The 1949-51

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina'') was to be the sixteenth season of

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's nationwide football cup competition, the first after

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. However, the competition was never completed.

Tournament details

As the

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was fought, starting from 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 ...

in May 1948, most civilian operations, including those of the

were suspended, and only in early 1949, as the military activities dwindled, the

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resumed operation. As Israel entered the

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and matches against Yugoslavia were set to August and September 1949, the

were keen to resume league and cup operations. Cup matches were set to start in early April 1949, with the final set to 21 May 1949, with league matches starting a week later. For this edition of the cup teams were set to play two legs, home and away, for each round, except for the final. Matches started on 9 April 1949, but were brought to a halt on 28 May 1949, after the apparent completion of the quarter-final matches. As Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva appealed their elimination in the quarter-finals, and as 1949-50 Israeli League matches began 28 May 1949, the cup matches didn't resume before the end of the 1948-49 football season. As decision in the appeal of Maccabi Petah Tikva wasn't given until early 1951, and as disagreements between Hapoel and Maccabi brought the

to a stalemate, cup matches didn't resume until 3 February 1951. Three further matches were played during February 1951, but no more matches were played and the tournament was abandoned at the end of the 1950-51 football season.

Results

First round

Deciding match

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Notes

References

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

External links

Israel Football Association website
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