Israel women's national basketball team
Women's national basketball team representing Israel
The Israel women's national basketball team represents Israel in international women's basketball matches and is controlled by the Israel Basketball Association .[ 2] Israel have hosted the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in 1991, and hosted again in 2023 along with Slovenia.
European Championship record
Note:Red border indicates host nation
Source:[ 3]
1950 Women's EuroBasket
At the Eurobasket Women 1950 , Israel competed for the first time, and finished in 11th place.
Preliminary round - Group B
Hungary 95 , Israel 13
Scoring by half: 53–7, 42–6
Pts : Szabo-Nagyne (20)
Pts: Schwarz (4)
Israel 12, Austria 32
Scoring by half: 5–15, 7–17
Pts : Kaminer (16)
Pts: Lechner (10)
Poland 44 , Israel 19
Scoring by half: 25–7, 19–12
Pts : Peters (12)
Pts: Kaminer (6)
7th to 12th Place
Romania 41 , Israel 21
Scoring by half: 27–9, 14–12
Pts : Sadeanu (11)
Pts: Kaminer (7)
Israel 28, Belgium 50
Scoring by half: 11–22, 17–28
Pts : Kaminer (12)
Pts: Van Mol (18)
1991 Women's EuroBasket
At the Eurobasket Women 1991 , Israel competed for the second time, the first time since 1950, and finished in 8th and last place. In addition to competing, Israel was the host of the competition.
Qualification - Group B
First Stage - Group A
After qualifying for the tournament, Israel entered the competition in Group A, and finished third.[ 4]
Israel 62, Hungary 72[ 6]
Scoring by half: 32-45, 30-29
Pts : Mizrachi (13pts)
Pts: Balogh (33pts)
5th to 8th places
Israel was matched up against Poland in the 5th-8th place round, losing 80-69. In the 7th-8th place round, Israel lost to Italy 78-65.
Poland 80, Israel 69[ 8]
Scoring by half: 42-31, 38-38
Pts : Czerlonko (25pts)
Pts: Draigor (23pts)
7th place
Italy 78, Israel 65[ 9]
Scoring by half: 36-42, 42-23
Pts : Stanzani (18pts)
Pts: Goren (18pts)
1995 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
At the Eurobasket Women 1995 qualifier, Israel competed for the third time, and did not qualify.
Qualification - First stage - Group E
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Ukraine
3
3
0
227
200
+27
6
Moldova
3
2
1
222
215
+7
5
Israel
3
1
2
212
231
−19
4
Turkey
3
0
3
218
233
−15
3
Source:[ 10]
1997 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
At the Eurobasket Women 1997 qualifier, Israel competed in the qualifying round, and did not qualify.
Qualification - First stage - Group B
Qualification - Second stage - Group C
Roster
Number
Name
Position
Sarit Arbel
F
Shiri Dromi (Gold)
Tamar Palmon Maoz
G
Nurit Rozenzweig
Inbal Tsiuonov
4
Orly Kesten
5
Rinat Levin
6
Aluma Goren
G
7
Limor Mizrachi
G
8
Orly Grossman
9
Iris Dinerman
15
Victoria (Rudovski) Savin
Source:[ 26]
1999 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
During the EuroBasket Women 1999 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group D
Source:[ 27]
Challenge round - Group B
Source:[ 33]
Roster
Number
Name
Position
Tamar Palmon Maoz
G
Ornit Shwartz
F
Lili Wolf
4
Sarit Arbel
F
5
Rinat Levin
6
Aluma Goren
G
7
Limor Mizrachi
G
8
Orly Grossman
9
Iris Dinerman
11
Sharon Zeevi
F
14
Nurit Rozenzweig
15
Victoria (Rudovski) Savin
Source:[ 39]
2001 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
During the EuroBasket Women 2001 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group C
Source:[ 40]
Semifinals - Group A
Source:[ 46]
Tel Aviv ,
Israel Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Engin Kennerman (TUR), Pavel Volejnik (CZE)
Ptolemaida ,
Greece Attendance: 800
Referees: Tihomir Bubalo (SRB), Borys Shulga (UKR)
Bratislava ,
Slovakia Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Jakub Zamojski (POL), Istvàn Valovics (HUN)
Israel
67–79
Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18-21, 12-24, 18-13, 19-21
Tel Aviv ,
Israel Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Marco Giansanti (ITA), Borys Shulga (UKR)
Roster
Number
Name
Position
4
Orly Kesten
5
Rinat Levin
6
Shiri Dromi (Gold)
7
Limor Mizrachi
G
8
Ornit Shwartz
F
9
Iris Dinerman
10
Aluma Goren
G
11
Tali Noy
G
12
Tamar Palmon Maoz
G
13
Sharon Zeevi
F
14
Sarit Arbel
F
15
Victoria (Rudovski) Savin
Source:[ 53]
2003 Women's EuroBasket
During the EuroBasket Women 2003 tournament, Israel qualified for the third time and finished in 12th place after going 0-7.[ 54]
Qualifier
Israel 80, Cyprus 30[ 56]
Scoring by half: 41-20, 39-10
Pts : Mizrachi (10pts)
Pts: Vezenkov (9pts)
Preliminary Round - Group A
Israel 55, France 91[ 59]
Scoring by half: 27-43, 28-48
Pts : Cohen (18pts)
Pts: Le Dréan (16pts)
Israel 59, Greece 78[ 61]
Scoring by half: 26-49, 66-29
Pts : Mizrachi (25pts)
Pts: Kostaki (19pts)
Poland 80, Israel 45[ 62]
Scoring by half: 37-28, 43-17
Pts : Bibrzycka (18pts)
