Israeli 20th Anniversary Cup

The 20th Anniversary Cup (Hebrew: גביע עשרים שנים למדינה, also known as the 20th Cup, Hebrew: גביע ה- 20) was a stand-alone cup competition played to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

1968 20th Anniversary Cup
Country Israel
ChampionsHapoel Petah Tikva
Runners-upMaccabi Haifa
Matches played52
Goals scored155 (2.98 per match)

The competition was played at the start of the 1968–69 season, while the national football team was involved in the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament, and was open to Liga Leumit clubs only. The 16 clubs were divided into four groups of four clubs each, which were played in a double Round-robin tournament. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The cup was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 4–1 in the final.

Group phase

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MHA MSH HHA HRG
Maccabi Haifa 6 2 4 0 8 3 +5 8 3–0 1–1 2–0
Maccabi Sha'arayim 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7 1–1 3–2 3–0
Hapoel Haifa 6 1 3 2 5 8 3 5 1–1 1–0 0–3
Hapoel Ramat Gan 6 1 2 3 4 8 4 4 0–0 1–3 0–0
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HBS HTA BEI BnY
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 2 3 1 16 10 +6 7 4–1 7–3 1–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 2 2 2 13 15 2 6 4–3 3–2 2–2
Beitar Jerusalem 6 2 2 2 11 13 2 6 1–1 1–1 2–1
Bnei Yehuda 6 1 3 2 7 9 2 5 0–0 3–2 0–2
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Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HJE STA MTA MJF
Hapoel Jerusalem 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 11 5–0 2–1 1–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv 6 2 2 2 7 11 4 6 0–2 2–0 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 4 2 9 12 3 4 2–2 2–2 1–1
Maccabi Jaffa 6 0 3 3 6 10 4 3 0–1 2–2 3–3
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Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HPT HKS MNE HMR
Hapoel Petah Tikva 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 2–3 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 7 0–2 1–0 2–1
Maccabi Netanya 6 2 1 3 6 10 4 5 1–3 3–2 2–1
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan 6 1 1 4 6 9 3 3 0–2 1–1 3–0
Source:

Knock-out Phase

Semi-finals

Hapoel Jerusalem1–2Maccabi Haifa
Ben Rimoz  70' Shmulevich  84', 88'
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Handwerg

Hapoel Petah Tikva2–1Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Sharabi  15'
Hayek  33' (pen.)
Gozlan  44'
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Shoshani

Final

Hapoel Petah Tikva4–1Maccabi Haifa
Sharabi  34'
Chazom  37'
Hayek  40'
Sa'id  60'
Gershgoren  36'
Attendance: 7000
Referee: Marin


References

  • 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
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