Israel at the EuroBasket 1971

Israel at the EuroBasket
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Israel Basketball Association
EuroBasket appearances
Israel at the EuroBasket 1935 - 1937 - 1939 - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1951 - 1953 - 1955 - 1957 - 1959 - 1961 - 1963 - 1965 - 1967 - 1969 - 1971 - 1973 - 1975 - 1977 - 1979 02 ! - 1981 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017 Israel at the EuroBasket Women 1938 - 1950 - 1952 - 1954 - 1956 - 1958 - 1960 - 1962 - 1964 - 1966 - 1968 - 1970 - 1972 - 1974 - 1981 - 1978 - 1980 - 1993 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015
Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1971, the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s eighth time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group B

Standings

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	434:358	10	+76
2.	Italy	5	4	1	374:329	8	+45
3.	Bulgaria	5	3	2	408:357	6	+51
4.	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	401:394	4	+7
5.	Turkey	5	1	4	342:416	2	−74
6.	Israel	5	0	5	408:513	0	−105

Games

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Israel	Italy	68–87
Turkey	Israel	97–88
Israel	Bulgaria	75–98
Israel	Yugoslavia	92–118
Israel	Czechoslovakia	85–113

Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Standings

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Yugoslavia
3.  Italy
4.  Poland
5.  Czechoslovakia
6.  Bulgaria
7.  Spain
8.  Romania
9.  West Germany
10.  France
11.  Israel
12.  Turkey

Games

Israel lost against West Germany in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on and defeated Turkey in the eleventh place game, finishing in eleventh place.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
West Germany	Israel	99–76
Turkey	Israel	74–84

Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah

• Tal Brody
• Hanan Keren
• Mike Schwartz
• Haim Starkman
• Gabi Teichner
• Boaz Yanai
• Mark Turenshine
• Zvi Inbar
• Dan Barzily
• Itamar Marzel
• Abraham Zuchman
• Joseph Leja

References