National Team roster

 2005 

 Israel at European Championships 2005

European Championships 2005 Qualifications:
Sep.13: Poland - Holland 76-96 (16:20, 20:29, 19:26, 21:21)
POL: Ignerski 15, Bigus 14, Gortat 10, Hyzy 9, Skibniewski 8, Chylinski 6, Szubarga 5 , Radwan 5, Szewczyk 4, Sarzalo 0
NED: Akerboom 20, Timmermans 14, Krieger 12, Steenvorde 10, van der Kamp 9, van der Holst 9, Kingma 8, Flanders 6, Ormskerk 4, Jones 4
Sep.12: Czech Rep. - Israel 78-83
CZE: Barton 13, Welsch 10, Sokolovsky 9, Whitfield 9, Starosta 6 - Pavel Milos 15, Benda 10, Votroubek 6, Czudek 0, Kremen 0, Pospisil DNP, Dan Dousa DNP
ISR: Burstein 16, Green 14, Shelef 11, Tapiro 8, Mizrachi 0 - Hagag 15, Shason 11, Kozikaro 5, Markovich 2, Watson 1, Nissim 0, Halperin DNP
Sep.1: Holland - Israel 78-82
NED: Akerboom 16, Elson 13
ISR: Burstein 18, Nissim 12, Shelef 12
Aug.29: Israel - Belgium 69-67 (17-24, 15-19, 22-12, 15-12)
ISR: Green 14, Burstein 13, Tapiro 12, Watson 10
BEL: Van Dorpe 22, Hervelle 14, Mbenga 10, Muya 9
Aug.24, Nahariya (ISR): Israel - Holland 89-60
ISR: Tapiro 15, Shelef 12, Burstein 10
NED: Flanders 11, Jansen 10
Holland had five players missing in action (Elson, van Paassen, Krieger, Jones, Sttenvoorde) due to safety concerns.
Aug.19, Leuven (BEL): Belgium - Israel 75-79
Belgium: Muya 15, Sambwe-Lunkamba 12, Van Dorpe 12, Hervelle 10, Mbenga 7, Bellin 7, Beghin 6, Major 4, Vuchelen 2
Israel: Burstein: 24, Shelef : 13, Green: 10, Hajaj: 10, Tapiro: 5, Watson 4, Kozikaro 4, Nisim 3, Mizrachy 3, Markovic 3

