Israel at EuroBasket

The Israel national basketball team has completed at 29 EuroBasket competitions since their tournament debut at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow.

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1939	Did not qualify
1946
1947
1949
1951
1953	5th	11	7	4
1955	Withdrew
1957
1959	11th	4	1	3
1961	11th	7	2	5
1963	9th	9	4	5		Directly qualified
1965	6th	9	5	4		3	2	1
1967	8th	9	4	5		3	2	1
1969	11th	7	1	6		4	3	1
1971	11th	7	1	6		3	2	1
1973	7th	7	3	4		11	10	1
1975	7th	7	5	2		Directly qualified
1977	5th	7	4	3
1979		9	5	4
1981	6th	8	3	5
1983	6th	7	3	4
1985	9th	7	3	4
1987	11th	7	2	5		12	10	2
1989	Did not qualify					3	2	1
1991						10	5	5
1993	15th	3	1	2		6	4	2
1995	9th	6	2	4		6	5	1
1997	9th	8	4	4		10	6	4
1999	9th	6	2	4		10	7	3
2001	10th	4	1	3		10	8	2
2003	7th	7	3	4		10	5	5
2005	9th	4	2	2		12	9	3
2007	11th	6	2	4		14	9	5
2009	15th	3	0	3		6	3	3
2011	13th	5	2	3		8	5	3
2013	21st	5	1	4		10	6	4
2015	10th	6	3	3		6	4	2
2017	21st	5	1	4		Directly qualified
2021	To be determined					To be determined
Total	29/38	190	77	113		157	107	50

Note: Red border indicates host nation

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1953, the eighth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's first time competing, and finished fifth.

First round - Group D

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Israel	7	3	1	178	141	+37
2.	Yugoslavia	7	3	1	218	170	+48
3.	Bulgaria	7	3	1	230	182	+48
4.	Finland	5	1	3	184	219	−35
5.	Lebanon	3	0	4	159	257	−98

Bulgaria	48 – 61	Israel
Israel	60 – 36	Finland
Yugoslavia	57 – 55	Israel
Israel	2 – 0 (w/o)	Lebanon

Note: Lebanon forfeited to Israel during their scheduled game.^[1]

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	14	7	0	444	265	+179
2.	Hungary	11	4	3	375	282	+93
3.	France	11	4	3	391	374	+17
4.	Czechoslovakia	11	4	3	387	332	+55
5.	Israel	11	4	3	238	327	−89
6.	Yugoslavia	10	3	4	334	370	−36
7.	Italy	8	1	6	323	387	−64
8.	Egypt	7	1	6	271	426	−155

The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.^[2]

Israel	20 – 66	Hungary
Israel	25 – 75	Soviet Union
Israel	45 – 62	France
Israel	2 – 0 (w/o)	Egypt
Israel	59 – 53	Czechoslovakia
Israel	47 – 42	Italy
Israel	40 – 29	Yugoslavia

Note: Egypt forfeited to Israel during their scheduled game.

Roster

Coach: Jacob Saltiel

• Ralph Klein
• Avraham Schneor
• Zachariah Ofri
• Daniel Levy
• Menachem Korman
• Alfred Cohen
• David Heiblum
• Simon Schmukler
• Ernst Winer
• Marcel Hefez
• Mark Mimran
• Haim Boksenbaum
• Reuven Fecher

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1959, the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's second time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round - Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	4	4	0	316	173	+143	8
France	4	3	1	252	228	+24	7
Italy	4	2	2	250	233	+17	6
Israel	4	1	3	145	216	−60	5
East Germany	4	0	4	133	224	−124	4

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Classification round 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	124	98	+26	4
Finland	2	1	1	124	93	+31	3
Iran	2	0	2	137	118	−57	2

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Classification round 2 - Group 1 (9th–11th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	150	130	+20	4
Italy	2	1	1	151	134	+17	3
Israel	2	0	2	110	147	−37	2

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Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1961, the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's third time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group D

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	118:89	4	+29
2	Israel	2	1	1	112:89	3	+23
3	West Germany	2	0	2	88:140	2	−52

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
D1	Israel	West Germany	29:18	41:23	–	70:41
D3	Bulgaria	Israel	21:27	27:15	–	48:42