Pts: Zeevi (11pts)
9th place bracket
Ukraine 107, Israel 87[ 65]
Scoring by half: 54-44, 53-43
Pts : Alyoshkina (32pts)
Pts: Shwartz (23pts)
Standings
2005 Women's EuroBasket
During the EuroBasket Women 2005 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Division A - Group C
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Germany
6
5
1
481
369
+112
11
Romania
6
5
1
382
368
+14
11
Belgium
6
2
4
435
435
0
8
Israel
6
0
6
342
468
−126
6
Source:[ 66]
Israel
73–78
Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 18-24, 28-14, 12-20
Tel Aviv ,
Israel Attendance: 300
Referees: Maria Argirou (GRE), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
Germany
95–50
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28-11, 23-9, 16-15, 28-15
Dorsten ,
Germany Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
Romania
72–63
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16-16, 23-17, 15-17, 18-13
Cluj Napoca ,
Romania Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Maja Vukanovic (SRB)
Belgium
75–52
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18-14, 14-9, 25-11, 18-18
Charleroi ,
Belgium Attendance: 250
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Paul Den Hartog (NED)
Israel
52–88
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11-10, 16-26, 17-26, 8-26
Tel Aviv ,
Israel Attendance: 250
Referees: Marin Mehandjiev (BUL), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR)
Israel
52–60
Romania
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 10-10, 12-18, 17-18
Tel Aviv ,
Israel Attendance: 350
Referees: Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
Additional qualifier - Group C
Source:[ 73]
Croatia
74–66
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15-22, 22-17, 17-18, 20-9
Daruvar ,
Croatia Attendance: 350
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Dragan Kralj (BIH)
Israel
69–67
Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 24-20, 10-15, 18-19
Pravets ,
Bulgaria Attendance: 400
Referees: Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Marjan Micevski (MKD)
Israel
75–76
Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 12-23, 22-11, 22-21
Ramat Gan ,
Israel Attendance: 300
Referees: Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR)
Ukraine
81–66
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 27-19, 11-21, 16-12, 27-14
Kyiv ,
Ukraine Referees: Grzegorz Bachanski (POL), Igor Demenkov (RUS)
Ramat Gan ,
Israel Attendance: 400
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Ismail Özgün (TUR)
Roster
Number
Name
Position
Ekaterina Abramzon
SF
Shachar Alterman
SF
Shay Doron
G
Shimrit Gigi
F
Victoria Khashibon
C
Bat El Lazmi
PG
Katia Levitsky
PF
Tali Noy
G
Inbar Oriyon
PF
Laine Selwyn
PG
4
Rivi Grinboym
GF
5
Meirav Dori
SF
6
Chen Nusel
SG
7
Liron Cohen
PG
8
Ornit Shwartz
F
9
Michal Epstein
PF
10
Shiri Sharon
G
11
Tal Hila Zalz
F
12
Tamar Palmon Maoz
G
13
Sharon Zeevi
F
14
Sarit Arbel
F
15
Shiran Zairy
PG
Coach
Eliyahu Rabi
Source:[ 80]
2007 Women's EuroBasket
During the EuroBasket Women 2007 tournament, Israel qualified for the fourth time and finished in 13th place.[ 81] [ 82]
In addition to competing in the tournament, Israel referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the qualifying round Group F game Serbia vs Italy, and Spain vs Russia. She also worked the classification round game France vs Lithuania.
Preliminary round - Group A
Latvia
77 –73[ 84]
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17 –12, 13–27 , 23 –18, 24 –16
Pts : Jekabsone-Zogota (28pts)
Pts: Suez Karni (21pts)
Israel
58–70 [ 85]
Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18 –17, 23–26 , 4–18 , 13 –9
Pts : Doron (12pts)
Pts: Horasan (13pts)
Source:[ 86]
2009 Women's EuroBasket
During the EuroBasket Women 2009 tournament, Israel qualified for the fifth time and finished in 13th place.[ 87]
In addition to competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Seffi Shemmesh worked the following games:
Preliminary round - Group A - Spain vs Ukraine[ 88]
Preliminary round - Group B - Latvia vs Poland[ 89]
Preliminary round - Group B - Greece vs Latvia[ 90]
Qualifying round - Group F - Belarus vs Russia[ 91]
Qualifying round - Group F - Turkey vs France[ 92]
Quarterfinals - Slovakia vs Belarus[ 93]
Finals - Russia vs France[ 94]
Qualifying round - Group A
Preliminary round - Group D
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
France
3
3
0
212
192
+20
6
Italy
3
2
1
203
198
+5
5
Belarus
3
1
2
200
206
−6
4
Israel
3
0
3
201
229
−19
3
Israel Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain
nat field describes country of last club before the tournament
2011 Women's EuroBasket
During the EuroBasket Women 2011 tournament, Israel qualified for the sixth time and finished in 13th place.
