2021–22 Israeli Basketball National League

Israeli Basketball National League
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 – May 2022
Number of teams15
Regular season
RelegatedMaccabi Ashdod
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel
Maccabi Hod HaSharon
Finals
ChampionsElitzur Kiryat Ata
  Runners-upMaccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
SemifinalistsIroni Nahariya
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in

The 2021-2022 Israeli Basketball National League was the 22nd season as second tier since its re-alignment in 2000 and the 68th season of second-tier basketball in Israel.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–2021 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Artzit

Relegated from Premier League[3]

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League[4]

Relegated to Liga Artzit[6][7]

Venues and locations

Team City Arena Capacity
A.S. Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Oranim Hall 900
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon Sports Arena 3,000
Elitzur Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall 1,200
Elitzur Netanya Netanya Yeshurun Hall 1,000
Hapoel Afula Afula Nir Ha'emak Hall 1,000
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in Hevel Modi'in Regional Council Nahshon Hall 370
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel Migdal HaEmek and Jezreel Valley Regional Council Yearot HaEmek 900
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim Ramat Gan and Givatayim Zisman Hall 1,400
Ironi Nahariya Nahariya Ein Sara Sport Hall 2,500
Ironi Ra'anana Ra'anana Metro West 1,850
Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 2,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000
Maccabi Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon Atidim Hall 400
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Hall 1,400
Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim Ma'ale Adumim Cosell Center, Jerusalem 400

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ironi Nahariya 28 24 4 2287 2020 +267 52 Advance to playoffs
2 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 28 21 7 2576 2433 +143 49
3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 28 20 8 2474 2280 +194 48
4 Elitzur Kiryat Ata 28 19 9 2401 2302 +99 47
5 A.S. Ramat HaSharon 28 19 9 2281 2226 +55 47
6 Hapoel Afula 28 17 11 2392 2230 +162 45
7 Elitzur Netanya 28 15 13 2451 2408 +43 43
8 Maccabi Haifa 28 14 14 2308 2326 −18 42
9 Ironi Ra'anana 28 12 16 2428 2420 +8 40 Advance to playouts
10 Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 28 12 16 2332 2384 −52 40
11 Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim 28 11 17 2354 2383 −29 39
12 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel 28 9 19 2279 2430 −151 37
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim 28 8 20 2174 2270 −96 36
14 Maccabi Ashdod 28 7 21 2278 2445 −167 35
15 Maccabi Hod HaSharon 28 2 26 2023 2481 −458 30
Source: [8]

Rounds 1 to 30

Home \ Away ARH EAS EKA ENE HAF HHM HMJ HRG IRN IRA MAS MHA MHH IRG MMA
A.S. Ramat HaSharon 79–76 79–77 94–76 88–71 107–88 90–86 68–66 49–65 87–74 100–73 75–66 85–65 84–96 70–93
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 87–92 84–94 89–94 77–76 92–100 87–73 88–86 80–78 109–103 73–58 79–83 80–64 94–97 99–105
Elitzur Kiryat Ata 81–72 74–68 89–84 88–85 88–81 93–80 79–72 55–75 101–83 72–69 82–79 87–71 79–84 100–83
Elitzur Netanya 76–87 99–96 105–87 70–79 102–106 103–99 75–94 75–83 88–75 96–91 97–83 79–56 92–99 91–87
Hapoel Afula 76–65 90–78 97–98 103–89 79–88 104–63 92–50 82–90 85–68 86–77 79–67 84–56 107–95 94–82
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 95–83 83–96 89–86 100–84 91–76 98–84 96–84 83–85 94–88 88–79 91–84 92–67 91–85 95–98
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel 63–65 85–101 95–90 89–77 75–86 82–87 88–77 74–86 87–76 80–75 82–84 97–66 81–87 62–90
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim 74–79 71–78 82–84 79–88 81–62 77–91 91–80 67–68 88–80 79–96 85–81 87–66 75–82 85–80
Ironi Nahariya 71–68 87–63 89–83 70–65 74–70 74–79 102–73 78–70 93–83 95–80 88–73 82–59 75–81 87–57
Ironi Ra'anana 96–69 100–77 92–82 81–91 91–69 82–95 87–74 87–70 81–83 95–84 75–84 104–80 107–102 101–78
Maccabi Ashdod 85–112 68–79 116–111 88–89 84–90 96–95 87–93 77–68 72–78 98–91 73–77 80–67 92–98 69–83
Maccabi Haifa 86–89 88–80 67–88 79–97 87–88 89–100 88–75 76–74 63–81 116–74 88–84 88–77 78–87 86–80
Maccabi Hod HaSharon 81–83 59–75 79–100 63–84 102–91 85–103 81–94 72–84 74–93 82–103 81–91 83–94 74–96 71–74
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 79–90 97–74 76–81 76–75 71–94 96–103 88–69 95–85 74–60 85–62 98–67 77–83 90–56 87–77
Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim 104–72 101–73 69–72 79–104 85–98 105–74 84–89 78–66 88–97 69–89 83–69 86–91 81–89 75–96
Source: [9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playouts

