The Olympics
The terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics that took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a West German police officer took place in this city
What is Munich?
In this year, the Israeli National American Football team had their first international game, in the qualifier for the European Championship
What is 2015
In 1970, the Israel national football team qualified for this global soccer tournament, considered a major achievement for Israeli football
What is the FIFA World Cup
This basketball player has played for 7 NBA teams over the over the span of 10 years. He was the first Israeli-born player to be drafted in the first round of the NBA draft. He is also a living legend in Israel, currently a member of Maccabi Tel-Aviv BC.
Who is Omri Casspi
Jewish physical fitness was promoted in the 19th century by Max Nordau and his concept of Muscular Judaism. This Olympic-style event for Jewish athletes, inaugurated in 1932, is held every fours years
What are the Maccabia Games
The year Israel first entered the Summer Olympics
What is 1952
This Israeli basketball legend turned down the NBA to play in Israel. In 1977, he led Maccabi Tel Aviv to the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) championship. His team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Red Army team, CSKA Moscow. His famous remark upon beating the Soviets – "We are on the map! And we are staying on the map – not only in sports but in everything." – became a part of Israeli culture.
Who is Tal Brody
Israeli soccer teams who have qualified to be in the UEFA Champions League group stage include Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and which other team?
What is Maccabi Haifa
Widely recognized as the country's most prominent judoka during his career, this Israeli Olympian won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Who is Ariel Ze'evi
Israel is home to one 18-hole regulation golf course, which is open year-round in this coastal city near Haifa
What is Caesarea
Israel holds nine total Olympic medals. The medals were won in Judo, Canoeing, and what other water sport?
What is Sailing
The Israeli Football League's (IFL) premier tackle-football league has 11 teams coming from Jerusalem, Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheba and Ramat HaSharon. The game is mainly played by ex-pats from America, South Africa, England and France. The teams compete annually for the Holyland Bowl championship, hosted at a stadium in Jerusalem sponsored by this NFL owner
Who is Robert Kraft
This Israeli basketball team currently ranks 4th in the standings in the Euroleague, the premire European Basketball League
What is Maccabi Tel Aviv BC
An Israeli windsurfer and Israel's only Olympic Gold Medalist, this Olympian won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and his Gold Medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the only Israeli athlete to win two Olympic medals, and the first (and only, thus far) Olympic Gold medalist in Israeli history. His first name means "wave" in Hebrew.
Who is Gal Fridman
After beating this European country in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, Israel qualified to be one of the six national teams that will compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
What is France
Yael Arad won Israel its first Olympic medal in 1992, a silver medal, in this Olympic Sport
In 1965, this Hall of Fame MLB pitcher refused to pitch in Game 1 of the World Series in order to attend Kol Nidre services in Minneapolis
Who is Sandy Koufax
This Israeli Soccer Club is unofficially aligned with the Revisionist Zionist movement and to the right-wing Likud party, and the club remains the only one in the Israel Premier League to have never signed an Arab player. Its fans became infamous for their racist "Death to Arabs" chant. However, in January 2019 the club celebrated its first year without any cases of organised racist chanting reported from the stands.
What is Beitar Jerusalem FC
An Israeli half-middleweight judoka, this Israeli was Judo's 2019 World Champion. He also competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Who is Sagi Muki
The stadium home to Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC
Ágnes Keleti, who emigrated to Israel in 1957, holds more medals than any other Israeli citizen. During the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics Ágnes won 10 medals competing for Hungary at the Olympics. The only Jew to hold more medals than Keleti is American is this swimmer, who won 11
Who is Mark Spitz
This legendary WNBA basketball player for the Seattle Storm is a 3x champion, 11x all-star, WNBA all-time assists leader, and has dual American and Israeli nationality
Who is Sue Bird
This former NBA star began contemplating his Judaism in 2010. In 2016, he moved to Israel and signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem. He currently plays for Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Who is Amar'e Stoudemire
This Israeli tennis player was number 11 in the world in 2011. Regarded as the greatest Israeli tennis player, she twice reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles and appeared in the doubles final of the 2008 Australian Open, with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. She also represented Israel in two Olympics.
Who is Shachar Pe'er
Israel joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1954, but was expelled in 1974 due to political pressure from Arab and Muslim members in the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict. It was admitted to UEFA as a full member in this year
What is 1994