1940 Palestine Cup Explained

Palestine Cup
Year:1940
Defending Champions:Hapoel Tel Aviv
Winners:Beitar Tel Aviv
Second:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Prev Season:1939
Next Season:1941

The 1940 Palestine Cup (Hebrew: הגביע הארץ-ישראלי, HaGavia HaEretz-Israeli) was the eleventh season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition.

The defending holders, Hapoel Tel Aviv, fell to city rival Maccabi Tel Aviv at the semi-final. Maccabi met the emerging team of Beitar Tel Aviv at the final and lost 1–3.

Results

First round

Draw for the round was held in early January 1940. The 6 teams from the Tel Aviv division of the 1939 Palestine League were given a bye to the second round, along with Hapoel Haifa. Hapoel Ramat Gan also received a bye during the draw.[1]

Replay

Final

Notes

  1. http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1940/01-07-1940.pdf The Cup Matches for 1940 Are Drawn

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