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Liga Leumit (basketball)

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Country
  
Israel

Confederation
  
FIBA Europe

Number of teams
  
14

Federation
  
IBBA

First season
  
1966–67

Liga Leumit (basketball)

Founded
  
1966; 51 years ago (1966)

Liga Leumit (Hebrew: ליגה לאומית‎‎, lit. National League) is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.

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League system

The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit.

Current clubs

For the 2015–16 season:
  • A.S. Ramat HaSharon
  • Elitzur Yavne
  • Ironi Ashkelon
  • Elitzur Kiryat Ata Azrieli
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C.
  • Hapoel Ramat Gan - Givatayim B.C.
  • Hapoel Afula
  • Maccabi Ra'anana
  • Maccabi Hod HaSharon
  • Ironi Ramat Gan
  • Hapoel Gilboa Galil
  • Hapoel Galil Elyon
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba
  • Hapoel Migdal HaEmek

    • References

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