Maccabiah Competitors

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Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), is a professional basketball club based in Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel. Hapoel competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the Israeli State Cup, and the EuroCup. It has won several titles, including the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in 2004, the Israeli Basketball Premier League championship in 2015 and 2017, and eight state Cups. The team has been playing its home games at the Jerusalem Pais Arena since 2014.

Maccabi World Union is an international Jewish sports organisation spanning five continents (Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Europe) and more than 50 countries, with some 400,000 members. The Maccabi World Union organises the Maccabiah Games, a prominent international Jewish athletics event. The organisation comprises six confederations: Maccabi Israel, European Maccabi confederation, confederation Maccabi North America, confederation Maccabi Latin America, Maccabi South Africa, and Maccabi Australia.