The 1977–78 Cypriot Cup was the 36th edition of the

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. A total of 40 clubs entered the competition. It began on 14 December 1977 with the preliminary round and concluded on 11 June 1978 with the final which was held at

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APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

won their 10th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating

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3–0 in the final.

Format

In the 1977–78 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 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 the winner was decided by

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. The cup winner secured a place in the

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament. No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey ...

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round participated 7 teams of the

1977–78 Cypriot First Division The 1977–78 Cypriot First Division was the 39th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λ ...

, 5 teams of the

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and 4 teams of the

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First round

9 clubs from the

, 10 clubs from the

and 5 clubs from the

were added.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

* APOEL: G. Pantziaras (75' Koupanos), Menelaou, Stephanou, Stavrou, N. Pantziaras, Stephanis, Miamiliotis (75' Ermogenidis), K. Pantziaras, P. Chatzithomas, Markou, Antoniou. * Olympiacos: Barnabas, Papageorgiou, Lucas, Georgiou, Faketti, Aristidou, Mario (70' Ethimiadis), Kalotheou, Koulis (23' Bouras), Mavris, Savvidis.

Sources

* * ΚΟΠ (Magazine), 30 March 2016, p. 72

Bibliography

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