2025–26 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season	2025–26
Dates	October 2025 – June 2026
Teams	14
TV partner	Sports Channel
Regular season
Season MVP	Jared Harper
Relegated	Elitzur Netanya Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Runners-up	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Semi-finalists	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Holon
Finals MVP	Gabriel Lundberg
Awards
Israeli MVP	Roman Sorkin
Rising Star	Yuval Hochstadter
Best Defender	Daeshon Francis
Most Improved	Yoav Vitlem
Sixth Man	Justin Smith
Coach of the Year	Oded Kattash
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, will be the 72nd season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season will start in October 2025.

Format

The regular season played in a 26-round (13 round-robin format). The top 6 finishers Advance to the playoffs, will the 7th to 10th-ranked teams face each other in the play-in showdown. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format is similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff, and is identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed hosts the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs; likewise the 9th seed hosts the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game hosts the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot. the 11th to 14th-ranked teams played in a 4-round (2 round-robin format), the bottom two teams relegated to Liga Leumit

Format Changes

Following the war in Iran, the regular season games were suspended at the beginning of March. When play resumed in April, several format changes were implemented. As long as the war continued, games were held in neutral venues equipped with standard protected spaces: Enerbox Arena in Hadera as the main venue, and Netanya Arena as the secondary venue. The play-in stage was canceled, and the 7th and 8th-ranked teams advanced to the playoffs. The Playoffs quarterfinals were shortened to a best-of-three series, while the semifinals and finals remained best-of-five series. The Playout stage remained unchanged.^[1]

Teams

Teams of the 2025–26 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Haifa have been relegated to 2025–26 National League after placing in the bottom place of the 2024–25 Premier League. However, in light of Hapoel Afula's dissolution due to financial difficulties, Elitzur Netanya, which was ranked highest among the relegated teams, is entitled to replace it in the league.^[2] Ironi Ra'anana and Rishon LeZion have been promoted to the league after win for the 2024–25 National League.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500
Elitzur Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Arena	2,500
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	Be'er Sheva and Dimona	Conch Arena	3,000
Hapoel Galil Elyon	Upper Galilee	HaPais Kfar Blum	2,000
Hapoel HaEmek	Gilboa Regional, Lower Galilee and Afula	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,057
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383
Ironi Kiryat Ata	Kiryat Ata	Ramaz Hall	1,200
Ironi Ness Ziona	Ness Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,300
Ironi Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Metro West	1,668
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	Zisman Hall	1,500
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Bnei Herzliya	Eldad Akunis	Yehu Orland	Shalev Lugashi	Peak	PenLink
Elitzur Netanya		Eli Rabi	Boris Boguslavsky	Peak	BRIGA
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	Kfir Arazi	Yaniv Ravins	Neta Segal	Kempa	Altshuler Shacham
Hapoel Galil Elyon	Tamir Abrahams	Idan Avshalom	Yahel Melamed	Peak	Rivulis
Hapoel HaEmek	Gideon Yadin	Sharon Avrahami	Roey Netzia	ON	Gilat Telecom
Hapoel Holon	Eitan Lanciano	Predrag Krunić	Netanel Artzi	Kelme	Netanel Groups
Hapoel Jerusalem	Matan Edelson	Yonatan Alon	Yovel Zoosman	Nike	Midtown Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Offer Yanai	Dimitrios Itoudis	Bar Timor	Self Made	IBI Investment
Ironi Kiryat Ata	Naftali Bentov	Eldad Bentov	Gal Baitner	Reebok	Lati Construction
Ironi Ness Ziona	Yaniv Mizrahi	Paul Corsaro	Spencer Weisz	Peak	Chai Motors
Ironi Ra'anana	Dror Garibinski	Guni Israeli	Joaquin Szuchman	Peak	AB-GAD
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	Chen Shnaiderman	Shmulik Brenner	Adam Ariel	Peak	Cnanan Groups
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Erez Ben Haim	Guy Kaplan	Ben Eisenhardt	Peak	Tapuzina
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shimon Mizrahi	Oded Kattash	John DiBartolomeo	Adidas	Rapyd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Elitzur Netanya	Idan Avshalom	Mutual Consent	6 November 2025	13th (1–3)	Aris Lykogiannis	6 November 2025	^[3]
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Sharon Drucker	Mutual Consent	8 December 2025	12th (1–7)	Guy Kaplan	8 December 2025	^[4]^[5]
Elitzur Netanya	Aris Lykogiannis	Mutual Consent	21 December 2025	14th (1–9)	Eli Rabi	27 December 2025	^[6]^[7]
Ironi Ness Ziona	Amit Schaerf	Fired	28 December 2025	11th (3–8)	Meir Tapiro	28 December 2025	^[8]
Hapoel Holon	Danny Franco	Mutual Consent	29 December 2025	5th (7–4)	Yoav Shamir	30 December 2025	^[9]^[10]
Hapoel Galil Elyon	Guni Israeli	Fired	30 December 2025	13th (2–9)	Idan Avshalom	18 January 2026	^[11]^[12]
Hapoel Holon	Yoav Shamir	Mutual Consent	8 February 2026	6th (9–7)	Predrag Krunić	9 February 2026	^[13]^[14]
Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	Shai Segalovich	Fired	22 February 2026	12th (3–15)	Guni Israeli	23 February 2026	^[15]^[16]
Ironi Ness Ziona	Meir Tapiro	Mutual Consent	10 April 2026	11th (5–13)	Paul Corsaro	10 April 2026	^[17]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Rami Hadar	Mutual Consent	11 May 2026	8th (9–14)	Yaniv Ravins	11 May 2026	^[18]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	24	2	2585	2133	+452	50	Advance to the playoffs
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	22	4	2358	2037	+321	48
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	26	18	8	2340	2170	+170	44
4	Bnei Herzliya	26	18	8	2421	2357	+64	44
5	Hapoel Holon	26	15	11	2243	2237	+6	41
6	Hapoel HaEmek	26	15	11	2149	2052	+97	41
7	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	26	12	14	2112	2153	−41	38
8	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	26	10	16	2224	2331	−107	36
9	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	26	10	16	2210	2270	−60	36
10	Ironi Kiryat Ata	26	9	17	2236	2373	−137	35
11	Ironi Ness Ziona	26	9	17	2092	2213	−121	35	Advance to playouts
12	Hapoel Galil Elyon	26	7	19	1959	2258	−299	33
13	Elitzur Netanya	26	7	19	2124	2302	−178	33
14	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	26	6	20	2148	2315	−167	32

Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: ^[20]

Rounds 1 to 26

Home \ Away	MTA	HTA	HJE	BNH	HHO	HAM	MRL	HBS	MRG	IKA	INZ	HGE	ENE	IRA
Maccabi Tel Aviv		97–115	95–84	137–75	102–75	89–64	104–73	81–69	84–81	102–77	111–80	108–51	102–92	95–75
Hapoel Tel Aviv	85–80		77–92	59–70^[a]	89–83	76–68	91–76	112–108	91–62	97–82	89–63	98–66	75–66	98–75
Hapoel Jerusalem	105–112	105–91		102–81	95–103	65–69	87–74	103–87	88–69	96–68	79–65	77–62	100–69	102–99
Bnei Herzliya	99–114	86–94	95–80		91–82	96–94	89–83	88–92	104–81	88–96	90–73	105–89	108–107	89–79
Hapoel Holon	83–88	60–114	78–77	76–87		92–86	62–68	87–85	67–66	90–98	98–104	92–82	86–77	95–93
Hapoel HaEmek	88–98	75–79	75–77	95–94	78–87		89–75	90–81	94–83	77–64	88–83	96–66	79–59	90–79
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83–94	77–88	93–100	90–95	78–70	103–98		87–84	87–99	97–69	92–73	79–75	80–71	93–78
Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	92–104	77–102	90–75	86–94	86–96	86–93	67–75		101–95	80–94	68–105	78–92	79–83	88–84
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	91–98	81–91	87–97	88–104	110–104	63–89	84–67	92–97		100–98	100–83	83–71	76–77	87–89
Ironi Kiryat Ata	82–116	81–95	84–88	113–101	63–94	67–72	94–85	84–86	83–90		78–64	96–79	124–103	78–86
Ironi Ness Ziona	72–88	75–81	97–93	88–95	70–82	80–70	63–72	88–95	70–82	100–91		83–74	86–78	85–77
Hapoel Galil Elyon	65–86	90–89	76–81	75–88	76–103	75–65	64–88	70–77	71–82	113–108	55–81		79–74	67–77
Elitzur Netanya	88–94	70–93	81–97	88–102	95–108	64–78	72–68	77–83	95–93	94–80	95–91	78–85		102–77
Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	89–106	72–89	93–95	96–107	79–90	71–89	93–69	80–102	70–85	80–84	92–70	86–91	79–69

