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. A total of 43 clubs entered the competition. It began on 18 November 1984 with the preliminary round and concluded on 22 June 1985 with the final which was held at

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. AEL won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating

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1–0 in the final.

Format

In the 1984–85 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 the preliminary round 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

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the winner was decided by

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. The next four rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round. If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then

was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by

. The cup winner secured a place in the

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Preliminary round

In the first preliminary draw, participated all the 16 teams of the

and 8 of the 14 teams of the

(last eight 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:

Format

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Sources

See also