The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the

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30 times throughout their history. They have also made two appearances at the World Cup, and one at the

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. Israel also participated at the

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from 1966 to 1974. The most success Israel has had on the international stage to date, is finishing as the runners-up at EuroBasket 1979, as well as winning two gold medals (

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), and one silver medal (

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) at the Asian Games.

History

1952 Olympic Games

The Israeli national team played in their first international competition at the

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. However, the team would quickly be ousted in the preliminary tournament, with an (0–2) record and loses to the Philippines, and Greece.

EuroBasket 1953

Israel made their

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debut at

EuroBasket 1953 The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) e ...

in Moscow. In the preliminary round, the Israeli squad won their group by tie-breaker after being one of three teams to finish with a (3–1) record. They then advanced to the final round, managing to defeat perennial power

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, and getting revenge on

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for their only preliminary round loss. Their record in the final round was (4–3), putting them in a 4-way tie for second place behind the undefeated

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. Israel eventually came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker, finishing in 5th place of the 17 teams. Israel's overall record of seven wins and four losses included two wins by forfeit over

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(in the preliminary round) and

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(in the final round), each of which had refused to play against Israel due to political reasons.

1954 World Cup

Israel reached the World Cup for the first time in 1954. The national team would be placed in Group D in the preliminary round, where they would finish in a 3-way tie, after splitting their two games. They would ultimately secure a spot in the final round based on point difference. There Israel would be overwhelmed, as they dropped six of their seven matches to accumulate an (1–6) record, with their only win coming in a 48–45 overtime victory against

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. Israel would end their inaugural appearance at the tournament in 8th place.

1966 Asian Games

Israel appeared at the

for the first time in

. Being drawn into

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in the preliminary round of the tournament, the national team throttled

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in the first game 87–55. After that result, Israel would go on to finish out the rest of the round with an (4–1) record, to move on. In the semi-finals, Israel breezed passed Japan 57–34 to reach the title game. In the final, Israel capped their run through the competition by dismantling

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90–42 to capture their first gold medal at the Asian Games.

1970 Asian Games

Heading into the

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, Israel looked to repeat their performance from 1966. Israel swept their preliminary phase opponents to make it to the final stage. Sitting at (3–0), Israel looked dominant in their first three wins, and appeared poised to become back-to-back Asian Games champions. After winning their first seven games of the final round, Israel needed one more win to finish with a flawless record, and take home the gold. However,

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prevented it all from happening, defeating Israel convincingly 81–67. The result landed the team into a second-place finish overall.

1974 Asian Games

The

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would be the final appearance for Israel at the tournament. The team looked to achieve the gold medal once more before departing. Israel easily made it through the first two rounds to an (3–0) record, setting up an clash in the semi-finals. There the team went up against the Philippines, and outlasted them in a high scoring affair 123–101, to reach the final. In the title game South Korea awaited Israel once again, who was determined to avenge their lost to them at the prior Asian Games in 1970. This time around Israel would come out as champions, winning a hard-fought tussle 92–85 to reclaim the gold medal one last time.

EuroBasket 1979

The EuroBasket 1979 was the 12th appearance for Israel at the

. The team began their tournament journey with an opening phase defeat against France. Although the team would refocus, and win their next two matches against

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, and

. The (2–1) record the team achieved was enough to advance to the final stage of the competition. There the team won three out of their five games, two finish in second place in the group, only behind the Soviet Union. This result gave Israel their first medal finish at the tournament.

1986 World Cup

Israel qualified for their second World Cup appearance in

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. The national team was drawn into

in the preliminary phase. Their first game of the tournament was an 79–84 win against

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. Israel would go on to attain second place in group play with an (3–2) record, to move on to the next round. However, Israel was not as successful in this phase, as they would finish up with a losing record (2–3) to be relegated to the classification round. There they went (1–1) to come in 7th place at the competition overall.

