The Israeli Basketball State Cup

Israeli Basketball State Cup

The Israeli Basketball State Cup is the second most important basketball competition in Israel, after Ligat HaAl. The tournament began in the 1955-56 season, and is run by the Israel Basketball Association....

 2007-08 was organized by the IBA

Israel Basketball Association

The Israel Basketball Association is the official organization of professional basketball in Israel. The organization oversees the regulation of the sport, team and player registration, rules of the game, various official certification, and the National team...

. 24 teams that took part in the competition. The semifinals and finals were played at Yad Eliyahu Arena in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Hapoel Jerusalem

Hapoel Jerusalem

Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem, Israel as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem...

won their 4th cup title, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 93-89 in the final.

First Preliminary Round (07/10/07-10/10/07)

Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon

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 - Ironi Kiryat Ata 2:0 (106:84;89:79)

Maccabi Elizur Netanya - Beitar Biniamina 2:0 (92:70;77:62)

Second Preliminary Round (21/10/07-24/10/07)

Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...

 - Elizur Yavne 2:0 (105:94;89:70)

Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

Hapoel Gilboa/Afula

Hapoel Afula was a basketball club in Israel. The club had been formed by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa and Hapoel Afula.The club played in Ligat HaAl until 2008 when it was relegated after finishing bottom in the 2007-08 season...

- Maccabi Shoham 2:0 (95:71;102:75)

Ironi Naharia - Maccabi Ashdod 2:0 (104:72;82:58)

Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon

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 - Elitzur Maccabi Netanya 2:0 (94:82;97:62)

Ironi Ramat Gan

Ironi Ramat Gan

Ironi Ramat Gan is a basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Ramat Gan and Maccabi Ramat Gan...

 - Maccabi Givat Shmuel 2:0 (89:82;93:86)

• Hapoel Galil Elyon
  Hapoel Galil Elyon
  Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...
  
  , Elizur Yavne, Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
  Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
  Hapoel Afula was a basketball club in Israel. The club had been formed by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa and Hapoel Afula.The club played in Ligat HaAl until 2008 when it was relegated after finishing bottom in the 2007-08 season...
  
  , Maccabi Shoham, Ironi Naharia, Maccabi Ashdod, Ironi Ramat Gan
  Ironi Ramat Gan
  Ironi Ramat Gan is a basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Ramat Gan and Maccabi Ramat Gan...
  
   and Maccabi Givat Shmuel got a free card to the second preliminary round.

• Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem
  Hapoel Jerusalem
  Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem, Israel as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem...
  
   and Bnei Hasharon
  Bnei HaSharon
  Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya is a professional basketball club based in Herzliya, in central Israel. The club currently plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.The club was created by the merge of Maccabi Ra'anana and Bnei Herzliya in 2002...
  
  got a free card to the Quarter-finals.