"(42 titles)" . . "26" . . "(42th title)" . "Maccabi Tel Aviv" . "1955Z"^^ . "The Israeli Basketball State Cup (Hebrew: \u05D2\u05D1\u05D9\u05E2 \u05D4\u05DE\u05D3\u05D9\u05E0\u05D4 \u05D1\u05DB\u05D3\u05D5\u05E8\u05E1\u05DC\u200E) is the second most important basketball competition in Israel, after Ligat HaAl. The tournament began in the 1955-56 season, and is run by the Israel Basketball Association.The tournament format consists of teams facing each other for a one game elimination match. The winner advances to the second round, which also consists of one game elimination match."@en .