The 1929 Palestine Cup (, HaGavi'a HaEretz-Israeli) was the second season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition. The joint-winners of the previous competition were Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the cup, beating Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem 4–0 in the final, which was held on Maccabi Petah Tikva ground.
For the first (and penultimate) time, teams were allowed to enter reserve teams into the competition. However, only Maccabi Tel Aviv took advantage of this, and its B "Nordia" team reached the quarter-finals, before falling to Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov after a replay.
Results
First round The draw for the first and the second rounds was held in mid-November 1928.The Competition for the E.I. Cup Do'ar HaYom, 27 November 1928, Historical Jewish Press In Sport - The Competition for the E.I. Cup Davar, 29 November 1928, Historical Jewish Press The matches were supposed to be played on 1 December 1928, however, the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and PGH was postponed to 15 December 1928, and was played on Hapoel Tel Aviv ground.Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 14 December 1928, Historical Jewish Press
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Second round Second round matches started on 5 January 1929 with Maccabi Tel Aviv narrowly beating a Royal Air Force team of the 14th squadron, stationed in Amman and the previous year's cup final winner (and cup joint-holders) Hapoel Tel Aviv surprisingly losing to a British military team from the Royal Corps of Signals, stationed in Sarafand in Extra time.Tel Aviv – In Sport Davar, 6 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press Hapoel Tel Aviv appealed the result, claiming that according to the competition rules the match shouldn't have gone to extra time, but to a replay,In Sport Davar, 10 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press however, the appeal was rejected and Hapoel's elimination was confirmed.Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 18 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press The tie between the Arab team St. George and Maccabi Petah Tikva went to a replay after a 3–3 draw in Petah Tikva. In Jerusalem the Arab team won 2–1 and progressed to the quarter-finals.In Sport Do'ar HaYom, 27 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press
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Quarter-finals Matches were played on 2 February 1929, except for the match between Hapoel Haifa and Wireless Sarafand, which was postponed due to weather conditionsIn Sport Do'ar HaYom, 3 February 1929, Historical Jewish Press and was played on 16 February 1929.Haifa Do'ar HaYom, 17 February 1929, Historical Jewish Press The match between Maccabi "Nordia" Tel Aviv and Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov went into a replay, which was played on 16 February 1929. The match was abandoned at the 65th minute due to the waterlogged pitch, with Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov leading 2–1, and the result was confirmed as final.In Sport Do'ar HaYom, 22 February 1929, Historical Jewish Press
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Semi-finals
Final
See also 1928–29 in Mandatory Palestine football
References 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
External links Israel Football Association website