The Israel women's national basketball team represents Israel in international women's basketball matches and is controlled by the Israel Basketball Association.Profile Israel, Fiba.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016. Israel have hosted the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in 1991, and hosted again in 2023 along with Slovenia.
European Championship record Year Position GP W L 1950 11th 8 1 7 1950–1989 Did not enter qualifier 1991 8th 7 1 6 1993 Did not enter qualifier 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 2003 12th 7 0 7 2005 Did not qualify 2007 13th 3 0 3 2009 13th 3 0 3 2011 13th 3 0 3 2013 Did not qualify 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 16th 3 0 3 2025 Did not qualify 2027 To be determinedTotal34232 Note:Red border indicates host nation Source:
At the Eurobasket Women 1950, Israel competed for the first time, and finished in 11th place. Preliminary round - Group B RankTeamWLPtsDiff 1 3 0 6 +149 2 2 1 5 +32 3 1 2 4 −54 4 0 3 3 −127
7th to 12th Place RankTeamWLPtsDiff 1 5 0 10 +63 2 4 1 9 +50 3 2 3 7 −2 4 2 3 7 −18 5 1 4 6 −51 6 1 4 6 −42
At the Eurobasket Women 1991, Israel competed for the second time, the first time since 1950, and finished in 8th and last place. In addition to competing, Israel was the host of the competition. Qualification - Group B PlTeamPldWLPFPA 1 Hungary 5 4 1 ? ? 2 Israel 5 3 2 ? ? 3 Netherlands 5 3 2 317 316 4 Spain 5 3 2 308 336 5 Denmark 5 1 4 ? ? 6 Greece 5 0 5 ? ?
First Stage - Group A After qualifying for the tournament, Israel entered the competition in Group A, and finished third. PlTeamPldWLPFPA 1 Hungary 3 2 1 211 217 2 Bulgaria 3 2 1 203 198 3 Israel 3 1 2 166 198 4 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 247 226
5th to 8th places Israel was matched up against Poland in the 5th-8th place round, losing 80-69. In the 7th-8th place round, Israel lost to Italy 78-65.
7th place
At the Eurobasket Women 1995 qualifier, Israel competed for the third time, and did not qualify. Qualification - First stage - Group E
Source:Qualifying round - Group E - Standings
At the Eurobasket Women 1997 qualifier, Israel competed in the qualifying round, and did not qualify.
Qualification - First stage - Group B PlTeamPldWLPFPA 1 Bulgaria 7 6 1 542 455 2 Israel 7 6 1 586 462 3 Greece 7 5 2 579 393 4 Belarus 7 5 2 628 508 5 Albania 7 4 4 524 567 6 Switzerland 7 2 5 475 615 7 Ireland 7 1 6 416 561 8 Austria 7 0 7 456 644
Qualification - Second stage - Group C PlTeamPldWLPFPA 1 Spain 5 4 1 425 332 2 Germany 5 3 2 379 386 3 Moldova 5 3 2 354 382 4 Bulgaria 5 2 3 354 373 5 Croatia 5 2 3 372 362 6 Israel 5 1 4 345 394
+ Roster Number Name Position Sarit Arbel F Shiri Dromi (Gold) Tamar Palmon Maoz G Nurit Rozenzweig Inbal Tsiuonov 4 Orly Kesten 5 Rinat Levin 6 Aluma Goren G7 Limor Mizrachi G 8 Orly Grossman 9 Iris Dinerman 15 Victoria (Rudovski) Savin Source:Israel roster 1997
During the EuroBasket Women 1999 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group D
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Challenge round - Group B
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+ Roster Number Name Position Tamar Palmon Maoz G Ornit Shwartz F Lili Wolf 4 Sarit Arbel F5 Rinat Levin 6 Aluma Goren G7 Limor Mizrachi G8 Orly Grossman 9 Iris Dinerman 11 Sharon Zeevi F 14 Nurit Rozenzweig 15 Victoria (Rudovski) Savin Source:
During the EuroBasket Women 2001 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group C
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Semifinals - Group A
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+ Roster Number Name Position4 Orly Kesten 5 Rinat Levin 6 Shiri Dromi (Gold) 7 Limor Mizrachi G8 Ornit Shwartz F9 Iris Dinerman 10 Aluma Goren G11 Tali Noy G12 Tamar Palmon Maoz G13 Sharon Zeevi F14 Sarit Arbel F15 Victoria (Rudovski) Savin Source:
During the EuroBasket Women 2003 tournament, Israel qualified for the third time and finished in 12th place after going 0-7.
