Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israel

Israel

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Basketball

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 club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee

Upper Galilee

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, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights. In June 2008 the club was merged with Hapoel Gilboa (who had previously been merged with Hapoel Afula

Hapoel Afula

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, who regained their independence) to form a new club, Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon

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History

In 1992–93 the club, then coached by Pini Gershon – became the first club based outside Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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 to have won the Israeli Championship, ending Maccabi Tel Aviv's 23-year winning streak. They also won the State Cup

Israeli Basketball State Cup

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 twice, in 1988 and 1992.

Between 1990 and the club's merger in 2008, several of the Israel's most successful basketball players have come through the club, including Nadav Henefeld, Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem BC. As a player, he won a Euroleague title in the 1999–2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos....

, Doron Sheffer

Doron Sheffer

Doron Sheffer , is an Israeli professional basketball player formerly with Maccabi Tel Aviv.Sheffer first gained fame at age 21 when he led Hapoel Galil Elyon to a 1993 victory in the Israeli League semifinals over Maccabi Tel Aviv...

, Gur Shelef, Lior Eliyahu

Lior Eliyahu

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 and Sharon Sasson, earning the team the nickname "the Israeli basketball college".

Honours

• Israeli Championship
  • Winners 1993
  • Runners-up 1990, 1995
• State Cup
  Israeli Basketball State Cup
  The Israeli 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....
  
  
  • Winners 1988, 1992
  • Runners-up 1987, 1990, 1998

Roster

Brian Randle

Brian Randle

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 Tony Gaffney

Tony Gaffney

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 Jack McClinton

Jack McClinton

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 Elishay Kadir

Elishay Kadir

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 Dion Dowell

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 Isaiah Swann Lior Segev Avishay Gordon Moti Moscovitz Dagan Yavzuri Dor Eliyahu
Head Coach: Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem BC. As a player, he won a Euroleague title in the 1999–2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos....

Notable former players

Rimantas Kaukėnas

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 Chester Simmons

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 Sam Hoskin

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 Jamie Arnold Jawad Williams

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 Nadav Henefeld Omri Casspi

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 Yogev Ohayon

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Yogev Ohayon is an Israeli point guard, who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national basketball team.Ohayon started his career in Hapoel Galil Elyon, with whom he won the Israeli youth league championship. In the 2006–07 season, he led Hapoel Galil Elyon to the Israeli final four, with...

 Doron Sheffer

Doron Sheffer

Doron Sheffer , is an Israeli professional basketball player formerly with Maccabi Tel Aviv.Sheffer first gained fame at age 21 when he led Hapoel Galil Elyon to a 1993 victory in the Israeli League semifinals over Maccabi Tel Aviv...

 Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash

Oded Kattash is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem BC. As a player, he won a Euroleague title in the 1999–2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos....

 Lior Eliyahu

Lior Eliyahu

Lior Eliyahu is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m in height and he weighs 102 kg . He plays at the power forward position, but he can also play small forward. The Houston Rockets own his NBA Draft rights...

 Alon Stein

Alon Stein

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 Andrew Kennedy

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 Ido Kozikaro Teo Ćizmić Christian Dalmau

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