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2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit

2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit
Country  Israel
Teams 16
Champions Maccabi Sha'arayim
Runners-up Hapoel Ramat Gan
Matches played 22
Goals scored 55 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ali El-Khatib (4)

The 2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit was the 27th season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction. It was 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 were held as one-legged matches.

The defending cup holders were Hapoel Ashkelon, having won the cup on its previous edition.

In the final, played on 30 November 2016, Maccabi Sha'arayim defeated Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–1.

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.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

Updated to games played on 27 September 2016.
Source: (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Updated to games played on 20 September 2016.
Source: (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Updated to games played on 5 October 2016.
Source: (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Updated to games played on 28 August 2016.
Source: (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.


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