 A similar appeal in the tie between Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Haifa, eventually won 2–0 by the former, resulted at first in a walkover win for Hapoel Haifa, and later in a replay, played on 5 September 1964, in which Hapoel Haifa won 6–1.Following the third round, an intermediate round had to be played in order to bring the number of contestants to 32.14 of the third round winners were drawn to play, while the other teams received a bye to the fifth round.