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Israel

Current world ranking

#20

Best European Championship Result

2023 will be their debut!

Ones to watch

Alon Nigri (1.0) voted MVP at the European Qualifying Tournament in Norway. Great defensive player who also assists his more functional players by clearing a pathway down the court for them and has played for the national team for over 10 years.

Route to the 2023 European Championship

Wheelchair Rugby Qualification Championship in Norway.

Fun facts

Israel has no high pointed players. Their highest pointed player is a 2.5 classification, which means they play what’s known as a mid-point line-up.

There is only one Wheelchair Rugby team in Israel, Spivak Ramat Gan, so their club team is also their international team, which was established about 20 years ago.

Mordechai Zidkiyaho (2.0) won MVP at the 2021 European B Championships in Warsaw.

Head Coach, Shlomi Spivak has been in the job just over a year, having been Assistant Coach for the previous 10 years.

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