The two clubs playing in the
Israel Super Cup (
Maccabi Tel Aviv and
Hapoel Be'er Sheva) will not take part in the group stage, while the remaining twelve clubs were divided into three groups of four clubs. At the end of the group stage the team with the best results of the group winners will qualify to the Finals. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be'er Sheva will play (in the
2020 Israel Super Cup match) for a place in the finals. All the clubs will participate in classification play-offs. == Group stage ==