# 1967–68 Israel State Cup

The 1967–68 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 29th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 14th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The competition started on 9 September 1967 with a preliminary round, played by 20 Liga Gimel clubs Liga Alef clubs joined the competition in the third round, played on 25 November 1967 and Liga Leumit entered in the fifth round, on 27 April 1968.
Hapoel Petah Tikva and Bnei Yehuda met in the final, played on 12 June 1968, the later winning by a single goal to claim its first cup.

## Results
### Preliminary round

20 Liga Gimel teams were drawn in this round. Matches were played on 9 September 1967.
| Home Team | Away Team |
| Hapoel Dan | Beitar Tiberias |
| Maccabi Afula | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr |
| HaShalom Nazareth | Beitar Migdal HaEmek |
| S.C. Rafi Bat Galim | Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth |
| Hapoel Kafr Yasif | Hapoel Hever |
| Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon | Beitar Ofakim |
| Hapoel Azor | Maccabi Kfar Gvirol |
| Hapoel Givat HaShlosha | Maccabi Ramat Hen |
| Hapoel Ezra UBitzaron | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon |
| Beitar Yehud | Maccabi Rosh HaAyin |

### First round

Matches were played on 30 September 1967. 128 teams were drawn to play in this round (including the ties from the previous round). However, since several of the teams drawn quit before the round was played, only 28 matches took place.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Hapoel Yir'on | 4–6 | Beitar Migdal HaEmek |
| Hapoel Ya'akov Kfar Saba | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–0 p. | Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth |
| Beitar Binyamina | 3–3 (a.e.t.) 5–6 p. | Hapoel Givat Olga |
| Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 5–0 | Beitar Nahariya |
| Hapoel Binyamina | 0–1 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan |
| Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 0–6 | Hapoel Hatzor |
| Maccabi Pardes Hanna | 3–0 | Al-Ahli Nazareth |
| Maccabi Or Akiva | 2–1 | Hapoel Atlit |
| Tzeirei HaDruzim | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Majd al-Krum |
| Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on | 3–0 | Beitar Acre |
| Hapoel Dan | 1–3 | Beitar Tirat HaCarmel |
| Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 8–0 | Hapoel 'Ara |
| Hapoel Givat Haim | 8–1 | Hapoel Mesilot |
| Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 3–0 | Hapoel Beit She'an |
| Hapoel Kafr Qara | 1–4 | Hapoel Ramat David |
| Hapoel Sde Nahum | 7–0 | Beitar Hatzor |
| Shimshon Nahariya | 3–2 | Beitar Haifa |
| Beitar Dov Netanya | 5–0 | Hapoel Kfar Kama |
| Beitar Ezra | 3–11 | Hapoel Or Yehuda |
| A.S. David Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| Beitar Harari Bat Yam | 1–0 | Hapoel Sderot |
| Hapoel Bat Yam | 2–0 | HaBira Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Ramla | 3–2 | Hapoel Ashdod |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 5–0 | Maccabi Kafr Qasim |
| Hapoel Bnei Zion | 4–2 | A.S. Or Yehuda |
| Beitar Ramat Gan | 4–0 | Hapoel Dimona |
| Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv | 4–3 | Hapoel Givat HaShlosha |
| Hapoel Tayibe | 0–2 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin |
Also qualified from this round:
Maccabi Afula, Beitar al-Amal Nazareth, Hapoel Yardena, Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel, Hapoel Tel Mond, Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov, Hapoel Afula, Hapoel Beit Eliezer, Hapoel Hod HaSharon, Hapoel Shefayim, Beitar Kiryat Shmona, M.S. Even Yehuda, Hapoel Ahva Haifa, Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv, Hapoel Ganei Tikva, Hapoel Rehovot, Hapoel Qalansawe, Beitar Ganei Tikva, Maccabi Yavne, Hapoel Sde Uziyah, Maccabi HaSharon Netanya, Hapoel Beit Shemesh, Beitar Jaffa, Beitar Beit Shemesh, Maccabi Ramat HaShikma, Maccabi Rehovot, Hapoel Ofakim, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon, Beitar Holon, Shimshon Ashkelon.