EuroBasket 2017

Israel won the rights to be one of four co-hosts for

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. With Israel hosting

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, the team went up against

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in their first game, and were thoroughly dominated in an 69–48 defeat. Heading into their second game of the tournament, Israel had Lithuania standing in their way. Israel ran out to an early first period lead, but the team could not maintain the momentum, as they fell to (0–2) and desperately needing a win in their next game. Germany was the opponent for the national team in their third match of group play, and they were victorious in a remarkable 80–82 win. Sitting with an (1–2) record, Israel were intent to even it all up with their game against

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. However, even behind the strong performance from Gal Mekel, and his 23 points were not enough. Israel would lose a heartbreaker in overtime 91–104. Their last game of group play, and positions nearly determined, Israel would fall once more. This time at the hands of Ukraine, 88–64, to end the tournament with an (1–4) record.

2019 World Cup qualification

During the process for Israel to reach the 2019 World Cup, the team went through World Cup qualifiers, where they were drawn into Group H for the first round of qualifiers. Israel's first game was a comfortable 88–68 win at home against

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. Heading to play

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on the road in their next game, the team looked to move to (2–0). Although Greece would have none of it, as they dominated Israel 82–61, dropping the team to a record of (1–1). Israel would eventually get things on track, as they finished the rest of group play at (3–3), enough to advance to the second and final round of qualifying. For the

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of World Cup qualifying, Israel was placed into Group L. Their first two matches of group play were tough loses against Georgia, and Germany. Although they eventually picked up an impressive win in their third game at home versus

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. Unfortunately, the national team would only earn one more victory during the rest of the qualifiers, which saw their hopes at (5–7) and clinching qualification vanish.

Honours

Medals table

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

Asian Games

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2021

2022

2023

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 11 and 14 November 2022 against

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and Sweden.

Depth chart

Notable players

Current notable players who have played for the national team: } } , valign="top" , ; Legend: *Club – describes last
club on 11 November 2022 *Age – describes age
on 11 November 2022

Head coach position

Past rosters

: finished 20th among 23 teams 3 Avraham Schneor, 4 Zacharia Ofri, 5 Daniel Levy, 6 Menahem Korman, 8

Amos Lin Amos Lin (2 July 1933 – 21 September 2020)כדורסלן ...

kowsky, 9 Shimon Szmuckler, 10 Yehuda Wiener, 11

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, 12 Reuben Perach, 13 Eliahu Amiel, 14 Dan Boksenbaum, 15 Marcel Hefez (Coach: Jacob Saltiel) ---- 1953 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 17 teams 3 Avraham Schneor, 4 Zacharia Ofri, 5 Daniel Levy, 6 Menahem Korman, 7 Alfred Cohen, 8 David Heiblum, 9 Shimon Szmuckler, 10 Ernst Winer, 11

, 12 Marcel Hefez, 13 Mark Mimran, 14 Dan Boksenbaum, 15 Reuben Perach (Coach: Jacob Saltiel) ----

1954 FIBA World Cup The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship – 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil f ...

: finished 8th among 12 teams 3 Avraham Schneor, 4 Zacharia Ofri, 5 Daniel Moshe, 6 Reuben Perach, 7 Alfred Cohen, 8 Tavil Israel, 9

Shimon Shelah Shimon Shelah (born 19 March 1932) is an Israeli former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially ...

, 10 Yehuda Gafni, 11 Rafael Ram, 12 Marcel Hefez, 13 Azriel Luboshitz, 14 Dan Erez (Coach: Jacob Saltiel) ---- 1959 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams 3 Avraham Schneor, 4 Albert Hemmo, 6 Haim Kastan, 7

Amos Lin Amos Lin (2 July 1933 – 21 September 2020)כדורסלן ...

, 9 David Tari, 10 Jacob Edelist, 11

, 12

Igal Volodarsky Igal Volodarsky, also known as Igal Dar (יגאל וולדרסקי; June 12, 1936 - June 15, 1977), was an Israeli basketball player. He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team. Biography He pl ...

