Noga Reshef won gold, and Yoav Solomon claimed bronze as Israel opened the Under-21 Jiu-Jitsu World Championships in Abu Dhabi with two medals and a series of strong performances.
Israel lost to Bulgaria Wednesday but it already booked its 12th consecutive appearance in the European Championships.
Maccabi is aiming to come back from a two-goal deficit for the first time in more than 20 years of European competition.
Linoy Ashram finished the Individual All- Around Rhythmic Gymnastics final in fifth place on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Israeli hadn't won a match in a major since the first round of last year's Australian Open.
The 22-year-old lost to Georgian Amiran Papinashvili in the battle for the bronze medal in the under-60 kilogram competition.
Maccabi visits Asteras in the first leg of the playoffs on Thursday night after being knocked out in the third qualifying round of the Champions League for a second consecutive year.
Barnea won the second semifinal in 24.99 seconds on Wednesday after recording the exact same time on his way to victory in the morning heats.
Israel beats Montenegro on the road to improve to 3-1 in Group B and remain in first place.
Three-way tie atop Group B bound to resolve itself as blue-and-white intent on snapping slump vs Montenegro.
Gamburg clocked a time of 54.87 seconds in the final, 11 hundredths of a second slower than the personal best he recorded Monday.
