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2017–18 Toto Cup Leumit

2017–18 Toto Cup Leumit
Country  Israel
Teams 16
Champions Hapoel Afula
Runners-up Hapoel Ramat Gan
Matches played 31
Goals scored 89 (2.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Yuval Shawat (5)

The 2017–18 Toto Cup Leumit is the 28th season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction. It is divided into 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.

The defending cup holders, Maccabi Sha'arayim, are not competing in this edition, as the club was relegated to Liga Alef at the end of the previous season.

In the final, played on 6 December 2017, Hapoel Afula defeated Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–0.

Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs. The groups were announced by the IFA on took place on 29 June 2017.

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

All times are in Israel Standard Time

The draw was held on 22 August 2017.








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