Israel men's national under-20 basketball team

The Israel men's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Israel, administered by the Israel Basketball Association.[1][2] It represents the country in various FIBA youth tournaments. The team usually competes in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket, and used to compete in the now defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship. This team was originally the Israeli Under-22 national team, until the FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship was changed into an Under-20 age tournament.

Israel
Joined FIBA1939; 87 years ago (1939)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationאיגוד הכדורסל בישראל (Israel Basketball Association)
CoachIsrael Elad Hasin
U21 World Championships
Appearances3
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances23
Medals‹See Tfd›Gold Gold: 2 (2018, 2019)
‹See Tfd›Silver Silver: 4 (2000, 2004, 2017, 2023)
U20 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances3
Medals‹See Tfd›Bronze Bronze: 1 (2012)

Roster for the 2024 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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Danny Wolf playing for the Israeli national under-20 basketball team in 2023
Israel men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 5 Niv Lempert 20 – (2004-01-20)20 January 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel
C 7 Alon Michaeli 18 – (2005-11-27)27 November 2005 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya Israel
G 9 Omri Shelef 19 – (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel
G 11 Shachar Doron 19 – (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Elitzur Shomron Israel
G 12 Amit Menachem 20 – (2004-03-14)14 March 2004 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
F 13 Eyal Harel 20 – (2004-02-02)2 February 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Haifa Israel
C 14 Maxim Filonenko 18 – (2005-12-14)14 December 2005 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel
C 18 Ilay Dolinski 19 – (2005-02-06)6 February 2005 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Elitzur Netanya Israel
PF 24 Yoav Berman 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Ra'anana Israel
PG 31 Noam Yaacov 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ASVEL Basket Israel
F 33 Maor Nekrashevich 19 – (2004-11-04)4 November 2004 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
SF 99 Yuval Hochstadter 19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) - Israel
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club on 13 July 2024
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 July 2024

Participation in FIBA competitions

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Division A Division B
Year Pos. GP W L Ref. Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
Greece 19924th743 [3]
Slovenia 19945th743 [4]
Turkey 19969th743 [5]
Italy 199810th725 [6]
North Macedonia 20002nd place, silver medalist(s)853 [7]
Lithuania 200210th716 [8]
Czech Republic 20042nd place, silver medalist(s)853 [9]
Russia 20054th835 [10]
Turkey 200612th844 [11]
Slovenia 20076th853 [12]
Latvia 200810th826 [13]
Greece 200915th615 [14]
Croatia 2010Did not qualify [15] Austria 20105th862 [16]
Spain 2011 [17] Bosnia and Herzegovina 201111th844 [18]
Slovenia 2012 [19] Bulgaria 20123rd place, bronze medalist(s)752 [20]
Estonia 201315th945 [21]
Greece 20147th1055 [22]
Italy 201510th945 [23]
Finland 201612th734 [24]
Greece 20172nd place, silver medalist(s)761 [25]
Germany 20181st place, gold medalist(s)761 [26]
Israel 20191st place, gold medalist(s)761 [27]
Lithuania 2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
Montenegro 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[a][28]
Montenegro 20224th743 [29]
Greece 20232nd place, silver medalist(s)743 [30]
Poland 202410th743 [31]
Greece 20256th752 [32]
Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
Spain 19939th743 [33]
Japan 20017th853 [34]
Argentina 200510th725 [35]

See also

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References

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  32. "2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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