, 13 David Kaminsky, 14 Haim Hazan, 15 Erez Lustig, 16 Shabetai Ben-Bassat (Coach: Eli Amtel) ---- 1961 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 19 teams 4 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 5 Erez Lustig, 6 Ami Shelef, 7 Hanoch Barkon, 8 Albert Hemmo, 9 Offer Eshed, 10 David Kaminsky, 11

, 12 David Tari, 13 Abraham Hoffman, 14 Haim Hazan, 15

(Coach: Yehoshua Rozin) ---- 1963 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams 4 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 5 Offer Eshed, 6 Ami Shelef, 7 Zvi Lubezki, 8 Albert Hemmo, 9 Abraham Gutt, 10

, 11

, 12 Shlomo Ben-Zeev, 13 Abraham Hoffman, 14 Haim Hazan, 15 Ilan Zeiger (Coach: Yehoshua Rozin) ---- 1965 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams 4 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 5 Offer Eshed, 6 Ami Shelef, 7 Zvi Lubezki, 8 Albert Hemmo, 9

, 10 Abraham Gutt, 11 David Kaminsky, 12 Gideon Freitag, 13 Abraham Hoffman, 14 Haim Hazan, 15 Ilan Zeiger (Coach:

) ----

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games (), also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. Taiwan and Is ...

: finished 1st among 11 teams 4 Amnon Avidan, 5 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 6 Igal Dar, 7 Gershon Dekel, 8 Offer Eshed, 9 Abraham Gutt, 10 David Kaminsky, 11 Zvi Lubezki, 12 Itshak Shachar, 13 Ami Shelef, 14 Haim Starkman, 15 Ilan Zohar (Coach:

) ---- 1967 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams 4 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 5 Offer Eshed, 6 Gabi Teichner, 7 Willie Wold, 8 Shamuel Avishar, 9 Igal Dar, 10 Abraham Gutt, 11 Gershon Dekel, 12 David Kaminsky, 13 Abraham Hoffman, 14 Haim Starkman, 15 Ilan Zohar (Coach:

) ---- 1969 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams 4 Gabi Teichner, 5 Offer Eshed, 6 Ivan Leshinsky, 7 Giora Dori, 8 Haim Baram, 9 Gabi Neumark, 10 Haim Starkman, 11 Gershon Dekel, 12 David Kaminsky, 13

Itamar Marzel Itamar Marzel (איתמר מרזל; born May 16, 1949) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the point guard position. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League, and for the Israel national basketball team. Biography Marzel ...

, 14 Mark Turenshine, 15 Ilan Zohar (Coach:

) ----

: finished 2nd among 12 teams 4 Dan Barzily, 5 Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 6 Hillel Gilboa, 7 Ronald Green, 8 Hanan Keren, 9 Ivan Leshinsky, 10

, 11 Gabi Neumark, 12 Mike Schwartz, 13 Haim Starkman, 14 Gabi Teichner, 15 Mark Turenshine (Coach:

) ---- 1971 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams 4 Joseph Leja, 5 Gabi Teichner, 6

Tal Brody Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; born August 30, 1943), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the National Basketball ...

, 7 Mark Turenshine, 8 Hanan Keren, 9 Mike Schwartz, 10 Haim Starkman, 11 Zvi Inbar, 12 Dan Barzily, 13

, 14 Abraham Zuchman, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach:

) ---- 1973 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams 4 Jonathan Zacks, 5 Shamuel Avishar, 6

, 7 Gur Ben-David, 8 Hanan Keren, 9 Mickey Berkowitz, 10

Barry Leibowitz Barry Leibowitz (born September 10, 1945 in New York, New York) is a retired American-Israeli professional basketball player. He played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil. He played with, among others, Mark Turenshine and future N ...

, 11 Gabi Neumark, 12 Zvi Inbar, 13

, 14 Jacob Eisner, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach: Abraham Hemmo) ----

: finished 1st among 11 teams 4 Motti Aroesti, 5 Shamuel Avishar, 6 Mickey Berkowitz, 7

, 8 Jacob Eisner, 9 Hanan Keren, 10

, 11 Avigdor Moskowitz, 12

Shamuel Nachmias Shamuel (also Shmuel and Samuel) Nachmias (שמואל נחמיאס; born October 19, 1954) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played 13 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and played for the Israeli national basketball team. ...

