Liga Artzit (basketball)

Liga Artzit

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957 (1957)
CEO	Naftali Goshen
No. of teams	25 (Two districts)
Country	Israel
Continent	FIBA Europe
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier (Israel)
Promotion to	Liga Leumit
Relegation to	Liga Alef
Domestic cup(s)	Association Cup
Official website	www.ibba.one.co.il

Liga Artzit (Hebrew: ליגה ארצית. Artzit) is the third tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the second tier level Liga Leumit.

Until the 1991-92 season it was the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel.

League system

The league contains 12 clubs (in two districts), which compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the first team from each district (South/North) is promoted to the Liga Leumit.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Alef.

Current teams

North

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Hapoel Acre/Mateh Asher	Acre and Mateh Asher Regional Council	HaPais Moshe Sharett	200
Hapoel Emek Hefer	Hefer Valley Regional Council	Ramot Yam Sports Hall, Mikhmoret	332
Hapoel Gilboa Brosh	Gilboa Regional Council	Ein Harod Sport Hall	320
Hapoel Lev Hof HaSharon "Kalina"	Hof HaSharon Regional Council	Education center Dror, Lev HaSharon	350
Hapoel Megiddo	Megiddo Regional Council	Mishmar HaEmek Sports Hall	1,000
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Nof HaGalil	HaPais Alon Sports Hall	350
Hapoel Tel Aviv "Uri"	Tel Aviv	Ironi Tet High School Sport Hall	250
Hapoel Tiberias/Jordan Valley	Tiberias and Jordan Valley	Beit Yerach Sports Hall	300
Ironi Elizur Givatayim	Givatayim	Telem Sport Hall	473
Maccabi Elitzur Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	Rozmarin Sport Hall	500
Maccabi Hadera	Hadera	Enerbox Ha'pais Toto	2,582
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Hod HaSharon	Hod HaSharon	Atidim Sports Hall	400
Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	Kiryat Bialik	Matnas Givat HaRakafot	200
Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	Kiryat Motzkin	Yitzhak Navon Sport Hall	600

South

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
A.S. Ashkelon/Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Ashkelon and Kiryat Gat	Alon Sport Hall	500
Elitzur Givat Shmuel	Givat Shmuel	Morasht Neria School Sport Hall	900
Elitzur Lod Nahal Sorek	Lod and Nahal Sorek Regional Council	Neria School Sport Hall, Lod	450
Elitzur Neve David Ramla	Ramla	Kiryat Menacham Sport Hall	2,000
Hapoel Ashdod Matan/Mabu'im	Ashdod and Mabu'im	Shilo School Sport Hall	400
Hapoel Hevel Eilot	Hevel Eilot Regional Council	Yotvata Sport Hall	600
Hapoel Hevel Modi'in	Hevel Modi'in Regional Council	Nachshon Middle School, Shoham	300
Hapoel Mateh Yehuda	Mateh Yehuda Regional Council	HaRotev High School, Tzora	250
Hapoel Netzer Sereni Arik/Gezer	Netzer Sereni and Gezer Regional Council	Netzer Sereni Sport Hall	250
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	Ramat Gan and Givatayim	Ort Ebin Sport Hall	450
Ironi Kiryat Ono "Shikko"	Kiryat Ono	Sport Hall School Alumim	500
Maccabi Ashdod/Gederot	Ashdod and Gederot Regional Council	Mekif Het High School Sport Hall	500
Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov	Be'er Ya'akov	Max Center	450
Maccabi Dimona	Dimona	Noam Haim Sport Hall	650
Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim	Ma'ale Adumim	HaPais Ma'ale Adumim Sports Hall	600
Maccabi Tel Aviv/Shoham	Tel Aviv and Shoham	Nitzanim Sport Hall	500

Past seasons champions

Season	North champion	South champion	Other Promoted ['s]
1992/1993	Hapoel Haifa
1993/1994	Hapoel Safed	Ironi Ra'anana
1994/1995	Maccabi Karmiel	Elitzur Rishon LeZion
1995/1996	Hapoel Afula	Maccabi Rehovot
1996/1997	Maccabi Haifa	Ironi Ashkelon	Beitar Migdal ha-Emek Elitzur Bat Yam
1997/1998	Hapoel Beit Eli'ezer	Maccabi Ashdod
1998/1999	Elitzur Kiryat Ata	Elitzur Ramla
1999/2000	Hapoel Nahariya	Ironi Kiryat Ono	Hapoel Lev HaSharon
2000/2001	Maccabi Hod HaSharon
2001/2002	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2002/2003	Hapoel Migdal ha-Emek	Hapoel Holon
2003/2004	Hapoel Yarka	B.C. Ramat Ef'al
2004/2005	Barak Netanya	Hapoel Giv'atayim	Beitar Binyamina Maccabi Hod HaSharon
2005/2006	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Hapeol Yokneam/Megiddo
2006/2007	Maccabi Haifa	Elitzur Yavne
2007/2008	Elitzur Kokhav Ya'ir	Ironi Ness Ziona	Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Be'eri
2008/2009	Hapoel Haifa	Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov
2009/2010	Hapoel Ussishkin	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2010/2011	Ironi Kiryat Ata	Ironi Ness Ziona
2011/2012	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Hapoel Galil Elyon
2012/2013	Hapoel Migdal ha-Emek	A.S. Ramat HaSharon
2013/2014	Ironi Ra'anana	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
2014/2015	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2015/2016	Hapoel Haifa	Maccabi Rehovot
2016/2017	Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	Elitzur Yavne
2017/2018	Elitzur Netanya	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
2018/2019	A.S. Ramat HaSharon	Hapoel Hevel Modi'in
2019/2020	Hapoel Acre/Mateh Asher	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
2020/2021	Hapoel Migdal ha-Emek	Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim
2021/2022	Elitzur Shomron	Maccabi Rehovot
2022/2023	F.C. Safed	Hapoel Bnei Kafr Qasim
2023/2024	Hapoel Migdal ha-Emek	Elitzur Yavne	Hapoel Kfar Saba

External links

• Eurobasket page