The 1946–47

Liga Bet Liga Bet () is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions. History League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. However, the financial ...

season was the second tier season of league football in the

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. The league covered wider areas as North and SouthLight and shadow in the Eretz Yisraeli Football
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(champions of the North Division) and Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv (champions of the South Division) promoted to the top tier. However, due to outbreak of the

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, which caused the abandon of the 1947–48 season, they had to wait until the

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season. Following the

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, second tier football in Israel rearranged, and most of the participating clubs in the 1946–47 Liga Bet season continued to play in the new Liga Meuhedet (Special League), which became a temporary second division of Israeli football in the 1949–50 season.

North Division

South Division

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, Degel Zion Tel Aviv, Hapoel Giv'atayim and

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were all included in the South division before the start of the season. Beitar Jerusalem and Degel Zion Tel Aviv withdrew shortly after the season started.

References

Previous seasons
The Israel Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:1946-47 Liga Bet Liga Bet seasons

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