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Israeli Female Basketball Premier League

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Israeli Women Basketball Premier League
ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Ligat ha'Al 2024–2025
SportBasketball
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
No. of teams10
CountryIsrael
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		Elitzur Ramla (13 titles) (2023/2024)
Most titlesElitzur Tel Aviv (14 titles)
TV partner(s)Sports Channel
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Official websitewbl.co.il

The Israeli Women Basketball Premier League or Ligat Athena Winner (Hebrew: ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים), is a women's professional basketball league in Israel. It is currently composed of 11 teams.[1]

The league was founded in 1957. Initially the most predominant teams in the league were veteran women's basketball clubs such as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won almost yearly during the first two decades after the establishment of the women's league. This changed in 1976, when the team Elitzur Tel Aviv began winning all of the league's championships for 19 years straight. During the 1990s the trend again changed, as the most prominent championship winners became A.S Ramat Hasharon and Elitzur Ramla.

The champions of the 2010/2011 season were Elitzur Ramla.[2] Elitzur Tel Aviv and Elitzur Holon share the distinction of having won the most championship trophies, 20 between themselves.,[3] although the union that was established in 1990 between the two team was disbanded in 2008.

In the 2011/12 season Maccabi Bnot Ashdod reached double winning, for the first time, the national league and national cup in one season.

History

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The League's teams (2024/25 season)

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Club City Arena Capacity Colors
A.S. Ramat-Hasharon Ramat Hasharon Oranim Arena 1,000    
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 2,000    
Elitzur Ramla Ramla Kiryat Menahem Arena 2,000    
Maccabi Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Zisman Arena 1,500    
Elitzur Holon Holon Ariel Sharon Hall 700    
Hapoel Lev Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 2,000    
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Gan Nahum 1,500    
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Hyuval 680    
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Yitzhak Shamir Hall 500    
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Bikurim 750    

Championships by teams

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Club Winners Winning Years
Elitzur Tel Aviv 14 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Elitzur Ramla 13 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976
Hapoel Tel Aviv 7 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 2006
Elitzur Holon 6 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
A.S Ramat Hasharon 6 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod 6 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Maccabi Ramat Gan 2 2020, 2021
Hapoel Jerusalem 1 1960
Hapoel Yagur 1 1963

References

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  1. ^ "Israeli basketball Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket.com. 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  2. ^ ליגת העל נשים. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ ליגת העל נשים. ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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