1954–55 Israel State Cup
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Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''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 involves clubs of all standards ...
(, ''Gvia HaMedina'') was the 18th season of
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's nationwide football cup competition and the third after the
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. Matches began on 22 January 1955, but was not concluded until the end of the 1954–55 season, and the later rounds were held in autumn 1955, at the beginning of the 1955–56 season. The final was held at the Basa Stadium in
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on 19 November 1955.
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () 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 as football, basketball, j ...
appeared in its fifth consecutive final and after defeating
Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in Israeli Premier League. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won six League C ...
3–1, won its 8th cup.


Results


First round

First round matches were played between
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teams. Matches were held on 22 January 1955. However, since there was a dispute between the Maccabi and
Hapoel Hapoel (, ) is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi World Union, Maccab ...
faction within the
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, Maccabi teams declined to play their matches. These matches, completing the round, were played on 19 February 1955.


Second round

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 ...
teams entered the competition. Matches were held on 26 February 1955. Two ties went into a replay, and one, between
Liga Gimel Liga Gimel (, lit. ''League C'') is, since 2009, the fifth and bottom division of Israeli football league system, Israeli Football League. From Liga Alef and downwards, including Liga Gimel, each league is separated by region. History Liga Gimel ...
teams Hapoel HaMegabesh and
Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov () was an Israeli football club based in Be'er Ya'akov. History The club was founded in 1954 and joined Liga Gimel, then the third tier of Israeli football. In the 1959–60 season, they reached Liga Bet (now as third tier) ...
needed a further replay in order to be settled. The tie between Hapoel Nahariya and Hapoel Beit Lid also proved troublesome. While Nahariya won the match between the team 2–0, a
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win was given to Beit Lid since the playing field in Nahariya was lacking a fence between the field and the stands. Nahariya appealed the decision and went to civil court in order to obtain an injunction forbidding any further cup matches until the matter is resolved. However, as in the month between the second and the third rounds the appeal was accepted and the original result was restored, there was no delay.


Replays

As the tie between
Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov () was an Israeli football club based in Be'er Ya'akov. History The club was founded in 1954 and joined Liga Gimel, then the third tier of Israeli football. In the 1959–60 season, they reached Liga Bet (now as third tier) ...
and Hapoel HaMegabesh wasn't settled, a draw of lots were held, in which Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov won.Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov Won the Draw
Hadshot HaSport (p. 2), 13 March 1955


Third round

Most of
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teams, which entered the competition on this round, cruised to the next round. Maccabi Petah Tikva found
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club Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv hard to beat, being saved by a 90th-minute goal to go through, and Hapoel Balfouria needed extra time to win at home against
Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club (, ''Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel'') is an Israeli football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to s ...
. Most matches were played on 26 March 1955. Two matches, both scheduled to be played in Jerusalem, were postponed due to weather conditions and were finally played on 7 May 1955, both ending with surprise winners, as
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club Orthodox Haifa thrashed
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from
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and Liga Aleph club
Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba'') is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadium. History The club was established in 1928. In 1951– ...
crashing to
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club (and former cup finalist and joint-holder) Maccabi Jerusalem.


Fourth round

The 17 winners from the previous round were drawn to eight ties, with Hapoel Balfouria receiving a bye to an intermediate round. All matches were held on 28 May 1955. Bye: Hapoel Balfouria


Intermediate round

Of the eight fourth round winners,
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was drawn to play Hapoel Balfouria. The match was supposed to be played on 9 July 1955, but Balfouria withdrew and
Petah Tikva Petah Tikva (, ), also spelt Petah Tiqwa and known informally as Em HaMoshavot (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Y ...
was given a
walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players avail ...
win.


Quarter-finals

The 1955–56 season opened with the task of completing last season's cup competition. Three of the four ties, all played on 27 August 1955, yielded a decisive result, with
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () 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 as football, basketball, j ...
registering its third consecutive 6–0 win, while the other tie was only settled after extra time was played.


Semi-finals

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Final


Notes


References

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