Second round – Group 2

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1	France	5	4	1	341:286	9	+55
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	291:281	9	+10
3	Romania	5	4	1	286:269	9	+17
4	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	308:311	6	−3
5	Turkey	5	1	4	287:311	6	−24
6	Israel	5	1	4	233:288	6	−55

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
2/1	Israel	Czechoslovakia	30:27	21:37	–	51:64
2/3	Romania	Israel	32:25	30:17	–	62:42
2/6	France	Israel	25:14	39:27	–	64:41
2/11	Israel	Turkey	28:14	29:36	–	57:50

Final round

	9–12 Place				Final round 9–12 Place
	60
	East Germany	50
					67
	Turkey	63
					Turkey	59
	62
					Poland	74
	Poland	74
	Israel	59
					11 – 12 Place
					66
					East Germany	80
					Israel	83

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1963, the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourth time competing, and finished ninth.^[3]

First round – Group A

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	608:472	14	+136
2.	Hungary	7	5	2	499:455	10	+44
3.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	509:444	10	+65
4.	Belgium	7	4	3	520:512	8	+8
5.	Italy	7	4	3	467:459	8	+8
6.	Israel	7	2	5	463:505	4	−42
7.	Netherlands	7	1	6	453:588	2	−135
8.	Turkey	7	0	7	405:499	0	−94

Bulgaria	Israel	79–58
Yugoslavia	Israel	80–73
Israel	Turkey	64–55
Israel	Hungary	73–80
Israel	Netherlands	70–55
Italy	Israel	63–57
Belgium	Israel	93–68

Knockout stage – Places 9-12

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Poland
3.  Yugoslavia
4.  Hungary
5.  Bulgaria
6.  East Germany
7.  Spain
8.  Belgium
9.  Israel
10.  Czechoslovakia
11.  Romania
12.  Italy
13.  France
14.  Finland
15.  Turkey
16.  Netherlands

Israel defeated Romania in their first game of the 9th-12th place classification Round. They then went on to defeat Czechoslovakia in the 9th-10th place final, to finish in ninth place.^[4]

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Romania	Israel	47–57
Czechoslovakia	Israel	58–60

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1965, the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fifth time competing, and finished sixth.

First round – Group A

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	7	7	0	546:370	14	+176
2.	Italy	7	5	2	487:466	10	+21
3.	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	522:443	10	+79
4.	Israel	7	4	3	395:439	8	−46
5.	Finland	7	3	4	394:458	6	−64
6.	East Germany	7	2	5	389:454	4	−65
7.	Romania	7	2	5	477:464	4	+13
8.	Hungary	7	0	7	364:478	0	−114

Hungary	Israel	49–60
Soviet Union	Israel	88–50
Israel	Romania	59–57
Israel	East Germany	56–55
Israel	Italy	47–68
Czechoslovakia	Israel	61–61 aet. 71–69
Finland	Israel	51–52

Knockout stage – Places 5-8

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Yugoslavia
3.  Poland
4.  Italy
5.  Bulgaria
6.  Israel
7.  Czechoslovakia
8.  Greece
9.  France
10.  East Germany
11.  Spain
12.  Finland
13.  Romania
14.  West Germany
15.  Hungary
16.  Sweden

Israel defeated against Greece in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and lost to Bulgaria in the fifth place game, finishing in sixth place.

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Greece	Israel	67–69
Bulgaria	Israel	63–51

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1967, the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's sixth time competing, and finished eighth.

First round – Group B

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	7	7	0	640:431	14	+209
2.	Bulgaria	7	4	3	475:475	8	+2
3.	Italy	7	4	3	490:480	8	+10
4.	Israel	7	4	3	493:513	8	−20
5.	Greece	7	3	4	449:509	6	−60
6.	France	7	3	4	422:480	6	−58
7.	Hungary	7	2	5	418:464	4	−46
8.	East Germany	7	1	6	435:472	2	−37

Israel	Soviet Union	65–93
Israel	Hungary	60–56
Israel	Greece	75–75 aet. 91–81
Israel	Italy	67–70
Israel	East Germany	74–67
Israel	France	75–68
Bulgaria	Israel	78–61

Knockout stage – Places 5-8

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Czechoslovakia
3.  Poland
4.  Bulgaria
5.  Romania
6.  Finland
7.  Italy
8.  Israel
9.  Yugoslavia
10.  Spain
11.  France
12.  Greece
13.  Hungary
14.  East Germany
15.  Belgium
16.  Netherlands

Israel lost against Finland in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and lost to Italy in the seventh place game, finishing in eighth place.

