The 1947

Palestine Cup The Palestine Cup is the main national association football competition in Palestine. It is sanctioned by the Palestinian Football Association. Past competitions were more expansive including clubs from all tiers of Palestinian football. For th ...

( he, הגביע הארץ-ישראלי, ''HaGvia HaEretz-Israeli'') was the fifteenth season of

Israeli Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; he, ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל, ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', literally "The Association of Football in Israel") is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variet ...

's nationwide football cup competition, and the last competed before the

declaration of independence of Israel The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel ( he, הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 ( 5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive ...

. The competition reverted to its previous format, of each round decided with a single match.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

and Beitar Tel Aviv met at a tempestuous final, which was abandoned at the 88th minute, with Maccabi leading 3–2. After

Beitar The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After ...

claimed scoring an equalising goal, which wasn't given, the crowd stormed the pitch and

player Yom-Tov Menasherov took the cup and escaped the pitch with it undetected by the authorities.

Results

First round

Replay

Second round

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Final

References

*100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

External links

Israel Football Association website
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