Oded Kattash left Lorenzo Brown and Jasiel Rivero out of his 12 men roster for the game, per league regulations. Maccabi's five foreign players will be Antonius Cleveland, James Webb, Wade Baldwin, Josh Nebo and Bonzie Colson.

Maccabi are the reigning champs of the tournament that gets the season under way. In fact, the yellows have one the last three editions of Winner Cup and 10 out of 17 in total since the competition was introduced. The Maccabee failed to reach the semi finals only twice.
Kiryat Ata reached the quarters by beating Hapoel Haifa 93:85 on the road. Sharon Avrahami's squad features returning forward Amin Stevens, big-man Greg Wittington who last year played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and former Karlsheim guard James Batemon. Noticable on the team's list of Israeli players is 17-years-old Ben Saraf, who is considered a future star.