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Hapoel Hevel Modi'in B.C.
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in ( he, הפועל חבל מודיעין) is a professional basketball club based in Hevel Modi'in Regional Council of Israel. The team plays in the Israeli National League. History Hapoel Hevel Modi'in have played most of their years in Liga Alef, the fourth and lowest level tier in Israeli basketball, until the 2017–18 season, where they have qualified to the Liga Artzit as the Liga Alef champions. On June 11, 2017, They have appointed Pini Gershon as Hevel Modi'in new general manager. He has resigned from his position on August 8, 2019. In the 2018–19 season, Hevel Modi'in have won the 2019 Liga Artzit championship title, earning a promotion to the Israeli National League for the first time in their history. Current roster Notable alumni * Jimmy Hall Jimmy Hall (born April 26, 1949) is the American lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock group, Wet Willie. Hall was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and reared in Mobile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Leumit (basketball)
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier League. League system The league contains 15 clubs that compete in a home-and-away Round-robin tournament, round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League. The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit (basketball), Liga Artzit. Current teams Promotion and relegation See also *Israel Basketball Association *Basketball in Israel References External links Facebook page(in Hebrew) Twitter account (in Hebrew) Liga Leumit (basketball), Basketball leagues in Israel, 2 Second level basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית חבל מודיעין, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hevel Modi'in'', ''lit.'' Modi'in Region Regional Council) is a regional council in central Israel. It was founded in 1950 and covers an area from Petah Tikva to Modi'in. The council borders *Drom HaSharon Regional Council, El'ad and Rosh HaAyin in the north *Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in the east *Gezer Regional Council and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south *Drom HaSharon, Lod Valley Regional Council, Lod and Ramle in the west. The head rabbi of the regional council is Rabbi Eliav Meir who is also the head rabbi of Gimzo. List of settlements The council covers a kibbutz, 19 moshavim, three community settlements and a youth village. Kibbutzim *Be'erot Yitzhak Moshavim * Ahisamakh *Bareket *Beit Arif * Beit Nehemia *Ben Shemen * Bnei Atarot * Ginaton * Gimzo * Givat Koah *Hadid * Kerem Ben Shemen *Kfar Daniel * Kfar Rut * Kfar Truman * Mazor * Nehalim * Rinatia * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Stein
Alon Stein ( he, אלון שטיין; born January 4, 1978) is an Israeli-German professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as assistant coach for Maccabi Rishon Lezion of the Israeli Premier League. Biography Alon Stein was born in Hadera, Israel. He scored 60 points at the State Youth Cup final in 1992, when he was 14 years old. Sports career He played for the Israeli U22 National Team in 1996–98, alongside Oded Kattash. His first professional team was Hapoel Galil Elyon, which he joined in 1995, at the age of 17. In 2011, Stein signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such .... On June 27, 2019, Stein was named Hapoel Hevel Modi'in new head coach. References External links Alon Steinat eurobasket.com Alon Stei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Younger
Anthony Gordon Younger (born April 1, 1980) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as assistant coach for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at Spring Hill College before playing professionally in Israel and Hungary. Standing at , he primarily plays at the small forward position. Early life and college career Younger was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He played college basketball for the Spring Hill College's Badgers, alongside his teammates Eric Campbell and Mickey Gorka. Professional career In 2002, Younger started his professional career with Maccabi Kiryat Bialik of the Israeli National League, the second tier league in Israel. He averaged 24.6 points per game, leading his team to the National League Semifinals. In 2008, Younger signed with TF Budapest of the Hungarian Basketball League, where he averaged 13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.3 steals per ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Alef (basketball)
In Israel, basketball is a popular sport, with a multi-tiered professional club league system, as well as men's and women's national teams. Professional league structure Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl or the Israeli Premier League, is the top tier level league of basketball competition in Israel, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. Ligat HaAl comprises the top twelve basketball clubs, and was founded in 1954. Liga Leumit Liga Leumit is the second tier level league of basketball competition. The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League. The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit. Liga Artzit Liga Artzit is the third tier level league of basketball com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Artzit (basketball)
Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית. ''Artzit'') is the third tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the second tier level Liga Leumit. Until the 1991-92 season it was the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. League system The league contains 12 clubs (in two districts), which compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the first team from each district (South/North) is promoted to the Liga Leumit. The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Alef Liga Alef ( he, ליגה א', , League A) is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declar .... Current teams League champions External linksEurobasket page 3 Isr Professional sports leagues in Israel {{basketball-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pini Gershon
Pinhas "Pini" Gershon ( he, פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three top-level European-wide club championships as the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He won the FIBA SuproLeague championship in 2001, and the EuroLeague championship in 2004 and 2005. He was named the EuroLeague Coach of the Year in 2005. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, as a coach. He was also the head coach of the senior Bulgarian national team. Early life Gershon grew up and studied in the city of Tel Aviv. His mother was a Moroccan Jew and his father was a Bulgarian Jew. He experienced a rough childhood, as his biological father abandoned the family when he was one year old and left him with his mother, in poverty conditions and moved to England; his step-father was abusive towards him, his sister and their mother. Basketball biography Playing career In his youth, Gershon was a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hall (basketball)
Jimmy Hall (born April 2, 1994) is a basketball player. He plays the power forward position. He played college basketball for Hofstra University, and for Kent State, where he was All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) First Team for three seasons in a row. He has played most of his professional career in Israel, including for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and plays for Hapoel Afula of the Israeli National League. Early life Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his parents are Noreen Stallings and Jimmy Hall. His siblings are Norvonee, Nalyssa, and Leonissa. He is 6-8 (203cm), and weighs 235 pounds (107kg). High school Hall played at St. Anthony High School ('12) in Jersey City, New Jersey, under head coach Bob Hurley. He averaged 5.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in his junior season to help the Friars to an undefeated 33-0 record, NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title, and No. 1 national ranking in both the ''USA Today'' Super 25 and ESPN Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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