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation IRA EAS HRG MMA MAS HMJ MHH
9 Ironi Ra'anana 34 17 17 2983 2898 +85 51 99–80 85–86 106–88
10 Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 34 14 20 2809 2908 −99 48 78–85 81–88 72–67
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim 34 13 21 2706 2739 −33 47 77–90 94–76 107–77
12 Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim 34 13 21 2861 2922 −61 47 75–78 85–94 90–114
13 Maccabi Ashdod 34 12 22 2807 2949 −142 46 Relegation to Liga Artzit 98–78 88–82 86–67
14 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek/Jezreel 34 11 23 2802 2953 −151 45 87–88 70–84 82–67
15 Maccabi Hod HaSharon 34 2 32 2452 2996 −544 36 72–97 78–85 78–93
Source: [8][9]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                        
1 Ironi Nahariya 89 79 81 80 — 3
8 Maccabi Haifa 65 87 66 71 — 1
1 Ironi Nahariya 79 59 66 66 — 1
4 Elitzur Kiryat Ata 82 80 64 75 — 3
4 Elitzur Kiryat Ata 73 85 92 112 — 3
5 A.S. Ramat HaSharon 78 77 90 62 — 1
3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 98 72 61 — — 0
4 Elitzur Kiryat Ata 107 93 65 — — 3
3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 75 87 79 — — 3
6 Hapoel Afula 72 78 70 — — 0
2 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 91 79 91 68 — 1
3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 93 78 93 88 — 3
2 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 95 84 100 98 — 3
7 Elitzur Netanya 83 88 92 89 — 1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Ironi Nahariya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa 89–65 79–87 81–66 80–71 —
Ironi Kiryat Ata 3–1 A.S. Ramat HaSharon 73–78 85–77 92–90 112–62 —
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 3–0 Hapoel Afula 75–72 87–76 79–70 — —
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 3–1 Elitzur Netanya 95–83 84–88 100–92 98–89 —

Game 1

Ironi Nahariya v Maccabi Haifa
April 6 Ironi Nahariya 89–65
(Series: 1–0) 		Maccabi Haifa Nahariya
19:30
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Maccabi roni Ramat Gan v Hapoel Afula
April 6 Maccabi roni Ramat Gan 75–72
(Series: 1–0) 		Hapoel Afula Ramat Gan
19:00
Arena: Zisman Arena
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in v Elitzur Netanya
April 5 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 95–83
(Series: 1–0) 		Elitzur Netanya Shoham
19:00
Arena: Nachshon Hall

Game 2

Hapoel Afula v Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
April 9 Hapoel Afula 76–87
(Series: 0–2) 		Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Afula
21:00
Arena: Nir Ha'emak Hall

Game 3

Ironi Nahariya v Maccabi Haifa
April 12 Ironi Nahariya 81–66
(Series: 2–1) 		Maccabi Haifa Nahariya
19:00
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan v Hapoel Afula
April 12 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 79–70
(Series: 3–0) 		Hapoel Afula Ramat Gan
19:00
Arena: Zisman Arena
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in v Elitzur Netanya
April 11 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 100–92
(Series: 2–1) 		Elitzur Netanya Shoham
19:00
Arena: Nachshon Hall

if necessary

Game 4

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Ironi Nahariya 1–3 Ironi Kiryat Ata 79–82 59–80 66–64 66–75 —
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in 1–3 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 91–93 79–78 91–93 68–88 —

Game 1

Ironi Nahariya v Ironi Kiryat Ata
Ironi Nahariya 79–82
(Series: 0–1) 		Ironi Kiryat Ata Nahariya
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall

Game 2

Game 3

Ironi Nahariya v Ironi Kiryat Ata
Ironi Nahariya 66–64
(Series: 1–2) 		Ironi Kiryat Ata Nahariya
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall

Game 4


Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 0–3 Ironi Kiryat Ata 98–107 72–93 61–65 — —
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan v Ironi Kiryat Ata
13 May 2022 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 98–1070(OT)
(Series: 0–1) 		Ironi Kiryat Ata Ramat Gan
13:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 18–18, 21–23, 26–22, Overtime: 9–18
Pts: Tucker, Amir 20
Rebs: Hirsh 11
Asts: Delaney 9
PIR: Delaney 21 		Boxscore Pts: Stevens 33
Rebs: Stevens 9
Asts: Davidi 11
PIR: Stevens 40 		Arena: Zisman Arena

if necessary

Awards

MVP of the Round

References

  1. ^ "עשתה היסטוריה: מעלה אדומים בלאומית" [Made History: Ma'ale Adumim in Leumit]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ "מגדל יזרעאל חוזרת ללאומית" [Migdal Jezreel returns to Leumit]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "ליגת ווינר סל: מכבי חיפה ירדה ללאומית, בני הרצליה נשארה בליגה" [Winner League: Maccabi Haifa was relegated to the national league, Bnei Herzliya remained in the league]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "הפועל גליל עליון ואליצור נתניה העפילו לליגת העל" [Hapoel Galil Elyon and Elitzur Netanya qualified for the Premier League]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ Haklai, Barak (5 September 2021). "המינהלת הודיעה: אליצור נתניה לא תשחק בליגת העל" [The Premier League administration announced: Elitzur Netanya will not play in the Premier League]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ^ "אליצור יבנה והפועל עכו/מטה אשר ירדו לליגה הארצית" [Elitzur Yavne and Hapoel Acre/Mateh Asher relegated to the Liga Artzit]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "הערב: מי תרד לליגה הארצית?" [Tonight: Who will be relegated to the Liga Artzit?]. Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "League Standings". Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b "League Schedule & Results". Israel Basketball Association (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 March 2022.[permanent dead link]


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