2008–09 Israeli Basketball Super League


The Israeli Basketball Super League 2008-2009 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85-72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.
Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they played best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season.
The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where
Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit.

Regular season

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts
1.Maccabi Tel Aviv2219320021659+34341
2.Hapoel Jerusalem2217519621828+13439
3.Maccabi Haifa2214817341651+8336
4.Hapoel Holon2213918111764+4735
5.Gilboa/Galil2213917281672+5635
6.Bnei HaSharon2213917131696+1735
7.Ironi Nahariya22101217901740+5032
8.Ironi Ashkelon2281417691797-2830
9.Ironi Ramat Gan2281417071861-15430
10.Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel2271517061788-8229
11.Maccabi Rishon LeZion2271517691903-13429
12.Elitzur Kiryat Ata2231916882020-33225

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
BNSEKAHPGHPHHPJIASINAIRGMGSMHAMRLMTA
Bnei HaSharon82-6771-6676-8777-7374-9180-7688-7896-7597-7890-9283-75
Elitzur Kiryat Ata79-7463-8468-10472-11771-7587-8082-8580-10176-8693-9156-88
Gilboa/Galil74-5486-7558-6487-9070-6884-7279-8477-7288-83101-8764-87
Hapoel Holon83-5283-7989-10390-6985-76
77-7593-6785-8975-82107-10672-91
Hapoel Jerusalem92-85103-9481-7491-8185-8293-92105-90101-86100-7896-7491-77
Ironi Ashkelon81-7696-7478-7994-8478-8791-8785-9173-6877-8480-8875-99
Ironi Nahariya65-67103-7390-7374-7682-6784-9081-7489-8061-7177-8485-102
Ironi Ramat Gan68-7787-7772-8185-70108-9266-8164-7981-7372-8972-7356-102
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel68-7993-8168-6563-7477-8776-7090-9689-9060-7687-7673-77
Maccabi Haifa70-7592-7572-7990-7173-8079-6857-7694-7477-6975-6879-76
Maccabi Rishon LeZion78-95108-8663-8671-7974-8177-6992-9368-5777-8854-8193-96
Maccabi Tel Aviv77-65102-8089-70105-8297-8197-8684-78103-8681-6180-68114-75

Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5. The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4.
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 1
25–26 April
Game 2
3–4 May
Game 3
7 May
Game 4
10 May
Game 5
14 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1Ironi Ashkelon 95–96 86–6992–6997–65
Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0Ironi Nahariya 78–7692–7988–80
Maccabi Haifa 3–1Bnei HaSharon 66–6975–7174–6187–68
Hapoel Holon 2–3Galil/Gilboa 74–8163–6179–78 55–7780–87

Final four

Relegation Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5. The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4.
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 1
26 April
Game 2
3 May
Game 3
7 May
Ironi Ramat Gan 3–0Elitzur Kiryat Ata 83–7696–79100–87
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 0–3Maccabi Rishon LeZion 62–7267–8164–90

Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel were relegated to Liga Leumit.

Awards

The 2008–2009 Basketball Super League Season Awards were granted during the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Gala Dinner on May 16 to the players who stood out the most during the regular season and the playoff. The MVP awards for the best player and coach of the season were given before the final game had been played.

BSL 2008–2009 MVP