The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of the

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Tournament details

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from

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, 18 from

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, and 20 from

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. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16. This year came back the Group stage, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second, after drawing of

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against

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and

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against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty. Final was contested by

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, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from the Group stage in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with

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and

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. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable. AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0 and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the final was at 32nd minute while score was at 0–0, after a cross from Petkov,

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scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the pitch, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result, the referee eventually canceled the goal, gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the

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for his fair play towards the referee of the final.

Calendar

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win gained 3 points, each draw gained 1 point, and each loss did not gain any points. *'' Marko and A.S. Neapoli qualified to the additional round without matches.''

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Knockout phase

Each tie in the

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, apart from the first three rounds and the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then

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 ...

was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a

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 ...

. In the first three rounds and the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Additional round

Summary

Matches

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Bracket

Round of 16

Summary

Matches

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Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

''Ionikos won 9–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ionikos won 6–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

Greek Cup 1999–2000
at RSSSF
Greek Cup 1999–2000
at Hellenic Football Federation's official site {{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

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