Winner Cup 2007 is the 2nd edition of the Israel

Israel

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

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 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 14 October-18 October in Jerusalem at the Malha Arena, during the jewish holiday

Jewish holiday

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 of Sukkot

Sukkot

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. Maccabi Tel Aviv has won the cup after beating Hapoel Jerusalem 93-74 in the final.
MVP was David Bluthenthal (Maccabi Tel Aviv).

Teams Participating

For the first time, all the teams that finished at the top eight places on the Israeli Preimer League 2006-07 competed in the tournament.

The 9th ranked team, 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...

, and the new promoted team, Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon

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, have played a non-deciding exhibition game as part of the event.

Tournament Bracket

The teams were matched by their last season standings (1st VS 8th, 2nd VS 8th, etc...).