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Finland	Israel	73–60
Italy	Israel	74–72

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1969, the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's seventh time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group B

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	397:334	10	+63
2.	Poland	5	3	2	349:380	6	−31
3.	Italy	5	3	2	334:299	6	+35
4.	Spain	5	2	3	359:385	4	−26
5.	Romania	5	2	3	365:361	4	+4
6.	Israel	5	0	5	381:426	0	−45

Israel	Poland	78–92
Czechoslovakia	Israel	90–82
Romania	Israel	75–74
Israel	Italy	66–79
Spain	Israel	90–81

Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Israel lost against Greece in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on and defeated Sweden in the eleventh place game, finishing in eleventh place.

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Yugoslavia
3.  Czechoslovakia
4.  Poland
5.  Spain
6.  Italy
7.  Bulgaria
8.  Hungary
9.  Romania
10.  Greece
11.  Israel
12.  Sweden

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Greece	Israel	95–62
Sweden	Israel	83–92

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1971, the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eighth time competing, and finished eleventh.

First round – Group B

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	434:358	10	+76
2.	Italy	5	4	1	374:329	8	+45
3.	Bulgaria	5	3	2	408:357	6	+51
4.	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	401:394	4	+7
5.	Turkey	5	1	4	342:416	2	−74
6.	Israel	5	0	5	408:513	0	−105

Israel	Italy	68–87
Turkey	Israel	97–88
Israel	Bulgaria	75–98
Israel	Yugoslavia	92–118
Israel	Czechoslovakia	85–113

Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Israel lost against West Germany in their first game in the Places 9-12 Round. They then went on and defeated Turkey in the eleventh place game, finishing in eleventh place.

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Yugoslavia
3.  Italy
4.  Poland
5.  Czechoslovakia
6.  Bulgaria
7.  Spain
8.  Romania
9.  West Germany
10.  France
11.  Israel
12.  Turkey

Team 1	Team 2	Results
West Germany	Israel	99–76
Turkey	Israel	74–84

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1973, the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's ninth time competing, and finished seventh.

First round – Group A

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	5	5	0	439:353	10	+86
2.	Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	364:350	8	+14
3.	Turkey	5	2	3	345:386	4	−41
4.	Israel	5	2	3	443:451	4	−8
5.	Poland	5	1	4	376:408	2	−32
6.	Romania	5	1	4	369:388	2	−19

Czechoslovakia	Israel	92–89
Israel	Romania	85–80
Israel	Poland	98–84
Soviet Union	Israel	101–78
Turkey	Israel	94–93

Knockout stage – Places 5-8

Israel lost against Italy in their first game in the Places 5-8 Round. They then went on and defeated Turkey in the seventh place game, finishing in seventh place.^[5]

1.  Yugoslavia
2.  Spain
3.  Soviet Union
4.  Czechoslovakia
5.  Italy
6.  Bulgaria
7.  Israel
8.  Turkey
9.  Romania
10.  France
11.  Greece
12.  Poland

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Turkey	67
	Bulgaria	76
					Bulgaria	78
					Italy	96
	Italy	94
	Israel	73
					Seventh place
					Turkey	78
					Israel	96

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1975, the nineteenth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's tenth time competing, and finished seventh.

First round – Group B

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	255:224	6	+31
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	261:252	4	+9
3.	Israel	3	1	2	246:255	2	−9
4.	Poland	3	0	3	232:263	0	−31

Czechoslovakia	Israel	86–85
Israel	Poland	90–84
Soviet Union	Israel	85–71

Knockout stage – Places 7-12

Israel went undefeated in the 7-12 knockout round, finishing in seventh place.^[6]

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
7.	Israel	5	5	0	388:338	10	+50
8.	Poland	5	4	1	332:297	6	+35
9.	Turkey	5	3	2	308:332	6	−24
10.	Netherlands	5	2	3	292:306	4	−14
11.	Romania	5	1	4	337:367	2	−30
12.	Greece	5	1	4	284:301	2	−17

Netherlands	Israel	80–81
Turkey	Israel	77–101
Israel	Greece	87–76
Israel	Romania	119–105

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1977, the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's eleventh time competing, and finished fifth.

