The 20th Anniversary Cup ( he, גביע עשרים שנים למדינה, also known as the ''20th Cup'', he, גביע ה- 20) was a stand-alone cup competition played to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
Israeli Declaration of Independence
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 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
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
clubs only. The 16 clubs were divided into four groups of four clubs each, which were played in a double
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The cup was won by
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit.
Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...
, who had beaten
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...
4–1 in the final.
Group phase
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knock-out Phase
Semi-finals
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Final
References
*100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
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Anniversary Cup
Predecessors