Hapoel Ashdod (handball)
Encyclopedia
Hapoel Ashdod is a handball club
from the city of Ashdod, Israel
. They competes in the Israeli Handball League. It is in the Israeli first division.
The club was established in 1970, during this time the club played in the second division. They then were bumped down to was the third league. However, in 2008 they returned to the second division. At the end of 2010/11 season, the team scaled For the first time in its history, to the first division, Israeli Handball League. In addition, the team reached the National Cup quarter-final in April
2011.
The team's colors are red
and white
, and it hosts its home games in HaKiriya Arena
in Ashdod.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
from the city of Ashdod, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. They competes in the Israeli Handball League. It is in the Israeli first division.
The club was established in 1970, during this time the club played in the second division. They then were bumped down to was the third league. However, in 2008 they returned to the second division. At the end of 2010/11 season, the team scaled For the first time in its history, to the first division, Israeli Handball League. In addition, the team reached the National Cup quarter-final in April
April
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2011.
The team's colors are red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
and white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
, and it hosts its home games in HaKiriya Arena
HaKiriya Arena
The HaKiriya Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Ashdod, Israel. The arena opened in 2000 and is home for the Maccabi Ashdod and Maccabi Bnot Ashdod basketball club's. Also serves the team of Hapoel Ashdod handball....
in Ashdod.
Team Roster 2011/12
Omar Abulafia Menny Algarisi Aviad Dahan Roy Kashkash Nathaniel Melloul Eliasi Sobtzitz Pinchas Botraswili Glory Ofor Andrei Sflttz'nkoExternal links
- Team Profile in the Israeli Handball Association site
- Team website (Hebrew)