First round – Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	428	370	+58	10
Soviet Union	5	4	1	523	395	+128	9
Bulgaria	5	3	2	444	464	−20	8
Israel	5	2	3	427	438	−11	7
France	5	1	4	377	449	−72	6
Austria	5	0	5	384	467	−83	5

Bulgaria	Israel	88–86
Italy	Israel	78–73
Israel	Soviet Union	69–103
Austria	Israel	87–103
Israel	France	96–82

Knockout stage – Places 5-8

Israel defeated both Belgium and Bulgaria in the Places 5-8 Round, finishing in fifth place.^[7]

1.  Yugoslavia
2.  Soviet Union
3.  Czechoslovakia
4.  Italy
5.  Israel
6.  Bulgaria
7.  Netherlands
8.  Belgium
9.  Spain
10.  Finland
11.  France
12.  Austria

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Bulgaria	108
	Netherlands	85
					Bulgaria	78
					Israel	88
	Belgium	74
	Israel	81
					Seventh place
					Netherlands	104
					Belgium	89

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1979, the 21st FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's twelfth time competing, and finished second.

This marked Israel's first metal at the EuroBasket, with winning the silver. In addition, an Israeli competitor won the MVP award for the first time, won by Miki Berkovich.^[8]

First round – Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	246	246	0	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	258	237	+21	5
Poland	3	1	2	258	264	−6	4
France	3	1	2	233	248	−15	4

France	92 – 83	Israel
Israel	86 – 78	Poland
Yugoslavia	76 – 77	Israel	11 June 1979

Final round

The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round. The first and second in this group will go to the finals.

Israel	94 – 93	Czechoslovakia
Israel	78 – 90	Italy
Spain	84 – 88	Israel
Israel	71 – 92	Soviet Union
Israel	77 – 76	Yugoslavia

19 June 1979
 Soviet Union 98
 Israel 76

Roster

Coach: Ralph Klein

• Mickey Berkowitz
• Lou Silver
• Motti Aroesti
• Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz
• Eric Menkin
• Steve Kaplan
• Boaz Yanai
• Avigdor Moskowitz
• Barry Leibowitz (c)
• Pinhas Hozez
• Uri Ben-Ari (basketballer) [he]
• Shai Sharf

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1981, the 22nd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's thirteenth time competing, and finished sixth.

First round – Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	452	362	+90	10
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	393	358	+35	9
Israel	5	3	2	418	396	+22	8
France	5	2	3	402	409	−7	7
England	5	1	4	313	371	−58	6
Greece	5	0	5	356	438	−82	5

Israel	82 – 74	England
Spain	89 – 81	Israel
France	76 – 88	Israel
Greece	71 – 82	Israel
Israel	85 – 86	Czechoslovakia

Knockout stage – Places 1-6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	537	424	+113	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	479	441	+38	9
3	Spain	5	3	2	421	441	−20	8
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	425	445	−20	7
5	Italy	5	1	4	440	481	−41	6
6	Israel	5	1	4	435	505	−70	6

Israel	Yugoslavia	87–102
Israel	Italy	98–116
Soviet Union	Israel	112–84

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1983, the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fourteenth time competing, and finished sixth.^[9] Israel qualified for the tournament automatically by finishing in the top eight during the EuroBasket 1981.

In addition Israeli referee David Dagan worked Group A game against Italy and Sweden^[10] as well as semi-finals game Italy vs Netherlands.^[11]

First round – Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	482	375	+107	10
Netherlands	5	3	2	356	403	−47	8
West Germany	5	3	2	384	395	−11	8
Israel	5	2	3	386	398	−12	7
Poland	5	1	4	357	382	−25	6
Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	405	417	−12	6

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Knockout stage – Places 5-8

Rank	Team	Record
	Italy	7–0
	Spain	5–2
	Soviet Union	6–1
4	Netherlands	3–4
5	France	4–3
6	Israel	3–4
7	Yugoslavia	4–3
8	West Germany	3–4
9	Poland	3–4
10	Czechoslovakia	2–5
11	Greece	2–5
12	Sweden	0–7

	Classification round				Fifth place
	1 June – 18:00
	Yugoslavia	88
					4 June – 15:30
	Israel	99
					Israel	88
	2 June – 18:00
					France	92
	West Germany	82
	France	90
					Seventh place
					3 June – 18:00
					Yugoslavia	104
					West Germany	88

