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The 2014–15
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 76th season of
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's nationwide football cup competition and the 61st after the
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. The competition began on 10 September 2014, with a fifth-round match between Hapoel Katamon and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek. The final was held in Sammy Ofer Stadium,
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on 20 May 2015. The competition was won by
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, who had beaten
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6–2 in the final.


Format changes

On 2 July 2014 the
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approved a change of format so that the quarter-finals would be played as two-legged, home and away ties.Changes of Regulations and Provisions (Page 5)
IFA, 3 July 2014
Cup Quarter-Finals Will be Played as Home and Away
sport5.co.il, 3 July 2014


Preliminary rounds


First to fourth rounds

Rounds 1 to 4 double as league cup competition for each division in
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 ...
and
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 ...
. The two third-round winners from each Liga Bet division and the fourth-round winner from each Liga Gimel division advance to the sixth round.


Liga Bet


=Liga Bet North A

= '' Hapoel Kafr Kanna won the district cup; Hapoel Kafr Kanna and Ahva Arraba qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Bet North B

= '' Hapoel Baqa Ironi al-Gharbiyye won the district cup; Hapoel D. al-Karmel and Hapoel Baqa Ironi al-Gharbiyye qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Bet South A

= '' Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda won the district cup; Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda and Beitar Petah Tikva qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Bet South B

= '' Bnei Eilat won the district cup; F.C. Be'er Sheva and Bnei Eilat qualified to the sixth round.''


Liga Gimel


=Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

= '' Maccabi Bnei Nahf won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Lower Galilee

= '' F.C. Tzeirei Tamra won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Jezreel

= '' Ihud Bnei Baqa won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Shomron

= '' F.C. Haifa won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Sharon

= '' Beitar Tubruk won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

= '' Hapoel Kiryat Shalom won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel Center

= '' F.C.Holon won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


=Liga Gimel South

= '' F.C. Hapoel Yeruham won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.''


Fifth Round

The fifth round is played within each division of
Liga Alef Liga Alef () is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Howe ...
. The winners qualify to the sixth round


Nationwide rounds


Sixth round


Seventh round

Byes: Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, Hapoel Afula, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Maccabi Yavne.


Eighth round


Round of 16


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final


Top scorers


Notes


References


External links


Israel Football Association website
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