Dec 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Israeli championship Preliminary round matches on Saturday
Saturday, December 29
Bnei Yehuda 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1
Bnei Sakhnin 2 Hapoel Akko 1
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0
Maccabi Haifa 2 Hapoel Beer Sheva 0
Maccabi Netanya 3 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 15 10 1 4 29 15 31
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 9 3 4 25 14 30
3 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 16 7 5 4 23 20 26
4 Ashdod 15 8 1 6 20 13 25
5 Bnei Yehuda 16 7 4 5 21 17 25
6 Maccabi Haifa 16 6 6 4 16 13 24
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7 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 16 7 3 6 20 19 24
8 Beitar Jerusalem 15 5 6 4 23 20 21
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9 Hapoel Beer Sheva 16 4 8 4 17 19 20
10 Bnei Sakhnin 16 5 5 6 19 27 20
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 16 3 6 7 18 21 15
12 Hapoel Akko 16 3 5 8 15 22 14
13 Maccabi Netanya 16 3 4 9 14 25 13
14 Hapoel Haifa 15 1 7 7 8 23 10
1-6: Championship play-off
9-14: Relegation play-off
Next Fixtures (GMT):
Sunday, December 30
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa (1815)
Monday, December 31
Beitar Jerusalem v Ashdod (1850)