Sport Basketball League champions Maccabi Tel Aviv Dates 24 Oct 2009 – 27 May 2010 Number of games 158 Number of teams 12 | TV partner(s) Sport 5, Israel 10 Runners-up Hapoel Jerusalem Champion Hapoel Gilboa Galil Location Israel | |
Duration 24 October 2009 – 27 May 2010 Top scorer Justin Dentmon (Hapoel Afula) People also search for 2007–08 Israeli Basketball Super League | ||
The 2009–10 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Winner) was the 56th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 24 October 2009. The final four event was played on 25–27 May 2010. The defending champion was Maccabi Tel Aviv, but they lost in the final against Gilboa/Galil.
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Format
Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on).
The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff (9th VS 12th, 10th VS 11th) and the two losers were relegated to Liga Leumit 2010–11.
Regular season
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Final Four
See 2009–10 Israeli Final Four
Relegation Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Ironi Ramat Gan and Ironi Nahariya were relegated to Liga Leumit.