Hapoel Beersheba 1, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar” 1: Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar”, the club’s under-19 outfit held most of the possession in their away clash against Hapoel Beersheba on Saturday but were unable to convert their advantage into victory and ended their league clash in a 1-1 draw.

Maccabi, placed third in their division, scored in the 15th minute when Tal Torgeman chipped the Beersheba keeper after receiving an excellent through ball from Shai Balhassen. But the lead lasted until seconds before halftime when Maccabi goalkeeper Ben Musayof was adjudged to have fouled a Beersheba player in the area and the hosts converted the resulting penalty taken by Netanel Askias.

Hapoel Tel Aviv 2, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded” 1: U17 could not continue their good away win over Beitar Jerusalem and were knocked out of the State Cup by city arch-rivals Hapoel in the third round. Hapoel took the lead in the ninth minute, Elad Kaplan equalised in the 23rd but Hapoel scored the winner in the 53rd minute to advance to the fourth round.

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 0, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs” 8: U16 were overwhelming winners with Lior Aloni, Oscar Gloch, and Matan Jerozolimski each scoring two goals and Ido Mizrahi and Natan Buzaglo adding one apiece.

Hapoel Raanana 0, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eldad” 11: U15 maintained their positive momentum from the league with a whopping win. Osher Bruchim scored four goals, Nikita Alexienko scored twice and Maor Ben Nun, Ron Rabinovich, Agam Hanoun, Omer Dinar and Liad Barda added the others.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar”, the club’s under-19 outfit held most of the possession in their away clash against Hapoel Beersheba on Saturday but were unable to convert their advantage into victory and ended their league clash in a 1-1 draw.

Maccabi, placed third in their division, scored in the 15th minute when Tal Torgeman chipped the Beersheba keeper after receiving an excellent through ball from Shai Balhassen.

But the lead lasted until seconds before halftime when Maccabi goalkeeper Ben Musayof was adjudged to have fouled a Beersheba player in the area and the hosts converted the resulting penalty taken by Netanel Askias.

Maccabi’s players had almost all the chances to score in the second half but were unable to convert at least a handful of decent chances.

Maccabi’s lineup: Ben Musayof, Guy Itzhaki, Mikel Mor, Itay Ben Hemo, Rotem Yatzkar, Nov Berkovitz, (Afek Sapir Navot, 61), Shai Balhassen (Or Roizman, 82), Asaf Hershko (Nadav Nidam, 85), Tal Torgeman (Shaked Navon, 72), Parfait Guiagon, Ronen Hanchis.

Hapoel Beersheba v. Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar”, Wassermill Stadium, Saturday, noon: The under-19s, who are third in the standings open the second phase of the league with an away fixture against Hapoel Beersheba, who are in tenth place. The two sides ended their previous meeting this season in a 2-2 draw.

Hapoel Tel Aviv v. Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded”, Wolfson, Saturday, 10:45: U17 are buoyant after their away win over Beitar Jerusalem in the league last week. They are away again this week in the State Cup third round against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Maccabi also won the last meeting between the two clubs, 4-0 at home.

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva v. Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs”, Petah Tikva Sirkin Sportek, Saturday, 18:40: U16 will be looking to advance after their previous victory, 3-1 over Hapoel Kfar Sava.

Hapoel Raanana v. Hapoel Tel Aviv “Eldad”, Raanana Park, Friday 13:45: U15 will look to add the scalp of Raanana to their previous two successes in the State Cup in the shape of Hapoel Nahalat Yehuda and Hapoel Nof Hagalil.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth academy will host an international youth tournament later this month for the third year in a row after two very successful previous events.

England’s Crystal Palace, Excelsior Rotterdam of the Netherlands and Grasshoppers Zurich from Switzerland will participate alongside the hosts, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba in the event that will take place at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s PenguinPickUp training facility at Kiryat Shalom between January 23-25.

Maccabi have won the two previous editions of the tournament and last year overcame Crystal Palace, Excelsior Rotterdam, Maccabi Haifa, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba.

The two international teams who competed last year are coming back for the second time and their Swiss counterparts will make their debut, giving the foreigners an equal representation in the event.

The event will be played as a single round robin group of six teams with each game played over an hour, two 30 minute halves. The team that tops the table will be crowned winners.

Tournament timetable

Thursday, Jan. 23
13.30 Opening ceremony
14.15 Maccabi Tel Aviv v. Beitar Jerusalem (main pitch)
14.15 Hapoel Beersheba v. Excelsior Rotterdam (synthetic pitch)
15.30 Crystal Palace v. Grasshoppers Zurich (main pitch)

Friday, Jan. 24
11.00 Maccabi Tel Aviv v. Hapoel Beersheba (main pitch)
11.00 Beitar Jerusalem v. Grasshoppers Zurich (synthetic pitch)
12.15 Excelsior Rotterdam v. Crystal Palace (main pitch)
13.30 Maccabi Tel Aviv v. Grasshoppers Zurich (main pitch)
14.45 Excelsior Rotterdam v. Beitar Jerusalem (main pitch)
14.45 Crystal Palace v. Hapoel Beersheba (synthetic pitch)

Saturday, Jan. 25
10.00 Maccabi Tel Aviv v. Crystal Palace (main pitch)
10.00 Grasshoppers Zurich v. Excelsior Rotterdam (synthetic pitch)
11.15 Hapoel Beersheba v. Beitar Jerusalem (main pitch)
12.30 Maccabi Tel Aviv v. Excelsior Rotterdam (main pitch)
13.45 Grasshoppers Zurich v. Hapoel Beersheba (main pitch)
13.45 Crystal Palace v. Beitar Jerusalem (synthetic pitch)
15.00 Closing ceremony