The Israeli Basketball Association (IBBA,
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in Israel
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The organization oversees the regulation of the sport, team and player registration, rules of the game, various official (such as referees and statisticians) certification, and the National team
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. It is responsible for sanctioning official leagues at various levels, issuing league schedules, and certifying match results. The IBA also handles associating with international bodies such as FIBA
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and Euroleague Basketball
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(who organizes the EuroLeague
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In 2017 Amos Frishman was the Chairman of the Israel Basketball Association professional committee.
See also
* Israeli Basketball Premier League
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* Liga Leumit (basketball)
Liga Leumit (, lit. ''National League'') is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.
League system
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* Liga Artzit (basketball)
Liga Artzit (. ''Artzit'') is the third tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the second tier level Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit.
Until the 1991-92 season it was the second tier leve ...
* Israeli Basketball State Cup
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* Basketball in Israel
References
Further reading
Safsal - The Israeli Basketball Portal
Eurobasket Israel Report Maccabi Haifa Heat and Maccabi Tel Aviv broadcasts for North America
External links
Official website
Basketball
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Basketball in Israel
National members of FIBA Europe
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