Israel at the EuroBasket 2011

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 2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1981 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017

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 2011, the 37th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 26th time competing, and finished thirteenth.[1] Games were broadcast in Israel on IBA and Charlton.

Each team during the tournament consisted of 12 players. Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalized foreign player, who could not have been in the national team of another nation. Players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent, were allowed to play for that team. US-born David Blu, who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth.

Qualifying round – Group A

Standings

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
 Montenegro 1462645561+84
 Israel 1353671603+68
 Italy 1353630615+15
 Latvia 1135636722−86
 Finland 917599680−81

Games

2 August 2010
20:30
Italy  71–79  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–25, 22–22, 16–12
Pts: Bargnani, Belinelli 20
Rebs: Bargnani 8
Asts: Datome, Belinelli 2		 Pts: Halperin 16
Rebs: Bluthenthal 7
Asts: Casspi 5
Palaflorio, Bari
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Ilija Belosevic, Juan Arteaga, David Chambon
8 August 2010
18:00
Israel  110–88  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 37–18, 18–22, 24–23, 31–25
Pts: Casspi 21
Rebs: Casspi 8
Asts: Burstein 6		 Pts: Kuksiks 24
Rebs: Bērziņš 7
Asts: Strelnieks 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Spyridon Gontas, Dragan Neskovic, Virginijus Dovidavicius
11 August 2010
19:00
Finland  84–83  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–26, 23–18, 17–17
Pts: Huff, Virtanen 13
Rebs: Kotti 10
Asts: Huff, Iisalo 2		 Pts: Halperin 18
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Burstein 3
Barona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 1,704
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Tomasz Kudlicki, Aare Halliko
14 August 2010
20:30
Israel  77–73  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 14–18, 19–21, 18–12
Pts: Casspi 30
Rebs: Bluthenthal, Eliyahu 5
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Peković 20
Rebs: Dragicevic 8
Asts: Cook 8
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Milan Brziak, Christos Christodoulou, Marius Ciulin
17 August 2010
18:30
Israel  76–81  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–26, 21–21, 16–12
Pts: Casspi 20
Rebs: Casspi 10
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Bargnani 26
Rebs: Belinelli 8
Asts: Belinelli 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Engin Kennerman, Daniel Hierrezuelo, Sasa Maricic
23 August 2010
20:30
Latvia  56–92  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 11–36, 15–14, 15–24
Pts: Selakovs 14
Rebs: Freimanis 7
Asts: Strelnieks 4		 Pts: Pnini 14
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Neimi 4
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Ivo Dolinek, Jakub Zamojski, Mindaugas Vecerskis
26 August 2010
18:00
Israel  85–71  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 19–11, 34–20, 19–18
Pts: Eliyahu 18
Rebs: Eliyahu 13
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Huff 16
Rebs: Huff 8
Asts: Kotti 3
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Mehmet Keseratar, Milan Mazic, Alfred Jovovic
29 August 2010
21:00
Montenegro  79–69  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 13–21, 19–16, 21–12
Pts: Dragicevic 20
Rebs: Dragicevic 8
Asts: Jeretin, Cook 3		 Pts: Casspi, Eliyahu 18
Rebs: Eliyahu 8
Asts: Naimy 5
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Antonio Conde, Sérgio Silva

Preliminary Round – Group B

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
 France 5 5 0 438 391 1.120 10
 Serbia 5 4 1 432 386 1.119 9
 Germany 5 3 2 377 357 1.056 8
 Israel 5 2 3 399 448 0.891 7
 Italy 5 1 4 380 405 0.938 6
 Latvia 5 0 5 385 424 0.908 5

Games

August 31, 2011
21:00
Germany  91–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 25–12, 25–17, 26–21
Pts: Nowitzki 25
Rebs: Kaman 10
Asts: Hamann 4		 Pts: Pnini 20
Rebs: Eliyahu 6
Asts: Ohayon 3
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,600
Referees: Srdan Dozai (CRO), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Anton Makhlin (RUS)
September 1, 2011
17:45
Israel  68–85  France
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 21–18, 13–22, 20–21
Pts: Eliyahu, Halperin 15
Rebs: Burstein, Kadir 4
Asts: Mekel 3		 Pts: Parker 21
Rebs: Noah 9
Asts: Parker 8
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,100
September 2, 2011
15:15
Serbia  89–80  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 13–16, 23–23, 31–16
Pts: Savanović 24
Rebs: four players 7
Asts: Teodosić 5		 Pts: Halperin 18
Rebs: Kadir 10
Asts: Nissim 9
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovsky (UKR), Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), David Berekashvili (GEO)
September 4, 2011
15:15
Israel  91–88  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–23, 19–22, 25–21
Pts: Eliyahu 26
Rebs: Eliyahu 10
Asts: Mekel 4		 Pts: Blūms 27
Rebs: Šeļakovs 9
Asts: Blūms 6
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Anton Makhlin (RUS), David Berekashvili (GEO)
September 5, 2011
15:15
Israel  96–95 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 22–15, 30–19, 5–24, Overtime: 12–11
Pts: Pnini 22
Rebs: Eliyahu 7
Asts: Halperin 5		 Pts: Bargnani 26
Rebs: Bargnani 11
Asts: Hackett 5
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Anton Makhlin (RUS)

Tournament highs

Israel during the tournament finished fifth in average points per game with 79.8. They also finished seventh in average assists per game with 14.8, and tenth in average steals per game, with 6.4.

Roster

Israeli National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 4 Ohayon, Yogev 24 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
PG 5 Nissim, Afik 30 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PG 6 Naimi, Yuval 26 – (1985-08-31)31 August 1985 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
SF 7 Blu, David 31 – (1980-07-18)18 July 1980 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SF 8 Pnini, Guy 27 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 9 Mekel, Gal 23 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Pallacanestro Treviso Italy
SG 10 Burstein, Tal (C) 31 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 11 Eliyahu, Lior 25 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SG 12 Halperin, Yotam 27 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos Greece
PF 13 Kadir, Elishay 23 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
C 14 Green, Yaniv 31 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
PF 15 Kukia, Uri 30 – (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
Head coach
Assistants coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Age field is age on 31 August 2011

References

  1. ↑ Standings and fixtures
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