Hapoel Galil Elyon

Israel

Founded

1978

Arena

2,200 cap

Hapoel Galil Elyon (Hebrew: הפועל גליל עליון‎) is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. In June 2008, the club rights in the Israeli Basketball Premier League transferred to Hapoel Gilboa (which had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula, which regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil, which represents the Gilboa and Lower Galilee regions. The team was re-established in 2009.

Maccabi Tel Aviv BC

Israel

Founded

1932

Arena

Menora Mivtachim Arena · 11,060 cap

Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל מכבי תל-אביב), for sponsorship reasons Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (מ.כ. מכבי פוקס תל-אביב), is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Premier League and internationally in the EuroLeague. The club started in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in 1906. With 6 EuroLeague championships (including the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague), one Adriatic League championship, 52 Israeli League championships, 44 Israeli State Cup titles, and 7 Israeli League Cup titles, Maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in Israel, and is also one of the most successful basketball teams in Europe. Its players, such as: Tal Brody, Miki Berkovich, Jim Boatwright, Kevin Magee, Earl Williams, and Aulcie Perry; and more recently, Derrick Sharp, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Tal Burstein, Anthony Parker, and Nikola Vujčić, have been among the elite of Europe's basketball players.