The 1946–47 Greek Football Cup was the fifth 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 imp ...

. It was the first Greek Cup tournament to be held after the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

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

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium ( el, Γήπεδο Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης), commonly known as Leoforos Alexandras Stadium or Leoforos Stadium, is a football stadium and multi-sport center in Athens, Greece. It was inaugurated in ...

, on 8 June 1947. The match was contested by

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

and Iraklis, with Olympiacos winning by 5–0.

Calendar

Qualification round

First round

Second round

, - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Athens Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Piraeus Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly/Euboea Football Clubs Association

Third round

Additional round

Fourth round

Fifth round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Athens Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Piraeus Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thrace/Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly/Euboea Football Clubs Association

Sixth round

Seventh round

Eighth round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thrace/Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" ^* Replay match. ^**After the third match a draw occurred which favoured Amyna Piraeus. ^***The first match ended up as a draw and Apollon Serres won after a replay match.

Knockout phase

In the

knockout phase A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

, 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

Semi-finals

Final

The 5th

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 1946-47
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1946-47 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

1946–47 in Greek football