Winner Cup 2006
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Winner Cup 2006 is the 1st edition of the Israel
Israel
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i basketball
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 pre-season tournament - Winner Cup
Winner Cup
The Basketball League Cup is a pre-season basketball tournament held in Israel since 2006. It is held in Malha Arena, Jerusalem, on the week before the start of the League season. It is currently sponsored by Pais Lotto and therefore officially known as the Chance Cup, It was previously sponsored...

. It was played on 15 October-19 October in Jerusalem at the Malha Arena, during the jewish holiday
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 of Sukkot
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. Ironi Ashkelon
Ironi Ashkelon
Ironi "Eldan" Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in southern Israel. The club currently plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball. It was promoted to the division in 2004 after winning Liga Leumit. The team had a success in international level when they...

 has won the cup after beating Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a basketball club based in Rishon LeZion in central Israel. The club plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.-History:...

 79-73 in the final.

Withdrawals

The teams that finished at the top eight places on Basketball Super League 2005–06
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 were supposed to compete in the tournament.

Maccabi Tel Aviv that finished 1st in the 2005-06 season has withdrawn from the tournament due to schedule problems.

Hapoel Tel Aviv
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 that finished on the 8th place was relegated to the 2nd division due to financial problems and was not eligible to compete in the tournament.

The both teams were replaced by the 9th and 10th ranked teams - 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...

 and Ironi Ramat Gan
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, respectively.

Tournament Bracket

The teams were matched by their last season standings (2nd VS 10th, 3rd VS 9th, etc...).

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

3rd Place Game

Final

Winner Cup 2006 MVP: Guy Kantor (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
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