Country Israel | Teams 16 | |
The 2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit is the 27th season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction. It is planned to be held in two stages. First, sixteen Liga Leumit teams were divided into four regionalized groups, with the winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final are due to be held as one-legged matches.
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The defending cup holders were Hapoel Ashkelon, having won the cup on its previous edition.
Group stage
Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs. The groups were announced by the IFA on took place on 18 July 2016.
The matches are due to be played from 1 August.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.
- Superior goal difference
- Higher number of victories achieved
- Higher number of goals scored
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
- Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
- Higher number of victories achieved in the group matches played among the teams in question
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
- A deciding match, if needed to set which team qualifies to the quarter-finals.