Tonight's Decision: Will Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be'er Sheva Reach a Settlement?

Updated: 7.7.2026 / 14:40

After the Football Association tribunal agreed to give both clubs and the association prosecutor time to reach an agreement on the events of the State Cup final, the ruling may pass to the tribunal judges

State Cup final 2026 summary: Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Maccabi Tel Aviv 2:1

Dramatic hours in the violence case following the State Cup final between Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Football Association tribunal agreed to grant an extension to both clubs and association prosecutor attorney Gilad Bergman until this evening (Tuesday) to attempt to reach a settlement to be submitted for tribunal approval.

If no agreement is reached by evening, the decision will pass to the tribunal judges.

As previously reported, two weeks ago judge Noam Liubin proposed that the clubs and prosecutor take ten days to reach a plea agreement, yet no consensus was achieved during that period. At the start of the week the tribunal granted an additional three-day extension to allow the parties to finalize an agreement for approval.

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Nevertheless, as of noon today the parties had not reached understandings regarding the nine players from both clubs and Maccabi Tel Aviv manager Yoav Ziv. If no agreements are secured by evening, the case will move to the judges for a ruling on the serious matter.

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