Football - UPDATE 3-Soccer-Israeli championship preliminary round results and standings

Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 15 10 1 4 29 15 31 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 15 9 3 3 24 12 30 3 Ashdod 15 8 1 6 20 13 25 4 Bnei Yehuda 15 6 4 5 19 16 22 5 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 14 6 4 4 19 17 22 6 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 15 6 3 6 19 19 21 ------------------------- 7 Beitar Jerusalem 14 5 5 4 23 20 20 8 Maccabi Haifa 14 5 5 4 14 13 20 ------------------------- 9 Hapoel Beer Sheva 14 4 7 3 17 17 19 10 Bnei Sakhnin 15 4 5 6 17 26 17 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 15 3 6 6 18 20 15 12 Hapoel Akko 15 3 5 7 14 20 14 13 Maccabi Netanya 15 3 4 8 11 21 13 14 Hapoel Haifa 15 1 7 7 8 23 10 1-6: Championship play-off 9-14: Relegation play-off Next Fixtures (GMT): Sunday, December 23 Hapoel Beer Sheva v Beitar Jerusalem (1815) Monday, December 24 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Maccabi Haifa (1850)