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Israeli 10th Anniversary Cup

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Country
  
Israel

Goals scored
  
48 (2.82 per match)

Matches played
  
17

Champions
  
Hapoel Haifa (Leumit) Hapoel Tiberias (Liga Alef)

Runners-up
  
Hapoel Jerusalem (Leumit) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Liga Alef)

The 10th Anniversary Cup (Hebrew: גביע העשור‎‎, Gvia HaAsor) was a stand-alone cup competition played to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Contents

The competition was split to two, the top competition played by the 12 1957–58 Liga Leumit clubs, with 4 clubs from 1957–58 Liga Alef. The other 8 Liga Alef clubs, along with 8 1957–58 Liga Bet clubs took part in a minor cup tournament titled The FA Cup (Hebrew: גביע ההתאחדות‎‎, Gvia HaHit’ahchadut). The two competitions were played as a knock-out tournament.

First Round

All matches were played on 11 October 1958, with replays being played a week later.

Quarter-finals

All matches were played on 25 October 1958, with a replay being held on 29 October 1958.

Semi-finals

Both matches were played in neutral grounds on 1 November 1958.

First Round

All matches were played on 11 October 1958.

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 18 October 1958.

Semi-finals

Both matches were played in neutral grounds on 25 October 1958. The match between Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Holon has ended in a draw after 90 minutes, and due to crowd troubles extra-time was not played. A replay was played on 8 November 1958 in Hadera behind closed doors, and a second replay in Jerusalem on 12 November 1958.

References

Israeli 10th Anniversary Cup Wikipedia