THC Science

Toto Cup Artzit
Season	2002–03
Champions	Hapoel Ashkelon ; (2nd Title)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit was the 4th time the cup was being contested as a competition for the third tier in the Israeli football league system.

The competition was won, for the second consecutive time, by Hapoel Ashkelon, who had beaten Hapoel Majd al-Krum 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time.

Format change

The 12 Liga Artzit clubs were divided into two groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	IKS	HAS	HBY	HBN	BST	MRA
1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A)	10	4	4	2	19	17	+2	16	—	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–3	1–0
2	Hapoel Ashkelon (A)	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16	2–4	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
3	Hapoel Bat Yam	10	2	7	1	11	8	+3	13	3–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–0
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	10	3	4	3	14	16	−2	13	2–2	1–0	1–1	—	4–3	3–2
5	Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv	10	3	2	5	15	15	0	11	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	—	2–0
6	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	10	2	3	5	13	17	−4	9	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the Semifinals

Group B

On 29 August 2002 Hakoah Ramat Gan was demoted to Liga Artzit and was replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.^[1] As a result, the two matches played by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon before the club was promoted were annulled.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HAC	HMJ	HRH	IKA	HMR	HSU
1	Hapoel Acre (A)	10	5	4	1	20	11	+9	19	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	6–1
2	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum (A)	10	5	4	1	16	10	+6	19	1–3	—	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2
3	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	10	4	3	3	16	17	−1	15	0–2	0–2	—	3–2	4–3	1–1
4	Maccabi Kiryat Ata	10	2	6	2	24	17	+7	12	2–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–1	8–1
5	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	10	2	2	6	15	22	−7	8	1–1	0–3	1–2	4–3	—	3–1
6	Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei	10	1	3	6	11	25	−14	6	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the Semifinals

Knockout rounds

Semifinals

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Acre	0–1	Hapoel Majd al-Krum

Final

25 March 2003

Hapoel Ashkelon	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Majd al-Krum
Elkayam 4' Taher 106' (o.g.)	Report	Saba'a 35'

Herzliya Municipal Stadium

References

^ Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet (in Hebrew)

External links

Israel Cups 2002/03 RSSSF

[krmg-1] Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet (in Hebrew)

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