Source: ^[22]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

The game was stopped three minutes before the end of the first half after Hapoel Tel Aviv were left with only one player on the court, as all the other players had fouled out.^[21]

Playouts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	INZ	HGE	ENE	IRA
11	Ironi Ness Ziona	32	13	19	2616	2705	−89	45			65–76	88–102	96–70
12	Hapoel Galil Elyon	32	11	21	2437	2731	−294	43		83–92		89–84	79–68
13	Elitzur Netanya	32	9	23	2645	2829	−184	41	Relegation to Liga Leumit	84–91	83–87		89–77
14	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	32	8	24	2616	2814	−198	40	Relegation to Liga Leumit	77–92	81–64	95–79

Source: ^[19]^[22]
Rules for classification: ^[20]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals 31 May–5 June						Semifinals 7–12 June								Finals 16–23 June

1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	106	108	–	2

8	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	90	83	–	0
						1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	107	84	89	–	–	3

						5	Hapoel Holon	93	74	61	–	–	0
4	Bnei Herzliya	73	84	–	0

5	Hapoel Holon	84	99	–	2
														1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	96	102	74	83	–	3

														2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	75	98	80	79	–	1
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	74	95	96	2

7	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	82	69	83	1
						2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	20	88	89	–	–	3

						3	Hapoel Jerusalem	1	84	81	–	–	0
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	82	98	–	2

6	Hapoel HaEmek	71	91	–	0

source:^[19]^[22]

Quarterfinals

Game 1

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona

1 June	Maccabi Tel Aviv	106–90 (Series: 1–0)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	Tel Aviv
20:55	Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 25–24, 21–24, 33–23
	Pts: Hoard 20 Rebs: Hoard 7 Asts: Blatt 11 PIR: Hoard 30	Boxscore	Pts: Dunn 27 Rebs: Bickerstaff 7 Asts: Segal, Vitlem 5 PIR: Dunn 22	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 7,939 Referees: Ofer Manheim, Kfir Mualem, Nir Keren

Bnei Herzliya v Hapoel Holon

1 June	Bnei Herzliya	73–84 (Series: 0–1)	Hapoel Holon	Herzliya
18:35	Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 18–27, 24–13, 11–17
	Pts: Onuaku 16 Rebs: Onuaku 12 Asts: Bryant 6 PIR: Onuaku 22	Boxscore	Pts: Sanogo 17 Rebs: Sanogo 8 Asts: Kravitz 5 PIR: Taylor 18	Arena: HaYovel Herzliya Attendance: 920 Referees: Omer Esteron, Elad Leibovich, Dvir Rainisch

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

31 May	Hapoel Tel Aviv	74–82 (Series: 0–1)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
18:35	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–28, 10–24, 19–15
	Pts: Madar 20 Rebs: Motley 7 Asts: Madar 5 PIR: Madar 24	Boxscore	Pts: Stevens 27 Rebs: Stevens 10 Asts: Grant 8 PIR: Stevens 32	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 2,672 Referees: Dan Yalon, Guy Shmueli, Ori Shalhavi

