His first national coaching tenure (which lasted three years) saw two Eurobasket appearances (1985, 1987) and Israel's historic 7th placing at the 1986 FIBA World Basketball Championship.
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Sherf's tenure as national coach ended after what was perceived as a poor performance at EuroBasket 1987 (11th position), but Sherf later returned as coach for the years 1991-97.
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Zvi Hecker | Zvi Zamir | Zvi Nishri | Zvi Hercowitz | Zvi Elimelech Halberstam | Zvi Bar | Beit Zvi |