The 2019–20
Toto Cup
The Israel Toto Cup (, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League Ligat ha'Al, Ligat Ha'Al; and the Israeli 2nd division Liga Leumit. Both of the ...
Al was the 35th season of the third-tier
football
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tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 14th tournament involving
Israeli Premier League
The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...
clubs only.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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were the defending champions.
Format changes
The four clubs playing in the
Champions League and
Europa League
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(
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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,
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv''), commonly referred to as Bnei Yehuda (), is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of the city of Tel Aviv. The club is a member of the Liga Leumit.
History
The ...
,
Maccabi Haifa
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and
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli professional association football, football club from the city of Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was estab ...
) will not take part in the group stage, while the remaining ten clubs were divided into two groups of five clubs. At the end of the group stage each of the group winners will qualify to the semi-finals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv will play (in the
2019 Israel Super Cup match) for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the fewest points accumulated), while Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva will play for a place in the other semi-final (meeting the group winner with the most points accumulated). All the clubs will participate in classification play-offs.
Premier League Matches Draw: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the First Round
Walla!, 11 June 2019
Group stage
Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, and the southern clubs allocated to Group B. Each club will play the other clubs once.
The matches are scheduled to start on 27 July 2019.
Group A
Group B
European qualification route
Israel Super Cup
UEFA qualifiers match
Classification play-offs
5–6th classification match
7–8th classification match
9–10th classification match
11–12th classification match
13–14th classification match
Semi-finals
Final
Final rankings
References
External links
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