Hapoel Jerusalem v Hapoel HaEmek

31 May	Hapoel Jerusalem	82–71 (Series: 1–0)	Hapoel HaEmek	Jerusalem
20:55	Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 17–23, 30–9, 17–23
	Pts: Smith Rebs: Mobley 5 Asts: Harper 8 PIR: Smith 22	Boxscore	Pts: Ongenda 16 Rebs: Ongenda 12 Asts: Henry 5 PIR: Ongenda 32	Arena: Pais Arena Attendance: 3,824 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Nir Meirson, Omer Wasserman

Game 2

Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona v Maccabi Tel Aviv

3 June	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	83–108 (Series: 0–2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 18–30, 16–25, 24–29
	Pts: Barnett 26 Rebs: Bickerstaff 8 Asts: Dunn, Segal 5 PIR: Barnett 26	Boxscore	Pts: Hoard 19 Rebs: Rayman 9 Asts: Lundberg, Blatt 8 PIR: Hoard, Sorkin 25	Arena: Conch Arena Attendance: 1,972 Referees: Adar Pe'er, Omer Wasserman, Harel Kidron

Hapoel Holon v Bnei Herzliya

3 June	Hapoel Holon	99–84 (Series: 2–0)	Bnei Herzliya	Holon
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 23–23, 19–22, 31–17
	Pts: Sanogo 26 Rebs: Four players 6 Asts: Kravitz 7 PIR: Croft 30	Boxscore	Pts: Bryant 20 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Bryant 13 PIR: Bryant 33	Arena: Holon Toto Hall Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Amit Balak, Guy Shmueli, Tzur Tuval

Maccabi Rishon LeZion v Hapoel Tel Aviv

2 June	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	69–95 (Series: 1–1)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rishon LeZion
20:55	Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 18–23, 15–28, 23–25
	Pts: Stevens 19 Rebs: Kaplan 5 Asts: Goldman 5 PIR: Stevens 20	Boxscore	Pts: Motley 20 Rebs: Motley 8 Asts: Jones, Micić 6 PIR: Motley 28	Arena: Beit Maccabi Rishon Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Ofer Manheim, Kfir Mualem

Hapoel HaEmek v Hapoel Jerusalem

2 June	Hapoel HaEmek	91–98 (Series: 0–2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Gan Ner
18:35	Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 22–30, 17–21, 26–27
	Pts: Noyovitch 25 Rebs: Brooks 6 Asts: Noyovitch 6 PIR: Noyovitch 22	Boxscore	Pts: Harper 26 Rebs: Mobley 8 Asts: Harper 8 PIR: Harper 35	Arena: Gan Ner Sports Hall Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Omer Esteron, Zahi Habdali, Elad Leibovich

Game 3

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

4 June	Hapoel Tel Aviv	96–83 (Series: 2–1)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Tel Aviv
20:55	Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 21–22, 22–28, 28–17
	Pts: Micić 23 Rebs: Motley, Wainright 6 Asts: Jones, Micić 7 PIR: Micić 30	Boxscore	Pts: Burns 20 Rebs: Burns 8 Asts: Burns 5 PIR: Burns 30	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Amit Balak, Adar Pe'er, Dvir Rainisch

Semifinals

Game 1

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Holon

8 June	Maccabi Tel Aviv	107–93 (Series: 1–0)	Hapoel Holon	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 30–30, 19–19, 28–21
	Pts: Lundberg, Sorkin 21 Rebs: Hoard 10 Asts: Blatt 12 PIR: Three players 28	Boxscore	Pts: Green 21 Rebs: Zalmanson 5 Asts: Kravitz 12 PIR: Taylor 24	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Referees: Dan Yalon, Zahi Habdali, Guy Shmueli

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Jerusalem

7 June	Hapoel Tel Aviv	20–1 (Series: 2–0)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:50
		Boxscore		Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 5,034 Referees: Omer Esteron, Ofer Manheim, Omer Wasserman
Note: The game, originally played on June 7, was halted at the end of the third quarter with Hapoel Tel Aviv leading 77–67 in order to evacuate the spectators from the arena following a change in Home Front Command guidelines. The change was prompted by Iranian missile launches toward northern Israel and concerns over additional attacks targeting cities in central Israel. After the crowd had left the arena, Hapoel Jerusalem announced that it would not return to the court to resume the game. On June 9, the disciplinary tribunal of the Israel Basketball Association ruled that the game would be replayed.^[23]. On June 11, the Basketball Association's Supreme Court overturned the decision following appeals that had been filed and ruled a technical Forfeit loss against Hapoel Jerusalem.^[24]