, 13 Shuki Schwartz, 14 Boaz Yanai, 15 Shmaryahu Zaslevsky (Coach: Abraham Hemmo) ---- 1975 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams 4 Shlomo Blum, 5

, 6

, 7 Shuki Schwartz, 8 Hanan Keren, 9 Mickey Berkowitz, 10

, 11 Avigdor Moskowitz, 12 Or Goren, 13

, 14 Jacob Eisner, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach: Abraham Hemmo) ---- 1977 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

, 5 Shuki Schwartz, 6 Or Goren, 7 Pinhas Hozez, 8 Hanan Keren, 9 Mickey Berkowitz, 10

, 11 Avigdor Moskowitz, 12 Steve Kaplan, 13

, 14 Roni Rothschild, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach:

) ---- 1979 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams 4 Eric Minkin, 5 Shuki Schwartz, 6 Uri Ben-Ari, 7 Motti Aroesti, 8 Lou Silver,
9 Mickey Berkowitz ( MVP), 10

, 11 Avigdor Moskowitz, 12 Steve Kaplan, 13 Shai Sharf, 14 Pinhas Hozez, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach:

) ---- 1981 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams 4 Jim Boatwright, 5 John Willis, 6 Haim Zlotikman, 7 Gal Knaz, 8 Steve Schlachter, 9 Mickey Berkowitz, 10

, 11 Avigdor Moskowitz, 12 Lou Silver, 13

Doron Jamchi Doron Jamchi, also spelled Jamchy ( he, דורון ג'מצ'י; born July 1, 1961), is an Israeli former professional basketball player. At a height of , he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was the top scorer in the 1 ...

, 14 Pinhas Hozez, 15 Boaz Yanai (Coach:

) ----

1983 EuroBasket The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the f ...

: finished 6th among 12 teams 4 Howard Lassoff, 5

Israel Elimelech Israel Elimelech (ישראל אלימלך; born June 22, 1960) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the point guard position. He was named to the 1992 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet. Biography Elimelech was born in Holon, ...

, 6 Lou Silver, 7 Motti Aroesti, 8 Steve Schlachter, 9

Miki Berkovich Moshe "Miki" Berkovich (or Mickey Berkowitz; he, משה "מיקי" ברקוביץ'; born 17 February 1954) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli baske ...

, 10 Haim Zlotikman, 11 Shmuel Zisman, 12

, 13

Ofer Yaakobi Ofer Yaakobi (עופר יעקובי; born January 12, 1961) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He competed in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and played for the Israeli national basketball team. Biograph ...

, 14 Niv Bogin, 15 John Willis (Coach:

) ---- 1985 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams 4 Amir Bino, 5 Motti Daniel, 6

, 7 Motti Aroesti, 8 Steve Schlachter, 9

, 10 Haim Zlotikman, 11 Shmuel Zisman, 12

, 13

Hen Lippin Hen Lippin ( he, חן ליפין, born November 4, 1965 in Beitan Aharon), the youngest of three brothers, is a retired Israeli basketball player. Career Lippin joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1984, and played at the club for six seasons, wearing ...

, 14 Pinhas Hozez, 15 Johan Willis (Coach: Zvi Sherf) ---- 1986 FIBA World Cup: finished 7th among 24 teams 4 Howard Lassoff, 5 Motti Daniel, 6

Adi Gordon Adi Gordon ( he, עדי גורדון; born March 4, 1966) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He was a two-time Israeli State Cup winner with Hapoel Jerusalem. He was a four-time Israeli Premier League Assists Leader, in 1992 ...

, 7 Nir Rechlis, 8 Ariel Rosenberg, 9

, 10

, 11

Doron Shefa Doron Shefa (דורון שפע; born October 3, 1961) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard and forward positions. He was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet in 1991. Biography Shefa is 6' 5" (1.96 meter ...

, 12

, 13 LaVon Mercer, 14

Tomer Steinhauer Tomer Moshe Steinhauer ( he, תומר משה שטיינהאור‏‎; born October 3, 1966) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the assistant coach for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit. Ste ...

, 15

(Coach: Zvi Sherf) ---- 1987 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams 4 Howard Lassoff, 5 Motti Daniel, 6

, 7 Nadav Henefeld, 8

Ofer Fleisher Ofer Fleisher (עופר פליישר; born March 14, 1966, in Ramat Gan, Israel) is an Israeli former basketball player who played the center position. Fleisher played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketba ...

