| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Mandatory Palestine |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Runner-up | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
The 1944 Palestine Wartime Cup (Hebrew: הגביע המלחמתי, HaGavia HaMilhamti) was a special edition of the Palestine Cup, intended to be a standalone cup competition and not an Israel State Cup edition. However, the IFA recognize the title as part of the main competition.[1]
Draw for the competition was held on 5 February 1944, without the participation of Beitar teams, which withdrew from the competition in protest over the EIFA treatment of Beitar Tel Aviv after the team's match against NSC Cairo in the previous summer.[2]
Cup matches began on 20 February 1944,[3] but delays caused the final to be played almost a year later, on 13 January 1945. In the final, Hapoel Tel Aviv had beaten Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0.[4]
- ^ "List of Cup winners" (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ Beitar's Football Teams Left the War-Cup Matches[permanent dead link] HaMashkif, 6 February 1944, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ War Cup 1944 Matches Started[permanent dead link] HaMashkif, 20 February 1944, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ The War Cup to Hapoel T.A.[permanent dead link] Al HaMishmar, 14 January 1945, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)