Game 2

Hapoel Holon v Maccabi Tel Aviv

10 June	Hapoel Holon	74–84 (Series: 0–2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Holon
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 23–19, 11–22, 31–20
	Pts: Songo 22 Rebs: Sanogo 10 Asts: McCormick 5 PIR: Songo 26	Boxscore	Pts: Hoard 30 Rebs: Hoard 15 Asts: Lundberg 5 PIR: Hoard 45	Arena: Holon Toto Hall Attendance: 4,050 Referees: Amit Balak, Nir Meirson, Dvir Rainisch

Hapoel Jerusalem v Hapoel Tel Aviv

9 June	Hapoel Jerusalem	84–88 (Series: 0–1)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 14–23, 28–28, 16–17
	Pts: Carrington 16 Rebs: Ben Moshe 7 Asts: Harper 7 PIR: Carrington 23	Boxscore	Pts: Madar 25 Rebs: Motley 7 Asts: Micić 4 PIR: Madar 28	Arena: Pais Arena Attendance: 4,763 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Adar Pe'er, Elad Leibovich

Game 3

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Holon

12 June	Maccabi Tel Aviv	89–61 (Series: 3–0)	Hapoel Holon	Tel Aviv
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 22–24, 25–9, 22–17
	Pts: Hoard 18 Rebs: Rayman 10 Asts: Clark 8 PIR: Hoard, Clark III 21	Boxscore	Pts: Wright 14 Rebs: Songo 7 Asts: Five players 2 PIR: Wright 14	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 5,877 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Adar Pe'er, Tzur Tuval

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Jerusalem

11 June	Hapoel Tel Aviv	89–81 (Series: 3–0)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 20–17, 25–30, 23–15
	Pts: Micić 26 Rebs: Wainright 5 Asts: Jones 7 PIR: Micić 31	Boxscore	Pts: Levi 22 Rebs: Levi 8 Asts: Harper 7 PIR: Levi 24	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 4,182 Referees: Amit Balak, Dan Yalon, Guy Shmueli

Finals

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv

16 June Game 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	96–75 (Series: 1–0)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 24–18, 23–18, 24–23
	Pts: Hoard 20 Rebs: Brissett 7 Asts: Lundberg 8 PIR: Hoard 24	Boxscore	Pts: Motley 12 Rebs: Micić 7 Asts: Madar 8 PIR: Motley 10	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Omer Esteron, Amit Balak, Ofer Manheim

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv

18 June Game 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	98–102 (Series: 0–2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 28–26, 25–33, 25–23
	Pts: Madar 34 Rebs: Madar, Blayzer 6 Asts: Madar 10 PIR: Madar 40	Boxscore	Pts: Lundberg 25 Rebs: Brissett 12 Asts: DiBartolomeo 4 PIR: Lundberg 32	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 8,252 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Dan Yalon, Elad Leibovich

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv

21 June Game 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	74–80 (Series: 2–1)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–18, 19–13, 19–24
	Pts: Clark 24 Rebs: Brissett 12 Asts: Clark 7 PIR: Clark 23	Boxscore	Pts: Micić 29 Rebs: Ginat 7 Asts: Micić 10 PIR: Micić 29	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 10,211 Referees: Omer Esteron, Amit Balak, Adar Pe'er

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv

23 June Game 4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	79–83 (Series: 3–1)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 23–20, 21–20, 15–21
	Pts: Madar 26 Rebs: Micić 7 Asts: Madar 9 PIR: Madar 29	Boxscore	Pts: Lundberg 21 Rebs: Brissett 6 Asts: Clark 4 PIR: Lundberg 22	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 9,132 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Amit Balak, Elad Leibovich

