Hapoel Gilboa Galil

2011/12: 2nd place

Hapoel Galil Giboa is an Israeli basketball club from Gan Ner in the Gilboa Regional Association in the Galilee, the northern region. The association is a merger of Hapoel Galil Elyon club Hapoel Gilboa and, in 2008 joined forces. In addition to the internationally known Hapoel Jerusalem, who won the ULEB Cup in 2004, the club is a member of the Association of Israeli workers' associations HaPoel. In contrast to the Jerusalem club Gilboa Galil is more successful at the national level, since one of the dominant 50 times champion Maccabi Tel Aviv twice the championship, " snatch " could. Since 1970, this is otherwise only Hapoel Holon succeeded once. 2012 and 2013 they won the Balkan International Basketball League.

  • 2.1 Major Players
  • 3.1 Known Player
  • 3.2 Coaches

Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon was founded in 1978 and was its home games in the Heihal Hapais in Kfar Blum at the foot of the Golan Heights. After a Cup finals in 1987 they won under coach Muli cat urine in the following year in 1988 for the first time with the Israeli Cup competition a national title. After another finals in 1990 they won the Cup again in 1992 competition. After the second cup win cat urine left the club. His successor Pini Gershon could Hapoel after 1990 once again bring the Cup final, where they then 1993 Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv could not win the championship for the first time since 1970. Hapoel Galil Elyon With so was ever an association of Israeli basketball champion, did not come from Tel Aviv for the first time. While Katz urine was then obliged Maccabi Tel Aviv and returned to his hometown, also left Gershon Hapoel Galil Elyon, but returned after one season for the 1994/95 season, in which he brought Hapoel again in the championship final, which this time lost to cat urine Maccabi went. Successor of Gershon at Hapoel was then his former assistant David Leaf, who led the club in 1998 the cup final again.

Later Gershon also coached Maccabi Tel Aviv and took a sheet again as his assistant. Together we then celebrated at Maccabi successes at international level and won twice the ULEB Euro League, where sheet was changed after the first success in 2004 to Russia. Later started Oded Kattash 2004-2007 his coaching career at Hapoel, who had begun his career as a young player at Hapoel before Panathinaikos Athens was changed to Maccabi Tel Aviv and later. Hapoel Galil Elyon not only had a reputation as a "stepping stone " for coaches, but also many young Israeli players like Doron Sheffer, who began his career at Hapoel also ended in 2008, and professional newcomers from the United States began a successful career in Galil Elyon. Finally, in 2008 came the merger with Hapoel Gilboa.

Known player

  • Israel Doron Sheffer 1990-1993, 2007/ 08
  • Jamaica Andrew Kennedy 1991-1993, 1995-1998
  • Israel Oded Kattash 1993-1995
  • Israel Alon Stein 1995-1999, 2000/ 01
  • United States Abdul Shamsid - Deen 1997
  • Israel Ido Kozikaro 1998-2004 (2010-2012)
  • United States Demetrius Alexander 2000/ 01
  • Lithuania Rimantas Kaukėnas 2000/ 01
  • United States Mark Anthony Davis 2003/ 04
  • United States Sam Hoskin 2003/ 04
  • Israel Lior Eliyahu 2003-2006
  • Puerto Rico Christian Dalmau 2004/ 05
  • United States Chester Simmons 2006/ 07
  • Omri Casspi Israel 2006/ 07
  • United States Rich Melzer 2007

Coach

  • Israel Muli cat urine 1987-1992
  • Israel Pini Gershon 1992/93, 1994/95
  • David Israel Journal 1995-1999
  • Israel Oded Kattash 2004-2007

Hapoel Gilboa

Hapoel Gilboa stood in the shadow of its regional rival Galil Elyon in the north and formed From 1993 to 2008 it merged with Hapoel Afula. After the descent from the top domestic league championship in 2008 dissolving the merger and merged with Galil Elyon.

Known player

  • Nigeria Tunji Awojobi 2006-2008
  • United States / Ekene Ibekwe Nigeria 2007/ 08

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (since 2008)

2008 was followed by the merger of Hapoel Galil Elyon Hapoel Gilboa and. The fusion club wore their home games then in the Gan Ner Sports Hall of opposite Galil Elyon old home ground had a greater capacity. Kattash then returned as coach for fusion club. In the second year they won the 2010 Israeli championship. Then moved Kattash to Hapoel Jerusalem and was the assistant coach of the Israeli national team. Successor Kattashs at Gilboa Galil became assistant Lyubin Lior, who led the team to a semifinal victory over Kattashs new club again in the championship final, which once again lost against Maccabi Tel Aviv, who could successfully take revenge for the defeat in the final last year. In the following season 2011/12 was achieved in the regular season in second place again. In the play-offs for the championship but one difference this time early in the quarter- finals. For this you became the visiting team the Balkan International Basketball League ( BIBL ), where one in its own hall the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia beat in the final. The title could defend in 2013 against the same opponent in the final in Bulgarian Samokov.

Known player

  • United States Brian Roberts 2008/ 09
  • United States Tony Gaffney 2009
  • United States Isaiah Swann 2009/10
  • United States Jeremy Pargo 2009/10
  • United States Jack McClinton 2010/11

Coach

  • Israel Oded Kattash 2008-2010
  • Israel Lior Lyubin Since 2010
Regional council (Israel) Northern District (Israel) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. David Blatt Euroleague Basketball Abdul Shamsid-Deen Tre Simmons Richard Melzer Israel national basketball team Brian Roberts (basketball)
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