The Israeli Women Basketball Premier League or Ligat Ha'al (Hebrew: ליגת העל בכדורסל נשים), is a women's professional basketball league in Israel. It is currently composed of 11 teams.

The league was founded in 1957. Initially the most predominant teams in the league were veteran women's basketball clubs such as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won almost yearly during the first two decades after the establishment of the women's league. This changed in 1976, when the team Elitzur Tel Aviv began winning all of the league's championships for 19 years straight. During the 1990s the trend again changed, as the most prominent championship winners became Electra Ramat Hasharon and Elitzur Ramla.

The champions of the 2010/2011 season were Elitzur Ramla. Elitzur Tel Aviv and Elitzur Holon share the distinction of having won the most championship trophies, 20 between themselves., although the union that was established in 1990 between the two team was disbanded in 2008.

In the 2011/12 season Maccabi Bnot Ashdod reached double winning, for the first time, the national league and national cup in one season.

History

**Israël - Premier League - Dames**

De Israëlische damesbasketbalcompetitie is de hoogste professionele basketbalcompetitie voor vrouwen in Israël. De competitie wordt georganiseerd door de Israëlische Basketbalbond (IBBA).

De Premier League bestaat uit 12 teams die een reguliere competitie van 22 wedstrijden spelen. De top 8 teams kwalificeren zich voor de play-offs, die worden gespeeld in een best-of-five formaat. Het winnende team wordt uitgeroepen tot kampioen van Israël.

De Israëlische damesbasketbalcompetitie is een van de sterkste basketbalcompetities voor vrouwen in Europa. Veel Israëlische speelsters hebben gespeeld in de EuroLeague Women, de topcompetitie voor vrouwenclubs in Europa.

De huidige kampioen van Israël is Maccabi Ashdod.