Two Israeli Basketball Teams Register 4 Foreign Players for 2026/27 Season
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Two Israeli basketball teams, Ironi Kiryat Ata and Hapoel Galil Elyon, will register four foreign players for the 2026/27 season, while the rest of the league will register five. This decision is binding for the season, and changing it incurs a ₪2,000,000 fine. The two teams will receive a shared grant of ₪1.2 million.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Ironi Kiryat Ata and Hapoel Galil Elyon will register 4 foreign players in the 2026/27 Israeli basketball season.
- All other Israeli Premier League teams will register the maximum of 5 foreign players.
- The decision on the number of foreign players is binding for the entire 2026/27 season.
- Changing the registered number of foreign players will result in a ₪2,000,000 fine.
- Kiryat Ata and Galil Elyon will share a ₪1.2 million grant.
In the upcoming 2026/27 basketball season, only two teams in the Israeli Premier League, Ironi Kiryat Ata and Hapoel Galil Elyon, have opted to register four foreign players. All other teams in the league have chosen to register the maximum of five foreign players allowed per team. This decision was made following an agreement signed with the players' representatives, requiring each team to declare their maximum number of foreign players for the entire season to the League Management.
The chosen registration limit is binding for the entire 2026/27 season, with no possibility of change. Any request to alter this decision, regardless of the reason or the party involved, including the Israel Basketball Association and the Ministry of Culture and Sport, will result in an automatic fine of ₪2,000,000, as stipulated in the agreement with the players' representatives.
As a consequence of their decision to register fewer foreign players, Kiryat Ata and Galil Elyon will share a grant of ₪1.2 million, with each team receiving ₪600,000.
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