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THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI TEAM IN BASKETBALL BEGAN AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. FIRST THROUGH THE IDF ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE WORKERS AND THE WORKERS WERE ELECTED TO THE MINE. THE ISRAELI TEAM IN ITS PRESENT FORMAT APPEARED IN THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1952 IN THE HELSINKI OLYMPICS. ISRAEL’S TEAM IS ALMOST CONSTANTLY PARTICIPATING IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAS TWICE PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THE TEAM PARTICIPATED ONCE. THE PEAK ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEAM IS WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL AT THE EUROPA CHAMPIONSHIPS (1979). AS PART OF THE ASIAN GAMES, THE TEAM WON TWO GOLD MEDALS AND SILVER MEDALS.

EARLY HISTORY
AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, THE FIRST FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL GAME TO BE PLAYED WAS ON 24 FEBRUARY 1949 BETWEEN THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE AND THE U.S. MARINES TEAM AND ENDED WITH THE RESULT OF 41:28 TO ISRAELIS.

TOWARDS THE END OF 1949, THE ISRAEL MACCABI GROUP LAUNCHED A SERIES OF 13 INTERNATIONAL GAMES, INCLUDING GREECE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE. THE FIRST GAME WAS IN ATHENS, AGAINST OLYMPIACUS AND ENDED IN THE 28:34 VICTORY OF ISRAEL.

IN 1950, THE ISRAELI TEAM FIRST PLAYED AND FINISHED FOURTH. IN 1951, THE TEAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CHAMPION IN BELIZE, AFTER WINNING 11 GAMES FROM THE 12TH IN THE TOURNAMENT.

AT THE BEGINNING OF 1952, THE IDF TEAM WAS FOUNDED IN BASKETBALL, TOWARDS ITS DEPARTURE TO THE GAME AGAINST THE FRENCH ARMY. THE IDF TEAM’S SKELETON WAS THE FIRST TEAM FACULTY TO BE RELEASED TO THE HELSINKI OLYMPICS.

THE 1950S

THE HELSINKI OLYMPICS 1952

IN JULY 1952, THE FIRST MAJOR TOURNAMENT ATTENDED BY THE ISRAEL BASKETBALL TEAM WAS THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN HELSINKI. IN THIS TEAM THERE WERE 13 PLAYERS, NOT 12 AS USUAL, BECAUSE OF THE PIPEPTIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN MACCABI AND THE WORKER. PIPEPTIC-PIPPETTI, WHICH MEANS THE SAME NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE TWO UNIONS (INCLUDING THE MINERS) AND THE CHAIRMANS OF THE PLANT WERE 13 AND ONLY 12, ADDED ANOTHER BASKETBALL – ELIJAH AMIEL.

IN THE TOURNAMENT ITSELF, ISRAEL LOST TO THE PHILIPPINE TEAM 57:47 AND GREECE 54:52 AND ENDED IN THE 20TH PLACE OF 23 PARTICIPANTS.

THE BASKETBALLISTS WHO REPRESENTED ISRAEL IN THE TOURNAMENT: DANNY EREZ, MOSHE DANIEL, JUDEA AND WEINER, MARCEL OBJECT, FREDDY COHEN, AMOS LYNN, ZECHARIAH OFERY, ELIJAH AMIEL, ראובן FACHER, COMFORT CORMAN, RAF KLEIN, SIMON SENT, ABRAHAM SHANE. AND THE COACH WAS AMERICAN MORRIS (TABI) RASKIN.

DURING THE TOURNAMENT, COACH RESKIN ASSEMBLED WITH THE TEAM’S PLAYERS, AND IN HIS PLACE HE HELD THE GAMES OF AVRAHAM SHANEUR AND ELIJAH AMIREL. AT THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE COACH OFFICIALLY RESIGNED.

EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MOSCOW 1953

ISRAEL FIRST PARTICIPATED IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HELD IN MOSCOW IN 1953.

IN THE FIRST STAGE, ISRAEL WAS IN BEIT D WITH THE ELECTED OF FINLAND, BULGARIA, YUGOSLAVIA, AND LEBANON, WHEN THE FIRST TWO OF THEM GO TO THE NEXT STAGE.
IN HER DEBUT GAME AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP, ISRAEL DEFEATED FINLAND 36:60. ISRAEL WON BULGARIA 48:61. IN HER THIRD GAME, ISRAEL SUFFERED THE FIRST LOSS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA 57:55 IN THE EXTENSION. LEBANON REFUSED TO PLAY AGAINST ISRAEL, ACHIEVING A TECHNICAL VICTORY. YUGOSLAVIA, ISRAEL, AND BULGARIA COMPLETED THE HOUSE IN THE SAME BALANCE AND THANKS TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE INTERNAL BALANCE BETWEEN THE ELECTED, ISRAEL WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE FIRST PLACE, ALONG WITH YUGOSLAVIA.

IN THE SECOND STAGE, THE FINAL HOUSE, ISRAEL FACED YUGOSLAVIA, ITALY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, EGYPT, FRANCE, THE SOVIET UNION AND HUNGARY. IN HER FIRST GAME, ISRAEL WON YUGOSLAVIA 29:40, THUS GIVING HER A LOSS FROM THE PREVIOUS PHASE. ISRAEL CONTINUED AND WON ITALY 42:47, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 53:59 AND A TECHNICAL VICTORY OVER EGYPT, WHICH REFUSED TO FACE IT. IN HER LAST THREE GAMES, ISRAEL LOST TO FRANCE 62:45, TO THE SOVIET UNION 75:25 AND HUNGARY 66:20. SO SO SO