2025–26 Israeli Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 58th title

Awards

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October
2	Kyler Edwards	Hapoel HaEmek	37	^[25]
3	Amin Stevens	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	34	^[26]
4	Cyril Langevine	Hapoel Galil Elyon	36	^[27]
November
6	Malik Hall	Ironi Kiryat Ata	43	^[28]
7	Lonnie Walker	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	^[29]
December
8	Adam Ariel (1/2)	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	28	^[30]
9	DJ Burns	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	34	^[31]
10	Yam Madar (1/2)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	32	^[32]
11	C. J. Elleby	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	44	^[33]
January
14	Jimmy Clark	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	^[34]
15	Antonio Blakeney	Hapoel Tel Aviv	23	^[35]
February
16	Brandon Angel	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	33	^[36]
17	Gur Lavy	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	^[37]
–
1	Jaylen Blakes	Hapoel Galil Elyon	23	^[38]
5	Chinanu Onuaku	Bnei Herzliya	44	^[39]
12	Shawn Dawson	Bnei Herzliya	34	^[40]
13	Tyrece Radford	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	39	^[41]
18	Justin Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem	40	^[42]
19	Evan Bruinsma	Bnei Herzliya	50	^[43]
20	Otis Frazier	Elitzur Netanya	50	^[44]
21	Yam Madar (2/2)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	42	^[45]
22	Adam Ariel (2/2)	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	32	^[46]
23	Shahar Amir	Hapoel Galil Elyon	27	^[47]
24	Yair Kravitz	Hapoel Holon	32	^[48]
25	Tomer Asayag	Ironi Kiryat Ata	23	^[49]
26	Javante McCoy	Elitzur Netanya	38	^[50]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Kyler Edwards	Hapoel HaEmek	17.6	^[51]
November	Malik Hall	Ironi Kiryat Ata	26.8	^[52]
December	C. J. Elleby	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	24.0	^[53]
January	Chinanu Onuaku	Bnei Herzliya	23.3	^[54]
April	Adama Sanogo	Hapoel Holon	24.3	^[55]
May	Zack Bryant	Bnei Herzliya	21.2	^[56]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	Tamir Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13.7	^[57]
November	Niv Misgav	Hapoel HaEmek	15	^[58]
December	Yoav Vitlem	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	17.8	^[59]
January	Adam Ariel	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	18.3	^[60]
April	Idan Zalmanson	Hapoel Holon	18.6	^[61]
May	Shahar Amir	Hapoel Galil Elyon	19.0	^[62]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team	W-L	Ref.
October	Danny Franco	Hapoel Holon	3–0	^[63]
November	Eldad Bentov	Ironi Kiryat Ata	4–0	^[64]
December	Dimitrios Itoudis	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4–0	^[65]
January	Oded Kattash	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	^[66]
April	Predrag Krunić	Hapoel Holon	3–0	^[67]
May	Guy Kaplan	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	4–2	^[68]

Yearly awards

Award	Winner	Team	Ref.
Regular season MVP	Jared Harper	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[69]
Regular season Israeli MVP	Roman Sorkin	Maccabi Tel Aviv	^[70]
Best Defender	Daeshon Francis	Bnei Herzliya	^[71]
Sixth Man of the Year	Justin Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[72]
Most Improved Player	Yoav Vitlem	Hapoel Be'er Sheva/Dimona	^[73]
Rising Star	Yuval Hochstadter	Ironi Kiryat Ata	^[74]
First Team	Tai Odiase	Hapoel Tel Aviv	^[75]
	Jared Harper	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[76]
	Jimmy Clark	Maccabi Tel Aviv	^[77]
	Roman Sorkin	Maccabi Tel Aviv	^[78]
	Kyler Edwards	Hapoel HaEmek	^[79]
Coach of the Year	Oded Kattash	Maccabi Tel Aviv	^[80]
Finals MVP	Gabriel Lundberg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	^[81]

Israeli clubs in European competitions

European-wide competitions
Competition	Team	Progress
EuroLeague	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Regular season
EuroLeague	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Playoffs
EuroCup	Hapoel Jerusalem	Quarterfinals
Champions League	Hapoel Holon	Round of 16
Champions League	Bnei Herzliya	Regular season

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