The 1980–81 Cypriot Cup was the 39th edition of the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club team ...

. A total of 41 clubs entered the competition. It began on 20 December 1980 with the preliminary round and concluded on 27 June 1981 with the replay final which was held at

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. Omonia won their 5th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating

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3–0 in the final.

Format

In the 1980–81 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the

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, the

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and the

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. The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after

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 ...

the winner was decided by

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. The cup winner secured a place in the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Preliminary round

In the first preliminary draw, participated all the 13 teams of the

and 5 of the 14 teams of the

(last five of the league table of each group at the day of the draw).

First round

14 clubs from the

and the rest clubs from the

met the winners of the preliminary round ties:

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Because the match ended in a draw after the extra time, a replay match was played. ----