The 2002–03

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

was the 65th edition of Romania's most prestigious

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tournament. Dinamo București won the title by defeating Naţional București, 1–0.

Format

is an annual knockout tournament. The first round of matches are played on the grounds of the lower-ranked teams; in the second round the matches are played in a neutral location. If a match is tied after 90 minutes, the game goes into extra time. If the match is still tied, the result is decided by penalty kicks. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, the winner was determined by the combined score from two matches.

First round proper

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Second round proper

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Quarterfinals

The matches were played on 12 March and 2 April 2003. , , 4–0, , 1–0 , , 1–2, , 0–1 , , 0–1, , 2–2 , , 5–1, , 0–0

Semifinals

The matches were played on 23 April and 14 May 2003. , , 4–0, , 1–2 , , 2–1, , 1–3 (

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)

Final

References

External links

romaniansoccer.ro

Official site

The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site
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