, 9 Ariel Rosenberg, 10

, 11

, 12

, 13 LaVon Mercer, 14

, 15 Itzhak Cohen (Coach: Zvi Sherf) ----

1993 EuroBasket The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entere ...

: finished 14th among 16 teams 4 Nadav Henefeld, 5

, 6

, 7 Desi Barmore, 8

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 ...

, 9

, 10

, 11

Doron Sheffer Doron Sheffer ( he, דורון שפר; born 12 March 1972), is an Israeli retired professional basketball player. He spent most of his club career playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career he played at the point guard and shooting ...

, 12

, 13 Amir Katz, 14 Lior Arditty, 15 Motti Daniel (Coach: Zvi Sherf) ----

1995 EuroBasket The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to ...

: finished 10th among 14 teams 4 Nadav Henefeld, 5

, 6 Guy Goodes, 7 Brad Leaf, 8 Dror Cohen, 9

, 10 Amir Muchtary, 11

, 12

, 13 Kobi Balul, 14 Lior Arditty, 15 Motti Daniel (Coach: Zvi Sherf) ----

1997 EuroBasket The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a be ...

: finished 9th among 16 teams 4 Nadav Henefeld, 5 Lior Arditty, 6 Shalom "Puppy" Turgeman, 7 Amir Muchtary, 8

David Bernsley David Scott Bernsley (דייוויד ברנסלי; born May 6, 1969) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national bas ...

, 9 Oren Aharoni, 10 Oded Kattash, 11

, 12 Gur Shelef, 13

Uri Cohen-Mintz Uri Cohen-Mintz (אורי כהן-מינץ; born August 1, 1973) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and competed for the Israeli national basketball team. B ...

, 14

, 15

(Coach: Zvi Sherf) ----

1999 EuroBasket The 1999 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1999, was the 31st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Tournament, giving a berth ...

: finished 12th among 16 teams 4 Nadav Henefeld, 5 Motti Daniel, 6 Guy Goodes, 7 Shalom "Puppy" Turgeman, 8

, 9 Meir Tapiro, 10 Oded Kattash, 11

, 12 Gur Shelef, 13

, 14

, 15 Yoav Saffar (Coach: Muli Katzurin) ----

2001 EuroBasket The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a b ...

: finished 12th among 16 teams 4 Israel Sheinfeld, 5 Shahar Gordon, 6

Derrick Sharp Derrick Lanorris Sharp ( he, דריק שארפ; born October 5, 1971) is an American-Israeli retired professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.85 m (6'1") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He play ...

, 7 Shalom Turgeman, 8

Lior Lubin Lior Lubin ( he, ליאור ליובין) (born 19 September 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former national team player. He was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. In 2000, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader. He is c ...

, 9 Ido Kozikaro, 10 Afik Nissim, 11 Meir Tapiro, 12 Yoav Saffar, 13 Barak Peleg, 14 Yaniv Green, 15

Moshe Mizrahi Moshe Mizrahi ( he, משה מזרחי; 20 September 1950 – 11 December 2022) was a senior Israel Police official and a member of Knesset for the Labor Party (2013–2015) and Zionist Union (2018–2019). Mizrahi received a bachelor of Law de ...

(Coach: Muli Katzurin) ---- 2003 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams 4 Erez Katz, 5

Yotam Halperin Yotam Halperin ( he, יותם הלפרין; born January 24, 1984) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is currently the sporting director for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the Champions League. He is ...

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, 8 Israel Sheinfeld, 9 Gur Shelef, 10

Tal Burstein Tal Burstein ( he, טל בורשטיין; born February 19, 1980) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position, and also as a swingman. He is 198 cm (6 ...

, 11 Meir Tapiro, 12 Yoav Saffar, 13 Ido Kozikaro, 14 Yaniv Green, 15 Shahar Gordon (Coach: Muli Katzurin) ----

2005 EuroBasket The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. It also served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth ...

: finished 11th among 16 teams 4 Dror Hajaj, 5 Afik Nissim, 6 Sharon Shason, 7

Chris Watson John Christian Watson (born Johan Cristian Tanck; 9 April 186718 November 1941) was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia, in office from 27 April to 18 August 1904. He served as the inaugural federal lea ...

