Doron Jamchi, also spelled Jamchy ( he, דורון ג'מצ'י; born July 1, 1961), is an Israeli former professional

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player. At a height of , he played at the shooting guard and

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positions. He was the top scorer in the 1998-99 Israel Basketball League. Widely considered one of the best shooters in the history of European basketball, Jamchi is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

, having scored 9,611 points in 466 games. He is also the most capped player of Israel's senior national team, with 191

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, and the all-time leading scorer in the history of the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

, with 3,515 points.

Career

Jamchi played for

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 ...

(1985–1996 and 1999–2000), and Maccabi Rishon Le Zion (1996–1999). He won 11 Israeli League championships (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000), and 7 Israeli State Cups (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2000). He was the top scorer in the 1998-99 Israel Basketball League. While playing for Maccabi, he was also a 2 time FIBA European Champions Cup ( EuroLeague) semifinalist (

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), and a 4 time FIBA European Champions Cup ( EuroLeague)

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(

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, and

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). Jamchi was also a four time member of the

FIBA European Selection FIBA All-Star Games were all-star basketball exhibition games, which were also known as "FIBA Festivals". The "FIBA Festival All-Star Games" were held from 1964 to 1995. The FIBA European Selection teams won most of the FIBA Festival All-Star Ga ...

s (1987, 1990, 1991, 1995).

National team

Jamchi played seven times for the senior men's

at the EuroBasket, as well as at the 1986 FIBA World Championship. At

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, Jamchi was the top scorer, with an average of 25.8 points per game, ahead of

Dražen Petrović Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Nati ...

(25.1) and

Detlef Schrempf Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963) is a German-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the ...

(22.3).

Personal life

Jamchi is

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

References

External links

FIBA Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamchi, Doron 1961 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli men's basketball players Jewish men's basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Shooting guards Small forwards Survivor (Israeli TV series) contestants 1986 FIBA World Championship players People from Petah Tikva

Career

National team

Personal life

See also

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