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Maccabi Tel Aviv Advances to Athena Cup Semifinals on Tiebreaker
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First reported by Mako · 25 minutes ago
What happened
Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the Athena Cup semifinals over Hapoel Tel Aviv due to a tiebreaker based on previous season league standings, despite Hapoel's final match win. M.S. Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Keren Hadera also secured semifinal berths.
- 01Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to semifinals on tiebreaker.
- 02Hapoel Tel Aviv eliminated despite winning final match.
- 03Tiebreaker favored teams from higher previous league divisions.
- 04M.S. Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Keren Hadera also qualified.
- 05Semifinals are scheduled for September 3rd.
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