Israeli 20th Anniversary Cup

1968 20th Anniversary Cup

Country	Israel
Champions	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Runners-up	Maccabi Haifa
Matches played	52
Goals scored	155 (2.98 per match)
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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.

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

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Maccabi Haifa	6	2	4	0	8	3	5	8
Maccabi Sha'arayim	6	3	1	2	10	8	2	7
Hapoel Haifa	6	1	3	2	5	8	-3	5
Hapoel Ramat Gan	6	1	2	3	4	8	-4	4

Home ╲ Away	HHA	HRG	MHA	MSH
Hapoel Haifa		0–3	1–1	1–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–0		0–0	1–3
Maccabi Haifa	1–1	2–0		3–0
Maccabi Sha'arayim	3–2	3–0	1–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	3	1	16	10	6	7
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	2	2	2	13	15	-2	6
Beitar Jerusalem	6	2	2	2	11	13	-2	6
Bnei Yehuda	6	1	3	2	7	9	-2	5

Home ╲ Away	BEI	BnY	HBS	HTA
Beitar Jerusalem		2–1	1–1	1–1
Bnei Yehuda	0–2		0–0	3–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	7–3	1–1		4–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–2	2–2	4–3

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	0	14	3	11	11
Shimshon Tel Aviv	6	2	2	2	7	11	-4	6
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	4	2	9	12	-3	4
Maccabi Jaffa	6	0	3	3	6	10	-4	3

Home ╲ Away	HJE	MJF	MTA	STA
Hapoel Jerusalem		1–0	2–1	5–0
Maccabi Jaffa	0–1		3–3	2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	1–1		2–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv	0–2	1–0	2–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	4	1	1	11	4	7	9
Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	7
Maccabi Netanya	6	2	1	3	6	10	-4	5
Hakoah Ramat Gan	6	1	1	4	6	9	-3	3

Home ╲ Away	HMR	HKS	HPT	MNE
Hakoah Ramat Gan		1–1	0–2	3–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–1		0–2	1–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–0	2–3		0–0
Maccabi Netanya	2–1	3–2	1–3

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out Phase

Semi-finals

Hapoel Jerusalem v Maccabi Haifa

19 October 1968

Hapoel Jerusalem	1–2	Maccabi Haifa
Ben Rimoz  70'		Shmulevich  84', 88'

Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 5000 Referee: Handwerg

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Hapoel Petah Tikva v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

19 October 1968

Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Sharabi  15' Hayek  33' (pen.)		Gozlan  44'

Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 8000 Referee: Shoshani

Final

Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Haifa

26 October 1968

Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–1	Maccabi Haifa
Sharabi  34' Chazom  37' Hayek  40' Sa'id  60'		Gershgoren  36'

Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 7000 Referee: Marin

References

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