Liga Artzit (basketball)

Liga Artzit

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957
CEO	Naftali Goshen
No. of teams	24 (Two districts)
Country	Israel
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier (Israel)
Promotion to	Liga Leumit
Relegation to	Liga Alef
Domestic cup(s)	Association Cup
Official website	www.ibba.one.co.il

Kokhav Ya'ir

Hadera

Haifa

Kiryat Motzkin

Kfar Yona

Safed

Nesher

Lev HaSharon

Emek Hefer

Netanya

Acre

Hof HaSharon

Liga Artzit (Hebrew: ליגה ארצית‎. Artzit) is the third tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the second tier level Liga Leumit.

League system

The league contains 12 clubs (in two districts), which compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the first team from each district (South/North) is promoted to the Liga Leumit.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Alef.

North

• Hapoel Haifa B.C.
• Beitar Kfar Yona
• Hapoel Nesher
• Hapoel Emek Hefer
• Wingate Institute
• Hapoel Hof HaSharon
• Hapoel Acre B.C.
• Maccabi Hadera B.C.
• Hapoel Emek Yizra'el
• Hapoel Lev HaSharon
• Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
• Safed B.C.
• Elitzur Kokhav Ya'ir

South

• Elitzur Ramla B.C.
• Elitzur Givat Shmuel
• Hapoel Lod B.C.
• Hapoel Be'er Tuvia
• Hapoel Hevel Eilot
• Maccabi Bat Yam B.C.
• Maccabi Rehovot B.C.
• Ironi Kiryat Ono
• Maccabi Shoham
• Maccabi Petah Tikva B.C.
• Maccabi Maale Adumim
• Maccabi Tel Kabir

See also

• Israel Basketball Association
• Basketball in Israel