Israel at the EuroBasket 2005

Israel at the
EuroBasket
IOC code ISR
NOC Israel Basketball Association
EuroBasket appearances

Israel at the EuroBasket
1935 - 1937 - 1939 - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1951 - 1953 - 1955 - 1957 - 1959 - 1961 - 1963 - 1965 - 1967 - 1969 - 1971 - 1973 - 1975 - 1977 - 1979 2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1981 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017

Israel at the EuroBasket Women
1938 - 1950 - 1952 - 1954 - 1956 - 1958 - 1960 - 1962 - 1964 - 1966 - 1968 - 1970 - 1972 - 1974 - 1981 - 1978 - 1980 - 1993 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015
Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2005, the 34th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 23rd time competing, and finished ninth.

Israeli referee Seffi Shemmesh also worked several games in the tournament, including Preliminary Round, Group A, games Germany vs Italy,[1] Italy vs Russia,[2] and Italy vs Ukraine,[3] and fifth place game of Lithuania vs Slovenia.[4] Additionally, referee Shmuel Bachar worked Preliminary Round, Group B, games Turkey vs Lithuania,[5] and Bulharia vs Turkey,[6] the third place game France vs Spain,[7] and classification round games Russia vs Lithuania,[8] and Slovenia vs Croatia.[9]

Qualification

Qualifying round – Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Latvia 6 4 2 517 451+66 10
 Bulgaria 6 4 2 487 4958 10
 Israel 6 3 3 471 467+4 9
 Portugal 6 1 5 473 53562 7
  Bulgaria Israel Latvia Portugal
 Bulgaria 72–65 96–85 89–87
 Israel 64–84 79–77 96–101
 Latvia 102–79 80–57 92–64
 Portugal 72–87 73–90 76–81

Additional qualifying round – Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 4 4 0 319 280+39 8
 Belgium 4 2 2 280 262+18 6
 Netherlands 4 0 4 252 30957 4
  Belgium Israel Netherlands
 Belgium 75–79 76–63
 Israel 69–67 89–60
 Netherlands 51–62 78–82

Final qualifying stage

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 166 147+19 4
 Hungary 2 1 1 153 1629 3
 Czech Republic 2 0 2 157 16710 2

Games


12 September 2005
20:00
Czech Republic  7883  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25
Novi Sad, Serbia

13 September 2005
20:00
Israel  8369  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–17, 18–20, 25–15
Novi Sad, Serbia

Preliminary round – Group D

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 280 264+16 5
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 1 245 233+12 5
 Israel 3 2 1 236 235+1 5
 Latvia 3 0 3 241 27029 3

Games


16 September
17:30
 Latvia 6574  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–15, 8–18, 16–18
Pts: Štelmahers 19
Rebs: Helmanis 6
Asts: Šķēle, Štelmahers 2
Pts: Hajaj 18
Rebs: Tapiro 10
Asts: Shelef, Tapiro 4
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)

17 September
20:30
 Israel 7793  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 27–20, 12–26
Pts: Burstein 20
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Burstein 6
Pts: Jarić 19
Rebs: Krstić 10
Asts: Rakočević 6
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

18 September
17:30
 Spain 7785  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–16, 31–32, 18–20
Pts: Garbajosa 21
Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 9
Asts: Navarro 4
Pts: Burstein 19
Rebs: 4 Players 4
Asts: Burstein, Tapiro 5
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

Knockout stage

Games


20 September
20:30
 Greece 6761  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 11–8, 24–27, 18–20
Pts: Zisis 23
Rebs: Papadopoulos 10
Asts: Zisis 6
Pts: Green 11
Rebs: Burstein 6
Asts: Burstein 6
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU)

Tournament highs

Tal Burstein and Meir Tapiro both tied for third in average number of assists per game, with 4.0.[10] Israel also finished in first for assists for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 14.3 per game.[11]

Dror Hajaj and Meir Tapiro both tied for second in average number of steals per game, with 3.0.[12] Israel also finished in second for steals for all teams in the tournament, with an average of 11.8 per game.[13]

Yaniv Green was tied for seventh place on average number of blocks per game, with 1.0.[14]

Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average minutes per game. Tal Burstein finished fourth with 34.5, and Meir Tapiro finished tenth with 31.3.[15]

Tal Burstein in the game against Greece, lead all players in the tournament in an individual game in turnovers, with 8.

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club
4 Hajaj, Dror 26 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978 Spotter Leuven Belgium
G 5 Nissim, Afik 24 – (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Strasbourg IG France
F 6 Shason, Sharon 26 – (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Ural Great Perm Russia
7 Watson, Chris 30 – (1975-07-16)16 July 1975
C 8 Markovich, Erez 27 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
F 9 Shelef, Gur 31 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 10 Burstein, Tal 25 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 11 Tapiro, Meir 30 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) SLUC Nancy France
F 12 Mizrahi, Moshe 25 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
SF 13 Kozikaro, Ido 27 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 14 Green, Yaniv 25 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 15 Halperin, Yotam 21 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 September 2005

References

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