The 1986–87 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Bnei Nazareth, Maccabi Isfiya, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Ashdod win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef. In the North A division, the final decisive match between Hapoel Bnei Nazareth and Maccabi Acre was postponed for over a month after league matches ended, and was eventually played on 13 June 1987. Nazareth won the match 2–0 and was promoted to Liga Alef.[1]

At the bottom, Hapoel Afikim, Beitar Kiryat Shmona (from North A division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Beit Eliezer (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Katz, Beitar Kfar Saba (from South A division), Hapoel Sderot and Hapoel Merhavim (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

North A Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Bnei Nazareth 24 18 4 2 43 17 +26 40 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Acre 24 16 6 2 39 12 +27 38
3 Maccabi Shefa-Amr 24 11 6 7 43 30 +13 28
4 Hapoel Safed 24 7 10 7 33 35 −2 24
5 Bnei Hatzor HaGlilit 24 8 7 9 41 36 +5 23
6 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 24 6 10 8 27 29 −2 22
7 Hapoel Majd al-Krum 24 8 5 11 27 29 −2 21
8 Hapoel Sakhnin 24 7 7 10 31 34 −3 21
9 Maccabi Givat HaRakafot 24 8 5 11 23 30 −7 21
10 Hapoel Bnei Acre 24 7 8 9 31 33 −2 20[a]
11 Maccabi Kiryat Bialik 24 6 8 10 22 35 −13 20
12 Sektzia Ma'alot 24 3 12 9 18 35 −17 18
13 Hapoel Afikim 24 6 2 16 21 44 −23 14 Relegated to Liga Gimel
Beitar Kiryat Shmona 0 0 Folded[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Two points deducted.
  2. ^ Beitar Kiryat Shmona withdrew from the league and its results were annulled.

North B Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Isfiya 26 18 6 2 51 21 +30 42 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 26 16 3 7 49 21 +28 35
3 Hapoel Givat Olga 26 11 9 6 39 33 +6 31
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 26 9 8 9 37 30 +7 26
5 Hapoel Kafr Sulam 26 8 9 9 42 44 −2 25
6 Hapoel Iksal 26 8 8 10 34 38 −4 24
7 Hapoel Tel Hanan 26 8 8 10 43 53 −10 24
8 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 26 10 6 10 37 40 −3 23[a]
9 Hapoel Yokneam 26 6 11 9 26 37 −11 23
10 Maccabi Tzofei Haifa 26 8 7 11 35 47 −12 23
11 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 26 6 10 10 38 39 −1 22
12 Hapoel Nahliel 26 7 8 11 33 41 −8 22
13 Beitar Pardes Hanna 26 4 14 8 18 26 −8 22 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Hapoel Beit Eliezer 26 6 7 13 22 34 −12 19
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Three points deducted.

South A Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Herzliya 26 17 6 3 49 17 +32 40 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Kafr Qasim 26 17 6 3 47 22 +25 40
3 Hapoel Herzliya 26 12 7 7 41 26 +15 31
4 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 26 10 10 6 31 22 +9 30
5 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan 26 10 8 8 30 32 −2 28
6 Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah 26 9 7 10 35 35 0 25
7 M.M. Givat Shmuel 26 8 8 10 33 32 +1 24
8 Hapoel Jaljulia 26 9 6 11 32 32 0 24
9 Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa 26 8 6 12 29 31 −2 22
10 Beitar Rosh HaAyin 26 8 6 12 25 37 −12 22
11 Beitar Kfar Yona 26 7 7 12 28 38 −10 21
12 Maccabi Bat Yam 26 8 5 13 24 35 −11 21
13 Beitar Pardes Katz 26 6 8 12 26 45 −19 20 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Beitar Kfar Saba 26 6 4 16 23 49 −26 16
Source: [citation needed]

South Division B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Ashdod 26 20 5 1 55 18 +37 45 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 SK Nes Tziona 26 15 7 4 53 23 +30 37
3 Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov 26 14 6 6 55 32 +23 34
4 Beitar Yavne 26 9 12 5 30 26 +4 30
5 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 26 10 8 8 30 26 +4 28
6 Hapoel Eilat 26 8 8 10 34 34 0 24
7 Maccabi Ben Zvi 26 6 10 10 21 31 −10 22
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 8 6 12 23 34 −11 22
9 Maccabi Ramla 26 4 14 8 25 37 −12 22
10 Beitar Kiryat Malakhi 26 7 8 11 22 37 −15 22
11 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 26 5 11 10 38 44 −6 21
12 Maccabi Kiryat Ekron 26 8 5 13 25 36 −11 21
13 Hapoel Sderot 26 7 7 12 28 39 −11 21 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Hapoel Merhavim 26 4 7 15 21 43 −22 15
Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Bnei Nazareth in Liga Alef Elias Khouri, 14 June 1987, Ma'ariv, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)