Hapoel Eilat ( he, הפועל אילת), for sponsorship reasons named Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat, is an Israeli

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club. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the far-South region of the country - the

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area, and the

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city of Eilat.

History

The team earned promotion to the First Division (known variously as Ligat HaAl, the Super League, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League) for the first time in the 1990–91 season, while being coached by

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. In the 1996–97 season, the team lost to

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in the playoff semi-finals. A year later the team reached the finals, in which it lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In early 2000, the team found itself in serious financial difficulties, which resulted in relegation to the

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(Liga Leumit, or the National League). Later the team disbanded, and re-established in the lowest league. In the 2010–11 season, the team won the Association Cup, the cup of the lower leagues, after beating

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in the final. In June 2012, the team gained the license of Habik'a B.C. to play in the

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, starting with the 2012–13 season. In June 2015, the team knocked out Israeli basketball powerhouse

in the Israeli Basketball Premier League semi-finals, winning 3–2 in a best-of-five series. The team faced

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in the finals, but lost.

Season by season

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Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Israeli Championship :''Runners-up'': 1998, 2015 * State Cup :''Runners-up'':

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:''Runners-up'': 2015,

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Lower division competitions

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' :Winners: 1991 ' * Association Cup :Champions (1): 2011

Notable players

Shimon Amsalem Shimon Yaakov Amsalem (שמעון אמסלם; born November 10, 1966) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and for the Israeli National Basketball Te ...

Ari Rosenberg Ariel Rosenberg (ארי רוזנברג; born May 8, 1964) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard position. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and on the Israel national basketball team, and won a silver med ...

Participation in Europe

* 1993–1994:

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* 1994–1995:

* 1997–1998: ULEB Eurocup * 1998–1999: Saporta Cup Even though Eilat has constantly qualified for European basketball they choose not to participate due to financial difficulties.

Former managers

* Israel Lev * Ralf Klein *

Effi Birnbaum Efraim "Effi" Birnbaum (אפרים "אפי" בירנבאום; born 11 June 1954), is an Israeli professional basketball coach. Coaching career He was the Israeli Super League's Coach of the Year, in 2005. Birnbaum was the head coach of Maccabi ...

Sharon Drucker Sharon Drucker ( he, שרון דרוקר; born July 26, 1967) is an Israeli professional basketball coach. Personal life His brother, Raviv Drucker is a journalist. He was married to Hadas and they have two children. Now married to Tsipi Karl ...

* Udi Segal *

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References

External links

Official Facebook page
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