Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
club based in
Rishon LeZionRishon LeZion , is the fourth-largest city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. The city had a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007...
in central
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. The club plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.
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Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
club based in
Rishon LeZionRishon LeZion , is the fourth-largest city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. The city had a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007...
in central
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. The club plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.
History
The club was formed in 1976 and reached the top division, where they have remained since, in 1988. Although they have never won a title, the club has finishished in the top four on three occasions. In 1991 they lost the play-off semi-final to
Maccabi Tel Aviv. The following year they lost at the same stage to Hapoel Tel Aviv, and in 2006 lost a one game semi-final to Hapoel Jerusalem.
In 1992 the club reached the final of the
State CupThe Basketball State Cup is the second most important basketball competition in Israel, after Ligat HaAl. The tournament began in the 1955-56 season, and is run by the Israel Basketball Association....
, but lost to
Hapoel Galil ElyonHapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country - the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights...
.
Arena
The venue of the team is the "Bet Maccabi" hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats in its basketball configuration.
Current roster
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
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