The 1973–74 Greek Football Cup was the 32nd 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 AEK Stadium on 16 June 1974. The match was contested by

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and

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, ...

, with PAOK winning by 4–3 on

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 ...

, after a 2–2 draw between the two teams.

Calendar

Qualifying round

28 clubs from

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entered the qualification round. ^*The match ended 4–2 for Nestos Chrysoupoli, but it was awarded to Pandramaikos.

Additional round

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, 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. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by

.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the first round, the teams from the first division are seeded and the teams that passed the qualification round are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams in their respective region. (The teams from Southern Greece form the first group and the teams from Central and Northern Greece form the second group.) *In the draw for the Round of 32, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other in their respective region. *In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no geographical criteria and teams from different regions can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

First round

18 clubs from

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and 32 clubs from

entered the first round.

Round of 32

Round of 16

^*The match ended 1–1 in the regular time and Doxa Drama won 7–6 on penalties, but it was awarded 0–2 to Egaleo.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

^*Held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.

Final

References

External links

Greek Cup 1973-74
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1973-74 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 ...

1973–74 in Greek football