Israel Women's Basketball Team Prepares for EuroBasket Qualifiers

The Israeli women's national basketball team is gearing up for the second round of the EuroBasket qualifiers, set to begin next week. Ahead of their campaign, captain Eden Rotberg, assistant coach Limor Peleg, and Liron Cohen, chairwoman of the Basketball Association's Professional Committee for Women, spoke at a press conference in Hadar Yosef on Thursday. Israel concluded the first round of qualification with a perfect record. In the upcoming stage, the team will face Poland on November 11, Turkey on November 14, and Montenegro on November 17. The first two games will be hosted in Latvia. The top two teams from the group will advance to the European Championship finals next summer. National coach the National Coach, the first woman to hold the position, has named a 17-player roster, with 13 set to travel for the upcoming games. Romi Levi, who recently joined Crvena Zvezda Belgrade after a successful college career, has received her first senior national team call-up. Magi Izah, a player for Bnei Yehuda, also earned her debut call-up. Yarden Gerzon, returning to the national team for the first time since the 2023 European Championship, will play as a player for Zaragoza, Spain. The team began training on Wednesday, without three players competing in the EuroLeague and without representatives from Maccabi Ashdod and Elitzur Ramla, who played twice in the EuroCup this week. Israel's last appearance in the EuroBasket finals was in 2023, when they qualified automatically as hosts. Their previous qualification for the European Championship was in 2011.