Exhibition Games
Aug.7: Israel - Turkey 82-71
Israel: Green 20. Tapiro 18, Burstein 15, Mizrachy 10, Kozikaro 8, Nisim 6, Watson 5
Turkey: Okur 17+11r, Turkoglu 15
Aug.5: Poland - Israel 67-92 (15:20, 13:29, 17:20, 22:23)
Poland: Stefański 15, Chyliński 10, Radke 10, Ignerski 7, Gortat 6, Dylewicz 5, Sarzało 3, Kęsicki 4, Szewczyk 4, Chanas 3, Radwan 0
Israel: Sucar 14, Shelef 12, Kozikaro 11, Burstein 10, Watson 10, Mizrahi 9, Markovits 8, Hagag 8, Green 6, Nissim 4, Tapiro 0
Aug.4: Israel - Turkey 81-71
Israel: Shelef 17, Burstein 14+6ast, Green 10+12r, Watson, Nisim 10, Sason, Hajaj 5, Markovich, Tapiro 4, Kozikaro 2
Turkey: Turkoglu 15, Kutlay 12, Kurtoglu 11, Turkcan 9
July 29, Ventspils (LAT): Latvia - Israel 70-73 (16-22; 19-17; 24-15; 11-19)
Latvia: Timermanis 15+6reb, Šķēle 11, Blūms 9, Vītols 7+6reb, Cipruss 6+5reb, S.Valters 5, J.Umbraško 5+7reb, Skirmants 5+4reb, Grafs 3+8reb, Buškevics 2, K.Valters 2+5as, Bērziņš 0.
Israel: Nissim 17+4st, Kozikaro 13+6reb, Tapiro 11+9reb, Watson 8, Hagag 8, Green 6+4reb, Markovitz 5+4reb, Shelef 3, Shason 2, Mizrahi 0, Tamir 0, Burstein DNP.
July 27, Ventspils (LAT): Latvia - Israel 81-75 (29-17; 19-20; 19-13; 14-25)
Latvia: Kristaps Valters 16+6reb, Šķēle 14, Cipruss 12+10reb, Skirmants 10+7reb, Grafs 7+6reb, Buškevics 6, A.Vītols 5, Timermanis 3, J.Umbraško 3, Blūms 3, S.Valters 2, Ka.Bērziņš 0.
Israel: Watson 12+5reb, Tapiro 11+6as, Shason 9, Kozikaro 8, Green 8+4reb, Burstein 8, Shelef 5, Hagag 4, Markovitz 4+4reb, Nissim 4, Mizrahi 2, Tamir DNP.
July 24: Poland - Israel 70-103
Poland: Bigus 15, Witka 11, Hyzy 10
Israel: Nisim 16, Mizrachy 13, Burstein 12, Shelef 10, Green 9. Kozikaro 8, Watson 6, Sason 5, Markovich, Hajaj, Tapiro 4, Tamir 2
July 23: Poland - Israel 64-72
Israel: Mizrachy: 14. Green:13. Watson:11. Tapiro:10. Burstein:9. Nisim:7. Tamir, Hajaj:3. Kozikaro:2.
July 21: Poland - Israel 68-94
Poland: Bigus: 15+6r, Stefanski 13, Hyzy 12, Dylewicz 10+8r
Israel: Tapiro 16, Mizrachy 14, Green 12+7r, Burstein 12, Watson 8, Tamir 7, Kozikaro 7+7r, Nisim 8, Hajaj 5+6ast+5stl

 2004 

Qualifications to EC 2005
Sep.25, 2004: Portugal - Israel 73-90
Portugal: Jordao 22, Perdigao 15, Silva 9, Simao 8, Santos 6, Coehlo 5, Costa 3, Cunha 3, Evora 2, da Silva 0, Manuel 0
Israel: Burstein 23, Green 19, Limonad 15, Tapiro 11, Shason 6, Kozikaro 6, Markovic 5, Katz 3, Lubin 2, Cohen-Mintz 0
Sep.22, 2004: Bulgaria - Israel 72-65 (19-19, 16-14, 22-16, 15-16)
Bulgaria: Stoykov 21, Videnov 20, Bozov 10, Angelov 9, Banev 7, Mladenov 2, Dimitrov 2, Georgiev 1
Israel: Tapiro 19, Green 16, Shason 13, Lubin 9, Burstein 3, Kozikaro 3, Limonad 2, Halperin 0, Cohen-Mintz 0, Tamir 0
Sep.18, 2004: Israel - Latvia 79-77 (9-22; 29-36; 45-44)
Israel: Meir Tapiro 24+6reb, Lubin 12, Burstein 11+4st, Shason 10, Green 10, Marckovich 7, Tamir 2, Katz 2, Limonad 1, Halperin 0, Kozikaro 0, Cohen-Mintz DNP.
Latvia: Roberts Stelmahers 22+6reb, Vitols 15, Grafs 14+7reb, Timermanis 6, S.Valters 5, Vecvagars 5, Buškevics 3+4reb, Jahovics 3, Helmanis 2, Skirmants 2+6reb, Škele 0, Janicenoks 0.
Sep.14, 2004: Israel – Portugal 96-101 (25-22, 25-20, 17-29, 20-16, 9-14)
Israel: Lubin 22, Green 18, Tapiro 16, Limonad 12, Burstein 12, Tamir 5, Shason 4, Cohen-Mintz 3, Halperin 2, Kozikaro 2, Markovic 0
Portugal: Simao 25, Costa 19, Santos 16, Jordao 15, Silva 7, Nover 6, Evora 5, Perdigao 2, Manuel 0
Sep.11, 2004: Israel - Bulgaria 84-64 (14-19, 24-20, 26-9, 20-16)
Israel: Shason 19, Green 15, Burstein 14, Tapiro 13,Limonad 8, Tamir 6, Kozikaro 6, Lubin 3, Mizrahi 0, Halperin 0, DNP: Cohen-Mintz, Markovic
Bulgaria: Banev 2, Georgiev 4, Radionov 6, Stoikov 12, Angelov 13 (Belberov 3, Videnov 6, Bozov 7, Davidov, Mladenov 9, Dimitrov 2)
Sep.9, 2004: Latvia - Israel 80-57
Latvia: Skirmants 12 , Stelmahers 11 , Timermanis 11, Grafs 10, Helmanis 10, Buskevics 7, Valters 6, Janicenoks 5, Vitols 4
Israel: Green 14, Tapiro 12, Burstein 12, Halperin 5, Tamir 5, Limonade 4

