Israel at the EuroBasket 2001

Israel at the
EuroBasket
IOC code ISR
NOC Israel Basketball Association
EuroBasket appearances

Israel at the EuroBasket
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Israel at the EuroBasket Women
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Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2001, the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 21st time competing, and finished tenth.

Israeli referee Moise Bitton also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for Preliminary Round, Group C, Estonia vs Germany,[1] and Estonia vs Croatia.[2]

Qualifier round

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 10 8 2 817 703+114 18
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 4 781 760+21 16
 Netherlands 10 5 5 752 742+10 15
 Bulgaria 10 4 6 815 799+16 14
 Finland 10 4 6 795 880−85 14
 Sweden 10 3 7 762 838−76 13

Games

Team 1 Team 2 Result
Israel Netherlands 90-61
Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel 65-69
Israel Finland 93-68
Sweden Israel 61-75
Israel Bulgaria 87-65
Netherlands Israel 71-53
Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina 97-81
Finland Israel 68-86
Israel Sweden 81-83
Bulgaria Israel 80-86

Source: [3]

Preliminary round – Group A

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 France 3 2 1 239 225+14 5 1–0
 Lithuania 3 2 1 215 195+20 5 0–1
 Israel 3 1 2 218 210+8 4 1–0
 Ukraine 3 1 2 214 256−42 4 0–1

Games

31 August
16:45
 Israel 71–77 (OT)  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–16, 16–15, 18–13, Overtime: 9–15
Pts: Tapiro 21
Rebs: Tapiro 12
Asts: Tapiro 7		 Pts: Foirest 18
Rebs: Sciarra 10
Asts: Foirest 5
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)
1 September
16:45
 Lithuania 68–59  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–4, 9–22, 23–21, 18–12
Pts: Timinskas 15
Rebs: Timinskas 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Sharp, Turgeman 12
Rebs: Green 11
Asts: Lubin 3
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
2 September
14:30
 Ukraine 65–88  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–22, 17–23, 15–22
Pts: Ryzhov 16
Rebs: Okunskyy 6
Asts: Rayevskyy 2		 Pts: Saffar 19
Rebs: Green 9
Asts: Tapiro 5
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Atso Matsalu (EST)

Second round

Games

3 September
21:15
 Spain 71–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 27–19, 16–24, 18–13
Pts: Reyes 16
Rebs: Reyes 11
Asts: Navarro 5		 Pts: Turgeman 15
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Turgeman 2
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI)

Tournament highs

Yaniv Green finished in ninth place among all players in the tournament for average rebounds per game, with 7.0.[4]

Yoav Saffar finished in eighth place among all players in the tournament for average steals per game, with 1.8.[5] Lior Lubin in the game against Ukraine had more steals than anyone else in a game, with 8. Additionally the Israeli team had the highest average steals of any team, with 12.3.[6]

Two Israelis finished in the top ten of the players in the tournament in minutes per game. Derrick Sharp finished third with 34.3 and Shalom Turgeman finished fourth with 33.9.[7]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club
C 4 Sheinfeld, Israel 25 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Wright State University United States
F 5 Gordon, Shahar 21 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
G 6 Sharp, Derrick 29 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 7 Turgeman, Shalom 31 – (1970-04-07)7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 8 Lubin, Lior 23 – (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ironi Ramat Gan Israel
SF 9 Kozikaro, Ido 23 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
G 10 Nissim, Afik 20 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
G 11 Tapiro, Meir 26 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 12 Saffar, Yoav 25 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
F 13 Peleg, Barak 29 – (1972-06-16)16 June 1972 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 14 Green, Yaniv 21 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Bnei Herzliya Israel
F 15 Mizrahi, Moshe 21 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Holon Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2001

References

  1. ↑ ESTONIA vs GERMANY (Group C)
  2. ↑ ESTONIA vs CROATIA (Group C)
  3. ↑ Semi-Final round
  4. ↑ RPG Leaders
  5. ↑ SPG Leaders
  6. ↑ Team SPG Leaders
  7. ↑ MPG
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