2009–10 Israeli Basketball Super League
Introduction The '''2009–2010 Israeli Basketball Super League''' (Also known as '''Ligat Winner''') was the 56th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 24 October 2009.The final four event was played on 25–27 May 2010.Gilboa/Galil won its second Israeli championship.
Format Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on).The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff (9th VS 12th, 10th VS 11th) and the two losers were relegated to Liga Leumit 2010–11.
Regular season TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsQualification or relegation 1.Maccabi Tel Aviv 22  21  1  2075  1692  383  '''43''' 2010–11 Euroleague Group stage 2.Hapoel Jerusalem 22 	14  8	 1913	 1827	 86  '''36'''  2010–11 ULEB Eurocup Qualifying Round 3.Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon 22 	14  8	 1842	 1717	 125  '''36'''  2010-11 Euroleague First qualifying round 4.Maccabi Haifa 22 	14  8	 1758	 1649	 109  '''36'''  2010-11 EuroChallenge Qualifying Round 5.Elitzur Maccabi Netanya 22 	14  8	 1795	 1831	 −36  '''36'''  2010-11 EuroChallenge Group stage 6.Ironi Ashkelon 22 	11  11  1753  1784  −31  '''33''' 7.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 	10  12  1758  1796  −38  '''32''' 8.Bnei HaSharon 22 	9  13	 1712	 1705	 +7  '''31''' 9.Ironi Nahariya 22 	7  15	 1672	 1779	 −107  '''29''' Relegation to the 2010-11 Liga Leumit 10.Hapoel Afula 22 	7  15	 1811	 1979	 −168  '''29''' 11.Ironi Ramat Gan 22  6  16	 1703	 1906	 −203  '''28''' 12.Hapoel Holon 22 	6  16	 1690	 1817	 −127  '''28''' Qualification to Playoffs Qualification to Relegation PlayoffsPld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Playoff The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 12–3 May Game 25–6 May Game 39–10 May Game 413 May Game 517 May  '''Maccabi Tel Aviv''' (1)  '''3'''–2  Bnei HaSharon (8)  79–'''89'''  '''91'''–58  '''104'''–82  81–'''91'''  '''71'''–69 '''Hapoel Jerusalem''' (2)  '''3'''–1  Maccabi Rishon LeZion (7)  '''73'''–69  '''75'''–64  78–'''87''' (OT)  '''62'''–56  '''Galil/Gilboa''' (3)  '''3'''–0  Ironi Ashkelon (6)  '''92'''–81  '''84'''–73  '''94'''–76  Maccabi Haifa (4)  1–'''3'''  '''Elitzur Maccabi Netanya''' (5)  76–'''88'''   '''75'''–73  75–'''77'''  71–'''75'''
Final four
Relegation playoff The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 12–3 May Game 25–6 May Game 39–10 May Game 413 May Game 516–17 May  Ironi Nahariya (9)  2–'''3'''  '''Hapoel Holon''' (12)  '''73'''–68  70–'''76'''  '''82'''–76  55–'''71'''  64–'''75''' '''Hapoel Afula''' (10)  '''3'''–2  Ironi Ramat Gan (11)  71–'''75'''  84–'''91'''  '''96'''–92  '''79'''–71  '''86'''–81Ironi Ramat Gan and Ironi Nahariya were relegated to Liga Leumit.
See also *2009–10 Israeli Basketball State Cup*Winner Cup 2009
References * IBA's official website (Hebrew)