Liga Leumit is the second tier of league basketball competition in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, below the Israeli Basketball Super League.

League system

The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin

Round-robin

The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...

. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is played on a best-of-three basis. The four winning clubs advance to two best-of-five playoffs, the winners of which are promoted to the Super League.

The two teams that finish at the bottom of the table are relegated to Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit (basketball)

Liga Artzit is the Third tier of league basketball competition in Israel, below the Liga Leumit.-League system:The league contains 12 clubs , which compete in a home-and-away round-robin...

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Teams in 2011/12

• Elitzur Kiryat Ata
  Elitzur Kiryat Ata
  Elitzur Kiryat Ata is a basketball club based in Kiryat Ata in Israel. The club play in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball, having been promoted from Liga Leumit at the end of the 2007-08 season....
  
  
• Elitzur Yavne
  Elitzur Yavne B.C.
  Elitzur Yavne is a basketball club based in Yavne in Israel. The club play in Liga Leumit, the Second division of Israeli basketball, having been promoted from Liga Arzit at the end of the 2006-07 season....
  
  
• Elitzur Ramla
  Elitzur Ramla B.C.
  Elitzur Neve David Ramla is a basketball club based in Ramla in Israel. The club plays in Liga Leumit, the second division of Israeli basketball. in 1987/88, 1988/98 the team was playing in the top division Ligat Ha'al....
  
  
• Ironi Naharia
• Ironi Ramat Gan
  Ironi Ramat Gan
  Ironi Ramat Gan is a basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Ramat Gan and Maccabi Ramat Gan...
  
  
• Hapoel Afula
  Hapoel Afula
  Hapoel Afula is a basketball club based in Afula. It currently plays in the Liga Leumit.-History:The club was established in 1968, and were members of the top division during the 1970s and 1980s. A decline saw the club merge with Hapoel Gilboa to form Hapoel Gilboa/Afula...
  
  
• Hapoel Kfar Saba B.C.
• Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on
• Hapoel Ness Ziona
• Hapoel Lev HaSharon
• Hapoel Tel Aviv
  Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
  Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. is an Israeli basketball club. The second most successful side in Israeli basketball, The club Owned by Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust and is currently in Liga Leumit, the Second tier.-History:...
  
  
• Hapoel Yokneam/Megido
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov
• Maccabi Hod HaSharon

External links

• Liga Leumit One.co.il