Elitzur Giv'at Shmuel () is a

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club, originally from

Giv'at Shmuel Giv'at Shmuel () is a city in the Central District (Israel), Center District of Israel. It is located in the eastern part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area and bordered by Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak to the West, Kiryat Ono to the South and P ...

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. The club plays in the

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit (, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run by the Israel Football A ...

, the third division of Israeli basketball. It played in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

as recently as the 2008–2009 season. The home hall of the club was the Leader Arena (1,400 seats) in

Ganei Tikva Ganei Tikva () is a city in Israel bordering Kiryat Ono to the west, Petah Tikva to the north, Gat Rimon to the east and Savyon to the south. History Ganei Tikva was formed in 1949, located on the land of the Palestinian village of Al-'A ...

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. *

Dror Cohen Dror Cohen () is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He was one of the most respected players in Israeli basketball in the 1990s, when he spent 14 seasons in the Premier League where he scored 2,263 points.

Shimon Amsalem Shimon Yaakov Amsalem (; 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 Team. Biography Ams ...

David Bernsley David Scott Bernsley (; 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 basketball team. He later beca ...

(born 1969), American-Israeli basketball player * Paul Delaney (born 1986)

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