1982 Lilian Cup

1982 Lilian Cup

Country	Israel
Dates	4–15 September 1982
Teams	4
Champions	Maccabi Netanya
Runners-up	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Matches played	8
Goals scored	32 (4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Oded Machnes David Lavi (4)
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The 1982 Lilian Cup was the 1st season of the competition. The four top placed teams for the previous season took part in the competition.

The competition was held in two stages. First, the four teams played a round-robin tournament, after which the two top teams played for the cup, while the bottom teams played for the third place. The competition was held between 4 September and 15 September 1982. This was the first league competition in Israel to award three points for a victory.^[1]

The competition was won by Maccabi Netanya, who had beaten Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–1 in the final.

Group stage

The matches were played from 4 September to 11 November 1982.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the final
Third-placed teams enter the 3rd-4th place playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Maccabi Netanya 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5 3 Bnei Yehuda 3 0 2 1 3 10 −7 2 4 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1 Source: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. Maccabi Netanya v Hapoel Kfar Saba 4 September 1982 Round 1 Maccabi Netanya 3–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Netanya 16:00 Lavi  52' Gariani  66' Lam  83' Report (Hebrew) Revivo  5' Maimoni  22' Stadium: HaKufsa Attendance: 2500 Referee: Arie Frost Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 September 1982 Round 1 Bnei Yehuda 1–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv 15:30 Ben Tuvim  22' Report (Hebrew) Weitzman  77' Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Itzhak Ben Itzhak Maccabi Netanya v Bnei Yehuda 7 September 1982 Round 2 Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Yehuda Netanya Lavi  11', 26' O. Machnes  17', 71', 86' Lam  31', 53' Report (Hebrew) Stadium: HaKufsa Attendance: 2000 Referee: Yair Tilinger Hapoel Kfar Saba v Hapoel Be'er Sheva 7 September 1982 Round 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kfar Saba Maimoni  4' Fogel  40' Report (Hebrew) Alush  12', 55' Weitzman  18' Abugzir  40' Stadium: Hapoel Kfar Saba ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Yosef Diamant Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Netanya 11 September 1982 Round 3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–2 Maccabi Netanya Be'er Sheva Avitan  49' Davidi  61' Report (Hebrew) Pizanti  26' Machnes  58' Stadium: Vassermil Stadium Attendance: 4000 Referee: Ovadia Ben Itzhak Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Kfar Saba 11 September 1982 Round 3 Bnei Yehuda 1–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv Ben Tuvim  79' Report (Hebrew) Fogel  63' Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Zvi Sharir Final stage 3rd-4th Place Match Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Kfar Saba 15 September 1982 Bnei Yehuda 0–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Report (Hebrew) Yani  15' Maimoni  34' Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 2000 Referee: Ya'akov Scheiner Final Maccabi Netanya v Hapoel Be'er Sheva 15 September 1982 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Lavi  38' Etzioni  48' Franco  64' (o.g.) Report (Hebrew) Ovadia Zvi  49' Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 4000 Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi References In the League Cup Tournament Tomorrow: 3 Points to Victory – 1 for a draw Davar, 3 September 1982, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)