The 2026–27 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, will be the 73rd season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season is set to start on 9 October 2026.
Defending champion and most decorated club Maccabi Tel Aviv have won the Social Supercup against finalists and rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv (101-83) to start the Israeli season before the Ligat Winner tip-off.
Format
For the third straight season, the format of regular season remains unchanged and consists of a round-robin format, with 26 games played by each team (13 home, 13 away). Top 6 will directly qualify to the playoffs (with the top 4 earning homecourt advantage) while the 7th to 10th-ranked teams will participate in the play-in showdown and the 11th to 14th-ranked teams go through play-out to maintain their position in the league.
The play-in showdown is based on the Page–McIntyre system, exactly as the NBA play-in tournament. Each of the three games is hosted by the team with the higher rank in the standings and determines the 7th and 8th seeds to complete the playoffs bracket.
The play-out is a 3 round-robin format (6 games total) played by the bottom 4 teams of the regular season. As the previous editions, the last 2 teams are relegated to Liga Leumit, the second israeli basketball league.
The playoffs have seen a slight evolution of their structure following the events of the previous season. The first round (quarterfinals) is now being played as a best-of-three (1-1-1) series upon decision of the competition committee. The semifinals and finals are scheduled as best-of-five (1-1-1-1-1) series.
Teams
Elitzur Netanya and Ironi Ra'anana have been relegated to 2026–27 National League after placing in the bottom places of the 2025–26 Premier League.
Hapoel Ironi Eilat and Maccabi Ashdod have been promoted to the league after respectively winning the 2025–26 National League and winning access playoffs.
Arenas and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Be'er Sheva and Dimona Conch Arena Hapoel Galil Elyon Upper Galilee HaPais Kfar Blum Hapoel HaEmek Gilboa Regional, Lower Galilee and Afula Haim Ohayon Sports Hall Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Pais Arena Hapoel Ironi Eilat Eilat Begin Arena Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Shlomo Group Arena Ironi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Ramaz Hall Ironi Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Lev Hamoshava Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Hall 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 Yehu Orland Daeshon Francis Peak PenLinkHapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona Kfir Arazi Doug Spradley Kelme Altshuler ShachamHapoel Galil Elyon Zohar Levkovitz Idan Avshalom Yahel Melamed Peak Mivtach Shamir HoldingsHapoel HaEmek Gideon Yadin Sharon Avrahami Roey Netzia ON Gilat TelecomHapoel Holon Eitan Lanciano Predrag Krunić Netanel Artzi Kelme Maoz Daniel Hapoel Ironi Eilat Ranny Cohen Oren Aharoni Tzuf Ben Moshe Reebok Hapoel Jerusalem Matan Edelson Saša Obradović Yovel Zoosman Reebok Midtown JerusalemHapoel Tel Aviv Offer Yanai Dimitrios Itoudis Bar Timor Self Made IBI InvestmentIroni Kiryat Ata Naftali Bentov Eldad Bentov Tomer Asayag Reebok Lati ConstructionIroni Ness Ziona Yaniv Mizrahi Paul Corsaro Spencer Weisz Peak Chai MotorsMaccabi Ashdod Ronan Harel Dan Katzir Robert Turner Reebok RotshteinMaccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Chen Shnaiderman Elad Hasin Joaquin Szuchman Peak Cnanan GroupsMaccabi Rishon LeZion Erez Ben Haim Guy Kaplan Joshua Freund Peak Tapuzina Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimon Mizrahi Oded Kattash John DiBartolomeo Adidas Rapyd
Regular season
Rounds 1 to 26
Israeli clubs in European competitions +European-wide competitions Competition Team Progress EuroLeague Maccabi Tel Aviv Regular season Hapoel Tel Aviv Regular season EuroCup Hapoel Jerusalem Regular season Champions League Hapoel Holon Regular season Bnei Herzliya Regular season
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