Efes WorldCup in Istanbul (TUR)
Sep.2, 2004: Israel - Sweden 73-64
Israel: Lior Lubin (DND), Amit Tamir 6(11r), Sharon Shason 5, Mintzuri Cohen(DND), Erez Markzkovich 10(5r), Yotam Halperin 3, Tal Burstein 15(6r,8a,4st,3to), Meir Tapiro 10(4a,4st), Moshe Mizrahi 7, Ido Kozikaro 2(4r,2st), Yaniv Green 6(3r), Raviv Limonad 9
Sweden: Olivie Ilunga 8(7r,5a), Hakan Larsson 5, Jim Nystrom (DND), Mats Levin 0, Oluoma Nnamaka 6(4r), Jonas Larsson 13(4to), Fred Drains 11(4r,4a), Joakim Kjellbom 0, Fredrik Jonzen 8(10r,5a), Martin Ringstrom 0, John Petterson 13, Michael Palm 0
Aug.31, 2004: Russia - Israel 88-68
Isreal: Lior Lubin 6(5r,4a), Amit Tamir 6(7r,3st), Sharon Shason 5, Mintzuri Cohen 0, Erez Markzkovich 14, Yotam Halperin 2, Tal Burstein 4(3a,3to), Meir Tapiro 8(5r), Moshe Mizrahi 5, Ido Kozikaro 7, Yaniv Green 11(6r), Raviv Limonad 0
Russia: Vasily Karasev 4(3r), Fedor Likholitov 1(3to), Sergey Panov 5, Alexander Bashminov (DND), Alexander Petrenko 18(6r), Sergey Toporov 10, Mikhail Mikhaylov 7(3r), Zakhar Pashutin 9(3r,5a,3to), Sergey Monya 7(8r,3to), Vadim Panin 5(3to), Dmitry Domani 12(3r,4a), Alexey Savrasenko 10
Aug.29, 2004: Germany - Israel 83-76
Germany: Femerling: 18, Greene: 17, Garrett: 13, Garris: 12, Hamann: 7, Jagla: 5, Klepac: 4, Wucherer: 3, Nikagbatse: 2, Arigbabu: 2, Herber: 0, Mädrich: 0
Israel: Green: 18, Burstein: 15, Kozikaro: 11, Tapiro: 8, Halperin: 7, Tamir: 7, Liubin: 5, Shason: 3, Mizrahi: 2, Cohen: 0, Markzkovich: 0, Limonad: DNP

