Bnei Herzliya Basket

Bnei Herzliya Basket (Hebrew: בני הרצליה, lit. Sons of Herzliya), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in central Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball.[1] It has won the Israeli State Cup twice, most recently in 2022.[2]

Bnei Herzliya
LeaguesIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Founded1985 (1985)
HistoryHapoel Herzliya Basket
(1985–2002)
Bnei HaSharon Basket
(2002–2012)
Bnei Herzliya Basket
(2012–present)
ArenaHaYovel Herzliya
Capacity1,500
LocationHerzliya, Israel
Team colorsBlue and White
   
CEOAmit Zdkiya
PresidentEldad Akunis
Team managerZeev Bara'am
Head coachOren Aharoni
Team captainYair Kravitz
OwnershipLenny Rekanati
Tal Rekanati
ChampionshipsIsraeli State Cup (2)
Websitewww.bhbasket.co.il

History

The club was originally founded in 1985, under the name Hapoel Herzliya.[3] In 2002, the club merged with Maccabi Ra'anana in a neighboring town, and was re-named Bnei HaSharon.[4][3][5] The merger was done because of Maccabi Ra'anana's financial problems and Bnei HaSharon's relegation from the top-level Israeli Basketball Premier League, following the 2001–02 season.

At the end of 2010–11 season, the merger ended, and the team started playing only for the city of Herzliya. In 2012, the club was re-named Bnei Herzliya.[3] In 2022, the club won the Israeli State Cup for the second time, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 87:82 in the final.[2]

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions
Winners (2): (1994–95, 2021–2022)
Runners-up (2): (2004–05, 2006–07)

Season by season
Orr Leumi, 2016
Season Tier Division Pos. European competitions
2009–10 1 Premier League 8th
2010–11 5th
2011–12 10th
2012–13 11th
2013–14 11th
2014–15 9th
2015–16 7th
2016–17 5th 4 FIBA Europe CupR25–7
2017–18 10th 4 FIBA Europe CupRS4–6
2018–19 12th
2019–20 2 National League 2nd
2020–21 1 Premier League 11th    Balkan LeagueRS2–2
2021–22

Players

Current roster
Bnei Herzliya roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 1 Cohen, Sandy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1995-09-22)22 September 1995
PG 2 Cooper, D.J. 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990
PG 3 Kravitz, Yair 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
G/F 6 Sahar, Dori 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2001-01-08)8 January 2001
SF 8 Dawson, Shawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993
F 9 Kemp, Maurice 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1991-02-02)2 February 1991
F/C 11 Van Vliet, Andy 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1995-07-27)27 July 1995
G 12 Fogel, Edo 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2001-11-28)28 November 2001
F 13 Weinberg, Noam 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1998-08-16)16 August 1998
C 15 Zecevic, Aleksander 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1996-10-03)3 October 1996
PG 18 Kuperman, Omri 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2002-10-21)21 October 2002
SG 19 Babb, Chris 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1990-02-14)14 February 1990
PG 21 Hooker, Quinton 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1995-01-22)22 January 1995
C 32 Onuaku, Chinanu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1996-11-01)1 November 1996
F/C 41 Anavi, Dor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2001-07-14)14 July 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Yoav Shamir
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: February 24, 2022

Depth chart
Aviram Zelekovits
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Chinanu Onuaku Dor Anavi
PF Andy Van Vliet Maurice Kemp Noam Weinberg
SF Sandy Cohen Shawn Dawson
SG Chris Babb Dori Sahar Ido Fogel
PG Quinton Hooker Yair Kravitz Omri Kuperman
  • The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
  • There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Source: basket.co.il

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References
  1. "בני Ofek Dist הרצליה". Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. "בני הרצליה ניצחה 82:87 את הפועל תל אביב וזכתה בגביע השני בתולדותיה". Walla! Sports (in Hebrew). February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. "Group A preview: Three teams with history to kick off in the BIBL". balkanleague.net.
  4. "2008-09 Club Profile: Bnei Hasharon". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.
  5. "Basketball - Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya (Israel) : palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.
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