We received the picture of the division into the upper house and the lower house in the previous round, and today (Friday), at the end of the 10th and penultimate round of the first round in the Winner Handball League, the pictures of the first four in the table that will automatically qualify for the quarterfinals of the State Cup (actually, only the leader Hapoel Rashel) have not yet been completed. C secured her place – as well as the first place at the end of the first round).
A decision regarding the locations for the State Cup games will be made next week, in the 11th round, which will start already on Monday in the meeting between AS Ramat Hasharon and ASA Tel Aviv. On Friday, there will be two top matches, between the reigning champion Hapoel Ashdod and Bnei Herzliya and between Maccabi Rashel and Holon, which will determine the foursome and the final position (all the other teams that finish the round in places 5-12 will start their way in the round of 16, games that will be held on December 15 ).
The surprise of the cycle, in terms of the big margin, is the victory of MK Holon over AS Ramat Hasharon 30:39. Nissim Pelah’s trainees won with a crushing victory, and Or Levy set a record for goals for a player this season with 17 goals. Ramat Hasharon with their second loss of the season.
Hapoel Ha’el Eilot – Hapoel Rashlat 35:27
The leader of the table increases her balance to nine wins against a single loss (18 points). On the other hand, the host from Kibbutz Yatava remains in the penultimate place with three points
Bnei Herzliya – Hapoel Kiryat Ono 29:43
The host came back to win after two consecutive losses to Ramat Hasharon and Maccabi Rashel. Kiryat Ono, who conceded equalizing goals in the last 3 games, experienced a defeat today and has a single win in 10 rounds.
Hapoel RG – Maccabi Rashel 34:30
After a string of defeats, the host team was an equal opponent to Maccabi Rashal for most of the minutes of the game, but at the end recorded its tenth loss and is still the only one without points. Maccabi Rashal, on the other hand, increased its balance to 14 points at the top.
Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin – Hapoel Ashdod 43:33
The champion had no difficulty against Kiryat Motzkin and as the minutes passed her advantage grew. Omer Gera led Ashdod with 7 goals, Itai Suisa and Risto Vajcic 6 goals, Amit Stalman and Lou Axbrod 5 goals, Aviv Leifer and Nivo Levy 4 goals, Yuval Katz 3, Ofir Cohen 2, Or Farkash 1 Oren Meirovitz finished with 8 stops (from 27 shots) and Sebastislav Varkic with 5 stops from 17.
ASA Tel Aviv – A.K. Ness Ziona 32:30
The Tigers rose to seventh place with 7 points (like Motzkin who dropped to 8th place), and achieved their first victory since the 3rd round. ASA still led in the opening, but the entry of the Croatian center who joined Nes Ziona, Marko Kovetic, brought about the change – especially in the second half. ASA, on the other hand, is in 10th place with 4 points.