2017–18 Palestine Cup

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2017–18 Palestine Cup
CountryFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Champions Hilal Al-Quds Club
2018–19

The 2017–18 Palestine Cup is the 2017–18 season of the top football cup in Palestine.

The Palestine Cup is the main national association football competition in Palestine. It is sanctioned by the Palestinian Football Federation. Past competitions were more expansive including clubs from all tiers of Palestinian Football. For the 2010–11 season the PFA restricted participation to just the 12 teams of the 2010–11 West Bank Premier League.

Association football team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

State of Palestine country in the Middle East

Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative center is currently located in Ramallah. The entirety of territory claimed by the State of Palestine has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestine has a population of 4,816,503 as of 2016, ranked 123rd in the world.

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There are two competitions, the Gaza Strip Cup for clubs in the Gaza Strip, [1] and the West Bank Cup for clubs in the West Bank. [2] A two-legged Palestine Cup final is played between the cup winners of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. [3]

Gaza Strip region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea

The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Gaza and the West Bank are claimed by the State of Palestine.

West Bank Part of the Palestinian territories near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia

The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by the Green Line separating it and Israel on the south, west and north. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore. The West Bank was the name given to the territory that was captured by Jordan in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and subsequently annexed in 1950 until 1967 when it was occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Gaza Strip Cup

Preliminary round 1

Team 1 Score Team 2
3 Jan 2018
Al Aqsa1 : 1 (4 : 2 p)AL Shawka
Al Amal2 : 0Al Shafae
Ahli Al Nosirat3 : 0Al Jazeera
Al Redwan2 : 0AL Yarmouk
Al Ataa0 : 0 (3 : 5 p)Al Zaytoon

Preliminary round 2

Team 1 Score Team 2
7 Jan 2018
Al Aqsa2 : 2 (7 : 8 p)Al Awda
Ahli Al Nosirat2 : 1Al Esteqlal
Ittihad Dear Balah0 : 0 (7 : 6 p)Ahli Al Burij
Beit Hanoun1 : 1 (2 : 4 p)Al Mashtal
8 Jan 2018
Al Amal1 : 1 (3 : 1 p)Jamaee Rafah
Al Zaytoon1 : 1 (3 : 4 p)Namaa
Khadamat Jabalia2 : 0Palestine
Shabab Maan2 : 1Al Redwan

Round of 32

Team 1 Score Team 2
2 Apr 2018
Shabab Rafah1 : 0Ahli Beit Hanoun
Al Salah Islamic Association4 : 5Al Amal
Mojama Islami2 : 2 (2 : 3 p)Shabab Maan
Shabab Jabalia1 : 0Beat Lahia
Hilal Gaza2 : 1Al Tofah
Al Qadesia0 : 0 (4 : 2 p)Khadamat Al Maghazi
3 Apr 2018
Khadamat Rafah5 : 1Al Zaytoon
Shabab Khanyounis3 : 0Khadamat Al Nosirat
Khadamat Al Shatea1 : 1 (3 : 4 p)Namaa
Al Jala2 : 0Khadamat Jabalia
Al Sadaka Club4 : 0Ittihad Dear Balah
4 Apr 2018
Gaza Sporting Club2 : 0Ahli Al Nosirat
Ittihad Shojaeyya5 : 0Al Mashtal
Ittihad Khanyounis1 : 1 (4 : 5 p)Khdamat Dear Balah
Ahli Gaza2 : 2 (3 : 5 p)Khadamat Khanyounis
Khadamat Al Burij0 : 0 (4 : 5 p)Al Awda

Round of 16

Team 1 Score Team 2
9 Apr 2018
Shabab Khanyounis0 : 0 (5 : 3 p)Namaa
Shabab Jabalia1 : 1 (4 : 2 p)Ittihad Shojaeyya
Al Qadesia1 : 1 (3 : 5 p)Al Amal
Al Sadaka Club5 : 0Khdamat Dear Balah
10 Apr 2018
Khadamat Rafah2 : 0Al Awda
Shabab Rafah2 : 2 (12 : 11 p)Gaza Sporting Club
Hilal Gaza4 : 2Shabab Maan
Khadamat Khanyounis1 : 2Al Jala

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
16 Apr 2018
Shabab Khanyounis3 : 1Al Amal
Shabab Jabalia3 : 0Hilal Gaza
17 Apr 2018
Al Sadaka Club3 : 1Al Jala
Shabab Rafah1 : 0Khadamat Rafah

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
23 Apr 2018
Al Sadaka Club0 : 2Shabab Rafah
Shabab Khanyounis2 : 2 (3 : 1 p)Shabab Jabalia

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
30 Apr 2018
Shabab Khanyounis2 : 0Shabab Rafah

