Israeli Basketball League Budgets Revealed for 2026-27 Season
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Budgets for the 2026-27 Israeli Basketball Premier League season show Hapoel Tel Aviv leading with 199 million shekels, followed by Maccabi Tel Aviv at 153.1 million. Hapoel Jerusalem is third with 65 million shekels. The figures highlight a substantial financial gap between the top teams and the rest of the league, with Ironi Kiryat Ata having the lowest budget at 8 million shekels.
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- Hapoel Tel Aviv leads the Israeli Basketball Premier League with a 199 million shekel budget for 2026-27.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is second with 153.1 million shekels, and Hapoel Jerusalem third with 65 million shekels.
- The budgets reveal a nearly twenty-fold financial difference between the top teams and others.
- Newly promoted teams from Eilat and Ashdod are ranked seventh and ninth.
- Ironi Kiryat Ata has the league's lowest budget at 8 million shekels.
The budgets for all teams in Israel's top basketball league, the Premier League, for the upcoming 2026-27 season have been disclosed. The figures reveal a significant disparity, with Hapoel Tel Aviv leading the pack with a budget of 199 million shekels, nearly twenty times that of some other teams. The reigning champion, Maccabi Tel Aviv, follows closely with 153.1 million shekels. Hapoel Jerusalem rounds out the top three with 65 million shekels, while Ironi Ness Ziona is fourth with approximately 40 million shekels.
Newly promoted teams from Eilat and Ashdod are ranked seventh and ninth, respectively. At the bottom of the list is Ironi Kiryat Ata, which finished last season in 10th place, with a budget of 8 million shekels, slightly less than Hapoel Galil Elyon's 8.2 million shekels. The reported budgets do not include player salaries but represent the overall team expenditures. Hapoel HaEmek declined to share their budget information.
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