In addition to Israel competing in the tournament, Israeli referee Yaari Rainisch worked the following games:
Preliminary round - Group C - Germany vs Poland
Preliminary round - Group D - France vs Croatia
Preliminary round - Group D - Greece vs France
Main round - Group F - Montenegro vs France
Main round - Group F - France vs Poland
Classification round - Croatia vs Latvia
Seventh place game - Latvia vs Lithuania
Qualifying round - Group B
Team
Pts
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Israel
10
4
2
476
435
+41
Latvia
10
4
2
451
400
+51
Serbia
10
4
2
437
439
−2
Romania
6
0
6
403
493
−90
Arena Riga ,
Riga Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk, Marc Hesters, Gintaras Vitkauskas
Preliminary round - Group B
Łuczniczka ,
Bydgoszcz Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Igor Dragojevic (MNE)
Israel Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain
Club – describes last club before the tournament
Age – describes age on June 18, 2011
2013 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
During the EuroBasket Women 2013 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
Qualifier - Group A
Source:[ 95]
Israel
73–58
Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 18-18, 14-14, 24-16
Rishon Le Zion ,
Israel Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Spyridon Gontas (GRE), Marko Juras (SRB), Christof Madinger (GER)
Belarus
69–61
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19-18, 15-15, 20-14, 15-14
Minsk ,
Belarus Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Maja Vukanovic (SRB), Karolina Andersson (FIN)
Israel
49–64
Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 9-19, 5-19, 17-16, 15-10
Rishon Le Zion ,
Israel Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Ioannis Foufis (GRE), Sasa Maricic (SRB), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)
Ukraine
71–68
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 15-24, 13-15, 21-10
Yuzhne ,
Ukraine Attendance: 630
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Anna Cardus (ESP), Fabiana Martinescu (ROU)
Israel
60–58
Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 16-11, 17-25, 12-14, 15-8
Rishon Le Zion ,
Israel Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Antonis Demetriou (CYP), Miodrag Licina (SRB)
Hungary
73–66
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14-20, 16-14, 20-18, 23-14
Rishon Le Zion ,
Israel Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Sasa Maricic (SRB), Nikolaos Somos (GRE), Oscar Perea (ESP)
Roster
Number
Name
Position
4
Katia Levitsky
PF
5
Noa Ganor
SG
6
Ekaterina Abramzon
SF
7
Liron Cohen
PG
8
Shay Doron
G
9
Shiran Zairy
PG
10
Brahsheedah Elohim
G
11
Nomi Kolodny
PG
12
Ortal Oren
PG
13
Shira Shecht
F
14
Shani Levy
SF
15
Jennifer Fleischer
C
Head coach
Eliyahu Rabi
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Source:[ 104]
2015 Women's EuroBasket qualifier
During the EuroBasket Women 2015 tournament, Israel entered the qualifier round but failed to qualify for the main tournament.
In addition to competing, Israeli referee David Romano work the first leg, of the first round, finals match, between Greece and Poland.[ 105]
Qualifier - First round - Group D
Israel, in addition to participating in the tournament, was also the host nation of the qualifier, with all game were played in Ramla .[ 106]
Knockout stage
Athens Attendance: 500
Referees: Marco Giansanti (ITA), Haris Bijedic (BIH), Milan Brziak (SVK)
Qualifier - Second round - Group F
During the first game of the round, Israel held an eight-point lead with eight minutes to go in the game, but ultimately fell to Croatia 76-73.[ 107] During their first game against Bulgaria, Israel original trailed by eight before coming back to hold on to a 71-68 victory.[ 108] During the third game of the tournament, Israel again lost to Croatia, by the score of 83-56.[ 109] Israel, during their fourth game lost to Bulgaria and was officially eliminated from the tournament.[ 110]
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Croatia
4
4
0
306
245
+61
8
Bulgaria
4
1
3
259
288
−29
5
Israel
4
1
3
270
302
−32
5
Arena Samokov ,
Samokov Attendance: 500
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Alija Ferevski (MKD), Alin Faur (ROU)
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023 .[ 111] [ 112]
Israël women's national basketball team roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Netanel Dahan
Roee Lazare
Legend
(C) Team captain
Club – describes last club before the tournament
Age – describes age on 15 June 2023
See also
References
External links
National Teams
Leagues
Cups