The 1946–47 Greek Football Cup was the fifth edition of the

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

. It was the first Greek Cup tournament to be held after the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup final, held at

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (), commonly known as Leoforos Alexandras Stadium or Leoforos Stadium, is a football stadium and multi-sport center in Athens, Greece. It was inaugurated in 1922 and is the oldest currently active football stadium in ...

, on 8 June 1947. The match was contested by

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

and Iraklis, with Olympiacos winning by 5–0.

Calendar

Qualification round

First round

Second round

, - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Athens Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Piraeus Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly/Euboea Football Clubs Association

Third round

Additional round

Fourth round

Fifth round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Athens Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Piraeus Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thrace/Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly/Euboea Football Clubs Association

Sixth round

Seventh round

Eighth round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thrace/Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" ^* Replay match. ^**After the third match a draw occurred which favoured Amyna Piraeus. ^***The first match ended up as a draw and Apollon Serres won after a replay match.

Knockout phase

In the

knockout phase A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw,

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play 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 if the game is required t ...

will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

Greek Cup 1946-47
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1946-47 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

1946–47 in Greek football