Basketball in Israel
overview of basketball in Israel
In Israel, basketball is a popular sport, with a multi-tiered professional club league system, as well as men's and women's national teams.
Professional league structure
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat Ha'Al or the Israeli Premier League, is the top tier level league of basketball competition in Israel, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. Ligat HaAl comprises the top twelve basketball clubs, and was founded in 1954.
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier level league of basketball competition. The regular season be played in a 28 rounds (14 round-robin format). The winner will be promoted to the Premier League, while the 2nd to 9th ranked teams will advance to the playoff to determine the second team that will be promoted also. and the 10th to 16th ranked teams will advance to the Playout Group, the last three teams will be relegated to the Liga Artzit.
Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit is the third tier level league of basketball competition. The league contains 28 clubs (in two districts of 14 teams each one), which compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs.
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