Israel national team

Here all the informations you're looking for about the national team of basket.You'll find first description of the team,and after the results .

Team description :

None,but finalist of 1979 European championship

  • Main players :

-Yoav Safar (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)

-Tal Burstein (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)

-Gour Shelef (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)

-Meir Tapiro (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Yoav Saffar
  • Sponsors : Converse,Bank leoumi
  • Jersey : white
  • Comments :

The national team has got a very good level.She will now try to get the highest places in europe and world.And it isn't really a dream, because she already won some historic matches against excellent teams .Unfortunately,Nafav Henefeld (photo) decided to stop his international career.

To see the jersey,click here!

Results :

The Israel national team of basket-ball played the qualifications to Euro 2001,in group C.Here are all results that allowed Israel to finish first of his group (there are 6 teams by group),which make the blue-white team believe in their future !

Day

Match

Résult

N°

Pts
24/11/1999 ISRAEL-NEDERLANDS 90-61   2
27/11/1999 BOSNIA-ISRAEL 65-69   4
1/12/1999 ISRAEL-FINLAND 93-68   6
9/11/2000 SWEDEN-ISRAEL 61-75   8
26-02-2000 ISRAEL-BULGARIA 87-65 1st 10
22/11/2000 NEDERLANDS-ISRAEL 71-53 1st 11
25/11/2000 ISRAEL-BOSNIA 97-81 1st 13
29/11/2000 FINLAND-ISRAEL 68-86 1st 15
24/01/2001 ISRAEL-SWEDEN 81-83 1st 16
27/01/2001 BULGARIA-ISRAEL 80-83 1st 18
Final standings of the group :
N TEAM PTS Won Lost
1 ISRAEL 18 8 . 2
2 BOSNIA 16 6 4
3 NEDERLANDS 15 5 5
4 BULGARIA 14 4 6
5 FINLAND 14 4 6
6 SWEDEN 13 3 7

Euro 2001 ,from August,31 to September, 9 in Turkey already started. The first of each group is qualified,the second and hte 3rd play a playoffs game.

Date

Match

Score

Ranked

Pts
1st round
31/08/2001 ISRAEL - FRANCE 71-77(OT) 3rd 1
01/09/2001 ISRAEL-LITUANIA 59-68 4th 2
02/09/2001 ISRAEL-UKRAINE 88-65 3rd 4
Playoffs to 1/4 finals
03/09/2001 ISRAEL-SPAIN 67-71    

OT : after overtime