Ironi Eilat B.C.


Hapoel Eilat, for sponsorship reasons named Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat, is an Israeli basketball club. The team plays in the Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli basketball. The team represents the far-South region of the country - the Arabah area, and the Red Sea city of Eilat.
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History

The team earned promotion to the First Division for the first time in the 1990–91 season, while being coached by Arik Shivek.
In the 1996–97 season, the team lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoff semi-finals. A year later the team reached the finals, in which it lost 0-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In early 2000, the team found itself in serious financial difficulties, which resulted in relegation to the Second Division. Later the team disbanded, and re-established in the lowest league.
In the 2010–11 season, the team won the Association Cup, the cup of the lower leagues, after beating Maccabi Kiryat Bialik in the final.
In June 2012, the team gained the license of Habik'a B.C. to play in the Israeli Basketball Super League, starting with the 2012–13 season.
In June 2015, the team knocked out Israeli basketball powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League semi-finals, winning 3–2 in a best-of-five series. The team faced Hapoel Jerusalem in the finals, but lost.

Season by season

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Players

Depth chart

Chealey, Joe 1.93 m 27 – 1 November 1995
PG 5 Israel Jorno, Koren 1.76 m 24 – 21 November 1998
CG 55 Israel

Honours

Domestic competitions

Lower division competitions

Notable players

Participation in Europe

Even though Eilat has constantly qualified for European basketball they choose not to participate due to financial difficulties.

Former managers