Ashkelon (8) 95–96 (OT) 86–69 92–69 97–65 Hapoel Jerusalem (2) 3–0 Ironi Nahariya (7) 78–76 92–79 88–80 Maccabi Haifa (3) 3–1 Bnei HaSharon (6) 66–69 75–71 74–61 87–68 Hapoel Holon (4) 2–3 Galil/Gilboa (5) 74–81 63–61 79–78 (OT) 55–77 80–87(OT) Final four 2008–2009 Israeli Final Four85 Final21 May Semifinals19 May 101 Gilboa/Galil 96 Hapoel Jerusalem 72 Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Jerusalem 70 Gilboa/Galil 72 Maccabi Tel Aviv 98 Maccabi Haifa 93 Third place Relegation playoff The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary). Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 126 AprilGame 23 May Game 37 May Ironi Ramat Gan (9) 3–0 Elitzur Kiryat Ata (12) 83–76 96–79 100–87 Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel (10) 0–3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion (11) 62–72 67–81 64–90 Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel were relegated to Liga Leumit. Awards The 2008–2009 Basketball Super League Season Awards were granted during the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Gala Dinner on May 16 to the players who stood out the most during the regular season and the playoff.The 2008/09 BSL Season Awards The MVP awards for the best player and coach of the season were given before the final game had been played. BSL 2008–2009 MVP USA Doron Perkins (Maccabi Haifa Heat) BSL 2008–2009 Final MVP PUR Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Coach of the season ISR Avi Ashkenazi (Maccabi Haifa Heat) All-BSL Team USA Doron Perkins (Maccabi Haifa Heat) Dominican Republic Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon) ISR Omri Casspi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) ISR Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv) USA Omar Sneed (Hapoel Jerusalem) Best 6th man USA Davon Jefferson (Maccabi Haifa Heat) Best newcomer ISR Gal Mekel (Gilboa/Galil) Most improving player ISR Uri Kukia (Hapoel Holon) Best defensive player USA Brian Randle (Gilboa/Galil) See also Israeli Basketball State Cup 2008-09 References IBA's official website (Hebrew)June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes BSL (English) Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League seasons Israeli League