2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League

2015–16 Ligat Winner ¹
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Relegated	Ironi Nes Ziona
Teams	12
Games played	363 (regular season)
Duration	October 11, 2015 – June 9, 2016
TV	Sport 5 Channel 1
Awards
MVP	Darryl Monroe
Final Four MVP	Darryl Monroe
Statistical leaders
PIR	Darryl Monroe 24.2
Points	Will Clyburn 20.9
Rebounds	Alade Aminu 9.9
Assists	Gal Mekel 7.4
Records
Average attendance	2,372^[1]

Israeli basketball in 2015–16
League (Final Four)	State Cup	League Cup

The 2015–16 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

Teams 2015–16

Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been promoted to the league after winning 2014–15 National League. Hapoel Gilboa Galil, who finished last 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 Hall	5,300
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Payis Arena	11,600
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	11,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,500

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	27	6	2886	2572	+314	Advance to Playoffs
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	24	9	2826	2521	+305
3	Maccabi Haifa	33	19	14	2565	2482	+83
4	Ironi Nahariya	33	18	15	2547	2611	−64
5	Hapoel Eilat	33	17	16	2636	2677	−41
6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	16	17	2659	2644	+15
7	Bnei Herzliya	33	15	18	2690	2733	−43
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	15	18	2698	2678	+20
9	Maccabi Ashdod	33	14	19	2719	2813	−94
10	Hapoel Holon	33	12	21	2567	2715	−148
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	33	11	22	2627	2785	−158
12	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	10	23	2591	2780	−189	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: Basket.co.il

Playoffs

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 19 May	Game 2 22-23 May	Game 3 26-27 May	Game 4 29-30 May	Game 5 1 June
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	99–97 (OT)	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

Main article: 2016 Israeli Final Four

Semi-finals 6 June		Final 9 June


Hapoel Jerusalem	82
Hapoel Eilat	78


		Hapoel Jerusalem	77
		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83




Maccabi Tel Aviv	69
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	71

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification 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.^[2]

Efficiency


Pos	Player	Club	PIR
1	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	25.0
2	Paul Delaney	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	23.5
3	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	22.6

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon	20.4
2	Charles Thomas	Maccabi Ashdod	20.4
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	18.8

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	9.9
2	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya	9.6
3	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	8.8

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Niv Berkowitz	Ironi Nahariya	6.7
2	Gregory Vargas	Hapoel Haifa	6.6
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	6.0

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
Points	46	Nate Robinson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Rebounds	20	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya
Assists	16	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Blocks	6	5 occasions
Steals	7	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-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
G	Meir Tapiro	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
F	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Oz Blaizer	Maccabi Haifa
C	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Eilat
Reserves
G	Niv Berkovitz	Ironi Nahariya
G	Yuval Naimi	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Aviram Zelikovitch	Bnei Herzliya
G	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat
F	Amit Simhon	Hapoel Eilat
F	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya
F	Jonathan Skjoldebrand	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Hapoel Holon
Head coach: Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Head coach: Rami Hadar (Maccabi Haifa)

**Foreign All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gregory Vargas	Maccabi Haifa
G	Khalif Wyatt	Hapoel Eilat
F	Will Graves	Maccabi Haifa
F	Donta Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Reserves
G	Isaiah Swann	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Michael Umeh	Ironi Nahariya
G	Sundiata Gaines	Ironi Nes Ziona
F	Gilbert Brown	Ironi Nahariya
F	Drew Crawford	Bnei Herzliya
F	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon
F	John Williamson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
F	Dragan Bender	Maccabi Tel Aviv
C	Marco Killingsworth	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
C	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat
Head coach: Žan Tabak (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Head coach: Mickey Gorka (Bnei Herzliya)

25 March

Israeli All-Stars	143–118	Foreign All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 41-25, 39-34, 24-35, 39-24
Pts: Kadir 21 Rebs: Kadir 9 Asts: Berkovitz 8		Pts: Garrett 18 Rebs: Garrett 8 Asts: Garrett 5

Begin Arena , Eilat
Attendance: 1,690

Awards

Regular season MVP

Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

All-BSL 1st team

All-BSL 2nd team

External links

BSL's official website

References

↑ "כדורסל ישראלי | עונת | נתוני צופים לפי קבוצה לעונת 2015-16". Basket.co.il. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
↑ "Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

Basketball in Israel

Israel Basketball Association Israeli Basketball Premier League Israeli Basketball State Cup Israeli Basketball League Cup Liga Leumit Liga Artzit

2015–16 BSL Teams	Ironi Nahariya Bnei Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Hapoel Holon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Elitzur Kiryat Ata Maccabi Ashdod Hapoel Eilat Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel Aviv

BSL seasons	2005-06 (F) 2006-07 (F) 2007-08 (F) 2008-09 (F) 2009-10 (F) 2010–11 (F) 2011–12 (F) 2012–13 (F) 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 (F) 2016–17

State Cups	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

League Cups	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Awards	BSL MVP BSL Finals MVP

EuroBasket	1953 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

EuroBasket Women	1950 1991 1995 1997 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

FIBA World Cup	1954 1986

Other	2011 All-Star Game

2015–16 in European basketball

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Domestic leagues

Men	Albania Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine SL Favorit Sport SuperLeague United Kingdom England Scotland

Women	Hungary Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey

Regional leagues

Men	Adriatic League Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Baltic League VTB United League

Women	Central Women's Basketball League Baltic League MŽRKL Eastern European League

Domestic cups

Men	Belgium Bulgaria France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy

Women	Scotland Serbia Spain

Supercups

Men	Belgium Croatia Germany France Italy Israel Netherlands Spain

Women

Continental
competitions

Men	Euroleague Regular Season Top 16 Playoffs Final Four Eurocup Regular Season Last 32 Knockout stage Finals FIBA Europe Cup Final Four Next Generation Tournament

Women	EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women SuperCup Women

International
competitions

Men	EuroBasket 2015 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying EuroBasket 2017 qualification

Women	EuroBasket Women 2015 EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying

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