2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League
The 2011–2012 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 58th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 24 May 2012.
Maccai Tel Aviv won the championship title for the 50th time.
Format
Each of the 11 participating teams play 20 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. After that, there is 3rd round in which every team play against each other team once. The top eight teams advance to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season. The series winners play in the Final Four to determine the championship.The two 9th and 10th ranked teams compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2012–2013.
Team Information
Stadia and locations
Head coaches
Team | Head coach | Seasons as head coach |
Barak Netanya | Danny Franco | |
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | Adi Azulay | |
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Lior Lubin | |
Hapoel Holon | Dan Shamir | |
Hapoel Jerusalem | Sharon Drucker | |
Ironi Ashkelon | Eric Alfasi | |
Maccabi Ashdod | Ofer Berkovich | |
Habik'a B.C. | Avi Ashkenazi | |
Maccabi Haifa | Mickey Gorka | |
Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Effi Birnbaum | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | David Blatt |
Regular season
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |
1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2218 | 1897 | +321 | 48 | 2012–13 Euroleague Group stage |
2. | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 25 | 16 | 9 | 1955 | 1909 | +46 | 41 | |
3. | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1986 | 1917 | +69 | 40 | |
4. | Hapoel Jerusalem | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2043 | 1969 | +74 | 39 | |
5. | Hapoel Holon | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2041 | 1972 | +69 | 39 | |
6. | Ironi Ashkelon | 25 | 10 | 15 | 1965 | 2107 | -142 | 35 | |
7. | Maccabi Ashdod | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1987 | 1979 | +8 | 36 | |
8. | Habik'a B.C. | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1848 | 1883 | –35 | 34 | |
9. | Barak Netanya | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1948 | 1977 | –29 | 33 | |
10. | Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1918 | 2165 | –247 | 31 | |
11. | Maccabi Haifa | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1951 | 2085 | -134 | 29 |
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Rounds 1-2
The home team is listed on the left-hand column.The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.
Playoffs
The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 1 match stages.Israeli Basketball Super League 2012 Champions |
Maccabi Tel Aviv 50th title |
Stats Leaders
''Efficiency
Points
Rebounds
Assists
All-Star Game
The 2012 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 8, 2012, at the Ashkelon Sports Arena.Three-point shootout
Slam Dunk Contest
Awards
Regular season MVP
- Lior Eliyahu
All-BSL 1st team
- Moran Roth
- Derwin Kitchen
- Josh Carter
- Lior Eliyahu
- Bryant Dunston
Coach of the season
- Ofer Berkovich
Rising star
- Ezequiel Skverer
Best Defender
- Nitzan Hanochi
Most Improved Player
- Sean Daniel
Sixth Man of the Season
- Alex Tyus
Player of the Week