International Tournament in Wroclaw (POL)
Aug.15, 2004: Israel - Portugal 86:67 (23:17, 22:18, 27:20, 14:15)
Israel: Burstein 17, Kozikaro 15, Lubin 13, Cohen-Mintz 10, Green 10, Sason 4, Halperin 4, , Markovich 4, Limonad 2, Tamir 0
Portugal: Jordao 23, Cunha 12, Simao 8, Evora 7, Nover 6, Costa 5, J. Silva 2, L.Silva 2, Perdigao 2, Santos 0, Coelho 0
Aug.14, 2004: Poland - Israel 84:72 (24:20, 17:21, 15:10, 28:21)
Poland: Witka 21, Pluta 13, Bialek 13, Elliott 13 Dylewicz 8, Trybanski 4, Gortat 4, Szczesniak 3, Szawarski 2, Ignerski 2
Israel: Burstein 13, Lubin 12, Halperin 11, Tapiro 6, Sason 5, Kozikaro 4, Green 4, Markovich 4, Cohen-Mintz 3, Mizrahi 2, Tamir 0, Limonad 0
Aug.13, 2004: Israel - Russia 87:98 ( 22:21, 19:26, 29:22, 17:29).
Israel: Burstein 16, Lubin 13, Shason 11 (1), Green 7, Kozikaro 2, Markovich 18, Mizrahi 9 (1), Tapiro 4, Tamir 3(1), Cohen-Mintz 2, Halperin 2, Limonade 0.
Russia: Karasew 33 (7), Monia 11 (2), Paszutin 9 (1), Sarwasienko 8, Baszminow 2 oraz Licholitow 17, Petrenko 15 (2), Domani 3, Diaczuk 0, Toporow 0.

 2003 

 Israel at European Championships 2003: 7th Place

 2002 

  European Championships 2003 Eliminations 
Jan.26, 2002: Romania - Israel 56-72
(Alexe 10, Fometescu 3, Popescu 17, Helciou, Toader 2, Dumitrescu 3, Lapuste 6, Stanescu 10, Burlacu 5 - Shelef 17, Sharp 9, Tapiro 6, Gordon 2, Saffar 15, Burstein 16, Green, Naor 5, Mizrachi, Lubin 2)
Jan.23, 2002: Israel - Greece 73-74
(Saffar 19, Sharp 11, Burstein 10, Tapiro 9, Lubin 9, Shelef 8, Gordon 5, Naor 2, Mizrahi, Green - Alvertis 19, Rentzias 16, Dikoudis 13, Harisis 7, Sigalas 5, Papaloukas 5, Kakiouzis 4, Chatzivrettas 3, Tsartsaris 2, Papanikolaou)

2001

  European Championships 2003 Eliminations 
Nov.28, 2001: Spain - Israel 88-74 (Nacho Rodríguez 6, Lucio Angulo 12, Paraíso 15, Garbajosa 20, Dueñas 1; Marco 10, Kornegay 6, Navarro 12, Cabezas, A. Reyes 6 - Lubin 4, Turgeman 10, Kozikaro 3, Shelef 5, Green 19; Gordon 2, Tapiro 18, Naor 10, Peleg 3, Shenfeld)
Nov.24, 2001: Belgium - Israel 69-75 (Potter 14, Bayer 12, Stas 11, Goethals 10, Tshomba 10 - Shelef 21, Burstein 16, Sharp 14, Green 11, Tapiro 10)
Nov.21, 2001: Israel - Denmark 89-78

  European Championships 2001 in Turkey 

Day 4, Sep.3, 2001, Cross Eliminations: Spain - Israel 71-67 (López 7, Angulo 5, Paraíso 3, Gasol 15, Alfonso Reyes 16; Jiménez 2, Navarro 6, Kornegay 3, Rodríguez 9, Garbajosa 5 - Sharp 7, Lubin 9, Torgeman 15, Saffar 13, Gordon; Green 5, Tapiro 14, Peleg 4, Kozikaro)
Day 3, Sep.2, 2001: Israel – Ukraine 88-65 (Sharp 19, Turgeman 9, Tapiro 13, Lubin 5, Nissim 2, Saffar 18, Peleg 8, Mizrachi DNP, Green 8, Gordon 4, Sheinfeld DNP, Kozikaro 4 - Pudzyrej 3, Yevstratenko 7, Rayevsky 14, Lebedev 11, Khryapa 2, Kobzisty 3, Korablev 2, Ryzhov 16, Markov, Balashov, Leshchuk, Okunsky 7)
Day 2, Sep.1, 2001: Lithuania – Israel 68-59 (Jasikevicius 8, M.Zukauskas 2, Timinskas 10, Stombergas, Siskauskas 7, Songaila, Kaukenas, E.Zukauskas 8, Javtokas, Slanina, Einikis 9, Jurkunas 3 - Sheinfeld, Gordon 7, Sharp 7, Turgeman 11, Lubin 6, Kozikaro, Nisim, Tapiro 5, Saffar 2, Peleg, Green 7, Mizrahi)
Day 1, Aug.31, 2001: France – Israel 77-71, OT (Micoud, Sciarra 13, Parker 2, Foirest 18, Digbeu 8, Dioumassi, Risacher 8, Evtimov, Julian 6, Palmer 15, Bilba 5, Weis 2 - Gordon 8, Sharp 8, Turgeman 19, Nissim - Tapiro 21, Saffar 13, Peleg 2, Green, Mizrachi)

