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 Elizur Ra'anana Ra'anana Ariel School Sports hall - Hapoel Acre Acre Ha'pais Moshe Sharett 200 Hapoel Emek Hefer Hefer Valley Regional Council Ramot Yam Sports hall 332 Hapoel Gilboa Brosh Gan Ner Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,057 Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Hayovel Sports hall 700 Hapoel Megiddo Megiddo Regional Council Mishmar HaEmek Sports hall 1,000 Hapoel Migdal/Jezreel Migdal HaEmek and Jezreel Valley Regional Council Ya'arat HaEmek 900 Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Alon Sports hall 350 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim Ramat Gan and Givatayim Zisman Arena 1,500 Hapoel Uri Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Ironi Alef High School - Hapoel Tiberias/Jordan Valley Tiberias and Jordan Valley Veit Bendal Sports Hall 350 Maccabi Hadera Hadera Enerbox Ha'pais Toto 2,600 Maccabi Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon Rabin Sports Hall 400 Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Motzkin Yitzhak Navon Sport Hall 600 South Team City Arena Capacity A.S. Ashkelon Ashkelon Sport Hall Makif He 500 Elitzur Givat Shmuel Givat Shmuel Neria High School 900 Elitzur Nahal Sorek Nahal Sorek Regional Council Yad Binyamin Sport Hall 450 Elitzur Ramla Ramla Kiryat Menachem Arena 2,000 Elitzur Yavne Yavne Ralph Klein Arena 1,000 Hapoel Hevel Eilot Hevel Eilot Regional Council Yotvata Sport Hall - Hapoel Hevel Modi'in Hevel Modi'in Regional Council Nahshon Hall, Shoham 370 Hapoel Ashdod/Mabu'im Ashdod and Mabu'im Shiloa School - Hapoel Arik Netzer Sereni Netzer Sereni Netzer Sereni Sport Hall - Ironi Kiryat Ono Kiryat Ono Alumim Sport Hall 500 Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod Makif Heth 500 Maccabi Dimona Dimona Noam Haim Sport Hall 650 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Rozmarin Sport Hall 500 Maccabi Shoham Shoham Nitzanim 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 External links Eurobasket page