Winner Cup 2006 is the 1st edition of the
Israeli
basketball pre-season tournament -
Winner Cup. It was played on 15 October-19 October in
Jerusalem at the
Malha Arena, during the
jewish holiday of
Sukkot
or ("Booths, Tabernacles")
, observedby = Jews, Samaritans, a few Protestant denominations, Messianic Jews, Semitic Neopagans
, type = Jewish, Samaritan
, begins = 15th day of Tishrei
, ends = 21st day of Tishre ...
.
Ironi Ashkelon has won the cup after beating
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a sport club in Rishon LeZion, Israel.
The professional teams associated with it include:
*Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
*Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)
* Maccabi Rishon LeZion (badminton)
There was also a footb ...
79-73 in the final.
Withdrawals
The teams that finished at the top eight places on
Basketball Super League 2005–06 were supposed to compete in the tournament.
Maccabi Tel Aviv that finished 1st in the 2005-06 season has withdrawn from the tournament due to schedule problems.
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...
that finished on the 8th place was relegated to the 2nd division due to financial problems and was not eligible to compete in the tournament.
The both teams were replaced by the 9th and 10th ranked teams -
Bnei HaSharon and
Ironi Ramat Gan, respectively.
Tournament Bracket
The teams were matched by their last season standings (2nd VS 10th, 3rd VS 9th, etc...).
Results
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Third-place game
Final
External links
Winner Cup (Hebrew)
{{Israeli Basketball League Cup
2006
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