Exhibition Games:
Aug.22, 2001: Israel – Poland 85-83 (Derrick Sharp 32, Saffar 21, Sheinfeld 10 -)
Aug.21, 2001: Spain 2nd NT - Israel 75-72 (Roger Grimau 2, Javier Rodríguez 9, Yáñez 0, Carles Marco 13, Román Montáñez 0, Carlos Cazorla 4, Mumbrú 8, Salva Camps 0, Jesús Fernández 8, Salvador Guardia 21, Ricardo González 5, Alfonso Alzamora 5 - Yoav Saffar 20, Sharp 11, Burstein 10, Shelef 9, Green 7, Lubin 6)
Memorial Antonio Diaz Miguel in Algeciras (ESP), Aug.18, 2001: Israel - France 70-68 (Sharp 9, Shelef 11, Burstein 5, Shaffard 20, Green 3, Shenfeld 1, Gordon 6, Turgeman 10, Lubin 0, Tapiro 5, Pelen 0, Misrachi - Sciarra 7, Foirest 11, Dioumassi 3, Julian 3, Bilba 8, Micoud 5, Parker 3, Digbeu 2, Risacher 14, Rupert 2, Evtimov 7, Weis 3)
Aug.17, 2001: Spain - Israel 81-72 (Raul López 6, Lucio Angulo 4, Paraiso 9, Gasol 15, Alfonso Reyes 10; Navarro 17, Nacho Rodriguez 7, Carlos Jimenez 1, Kornegay 8, Garbajosa 2, Vazquez 2 - Sharp 12, Saffar 14, Burstein 12, Shelef 4, Green 11; Tapiro 17, Turgeman, Lubin 2)
Aug.10, 2001: Germany – Israel 73:70 (Robert Garrett 19, Drazan Tomic 14, Patrick Femerling 8, Vladimir Bogojevic 7, Gerrit Terdenge 6, Marvin Willoughby 5, Robert Maras 4, Pascal Roller 4, Mithat Demirel 4, Stephen Arigbabu 2, Stefano Garris - Derek Sharp 19, Gur Shelef 12, Yoar Saffar 11, Meir Tapiro 10)
Aug.9, 2001: Germany – Israel 73:62 (Stefano Garris 14, Patrick Femerling 11, Mithat Demirel 10, Stephen Arigbabu 10, Drazan Tomic 8, Gerrit Terdenge 8, Robert Garrett 6, Vladimir Bogojevic 3, Marvin Willoughby 3, Robert Maras - Gur Shelef 18, Meir Tapiro 10)

Tournament in Thessaloniki (GRE)
Aug.8, 2001: Final: Greece – Israel 94-82 (Kalaitzis 3, Papanikolaou 25, Alvertis 12, Dikoudis 2, Rentzias 11, Papaloukas 8, Fotsis 2, Kakiouzis 15, Papadopoulos, Hatzivrettas 14, Harissis, Tapoutos - Safar 21, Shelef 15)
Aug.7, 2001: Israel – New York City Hoops 90-87
Aug.6, 2001: Poland – Israel 60-65 (Hyży 13, Zieliński 12, Szawarski 10, Wiekiera 9, Krzykała 8, Szcześniak 2, Jankowski 2, Trybańśki 2, Grusziński 2 - Shafar 18, Shelef 11, Tapiro 9, Tamir 8, Lubin 6, Cohen 6, Sharp 5, Kozikaro 2)

