The Israeli Female Basketball Premier League or Ligat ha'Al (Hebrew : ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים), is a women's professional
basketball
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league in
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 ...
. It is currently composed of eleven teams.
The league was founded in 1957. Initially the most predominant teams in the league were veteran women basketball clubs such as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won almost yearly during the first two decades after the establishment of the league. This changed in 1976 when the team
Elitzur Tel Aviv began winning all of the league's championships for 19 years straight. During the 1990s the trend again changed as the most prominent championship winners became
Electra Ramat Hasharon and
Elitzur Ramla.
The champions of the 2010/2011 season were
Elitzur Ramla.
Elitzur Tel Aviv and
Elitzur Holon share the distinction of having won the most championship trophies 20 amongst themselves.,
although the union that was established in 1990 between the two team was disbanded in 2008.
In 2011/12 season
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod ( he, מכבי בנות אשדוד) is a professional women's basketball team based in Ashdod, playing in the Ligat Ha'al in Israel since 2003. It is the women's basketball division of the Maccabi Ashdod sports club.
During 20 ...
reached ''double'' winning, for the first time, national league and national cup in one season.
History
The League's teams (2022/23 season)
Championships by teams
References
External links
site reports
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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 ...
1957 establishments in Israel
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