### Second round

Matches were played on 28 October 1967. As in the previous round, resignations and forfeits meant that only 20 of the 32 scheduled matches were played.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 2–0 | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel |
| Hapoel Ramat David | 4–1 | Al Ahli Majd al-Krum |
| Beitar Migdal HaEmek | 6–3 | Tzeirei HaDruzim |
| Hapoel Givat Haim | 8–4 | Maccabi Afula |
| Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 9–2 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon |
| Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 6–3 | Beitar Al-Amal Nazareth |
| Hapoel Beit Eliezer | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Tel Mond |
| M.S. Even Yehuda | 5–0 | Hapoel Hatzor |
| Beitar Tirat HaCarmel | 1–3 | Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on |
| Beitar Holon | 13–2 | Beitar Ganei Tikva |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 5–0 | Shimshon Ashkelon |
| Beitar Harari Bat Yam | 7–3 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Rehovot |
| Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 3–2 | Hapoel Sde Uziyah |
| Beitar Ramat Gan | 10–2 | Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv |
| A.S. David Tel Aviv | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Ganei Tikva |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 2–1 | Beitar Jaffa |
| Hapoel Bnei Zion | 8–2 | Beitar Beit Shemesh |
| Maccabi Ramat HaShikma | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Maccabi Yavne |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 2–0 | Hapoel Ofakim |
| Hapoel Rosh HaAyin | 4–1 | Hapoel Or Yehuda |
Also qualified from this round:
Hapoel Bat Yam, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Beit Shemesh, Hapoel Ramla, Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv, Hapoel Yardena, Hapoel Ya'akov Kfar Saba, Maccabi Neve Sha'anan, Hapoel Sde Nahum, Beitar Dov Netanya, Hapoel Qalansawe, Shimshon Nahariya

### Third round

Liga Alef clubs entered the competition on this round. As in previous seasons, The draw was set so that Liga Alef clubs wouldn't be drawn against each other. Matches were played on 25 November 1967, with several matches postponed due to weather conditions. These matches were played on 5 December 1967.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 1–4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | w/o | Hapoel Ramat David |
| Beitar Migdal HaEmek | 1–1 (a.e.t.) 3–4 p. | Hapoel Kiryat Haim |
| Hapoel Sde Nahum | 1–4 | Hapoel Hadera |
| Hapoel Tiberias | 2–1 | Hapoel Givat Haim |
| Hapoel Herzliya | 6–3 (a.e.t.) | Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov |
| Beitar Netanya | 11–2 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek |
| Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | Hapoel Acre |
| Hapoel Kfar Blum | 6–0 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 2–1 | Hapoel Beit Eliezer |
| Hapoel Nahliel | 7–1 | Hapoel Ya'akov Kfar Saba |
| Hapoel Bnei Nazareth | 4–0 | M.S. Even Yehuda |
| Hapoel Netanya | 3–2 | Beitar Dov Netanya |
| Maccabi Hadera | 5–4 | Beitar Tirat HaCarmel |
| Hapoel Nahariya | 9–1 | Hapoel Yardena |
| Hapoel Safed | 7–1 | Shimshon Nahariya |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 6–1 | Beitar Holon |
| Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 5–2 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon |
| Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv | w/o | Hapoel Marmorek |
| Beitar Harari Bat Yam | 1–0 | Beitar Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Lod | 13–1 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya |
| Hapoel Holon | 2–0 | Beitar Ramat Gan |
| Beitar Ramla | 5–1 | A.S. David Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 2–0 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 4–1 | Hapoel Bnei Zion |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 7–5 | Maccabi Ramat HaShikma |
| Beitar Be'er Sheva | 2–3 | Hapoel Ramla |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 3–1 | Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov |
| Hapoel Beit Shemesh | 6–0 | Beitar Lod |
| Maccabi Holon | 3–2 | Hapoel Qalansawe |
| Hapoel Bat Yam | 2–1 | Beitar Kiryat Ono |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 2–1 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin |

### Fourth round

Matches were held on 30 December 1967, with postponed and abandoned matches (due to weather conditions being played on 23 March 1968. The match between Hapoel Safed and Hapoel Kiryat Ono was delayed even further, and was finally played on 2 April 1968.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–0 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 8–1 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem |
| Hapoel Kiryat Haim | 0–2 | Hapoel Nahliel |
| Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv | 1–3 | Hapoel Hadera |
| Hapoel Tiberias | 2–1 | Maccabi Hadera |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2–0 | Hapoel Herzliya |
| Beitar Netanya | 4–3 | Hapoel Ramla |
| Hapoel Nahariya | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona |
| Hapoel Kfar Blum | 5–1 | Hapoel Beit Shemesh |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 3–2 | Hapoel Netanya |
| Beitar Ramla | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Bnei Nazareth |
| Hapoel Safed | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Kiryat Ono |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 3–1 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion |
| Hapoel Holon | 1–0 | Beitar Harari Bat Yam |
| Hapoel Lod | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Bat Yam |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 1–0 | Maccabi Holon |

### Fifth round

Liga Leumit clubs entered the competition in this round. The IFA arranged the draw so each Liga Leumit clubs wouldn't be drawn to play each other.