Exhibition games
22/1/01: Israel - Hadera 87-87 (Saffar 20, Turgeman 16, Green 14, Burstein 12, Cohen-Mintz 9 - Steinhauer 15, Hazut 14, Bar-David 12, Karver 12, Lexer 10, Brenner 9)

European Championships 2001 Eliminations - Semifinals
23/1/01: Israel – Sweden 81-83 (Sharp 21, Saffar 16, Cohen-Mintz 14, Burstein 9, Turgeman 7, Muchtary 4, Tamir 4, Green 3, Lubin 3, Kozikaro – J.Blom 16, Sanders 16, J.Jonsson 15, P.Larsson 14, Bergstrom 10, H.Larsson 7, Prstic 3, Myrthil 2, Diarra, Lundahl)
27/1/01: Bulgaria – Israel 80-86 (Radionov 17, Minchev 17, Stoikov 13, Petrov 13, Natov 6; Dimitrov 12, Angelov 2, Boyko Mladenov - Sharp 25, Burnstein 8, Turgeman 9, Safar 29, Samir 2; Kohen-Minz 5, Kantor 2, Muhtari 2, Nisim 3)

2000

European Championships 2001 Eliminations - Semifinals
29/11/00: Finland - Israel 68-86 (Kuisma 20, Makela 15, Riihela 12, Kumpulainen 5, Pehkonen 5, Joyner 4, Kotti 4, Lehtoranta 2, Luhtanen 1, Pratesi 0 – Sharp 21, Cohen-Mintz 14, Green 11, Muchtary 8, Shelef 8, Shaffar 7, Burstein 6, Nisim 4, Tamir 4, Torgeman 3)
22/11/00: Israel - Bosnia 97-81 (Sharp 17, Burstein 16, Green 14, Henefeld 14, Shelef 12, Saffar 10, Torgeman 10, Cohen-Mintz 4 – Leric 22, Ovcina 12, Firic 10, Krasic 8, Mrsic 8, Suljanovic 7, Hukic 6, Kahrimanovic 6, Mirkovic 2)
22/11/00: Holland - Israel 71-53 (Elson 20+16reb+5bl, Smits 16+13reb, Heinen 17, De Vries 7, Jones 6, Triemstra 3, Flanders 2, Krieger, Van der Sluis, Lommerse - Sharp 23, Henefeld 15, Shelef 5, Green 4, Burstein 3, Muchtary 2, Turgeman 1, Saffar, Cohen-Mintz)
26/2/00: Israel – Bulgaria 87-65 (Sheffer 23, Turgeman 19+5ast, Shelef 15+7ast, Lubin 8+5reb, Henefeld 6, Steinhauer 5, Muchtary 4, Saffar 4, Burnstein 3, , Cohen-Mintz – Stoykov 22, H.Dimitrov 13, Mintchev 9, Petrov 9, Radionov 7, D.Dimitrov 4, Gospodinov 1, Anguelov). Tel-Aviv. Attn: 9,000
23/2/00: Israel – Sweden 75-61 (Turgeman 18, Sheffer 14, Shelef 13, Cohen-Mintz 10, Lubin 9, Henefeld 4, Safar 3, Burstein 2, Tomer 2 - Larsen 17 points (5x3), Sahlstrom 14, Blom 14)

1999

European Championships 2001 Eliminations - Semifinals
Dec.1, 1999: Israel - Finland 93-68 (52-32) (Katash 28, Sheffer 16, Steinahuer 14, Shelef 8, Henefeld 7, Lubin 6, Turgeman 5, Cohen-Mintz 5, Muchtari 4. Played but didn't score: Safar - Kuisma 16)
Nov.27, 1999: Bosnia - Israel 65-69 (25-31) (Sheffer 19+5reb, Henefeld 16, Katash 13, Shelef 9, Tomer 8, Turgeman 3, Goodes, Lubin, Saffar – Krasic 17, Firic 14)
Nov.24, 1999: Israel – Holland 90-61(40-27) (Sheffer 17+8ast, Katash 17, Shelef 16, Tomer 14, Henefeld 10, Turgeman 5, Muchtary 4, Lubin 3, Saffar 2, Goodes 2 - Elson 20, Van der Sluis 13, Krieger 10, Hamink 6, De Bruke 3, De Vries 3, Nahar 3, Hudi 3)
June 10, 1999: Croatia – Israel 78-68 (Henefeld 3, Daniel 3, Goodes 18, Tapiro, Amsalem 1, Torgeman 10, Sheffer 14, Shelef 4, Cohen-Mintz 4, Shteinhauer 11, Saffar). Knin, Attn: 1.500

