The 2018–19 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 11th edition of the

Cypriot Cup for lower divisions The Cypriot Cup for lower divisions is a domestic cup for the teams who participate in the Cypriot Third Division and in the STOK Elite Division (ex Fourth Division Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''F ...

. A total of 22 clubs entered the competition. It began on 24 October 2018 with the first round and concluded on 8 May 2019 with the final which was held at AEK Arena.

Digenis Morphou Digenis Akritas Morphou ( el, Διγενής Ακρίτας Μόρφου) is a Cypriot sports club from Morphou, founded on 23 April 1931.

won their 2nd cup trophy after beating

Olympias Lympion Olympias Lympion is a Cypriot football club based in Lympia, Cyprus. Founded in 1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and p ...

, in the final.

Format

Only teams from the

Cypriot Third Division The Cypriot Third Division (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league are promoted to t ...

and

STOK Elite Division The STOK Elite Division is the fourth tier and the last professional football league competition in Cyprus, run by the STOK Federation of the Cypriot levels. History The STOK Elite Division Championship was initiated by the Cyprus Football Assoc ...

could participate. Participation was not compulsory. 22 of 30 participated this season. The competition consisted of five rounds. In the first, second and third round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying for 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 only ...

the winner was decided by

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. The fourth round was 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 for 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 final will be a single match.

First round

The first round draw took place on 9 October 2018 and the matches played on 24 October 2018.

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw, took place on 11 December 2018 and the matches played on 16 and 23 January 2019.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw took place on 30 January 2019 and the matches played on 20, 27 February 2019.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals draw took place on 6 March 2019 and the matches will played on 27 March and 3 April 2019.

Final

References

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