Liga Artzit (basketball)

Liga Artzit

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957 (1957)
No. of teams	28 (Two districts)
Country	Israel
Continent	FIBA Europe
Most recent champions	Maccabi Haifa (North) Maccabi Ashdod (South)
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier (Israel)
Promotion to	Liga Leumit
Relegation to	Liga Alef
Domestic cup	Association Cup
Website	ibasketball.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 14 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 three teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Alef.

Promoted

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
2024/2025	Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Ashdod/Gederot	A.S. Ashkelon/Kiryat Gat Maccabi Elitzur Petah Tikva Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim
2025/2026	Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	Hapoel Hevel Modi'in

Current teams

North

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	Hayovel Hall	680
Hapoel Megiddo	Megiddo Regional Council	Mishmar HaEmek Sports Hall	1,000
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Nof HaGalil	HaPais Alon Sports Hall	350
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	Uzi Hitman School Sports Hall	380
Hapoel Tel Aviv "Uri"	Tel Aviv	Ironi Tet High School Sport Hall	250
Hapoel Tiberias	Tiberias	Yeshiva High School	250
Ironi Elizur Givatayim	Givatayim	Telem Sport Hall	473
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 Ironi Karmiel	Karmiel	Horowitz Hall	498
Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	Kiryat Bialik	Matnas Givat HaRakafot	200
Maccabi Matan	Matan	Yarkon Hall	150
S.C. Zafed	Zafed	HaPais Hall Zafed	608

South

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Elitzur Neve David Ramla	Ramla	Kiryat Menacham Sport Hall	2,000
Hapoel Be'er Tuvia	Be'er Tuvia	Be'er Tuvia High School Sports Hall	400
Hapoel Brenner	Brenner Regional Council	Beit Or School Hall	250
Hapoel Gezer/Na'an/Netzer Sereni	Gezer Regional Council, Netzer Sereni and Na'an	Na'an Basketball Hall	500
Hapoel Hevel Eilot	Hevel Eilot Regional Council	Yotvata Sport Hall	600
Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim	Ma'ale Adumim	HaPais Hall Ma'ale Adumim	498
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
B.C. Kiryat Malachi	Kiryat Malachi	Country Club Kiryat Malachi	500
Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov	Be'er Ya'akov	Max Center	450
Maccabi Dimona	Dimona	Noam Haim Sport Hall	650
Maccabi Tel Aviv/Shoham	Tel Aviv and Shoham	Nitzanim Sport Hall	500
Ironi Kiryat Ono "Shikko"	Kiryat Ono	Sport Hall School Alumim	500

External links

• Eurobasket page