, 8 Erez Markovich, 9 Gur Shelef, 10

, 11 Meir Tapiro, 12

, 13 Ido Kozikaro, 14 Yaniv Green, 15

(Coach: Zvi Sherf) ---- 2007 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams 4 Dror Hajaj, 5 Moran Roth, 6

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Lior Eliyahu Lior Eliyahu ( he, לִיאוֹר אֱלִיָּהוּ; born 9 September 1985) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) in height and he weighs 105 kg (225 pounds). He plays at the power forward pos ...

, 8 Erez Markovich, 9 Jeron Roberts, 10

Guy Pnini Guy Pnini (Hebrew: גיא פניני) (born September 4, 1983) is an Israeli professional basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of tall, he p ...

, 11 Meir Tapiro, 12 Matan Naor, 13 Ido Kozikaro, 14 Yaniv Green, 15

Amit Tamir Amit Tamir ( he, עמית יוסף תמיר)(born December 2, 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall former center/forward. Biography Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to As ...

(Coach: Zvi Sherf) ---- 2009 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams 4 Moran Roth, 5 Yuval Naimy, 6 Gal Mekel, 7 Raviv Limonad, 8

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(Coach: Zvi Sherf) ---- 2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams 4 Yogev Ohayon, 5 Afik Nissim, 6 Yuval Naimy, 7

David Blu David Blu (born David Bluthenthal; July 18, 1980) is an American–Israeli former professional basketball player, who spent 10 seasons playing in the EuroLeague. Standing at , he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He is ...

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, 13 Elishay Kadir, 14 Yaniv Green, 15 Uri Kokia (Coach: Arik Shivek) ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams 4 Raviv Limonad, 5 Afik Nissim, 6 Nitzan Hanochi, 7 Alex Tyus, 8

, 9 Omri Casspi, 10

, 11 Yogev Ohayon, 12

, 13 Ido Kozikaro, 14 Yaniv Green, 15 Elishay Kadir (Coach: Arik Shivek) ---- 2015 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 24 teams 5 Dagan Yivzori, 6 Shawn Dawson, 7 Gal Mekel, 8

, 9 Omri Casspi (C), 10 Raviv Limonad, 11 Elishay Kadir, 12 Yogev Ohayon, 14 Yaniv Green, 15

D'or Fischer D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer (born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at , he plays ...

, 16 Robert Rothbart, 23 Bar Timor (Coach: Erez Edelstein) ----

2017 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

: finished 21st among 24 teams 1

Richard Howell Richard Howell (October 25, 1754April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1801. Early life and military career Howell was born in Newark in the Colony of Delaware. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United Stat ...

, 6 Shawn Dawson, 7 Gal Mekel, 8

, 9 Omri Casspi (C), 10

, 11 Elishay Kadir, 12

, 14 Oz Blayzer, 15 Bar Timor, 20 Idan Zalmanson, 21 Yogev Ohayon (Coach: Erez Edelstein) ---- 2022 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams 4

Roman Sorkin Roman Sorkin ( he, רומן סורקין, ; born August 11, 1996) is a Belarusian-born Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for th ...

, 7 Gal Mekel, 8

Deni Avdija Deni Avdija ( he, דֶנִי אָבְדִיָה, sr-cyr, Дени Авдија; born 3 January 2001) is an Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the sma ...

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Yam Madar Yam Madar ( he, ים מדר; born ) is an Israeli player ,and professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Israel senior national team internationally. ...

, 12 Rafi Menco, 15 Jake Cohen, 20 Idan Zalmanson,
30 Nimrod Levi, 41 Tomer Ginat, 45

Tamir Blatt Tamir Blatt ( he, תמיר בלאט; born May 4, 1997) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He is the son of former basketball player and coach David Blatt. In 2020-21 he led the Israel ...

, 50 Yovel Zoosman (Coach: Guy Goodes)

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Israel FIBA profile

Israel National Team – Men
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Israel v Poland – Group D – Full Game – 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers
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History

1952 Olympic Games

EuroBasket 1953

1954 World Cup

1966 Asian Games

1970 Asian Games

1974 Asian Games

EuroBasket 1979

1986 World Cup

EuroBasket 2017

2019 World Cup qualification

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Asian Games

EuroBasket

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