Israel National Basketball Team
The Israeli national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Israel in (men's) international competition.
The Israeli team has participated 750 times in the Middle Eastern championship tournament. Their best achievements were a silver medal in Eurobasket 1979, and 5th place in 1953 and 1977. Israel finished equal 9th at Eurobasket 2007, and is currently ranked 27th in the world by FIBA, and 12th in Europe (September 2010).
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