The 1939–40 Greek Football Cup was the fourth edition of the

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at

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, on 2 June 1940. The match was contested by

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

and

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, with Panathinaikos winning by 3–1.

Calendar

Qualification round

First round

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Second round

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Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

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Sixth round

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Knockout phase

In the

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, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw,

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

The 4th

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

Final was played at the

References

External links

Greek Cup 1939-40
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1939-40 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

1939–40 in Greek football