The 2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 67th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Format The regular season will be played in a 26-round Round-Robin format. The top 6 finishers will play the 5 round "upper house", with the other 7 teams playing the 7 round "bottom group". The 6 upper group teams, joined by the top 2 teams from the bottom group, will play the originally planned to be Best-of-5 Quarter finals as Best-of-3 series. The Semi finals and Finals will also be played as Best-of-3 series.
Teams
Hapoel Haifa and Bnei Herzliya have been promoted to the league after placing the top two places of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit.
Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Conch Arena Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall Hapoel Haifa Haifa Romema Arena Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Pais Arena Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Drive in Arena Ironi Nahariya Nahariya Ein Sarah Ironi Nes Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsorBnei Herzliya Eldad Akunis Sharon Drucker Nitzan Hanochi Peak Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kfir Arazi Rami Hadar Spencer Weisz Spalding Altshuler ShahamHapoel Eilat Tal Pinhas Ariel Beit-Halahmy Jonathan Skjöldebrand Peak Yossi AvrahamiHapoel Gilboa Galil Haim Ohayon Avishai Gordon Yotam Hanochi Gilboa Regional CouncilHapoel Haifa Yuval Rosman Elad Hasin Ofek Avital B-CURE LASERHapoel Holon Eitan Lanciano Stefanos Dedas Guy Pnini Kelme Unet creditHapoel Jerusalem Eyal Chomski Yonathan Alon J'Covan Brown Peak Bank YahavHapoel Tel Aviv Rami Cohen Danny Franco Yam Madar SP MetzerIroni Nahariya Zviel Rubin Shai Segalovich Orr Leumi Geshem HoldingsIroni Nes Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Brad Greenberg Tal Dunne Kappa Chai MotorsMaccabi Haifa Jeff Rosen Amit Ben David Alex Chubrevich Joma Maccabi Rishon LeZion Itzhak Peri Guy Goodes Darryl Monroe Under Armour Zarfati Zvi and his sonsMaccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo Nike Playtika
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ironi Nahariya Danny Franco Resigned 22 December 2020 11th (1–5) Shai Segalovich 24 December 2020 Hapoel Jerusalem Oded Kattash Mutual consent 14 January 2021 3rd (7–2) Dainius Adomaitis 14 January 2021 Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior Lubin 4th (7–2) Avishai Gordon Hapeol Tel Aviv Ioannis Kastritis Fired 5 February 2021 11th (3–8) Danny Franco 5 February 2021 Maccabi Haifa Daniel Seoane 6 March 2021 13th (2–12) Amit Ben David 6 March 2021 Hapoel Jerusalem Dainius Adomaitis 9 April 2021 5rd (13–8) Yonathan Alon 9 April 2021
Regular season
Rounds 1 to 26
Top-teams League Group
Positions by games played
Bottom-Teams League Group
Positions by Round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Source:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Semifinals
Game 1
Game 2
Finals
2020–21 Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Tel Aviv55th title
Awards MVP of the Round Round Player Team November 4 Caleb Agada (1/4) Hapoel Be'er Sheva 39 5 Jason Siggers Hapoel Haifa 28 6 TaShawn Thomas Hapoel Jerusalem 40 December 7 Chris Kramer Hapoel Jerusalem 35 8 Reggie Upshaw Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 11 Scottie Wilbekin (1/2) Maccabi Tel Aviv 31 – 1 Caleb Agada (2/4) Hapoel Be'er Sheva 34 2 Chris Kramer Hapoel Jerusalem 45 3 C. J. Harris Hapoel Holon 28 9 Keenan Evans Hapoel Haifa 30 10 Braian Angola Ironi Nes Ziona 27 12 Coty Clarke (1/2) Bnei Herzliya 31 13 Akil Mitchell (1/2) Maccabi Rishon LeZion 45 14 Michael Cobbins Maccabi Haifa 36 15 Akil Mitchell (2/2) Maccabi Rishon LeZion 42 16 Casey Prather (1/2) Hapoel Eilat 23 17 Yiftach Ziv Hapoel Gilboa Galil 39 18 Justin Tillman Hapoel Tel Aviv 50 19 Caleb Agada (3/4) Hapoel Be'er Sheva 38 20 Jeremy Pargo (1/2) Maccabi Rishon LeZion 29 21 Patrick Miller Ironi Nes Ziona 29 22 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 48 23 Eric Thompson Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 24 Casey Prather (2/2) Hapoel Eilat 48 25 Jeremy Pargo (2/2) Maccabi Rishon LeZion 24 26 Caleb Agada (4/4) Hapoel Be'er Sheva 58 27 Scottie Wilbekin (2/2) Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 28 Yam Madar Hapoel Tel Aviv 29 29 Chris Dowe Maccabi Haifa 31 30 Max Heidegger Bnei Herzliya 51 31 Joe Ragland Hapoel Eilat 39 32 Golan Gutt Maccabi Rishon LeZion 35 33 Coty Clarke (2/2) Bnei Herzliya 37
Monthly Awards Player of the Month Month Player Team November Caleb Agada Hapoel Be'er Sheva 32.5 December Casey Prather Hapoel Eilat 26.5 January–February Coty Clarke Bnei Herzliya 24.6 March Joe Ragland Hapoel Eilat 26.8 April Caleb Agada Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31.5
Israeli Player of the Month
Month Player Team November Tamir Blatt Hapoel Jerusalem 18.8 December Willy Workman Hapoel Holon 15.2 January–February Oz Blayzer Maccabi Tel Aviv 16.9 March Roman Sorkin Maccabi Haifa 16.9 April Yiftach Ziv Hapoel Gilboa Galil 23.6
Coach of the Month Month Coach Team November Ariel Beit-Halahmy Hapoel Eilat 5–1 December Stefanos Dedas Hapoel Holon 5–0 January–February Sharon Drucker Bnei Herzliya 4–3 March Ariel Beit-Halahmy Hapoel Eilat 4–0 April Avishai Gordon Hapoel Gilboa Galil 4–1
Yearly awards Award Winner Team Rising Star Yair Kravitz Bnei Herzliya Best Defender Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon Most Improved Player Noam Dovrat Maccabi Rishon LeZion Sixth Man of the Year Guy Pnini Hapoel Holon Premier League Top 5 Players Yiftach Ziv Hapoel Gilboa Galil Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv Ante Žižić Maccabi Tel Aviv Casey Prather Hapoel Eilat Premier League Second Top 5 Players Yam Madar Hapoel Tel Aviv Keenan Evans Hapoel Haifa Caleb Agada Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kerry Blackshear Jr. Hapoel Gilboa Galil Josh Nebo Hapoel Eilat Regular season MVP Casey Prather Hapoel Eilat Regular season Israeli MVP Yiftach Ziv Hapoel Gilboa Galil Coach of the Year Stefanos Dedas Hapoel Holon Finals MVP Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israeli clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Balkan League Maccabi Tel Aviv EuroLeague Regular season Maccabi Rishon LeZion EuroCup Withdrawn Second round playoff Hapoel Jerusalem Champions League Regular season Regular season Hapoel Holon Quarterfinals Hapoel Tel Aviv Qualifying rounds Second round playoff Ironi Nes Ziona FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Bnei Herzliya colspan=2 rowspan=7 Regular season Hapoel Haifa Regular season Ironi Nahariya Regular season Hapoel Gilboa Galil Maccabi Haifa Regular season Hapoel Eilat Regular season Hapoel Be'er Sheva Regular season
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