The 2021–22 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 68th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The league started on October 2, 2021.
Format The regular season will be played in a 22-round Round-Robin format. The top 6 finishers will play the 5 rounds "upper house", with the other 6 teams playing the 5 rounds "bottom house". The 6 upper group teams, joined by the top 2 teams from the bottom group, will play the quarter finals as Best-of-5 series. The semi finals and finals will be played as Best-of-3 series.
Teams
Ironi Nahariya and Maccabi Haifa have been relegated to 2021–22 National League after placing the bottom two places of the 2020–21 Premier League. Hapoel Galil Elyon and Elitzur Netanya have been promoted to the league after placing the top two places of the 2020–21 National League.
On August 4, 2021, Israeli Basketball Premier League administration informed Elitzur Netanya that she will not be able to participate in the coming season because its home hall does not meet the league's threshold conditions and construction has not yet begun for a new hall in the city. On August 17, the Supreme Court of the Basketball Association approved the agreements reached by Elitzur Netanya and the League administration in a mediation process, thus enabling Elitzur Netanya participation in the current season. Finally, the promotion of the group was not approved as it did not meet the threshold conditions of budgetary control.
Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Conch Arena Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena Hapoel Galil Elyon Upper Galilee and Kiryat Shmona HaPais Kfar Blum 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 Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava 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 Oren Aharoni Yair Kravitz Peak Ofek DistHapoel Be'er Sheva Kfir Arazi Christoforos Livadiotis Travis Warech Spalding Altshuler ShachamHapoel Eilat Tal Pinhas Ariel Beit-Halahmy Roi Huber Nike Yossi AvrahamiHapoel Galil Elyon Tamir Abrahams Barak Peleg Alon Sapir AND1 Nofar EnergyHapoel Gilboa Galil Guy Kaplan Yotam Hanochi Macron Gilboa Regional Council, GevasolHapoel Haifa Yuval Rosman Elad Hasin Ofek Avital Peak B-Cure LaserHapoel Holon Eitan Lanciano Guy Goodes Guy Pnini Kelme Unet CreditHapoel Jerusalem Eyal Chomski Yotam Halperin Adam Ariel Peak Bank YahavHapoel Tel Aviv Rami Cohen Danny Franco Bar Timor SP MetzerIroni Ness Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Lior Lubin Tal Dunne Macron Chai MotorsMaccabi Rishon LeZion Yossi Moldavsky Dror Cohen Netanel Artzi Peak Effi CapitalMaccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Avi Even John DiBartolomeo Puma Playtika
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Hapoel Jerusalem Oren Amiel Mutual consent 28 October 2021 5th (2–1) Yotam Halperin (interim) 28 October 2021 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Rami Hadar Resigned 21 November 2021 7th (3–4) Christoforos Livadiotis 30 November 2021 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Guy Goodes Mutual consent 21 December 2021 12th (2–8) Dror Cohen 26 December 2021 Hapoel Holon Maurizio Buscaglia Fired 6 January 2022 2nd (8–5) Guy Goodes 8 January 2022 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos Fired 15 February 2022 3rd (9–6) Avi Even (interim) 15 February 2022
Regular season
Rounds 1 to 22
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Top-teams League Group
Positions by round
Bottom-Teams League Group
Positions by round
Playoffs Brackets
Quarterfinals Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Semifinals Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Finals
2021–22 Israeli Premier League champions Hapoel Holon2nd title
Awards MVP of the Round Round Player Team October 1 Bryon Allen Hapoel Eilat 41 2 Chinanu Onuaku Bnei Herzliya 35 3 Chris Babb Bnei Herzliya 40 November 4 Retin Obasohan Hapoel Jerusalem 44 5 Junior Etou Hapoel Be'er Sheva 35 Dererk Pardon Hapoel Be'er Sheva 34 6 Jalen Reynolds Maccabi Tel Aviv 38 7 Tim Soares Ironi Ness Ziona 41 December 8 Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon 32 9 Maurice Watson Maccabi Rishon LeZion 27 10 Ante Žižić Maccabi Tel Aviv 35 11 Justin Patton Hapoel Eilat 45 February 18 Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon 35 March 19 Jalen Adams Hapoel Jerusalem 26 20 Michael Brisker Hapoel Gilboa Galil 34 21 Michael Brisker Hapoel Gilboa Galil 27 22 D. J. Kennedy Hapoel Galil Elyon 26 April 23 Tyus Battle Hapoel Gilboa Galil 36 24 J'Covan Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 May 26 D. J. Cooper Bnei Herzliya 32 27 Golan Gutt Ironi Ness Ziona 27 – 12 Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon 27 13 James Young Hapoel Tel Aviv 38 14 Adam Smith Hapoel Holon 35 15 JP Tokoto Hapoel Tel Aviv 21 16 Scottie James Hapoel Haifa 35 17 Jalen Adams Hapoel Jerusalem 33 25 Amit Simhon Hapoel Haifa 39
Monthly Awards Player of the Month
Month Player Team October Chinanu Onuaku Bnei Herzliya 24.0 November Diante Garrett Ironi Ness Ziona 23.7 December Retin Obasohan Hapoel Jerusalem 20.3 January 22 James Young Hapoel Tel Aviv 26.0 February–March Chris Babb Bnei Herzliya 23.0 April Jalen Adams Hapoel Jerusalem 18.8
Israeli Player of the Month
Month Player Team October Roi Huber Hapoel Eilat 15.5 November Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon 15.5 December Roi Huber Hapoel Eilat 17.5 January 22 Bar Timor Hapoel Tel Aviv February–March Michael Brisker Hapoel Gilboa Galil 16.3 April Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.3
Coach of the Month Month Coach Team October Barak Peleg Hapoel Galil Elyon 2–1 November Lior Lubin Ironi Ness Ziona 3–0 December Yotam Halperin Hapoel Jerusalem 4–0 January 22 Danny Franco Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 February–March Oren Aharoni Bnei Herzliya 5–2 April Guy Kaplan Hapoel Gilboa Galil 3–1
Yearly awards Award Winner Team Regular season MVP Chinanu Onuaku Bnei Herzliya Regular season Israeli MVP Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon Rising Star Gabriel Chachashvili Hapoel Galil Elyon Best Defender Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon Most Improved Player Michael Brisker Hapoel Gilboa Galil Sixth Man of the Year Jalen Adams Hapoel Jerusalem Premier League Top 5 Players Retin Obasohan Hapoel Jerusalem Chris Babb Bnei Herzliya Chris Johnson Hapoel Holon Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon Chinanu Onuaku Bnei HerzliyaPremier League Second Top 5 Players Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon Jalen Adams Hapoel Jerusalem Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv JP Tokoto Hapoel Tel Aviv Roman Sorkin Maccabi Tel Aviv Coach of the Year Oren Aharoni Bnei Herzliya Finals MVP Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon
Israeli clubs in European competitions Competition Team Progress EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Playoffs Champions League Hapoel Holon 4th place Hapoel Jerusalem Play-ins Hapoel Eilat Qualifying rounds FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Hapoel Gilboa Galil Regular season Hapoel Haifa Qualifying rounds Ironi Ness Ziona Qualifying rounds Balkan League Hapoel Galil Elyon Maccabi Haifa (National League) Ironi Nahariya (National League)
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