The 1949–50 Greek Football Cup was the eighth 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 ...

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

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on 28 May 1950. The match was contested by

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and

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, with AEK Athens winning by 4–0.

Calendar

Qualification round

First round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="19" , , colspan="2" rowspan="10" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="11" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="4" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="9" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="5" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="8" ^* Victoria withdrew at the 33rd minute. That remained as the final score. ^** Dorieus qualified for the next phase, where he would face a team from Central Greece, but resigned due to inability to cover the travel expenses of the Athenian team. ^*** Aris Patras withdrew at the 70th minute. That remained as the final score. ^****AEK Pyrgos withdrew at the 54th minute while the score was 1–1. Awarded to Lefkos Asteras Amaliadas.

Second round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" , , colspan="2" rowspan="8" , , colspan="2" rowspan="5" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" ^* Iraklis Kallithea withdrew after the second draw.

Third round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="5" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="4" , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" ^* Prasina Poulia withdrew at the 70th minute.

Fourth round

, - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Macedonia Football Clubs Association , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association ^* Suspended due to incidents. Both teams were zeroed. ^** Filippoi Kavala won 3–2 but were zeroed due to illeagal usage of a football player.

Fifth round

, - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="4" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" ^* Pallesviakos qualified for the next phase, where he would face a team from Central Greece, but resigned due to inability to cover the travel expenses of the Athenian team. ^** Suspended due to rainfall. ^*** Suspended at the 43rd minute due to the withdrawal of Iraklis Heraklion.

Sixth round

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: *The round of 16 is contested by the eight top teams of each association and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round.
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

, , colspan="2" , , colspan="2" ^* AEK Athens won by draw.

Semi-finals

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Final

References

External links

Greek Cup 1949-50
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1949-50 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 ...

1949–50 in Greek football