2019–20 Israel State Cup Explained

Israel State Cup
Year:2019–20
Country:Israel
Champions:Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Runner-Up:Maccabi Petah Tikva
Matches:158
Goals:564
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 81st season of Israel's nationwide Association football cup competition and the 65th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

The competition started in August 2019.

Preliminary rounds

First to fourth rounds

Rounds 1 to 4 double as cup competition for each division in Liga Bet and Liga Gimel. The two third-Round winners from each Liga Bet division and the fourth-Round winner from each Liga Gimel division advance to the sixth Round.[1]

Liga Bet

Two teams from each regional divisions qualified to the sixth round .

District cup and qualified Liga Bet

Regional divisionWinnerRunners-up
North AAl-Nahda NazarethF.C. Bnei M.M.B.E.
North BIroni NesherMaccabi Bnei Reineh
South ABeitar Kfar SabaBeitar Ramat Gan
South BMaccabi Ironi SderotMaccabi Kiryat Malakhi
the Winner along with the Runners-up qualified to the sixth round

Liga Bet North A

Al-Nahda Nazareth won the district cup and qualified along with F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. to the sixth round.

Liga Bet North B

Ironi Nesher won the district cup and qualified along with Maccabi Bnei Reineh to the sixth round.

Liga Bet South A

Beitar Kfar Saba won the district cup and qualified along with Beitar Ramat Gan to the sixth round.

Liga Bet South B

Maccabi Ironi Sderot won the district cup and qualified along with Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel

One team from each regional divisions qualified to the sixth round .

District cup and qualified Liga Gimel

Regional divisionWinner
Upper GalileeMaccabi Ahva Sha'ab
Lower GalileeBnei Shefa-'Amr
JezreelHapoel Ein as-Sahla
SamariaMaccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel
SharonTzeirei Tira
Tel AvivShikun Vatikim Ramat Gan
CentralF.C. Ramla
SouthF.C. Arad
the Winner qualified to the sixth round

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Lower Galilee

Bnei Shefa-'Amr won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Jezreel

Hapoel Ein as-Sahla won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Shomron

Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Sharon

Tzeirei Tira won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel Center

F.C. Ramla Gan won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Liga Gimel South

F.C. Arad won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.

Fifth round

The fifth Round is played within each division of Liga Alef. The winners qualify to the sixth Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Liga Alef North
Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara1–1 Hapoel Kafr Kanna
F.C. Tira3–0Hapoel Herzliya
Maccabi Tamra0–2Hapoel Bnei Zalafa
Ironi Tiberias0–2Hapoel Kaukab
Hapoel Iksal2–1F.C. Daburiyya
Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata1–0F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira
Hapoel Asi Gilboa0–3Maccabi Tzur Shalom
Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye1–2 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek
Liga Alef South
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa1–0Hapoel Azor
Shimshon Kafr Qasim0–3Ironi Or Yehuda
Ironi Ashdod2–1 Hapoel Kfar Shalem
Maccabi Kiryat Gatw/oF.C. Holon Yermiyahu
A.S. Nordia Jerusalem4–2Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Herzliya0–2Hapoel Marmorek
Maccabi Yavne2–1 Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden
Maccabi Sha'arayim2–2 A.S. Ashdod

Sixth Round

The Sixth Round is played in two District area (North and South) within the team are qualify from the previous Rounds. The winners qualify to the seven Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
District North
Hapoel Iksal (3) 2–2 F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. (4)
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa (3) 1–1 Maccabi Bnei Reineh (4)
F.C. al-Nahda Nazareth (4) 0–5Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata (3)
Hapoel Kaukab (3) 2–0Bnei Shefa-'Amr (5)
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek (3) 0–2F.C. Tira (3)
Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel (5) 1–2Ironi Nesher (4)
Hapoel Kafr Kanna (3) 1–2 Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab (5)
Hapoel Ein as-Sahla (5) 0–1Maccabi Tzur Shalom (3)
District South
Ironi Ashdod (3) 4–1 F.C. Ramla (5)
Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (5) 1–6A.S. Ashdod (3)
Maccabi Ironi Sderot (4) 1–0Ironi Or Yehuda (3)
F.C. Arad (5) 0–1Hapoel Marmorek (3)
F.C. Holon Yermiyahu (3) 4–5Beitar Ramat Gan (4)
A.S. Nordia Jerusalem (3) 0–0 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi (4)
Maccabi Yavne (3) 3–0Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (3)
Tzeirei Tira (5) 0–2Beitar Kfar Saba (4)

Seventh Round

Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, Hapoel Bnei Lod, Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Afula were pre-qualified for the Next Round.

Final

See main article: 2020 Israel State Cup Final.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: גביע המדינה. football.org.il. 5 August 2019.