2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup

2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup

Tournament details
Arena	Toto Hall Holon
Dates	1–5 October 2017
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (7th title)
Runners-up	Ironi Nahariya
Awards and statistics
MVP	John DiBartolomeo

The 2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup, for sponsorships reasons the Winner League Cup, was the 12th edition of the pre-season tournament of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title for the seventh time after beating Ironi Nahariya 93–79 in the Final. John DiBartolomeo was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals 1–2 October				Semifinals 3 October				Final 5 October
	Hapoel Eilat	71
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	77
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	60
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	86
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81
	Hapoel Tel Aviv	80
									Maccabi Tel Aviv	93
									Ironi Nahariya	79
	Hapoel Jerusalem	84
	Ironi Nahariya	87
					Ironi Nahariya	88
					Hapoel Gilboa Galil	82
	Hapoel Holon	73
	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	82

Quarterfinals

Hapoel Eilat v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

1 October 2017	Hapoel Eilat	71–77	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 9–11, 22–18, 22–23, 18–25
Sport 5	Pts: Loyd 17 Rebs: Treadwell 14 Asts: Berkowitz 8	Report	Pts: Tollefsen 18 Rebs: Tollefsen 10 Asts: Ben-Chimol 14	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: David Romano, Eyal Porhiles, Rotem Koza

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv

1 October 2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–80	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 25–15, 19–19, 19–16
Sport 5	Pts: Thomas 17 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: DiBartolomeo 6	Report	Pts: McKee 23 Rebs: Allen 9 Asts: Limonad 14	Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Gili Cohen, Dan Yalon, David Kolangi

Hapoel Jerusalem v Ironi Nahariya

2 October 2017	Hapoel Jerusalem	84–87	Ironi Nahariya	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 22-20, 14-20, 22-25
Sport 5	Pts: Jerrells 16 Rebs: Eliyahu 7 Asts: Jerrells & Timor 5	Report	Pts: Webster 26 Rebs: Young 7 Asts: Ziv 5	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Omer Esteron, Nir Meirson, Nir Keren

Hapoel Holon v Hapoel Gilboa Galil

2 October 2017	Hapoel Holon	73–82	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-25, 17-21, 15-22, 21-14
Sport 5	Pts: Holloway & Alexander 13 Rebs: Alexander 8 Asts: Holloway 4	Report	Pts: Harrison 17 Rebs: Stone 12 Asts: Brown & Szuchman 5	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ofer Manheim, Zachi Havdali, Pini Rimon

Semifinals

Maccabi Rishon LeZion v Maccabi Tel Aviv

3 October 2017	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	60–86	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Toto Hall, Holon
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 13-18, 13-19, 13-25, 21-24
Sport 5	Pts: Zalmanson 13 Rebs: Crawford 8 Asts: Ben-Chimol 4	Report	Pts: DiBartolomeo 19 Rebs: Bolden & Mashour 9 Asts: DiBartolomeo & Roll 6	Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Kfir Moalem, Ori Shalhavi

Ironi Nahariya v Hapoel Gilboa Galil

3 October 2017	Ironi Nahariya	88–82	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28-10, 25-23, 22-24, 13-25
Sport 5	Pts: Young 26 Rebs: Nesterenko 9 Asts: Skjöldebrand & Nesterenko 4	Report	Pts: Harrison 23 Rebs: Stone & LeDay 12 Asts: Stone & Szuchman 4	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Amit Balack, Lior Beinisch, David Izmirly

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Ironi Nahariya

5 October 2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv	93–79	Ironi Nahariya	Toto Hall, Holon
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 27-21, 24-21, 20-22
Sport 5	Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Tyus 12 Asts: Roll 6	Report	Pts: Young 23 Rebs: Livingston 7 Asts: Webster & Ben-Zvi 3	Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Tzachi Havdali, Elad Leibovich, Guy Shmueli

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 12 John DiBartolomeo 11 2 3 G 5 Michael Roll 14 2 6 F 4 Karam Mashour 5 8 1 F 43 Jonah Bolden 11 9 1 C 45 Artsiom Parakhouski 11 3 1 Reserves: F 1 Deshaun Thomas 20 2 4 C 9 Alex Tyus 18 12 1 G 50 Yovel Zoosman 9 3 1 F 15 Jake Cohen 2 2 0 C 18 Itay Segev 0 1 0 G 30 Norris Cole DNP F 8 Deni Avdija DNP Head coach: Neven Spahija

M. Tel Aviv I. Nahariya

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 99 Yiftach Ziv 6 3 2 G 9 Corey Webster 12 1 3 F 5 Alex Young 23 4 1 F 83 Jonathan Skjöldebrand 6 6 2 C 15 Ousmane Drame 4 4 1 Reserves: G 11 Denzel Livingston 13 7 2 C 18 Igor Nesterenko 8 0 0 G 31 Stu Douglass 7 0 2 G 6 Ziv Ben-Zvi 0 0 3 F 13 Yariv Amiram 0 0 0 F 2 Amit Shitrit DNP G 8 Neri Harrison DNP Head coach: Eric Alfasi

2017 League Cup Winners
Maccabi Tel Aviv 7th title