The 2015–2016 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 62nd season of the

Israeli Basketball Super League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

. 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 Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

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

Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been promoted to the league after winning 2014–15 National League.

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

, who finished last season, relegated from the Super League.

Stadia and locations

Regular season

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played as best-of-five playoff series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary). The Quarterfinals started on May 19 and ended on June 1.

Final four

Final standings

Statistical leaders

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Points

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Assists

Season highs

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All-Star Game

The 2016 Israeli League All-star event was held on 25 March 2016, at the Begin Arena in Eilat.

Three-point shootout

Slam Dunk Contest

Awards

Regular season MVP

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( Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

All-BSL 1st team

Gal Mekel Gal Mekel ( he, גל מקל, pronounced ; born March 4, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks and spent time in Europe and Israel. He played college basketball for two years at Wichita Sta ...

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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 ...

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All-BSL 2nd team

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Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

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Raviv Limonad Raviv Limonad ( he, רביב לימונד; born 26 August 1984) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Premier League. He is a 191 cm (6' 3") tall combo guard. High school career Limon ...

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Shawn Dawson Shawn Dawson ( he, שון דאוסון; born 12 December 1993) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He is the son of former basketball player Joe Dawson. He was named the Israel ...

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Coach of the Season

Arik Shivek Arik Shivek ( he, אריק שיבק) is an Israeli professional basketball head coach. Shivek is the former head coach of the senior Israeli national basketball team, serving from 2009 to 2014, succeeding Zvi Sherf. Coaching career Shivek started ...

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Rising Star

* Karam Mashour ( Bnei Herzliya)

Best Defender

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Most Improved Player

Itay Segev Itay Segev ( he, איתי שגב; born June 15, 1995) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was named the Israeli League Most Improved Player in 2016. Early years Segev wa ...

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Sixth Man of the Season

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External links

BSL's official website

References

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