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{{Short description|Israeli basketball player and coach}}
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| name = Zvi Sherf
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| caption = Sherf, in 2011.
| position = [[Head coach]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|18}}
| birth_place = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
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| years1 = 1967–1970
| team1 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| cteam1  = Maccabi Darom Tel Aviv
| cyears1 = 1976–1978
| cteam2  = Beitar Jerusalem
| cyears2 = 1978–1980
| cteam3  = [[Hapoel Ramat Gan B.C.|Hapoel Ramat Gan]]
| cyears3 = 1981–1983
| cteam4  = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| cyears4 = 1983–1987
| cteam5  = [[Israel national basketball team|Israel]]
| cyears5 = 1986–1987
| cteam6  = [[Maccabi Elitzur Netanya B.C.|Maccabi Elitzur Netanya]]
| cyears6 = 1987–1988
| cteam7  = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| cyears7 = 1988–1989
| cteam8  = [[Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)|Maccabi Rishon LeZion]]
| cyears8 = 1989–1990
| cteam9  = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| cyears9 = 1990–1992
| cteam10  = [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]]
| cyears10 = 1992
| cteam11  = [[Aris BC|Aris]]
| cyears11 = 1992–1993
| cteam12  = [[Israel national basketball team|Israel]]
| cyears12 = 1993–1997
| cteam13  = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
| cyears13 = 1993–1995
| cteam14  = [[CSP Limoges]]
| cyears14 = 1995–1996
| cteam15  = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| cyears15 = 1996–1997
| cteam16  = [[PAOK Thessaloniki B.C.|PAOK Thessaloniki]]
| cyears16 = 1997–1999
| cteam17  = Hapoel Jerusalem
| cyears17 = 1999–2001
| cteam18  = [[Śląsk Wrocław (basketball)|Śląsk Wrocław]]
| cyears18 = 2001–2002
| cteam19  = [[Makedonikos BC|Makedonikos]]
| cyears19 = 2002
| cteam20  = [[Hapoel Galil-Elyon]]
| cyears20 = 2002–2003
| cteam21  = [[MBC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| cyears21 = 2003–2005
| cteam22  = [[Israel national basketball team|Israel]]
| cyears22 = 2005–2009
| cteam23  = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| cyears23 = 2007–2008
| cteam24  = [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak Saint Petersburg]]
| cyears24 = 2009–2011
| cteam25  = Maccabi Rishon LeZion
| cyears25 = 2013–2014
| cteam26  = [[Maccabi Ashdod BC|Maccabi Ashdod]]
| cyears26 = 2015–2016
| cteam27  = Maccabi Rishon LeZion
| cyears27 = 2018
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'''As head coach:'''
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1992–93 FIBA European Cup|1993]])
* [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]] winner (2011)
* 10× [[Ligat Winner|Israeli Super League]] champion (1984–1987, 1989–1992)
* 6× [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] winner (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991)
* [[Israeli Basketball League Cup|Israeli League Cup]] winner ([[2018 Israeli Basketball League Cup|2018]])
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'''Zvi Sherf''' ({{langx|he|צבי שרף}}; born December 18, 1951, in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel), known almost universally by his nickname '''Zvika''' ({{langx|he|צביקה}}), is an Israeli former [[basketball]] player and professional [[basketball coach]].

==Coaching career==
Sherf played basketball with the [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] youth teams, starting at age 12. By age 16, Sherf was playing for Maccabi South Tel Aviv (the club's second side), and was sent to a coaching course, along with fellow future Israeli basketball coach [[Pinhas Gershon|Pini Gershon]]. By age 20, Sherf was coaching the [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] youth teams, and by age 25, he was coaching Maccabi South Tel Aviv, leading it to his first championship.

In the 1980–81 season, when [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] won the [[EuroLeague]], the [[Ligat Winner|Israeli League]] and the [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] titles, Sherf was an assistant coach to [[Rudy D'Amico]]. Sherf became [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]'s [[head coach]] in the 1983–84 season, and stayed in that role through the 1985–86 season. In 1984, (at the age of 33), he became the senior men's [[Israel national basketball team|Israeli national basketball team]] head coach.

His first Israeli national team coaching tenure (which lasted three years), saw two [[EuroBasket]] appearances ([[EuroBasket 1985|1985]], [[EuroBasket 1987|1987]]) and [[Israel]]'s historic 7th place finish at the [[1986 FIBA World Championship|1986 FIBA World Basketball Championship]]. Sherf's tenure as national team head coach ended after what was perceived as a poor performance at [[EuroBasket 1987]] (11th position), but Sherf later returned as the team's head coach for the years 1991-97. In 2005, Sherf was again appointed head coach of the [[Israel national basketball team|Israeli national basketball team]], and on January 1, 2008, he was appointed head coach of [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]].

Sherf's coaching career includes a [[Saporta Cup]] title with [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]] ([[1992–93 FIBA European Cup|1992–93]]), three [[EuroLeague Finals]] appearances, 10 [[Ligat Winner|Israeli League]] championships, and six [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] titles (all with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]).

On April 10, 2018, Sherf returned to Maccabi Rishon LeZion for a third stint, replacing Shmulik Brener.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=he:שרף חוזר לקדנציה שלישית בעיר היין|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=17773|work=basket.co.il|date=April 10, 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018|language=he}}</ref> On November 26, 2018, Sherf parted ways with Rishon LeZion.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=he:זעזוע במכבי ראשל"צ: צביקה שרף עוזב|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=19587|work=basket.co.il|date=November 26, 2018|access-date=November 26, 2018|language=he}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
===Israeli titles===
* 10× [[Ligat Winner|Israeli Super League]] Champion: (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, all with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]);
* 6× [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] Winner: (1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, all with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]).

===European honors and titles===
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] Champion: ([[1992–93 FIBA European Cup|1992–93]], with [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]]);
* 3× [[EuroLeague Finals|EuroLeague Finalist]]: ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1986–87]], [[1989 EuroLeague Final Four|1988–89]], [[2008 EuroLeague Final Four|2007–08]] with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]);
* [[EuroLeague Final Four]]: third-place ([[1991 EuroLeague Final Four|1990–91]], with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]).
* [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]] Winner: (2010–11, with [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak St. Petersburg]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?clubcode=tel&pcode=WAM EuroLeague Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051110192946/http://www.tzahevet.co.il/news-open.asp?IDNews=3577 Tzahevet Profile] {{in lang|he}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051225060733/http://www.24sec.net/article.asp?index=2080 Zvi Sherf is the new Israeli NT Coach]

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