Qualifier
Preliminary Round - Group A TeamPts.PldWLPFPADiff1. 10550435336+992. 8532386346+403. 8532353309+444. 8532374352+225. 6514321362-416. 5505293457-164
9th place bracket
Standings
Place Team W-L 1 6–2 2 7–1 3 7–1 4 4–4 5 5–3 6 3–5 7 4–4 8 3–5 9 3–4 10 2–5 11 1–6 12 0–7
During the EuroBasket Women 2005 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Division A - Group C
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Additional qualifier - Group C
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+ Roster Number Name Position Ekaterina Abramzon SF Shachar Alterman SF Shay Doron G Shimrit Gigi F Victoria Khashibon C Bat El Lazmi PG Katia Levitsky PF Tali Noy G Inbar Oriyon PF Laine Selwyn PG 4 Rivi Grinboym GF5 Meirav Dori SF 6 Chen Nusel SG 7 Liron Cohen PG8 Ornit Shwartz F9 Michal Epstein PF10 Shiri Sharon G11 Tal Hila Zalz F12 Tamar Palmon Maoz G13 Sharon Zeevi F14 Sarit Arbel F15 Shiran Zairy PG Coach Eliyahu Rabi Source:
During the EuroBasket Women 2007 tournament, Israel qualified for the fourth time and finished in 13th place.
In addition to competing in the tournament, Israel referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the qualifying round Group F game Serbia vs Italy, and Spain vs Russia. She also worked the classification round game France vs Lithuania.
Preliminary round - Group A Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff6301.000231149 +825210.667194205 −114120.333194217 −233030.000174222 −48
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During the EuroBasket Women 2009 tournament, Israel qualified for the fifth time and finished in 13th place.
In addition to competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the following games: Preliminary round - Group A - Spain vs Ukraine Preliminary round - Group B - Latvia vs Poland Preliminary round - Group B - Greece vs Latvia Qualifying round - Group F - Belarus vs Russia Qualifying round - Group F - Turkey vs France Quarterfinals - Slovakia vs Belarus Finals - Russia vs France
Qualifying round - Group A TeamPtsWLPFPADiff 14 6 2 604 537 +67 14 6 2 551 498 +53 13 5 3 580 527 +53 10 2 6 472 580 −108 9 1 7 540 605 −65
Preliminary round - Group D
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 212 192 +20 6 3 2 1 203 198 +5 5 3 1 2 200 206 −6 4 3 0 3 201 229 −19 3
During the EuroBasket Women 2011 tournament, Israel qualified for the sixth time and finished in 13th place.
In addition to Israel competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Yaari Rainisch worked the following games: Preliminary round - Group C - Germany vs Poland Preliminary round - Group D - France vs Croatia Preliminary round - Group D - Greece vs France Main round - Group F - Montenegro vs France Main round - Group F - France vs Poland Classification round - Croatia vs Latvia Seventh place game - Latvia vs Lithuania
Qualifying round - Group B TeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1042476435+41 1042451400+51 1042437439−2 606403493−90
Preliminary round - Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 199 163 +36 6 3 2 1 185 148 +37 5 3 1 2 159 166 −7 4 3 0 3 148 214 −66 3
During the EuroBasket Women 2013 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group A TeamGWLPFPADiffPts 8 6 2 505 435 +70 14 8 5 3 538 483 +55 13 8 5 3 538 471 +67 13 8 4 4 494 500 −6 12 8 0 8 379 565 −186 8 Source:
+ Roster Number Name Position4 Katia Levitsky PF 5 Noa Ganor SG6 Ekaterina Abramzon SF7 Liron Cohen PG8 Shay Doron G9 Shiran Zairy PG10 Brahsheedah Elohim G11 Nomi Kolodny PG12 Ortal Oren PG13 Shira Shecht F14 Shani Levy SF15 Jennifer Fleischer C Head coach Eliyahu Rabi | asst_coach = Source:
During the EuroBasket Women 2015 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
In addition to competing, Israeli referee David Romano work the first leg, of the first round, finals match, between Greece and Poland.
Qualifier - First round - Group D Israel, in addition to participating in the tournament, was also the host nation of the qualifier, with all game were played in Ramla.
Knockout stage
Qualifier - Second round - Group F During the first game of the round, Israel held an eight-point lead with eight minutes to go in the game, but ultimately fell to Croatia 76-73. During their first game against Bulgaria, Israel original trailed by eight before coming back to hold on to a 71-68 victory. During the third game of the tournament, Israel again lost to Croatia, by the score of 83-56. Israel, during their fourth game lost to Bulgaria and was officially eliminated from the tournament.
Current roster Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2027 qualification.
Former head coaches Sharon Drucker Eli Rabi Marik Zeltzer Moshe Weinkrantz Arik Shivek Effi Birnbaum
See also Israel women's national under-19 basketball team Israel women's national under-17 basketball team Israel women's national 3x3 team Sports in Israel
References
External links
FIBA profile Eurobasket.com