Ironi Ness Ziona B.C.

Ironi Ness Ziona
Ironi Ness Ziona
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	2005; 19 years ago
History	Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.; (2005–present)
Arena	Lev Hamoshava
Capacity	1,200
Location	Ness Ziona, Israel
Team colors	Orange, White, Navy ;
Main sponsor	Hai Motors
President	Yaniv Mizrahi
Team manager	Efi Shemesh
Head coach	Meir Tapiro
Team captain	Jerome Meyinsse
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup

Ironi Ness Ziona B.C.^[1] (or spelled as Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) is a professional basketball club based in Ness Ziona, Israel.^[2] The team plays its home games at the Lev Hamoshava, which has capacity for 1,200 people.^[2]^[3] The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball and 2022–23 European North Basketball League.^[2]

In 2021, Nes Ziona won the FIBA Europe Cup, the continental fourth-tier Championship.

History

Ironi Ness Ziona was founded in 2005.^[4] In the 2018–19 season, Ironi Nes Ziona made its debut in a European competition. It played in the qualifying rounds of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, and played its first match ever on 20 September 2018, defeating the Södertälje Kings 72–67. The team went on to qualify for the regular season, where it played in Group D.^[2] The team advanced to the play-offs, where it lost in the first round to the Bakken Bears from Denmark.

In the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup, Ironi played its third season in the competition and qualified for the Final Four. It won the trophy, its first in history, after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in the final which was hosted in Tel Aviv.^[5]

Honors

FIBA Europe Cup

Champions (1): 2020–21

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	State Cup	League Cup	European competitions
2010–11	3	Liga Artzit	1st
2011–12	2	National League	4th	First round
2012–13	2	National League	1st
2013–14	1	Premier League	6th	Eightfinalist
2014–15			8th	Eightfinalist	Semifinalist
2015–16			12th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	2	National League	1st	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	Premier League	8th	Round of 16
2018–19			5th	First round		4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	11–7
2019–20			QF	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	2R	7–5
2020–21			QF	Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C	6–1
2020–21			QF	Quarterfinalist	First round	Balkan League	RS	0–4
2021–22			10th	Quarterfinalist	First round	4 FIBA Europe Cup	Q	1–1
2022–23			QF	Semifinalist	First round	4 European North League	Q	5–4
2023–24			QF	Quarterfinalist	—	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Withdrew

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

Ironi "Dizengoff Trading" Nes Ziona (2013–2017)
Ironi "Hai Motors" Nes Ziona (2017–present)

Players

Current roster

Ironi Ness Ziona roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	1	Alkins, Rawle	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1997-10-29)29 October 1997
PG	2	Yankovitz, Nadav	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	21 – (2002-08-31)31 August 2002
G	3	Hannahs, Dusty	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	30 – (1993-09-02)2 September 1993
C	4	Levinson, Tomer	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	24 – (2000-05-20)20 May 2000
SF	7	Turell, Ryan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999
SG	8	Ben Moshe, Tzuf	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
C	9	Segev, Itay	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1995-06-15)15 June 1995
SG	11	Whitehead, Isaiah	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	29 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995
F	32	Akerman, Lahav	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2003-09-27)27 September 2003
G	33	Kravitz, Yair	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
C	55	Meyinsse, Jerome	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	35 – (1988-12-18)18 December 1988
G/F	89	Boykins, Jacobi	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1995-02-11)11 February 1995
F	94	King, George	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1994-01-15)15 January 1994

Head coach

Elad Hasin

Assistant coach(es)

Eran Gamzu
Mor Mahum
Yuval Kojocaro

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: January 6, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Jerome Meyinsse	Tomer Levinson
PF	Itay Segev	Lahav Akerman
SF	George King	Jacobi Boykins
SG	Tzuf Ben Moshe	Isaiah Whitehead
PG	Yair Kravitz	Nadav Yankovich

The Israeli League rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.