1947 Palestine Cup

1947 Palestine Cup

Tournament details
Country	Palestine, British Mandate
Defending champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (6th title)
Runner-up	Beitar Tel Aviv

The 1947 Palestine Cup (Hebrew: הגביע הארץ-ישראלי‎, HaGvia HaEretz-Israeli) was the fifteenth season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition, and the last competed before the declaration of independence of Israel.

The competition reverted to its previous format, of each round decided with a single match. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv met at a tempestuous final, which was abandoned at the 88th minute, with Maccabi leading 3–2. After Beitar claimed scoring an equalising goal, which wasn't given, the crowd stormed the pitch and Beitar player Yom-Tov Menasherov took the cup and escaped the pitch with it undetected by the authorities.

Results

First round

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Maccabi Nes Tziona	5–3	Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Hadera	4–5	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Ramat Gan	1–6	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya	6–3	Beitar Netanya
Hapoel Jerusalem	w/o	Beitar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	4–3	Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Hadera	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Hakoah Tel Aviv
S.C. Atlit	w/o	Hapoel Netanya

Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hakoah Tel Aviv	4–2	Maccabi Hadera

Second round

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Beitar Tel Aviv	4–0	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	S.C. Atlit
Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv	2–1	Hakoah Tel Aviv
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva	4–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Haifa	2–3	Maccabi Rehovot
Hapoel Ramat Gan	4–2	Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–3	Maccabi Nes Tziona

Quarter-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Beitar Tel Aviv	6–1	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Maccabi Nes Tziona	2–4	Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva
Maccabi Rehovot	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Petah Tikva

Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–1	Maccabi Rehovot

Semi-finals

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Beitar Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Beitar Tel Aviv

28 June 1947

Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0 (f) Orig. 3–2 (abandoned '88)	Beitar Tel Aviv
Merimovich  23', 64' Glazer  56'		Panz  57' Elfasi  78'

Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 15,000-25,000 Referee: Yon

References

• 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

External links

• Israel Football Association website (Hebrew)