  European Championships 1999 in France 
June 28, 1999: Group E: Spain – Israel 88-74 ( Reyes 19, Rodriguez 16, Herreros 12, De Miguel 12, Jimenez 2; De La Fuente 13, Angulo 6, Romero 5, Corrales 3 - Sheffer 17, Henefeld 12, Steinhauer 10, Goodes 3, Turgeman 3; Shelef 16, Katash 8, Cohen-Mintz 3, Tapiro 1, Saffar 1, Daniel, Amsalem)
June 27, 1999: Group E: Israel – Slovenia 67-66 ( Goodes 16, Sheffer 15, Henefeld 9, Steinhauer 3, Daniel; Turgeman 8, Katash 7, Amsalem 5, Saffar 4 - Zdovc 20, Milic 14, Nesterovic 9, Daneu 3, Jurkovic 5; Smodis 10, Dragsic 5, Kraljevic 0, Jagodnik, Jeklin)
June 26, 1999: Group E: Russia - Israel 93-84, OT ( Karassev 21, Panov 11, Nossov 6, Kissourin 5, Z.Pashutin 4; Aleev 21, E.Pashutin 15, Petrenko 7, Koudelin 3 - Sheffer 26, Katash 18, Henefeld 13, Steinhauer 12, Shelef 6; Amselem 8, Goodes 1, Turgeman, Saffar)
June 23, 1999: Group A: FYROM – Israel 62-64 (Stefanov 14, Bocevski 13, Kurtovik 11, Jovanovski 10, Gecevski 9, Naumoski 3, Stankovik 2, Cekovski, Srbinoski, Blazevski – Henefeld 21, Katash 18, Goodes 8, Sheffer 7, Steinhauer 7, Turgeman 2, Daniel 1, Amsalem, Shelef)
June 22, 1999: Group A: France – Israel 77-66 (Abdul-Wahad 19, Rigaudeau 16, Bilba 14, Sonko 8, Sciarra 9, Foirest 6, Risacher 3, Gadou 2, Julian, Smith – Steinhauer 19, Sheffer 17, Katash 11, Henefeld 8, Shelef 6, Turgeman 3, Goodes 2, Daniel, Amsalem, Saffar)
June 21, 1999: Group A: Yugoslavia – Israel 81-61 (Tomasevic 24, Bodiroga 13, Danilovic 9, Obradovic 9, Tarlac 9, Loncar 7, Divac 6, Lukovski 4, Gurovic, Scepanovic, Stojakovic, Topic – Sheffer 18, Katash 11, Goodes 11, Henefeld 6, Amsalem 5, Steinhauer 4, daniel 2, Shelef 2, Torgeman 2, Saffar, Tapiro, Cohen-Mintz)

  Tournament in Amsterdam 
Israel - Holland 74-56 (Sheffer 14+5assists, Henefeld 12+4assists, Steinhour 12, Shellef 11+3rebs, Goodess 11+3assists, Cohen-Mintz 5, Daniel 5, Turgeman 3, Amsalem 1, Muchtary, Tapiro)
Israel - Russia 87-82 (Sheffer 20+6rebs+3asts, Goodess 20/9, Steinhour 18+4rebs, Turgeman 9+3rebs+3asts, Henefeld 7+5rebs+3asts, Daniel 7, Shellef 4+3rebs+3asts, Safar 2)
  Friendly games 
4/6/99: Croatia - Israel 86-81 (Katash 22, Sheffer 20, Steinhauer 18)
30/05/99, Prague: Czech - Israel 64-77 (Barton 12, J.Welsch 10, Zidek 10, Ides 7, Peleska 7 - Stainhauer 18. Sheffer 17, Henefeld 14, Tapiro 12)
29/05/99, Chomutov: Czech Rep. - Israel 79-72 (Barton 17, Novak 12, Treml 10, P.Welsch 10, Becka 9, Zidek 8, Okac 4, Stuchly 3, Czudek 2, J.Welsch 2, Stanek 2 - Steinhauer 14, Cohen-Mints 13, Tapiro 12, Safar 9, Henefeld 7, Shelef 6, Torgeman 4, Katz 2)