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Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F/C 4 Howard Lassoff 27 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv PG 5 Israel Elimelech 22 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960 PF 6 Louis Silver 29 – (1953-11-27)27 November 1953 PG 7 Motti Aroesti – C 8 Steve Schlachtern – F 9 Miki Berkovich 29 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv C 10 Chaim Zlotikman 26 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957 PG 11 Shmuel Zisman – G/F 12 Doron Jamchi 21 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ironi Ramat Gan C 13 Ofer Yaakobi – 14 Niv Bogin 22 – (1960-07-29)29 July 1960 C 15 Johan Willis 30 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952	Head coach Ralph Klein Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1985, the 24th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's fifteenth time competing, and finished ninth. Israel qualified for the tournament automatically by finishing in the top eight during the EuroBasket 1983.

Israeli competitor Doron Jamchi lead all scorers with an average of 28.1 points per game. Israeli referee Todd Warnick worked several games. He worked the Group A games Poland vs Romania,^[12] France vs Yugoslavia,^[13] and France vs Poland.^[14] He additionally worked the quarterfinals game Yugoslavia vs Czechoslovakia,^[15] and third place game Spain vs Italy.^[16]

First round – Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	4	1	459	391	+68	9
West Germany	5	4	1	445	420	+25	9
Bulgaria	5	3	2	396	385	+11	8
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	428	425	+3	7
Israel	5	2	3	430	434	−4	7
Netherlands	5	1	4	397	503	−106	6

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Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Rank	Team	Record
	Soviet Union	7–1
	Czechoslovakia	4–4
	Italy	6–2
4	Spain	5–3
5	West Germany	5–3
6	France	2–6
7	Yugoslavia	5–3
8	Bulgaria	3–5
9	Israel	4–3
10	Romania	2–5
11	Poland	2–5
12	Netherlands	1–6

	Classification round				Ninth place
	11 June – 15:30
	Poland	86
					14 June – 15:30
	Israel	91
					Israel	90
	12 June – 15:30
					Romania	89
	Romania	90
	Netherlands	87
					Eleventh place
					13 June – 15:30
					Poland	102
					Netherlands	100

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Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club 4 Amir Bino 23 – (1961-08-08)8 August 1961 F 5 Mordechai Daniel 21 – (1963-07-24)24 July 1963 C 6 Ofer Yaakobi – PG 7 Motti Aroesti – C 8 Steve Schlachter – F 9 Miki Berkovich 31 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. C 10 Chaim Zlotikman 28 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957 PG 11 Shmuel Zisman – F 12 Doron Jamchi 23 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ironi Ramat Gan PG 13 Hen Lippin 19 – (1965-11-04)4 November 1965 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. F 14 Pinhas Hozez 27 – (1957-09-08)8 September 1957 C 15 Johan Willis 32 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952	Head coach Zvi Sherf Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 June 1985

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1987, the 25th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel's sixteenth time competing, and finished eleventh.^[17] Israel qualified for the tournament during the qualification stage.

Israeli referee Todd Warnick also worked several games during the tournament. He was a referee for Group A games: Yugoslavia vs Soviet Union,^[18] Greece vs Spain,^[19] and France vs Romania.^[20] He also was a referee during the Quarterfinals game Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia,^[21] and Semifinals game Greece vs Yugoslavia.^[22]

First round – Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	467	379	+88	10
West Germany	5	3	2	428	447	−19	8
Poland	5	3	2	332	434	−102	8
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	436	437	−1	7
Netherlands	5	1	4	380	430	−50	6
Israel	5	1	4	422	438	−16	6

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Knockout stage – Places 9-12

Rank	Team	Record
	Greece	6–2
	Soviet Union	7–1
	Yugoslavia	5–3
4	Spain	4–4
5	Italy	7–1
6	West Germany	4–4
7	Poland	4–4
8	Czechoslovakia	2–6
9	France	3–4
10	Netherlands	2–5
11	Israel	2–5
12	Romania	0–7

	Classification round				Ninth place
	9 June – 17:30
	France	96
					13 June – 17:30
	Israel	93
					France	94
	10 June – 17:30
					Netherlands	80
	Romania	87
	Netherlands	88
					Eleventh place
					11 June – 17:30
					Israel	97