West Bank Cup

Preliminary round 1

Team 1 Score Team 2
15 Dec 2017
Markez Raqam Wahad1 : 1 (7 : 6 p)Attil
Tammon1 : 3Markez Nour Shams
16 Dec 2017
Markez Askar4 : 0Ittihad Nablus
Markez Jenin0 : 0 (3 : 1 p)Ahli Qalqilya
18 Dec 2017
Silwad1 : 1 (3 : 4 p)Shabab Abu Dies
Beit Liqya1 : 3Isawiya
Shuqba2 : 1Jabal Alzayton
19 Dec 2017
Alarabi Beit Safafa4 : 1Islami Sour Baher
Alshoban Almuslimin2 : 1Alkarmel
Dar Salah1 : 0Bani Naeem
Almazra Alsharqiya1 : 0Islami Ein Yabrud
Marah Rabah1 : 0Marah Mella
Surif1 : 0Shabab Beit Fajjar
Al Mouwathfen - Burj Alluqluq2 : 2 (4 : 3 p)Qibya

Preliminary round 2

Team 1 Score Team 2
22 Dec 2017
Marah Rabah3 : 2Alshoban Almuslimin
Alarabi Beit Safafa0 : 1Joret Alshama
23 Dec 2017
Markez Nour Shams3 : 1Markez Askar
Markez Raqam Wahad1 : 3Markez Jenin
26 Dec 2017
Isawiya2 : 0Shuqba
Dar Salah0 : 0 (4 : 5 p)Marah Rabah
Surif1 : 4Joret Alshama
Shabab Abu Dies0 : 1Ein Alsultan
27 Dec 2017
Almazra Alsharqiya3 : 1Al Sawahreh
Al Mouwathfen - Burj Alluqluq1 : 1 (4 : 5 p)Sour Baher
29 Dec 2017
Isawiya3 : 1Ein Alsultan
30 Dec 2017
Almazra Alsharqiya2 : 3Sour Baher
Surif3 : 1Dar Salah
3 Jan 2018
Ein Alsultan2 : 1Almazra Alsharqiya

Round of 32

Team 1 Score Team 2
16 Jan 2018
Hilal Alquds5 : 0Markez Jenin
Markez Balata4 : 0Marah Rabah
Shabab Alsamu4 : 1Jenin
Ahli Al Khalil4 : 0Silwan
17 Jan 2018
Thaqafi Tulkarm3 : 1Markez Nour Shams
Abna Alquds8 : 1Joret Alshama
Shabab Alamari4 : 0Beit Ommar
Hilal Areeha2 : 2 (2 : 4 p)Shabab Alobaideya
18 Jan 2018
Shabab Dora1 : 1 (5 : 4 p)Palestinian Forces
Jabal Mukaber2 : 1Sour Baher
Shabab Al Dharia4 : 3Islami Qalqilya
Mosaset Al Bireh5 : 1Ein Alsultan
20 Jan 2018
Taraji Wad Alness1 : 2Isawiya
Shabab Alkhader4 : 1Tubas
Markez Tulkarm6 : 0Surif
Shabab Al Khalil1 : 1 (2 : 4 p)Shabab Yatta

Round of 16

Team 1 Score Team 2
12 Feb 2018
Markez Tulkarm0 : 0 (6 : 5 p)Shabab Yatta
Shabab Dora0 : 0 (4 : 2 p)Jabal Mukaber
Shabab Alamari2 : 1Shabab Alkhader
Hilal Alquds2 : 2 (4 : 2 p)Shabab Alsamu
13 Feb 2018
Mosaset Al Bireh1 : 0Shabab Al Dharia
Thaqafi Tulkarm2 : 1Shabab Alobaideya
Abna Alquds1 : 2Markez Balata
Isawiya1 : 2Ahli Al Khalil

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
11 Apr 2018
Markez Tulkarm0 : 6Markez Balata
Thaqafi Tulkarm2 : 0Mosaset Al Bireh
Shabab Alamari5 : 2Shabab Dora
Hilal Alquds3 : 2Ahli Al Khalil

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
18 Apr 2018
Markez Balata1 : 1 (3 : 4 p)Thaqafi Tulkarm
Shabab Alamari0 : 2Hilal Alquds

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
24 May 2018
Hilal Alquds3 : 1Thaqafi Tulkarm

Palestine Cup Final

Shabab Khanyounis3–2Hilal Alquds
Palestine Stadium, Gaza City
Referee: Sameh H. Alqassas
Hilal Alquds5–1Shabab Khanyounis

See also

The 2017–18 West Bank Premier League is the 15th season of the top football league in the West Bank of Palestine.

The 2017–18 Gaza Strip Premier League is the 2017–18 season of the top football league in the Gaza Strip of Palestine.

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