European Championships 1999 Eliminations 
27/2/99 Israel - England 79-76
24/2/99 Spain – Israel 71-63 (Steinhauer 18, Katz 14, Goodes 12, Saffar 7, Henefeld 6, Cohen-Mintz 2, Shelef 2, Torgeman 2, Tapiro, Muchtary)

1998

European Championships 1999 Eliminations 
2/12/98 Israel – Danemark 67-63 (Sheffer 19, Shelef 16, Steinhauer 13, Henefeld 6, Saffar 6, Goodes 5, Muchtary 2)
28/11/98 Israel – Ukraine 77-70 (Goodes 21, Sheffer 20, Steinhauer 10, Katz 7, Henefeld 6, Saffar 5, Shelef 4, Muchtary 3, Turgeman 1)
25/11/98 Belarus – Israel 71-65 (Steinhauer 23, Goodes 12, Katz 10, Henefeld 6, Shelef 5, Cohen-Mintz 5, Turgeman 2, Saffar 2)
28/2/98 England - Israel 68-82 (Kats 25, Shelef 13, Steinhauer 11, Sheffer 10, Kattache 8, Cohen-Mints 7, Henefeld 6, Goodes 2)
25/2/98 Israel - Spain 61-67

1997

European Championships 1999 Eliminations 
3/12/97 Danemark - Israel 76-95
29/11/97 Ukraine - Israel 62-65 (Henefeld 15, Goodes 14, Steinhauer 12, Sheffer 11, Katash 7, Shelef 6, Mintz)
26/11/97 Israel - Belarussiya 95-64

  European Championships 1997 - Israel took 9th place
Group B Results (placed 2nd 2-1):
Israel - Lithuania 60-75 (Katash 25, Shelef 12, Steinhauer 12, Turgeman 7, Henefeld 4, Arditti, Muchtary, Bernsley, Sheffer, Cohen-Mintz)
Israel - Slovenia 69-68 (Steinhauer 22, Henefeld 19, Shelef 19, Katash 9, Arditti, Turgeman, Bernsley)
Israel - France 88-82 (Katash 34, Steinhauer 17, Shelef 15, Henefeld 10, Arditti 6, Turgeman 2, Aharoni 2, Cohen-Mintz 2, Fleisher)
Group E Results:
Israel - Turkey 71-81 (Stainhauer 23, Katash 17, Henefeld 10, Sheffer 9, Arditti 4, Muchtary 4, Shelef 3, Turgeman 1, Cohen-Mintz)
Israel - Russia 69-87 (Katash 14, Shelef 14, Henefeld 11, Steinhauer 10, Turgeman 6, Sheffer 5, Cohen-Mintz 4, Bernsley 3, Arditti 2, Muchtary, Fleisher)
Israel - Greece 82-85 (Katash 29, Sheffer 21, Henefeld 16, Steinhauer 9, Shelef 4, Arditti 3, Turgeman, Bernsley, Fleisher, Cohen-Mintz)
Classifications: Israel - Germany 84-75 (Steinhauer 25, Katash 21, Sheffer 12, Shelef 11, Henefeld 10, Cohen-Mintz 4, Bernsley 1, Turgeman)
9th Place Game: Israel - France 91-84 (Katash 27, Steinhauer 19, Sheffer 12, Arditty 10, Turgeman 8, Cohen-Mintz 5, Fleisher 4, Bernsley 4, Muchtary)