| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Camels | ||
| Leagues | Israeli Basketball Premier League | ||
| Founded | 1965; 60 years ago (1965) | ||
| Arena | Conch Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Be'er Sheva,Israel | ||
| CEO | Tomer Yaron | ||
| President | Kfir Arazi | ||
| Team manager | Itay Shamir | ||
| Head coach | Rami Hadar | ||
| Team captain | Travis Warech | ||
| Website | hb7.co.il | ||
Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. (Hebrew:הפועל באר שבע) is a professionalbasketball club based inBe'er Sheva,Israel. The team plays in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball and in theBalkan International Basketball League. It plays its home games in theConch Arena.
The club was founded in 1965 by Eitan Wegmann. During the eighties, the team won theSecond League twice. During the nineties, the team disbanded.
In 2002 the basketball club Hapoel Be'er Sheva rebranded, and started the season in the Fifth League. Within three years it qualified for the Second League.
During the 2006/07 season, the team stood one game away from ascending to theIsraeli Basketball Premier League, but lost the final game of a 5-game series in theLiga Leumit (Second League) finals toHapoel Holon. This series has been recalled as one of the hardest-fought series in the history of the Second League. A season later Be'er Sheva was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Second League playoffs.
In order to continue to maintain the club's youth department, called "Future of the Negev",[1] then-chairman Mario Levy and his son Rami (then director) once again rebranded the team in the summer of 2008, and assumed management of the club's youth department starting from the 2008/2009 season. The new team began to play in the Fifth League, and at the end of the season the team progressed to the Fourth League. A season later, the team fought relegation, and in the last cycle of the league remained in the league.
At the beginning of the 2011/2012 season, the men's team was united with Beitar Be'er Sheva under the title of Municipal Be'er Sheva. The united team competed inLiga Artzit (the Third League). The leadership of the club was assumed by local businessman owner and chairman Kfir Arazi,[2] who joined during the summer. The team was re-branded under his ownership, and competed again in the local Fourth League.
In the summer of 2013 the heads of clubs Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar/Municipal Be'er Sheva understood that success required full cooperation between the clubs, paving the way for full convergence between the two clubs under the name "Hapoel Be'er Sheva." Hapoel Be'er Sheva finished the 2013/2014 season in first place in the Fourth League, and at the end of the season returned to the Artzit (3rd) League.
In the summer of 2014 the club signed sponsorship deals with two major entities, theBnei Shimon Regional Council and the Altshuler Shaham investment house, thus assuring the financial longevity of the club. Kfir Arazi owned and steered the club. American–IsraeliChris Watson played for the team in 2014-16. On 29 March 2015 Be'er Sheva ensured its rise to the Liga Leumit with a home victory overHapoel Lod, 56:82.
The 2015-2016 season began well with Beer Sheva consistently at the top of the league, aiming squarely at the Premier League. However, after a series of critical injuries and some locker-room trouble the team lost its bid in the first round of the playoffs, and remained in the Liga Leumit (2nd League).
The 2016-2017 season began with a new coaching team, Yaniv Burger and Zach Schneider, and an almost new team which includedJeff Allen,Jason Williams, David Shamriz, andBen Eisenhardt.
On May 22, 2018, Hapoel Be'er Sheva won theNational League title and earned promotion to theIsraeli Basketball Premier League for the first time in their history, as they sweptMaccabi Kiryat Gat 3–0 in the best-of-five series.Storm Warren was named Finals MVP.[3][4]
Conch Arena is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Be'er Sheva, and has 3,000 seats.
On 25 February 2014 the arena was inaugurated, byRubik Danilovich, the mayor of Be'er Sheva, Shmuel Frenkel, chairman of BSL, and Itzik Larry, Chairman of Wiener, before thePremier League All-Star Game.
| Season | Tier | League | Pos | State Cup | League Cup | European Competitions | |
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| 2014–15 | 3 | Liga Artzit | 1st | ||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | National League | 5th | Round of 32 | |||
| 2016–17 | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2017–18 | 1st | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Premier League | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | ||
| 2019–20 | 9th | Round of 16 | Quarterfinalist | ||||
| 2020–21 | QF | Round of 16 | First round | Balkan League | RS | ||
| 2021–22 | 11th | — | First round | ||||
| 2022–23 | QF | Quarterfinalist | First round | Balkan League | C | ||
| 2023–24 | 12th | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | European North League | Withdrew | ||
| 2024–25 | PI | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ||||
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | |||
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| C | Gilad Levy | ||||
| PF | Grant Sherfield | ||||
| SF | Joaquin Szuchman | Egor Koulechov | |||
| SG | Roy Paretsky | Ron Zipper | |||
| PG | JaKinan Gant | Neta Segal |
Source:basket.co.il
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Ohad Cohen6 seasons: '06–'08, '14–'18
Chris Watson2 seasons: '14–'16Keith Clanton1 season: '15–'16Anton Shoutvin1 season: '15–'16Jason Williams1 season: '16–'17Jeff Allen1 season: '16–'17Anthony Fisher2 seasons: '16–'18 Andell Cumberbatch1 season: '17–'18Storm Warren1 season: '17–'18Amit Gershon2 seasons: '17–'19Semaj Christon1 season: '18–'19Taylor Braun1 season: '18–'19Jordan Swing1 season: '18–'19Jakim Donaldson1 season: '18–'19Kerron Johnson1 season: '18–'19
Chanan Colman1 season: '18–'19
