The 2011–12 Greek Football Cup was the 70th 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 ...

. A total of 57 clubs, ten less than in the last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 November 2011 with the first round and concluded in April 2012 with the final between Olympiacos and Atromitos, with Olympiacos winning 2–1 in extra time. The delay of the start of the tournament was due to judicial decisions after the Koriopolis scandal.

Teams

Calendar

Participating clubs

The following 57 teams competed in the first round:

Knockout phase

Each tie 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 ...

, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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 quarter-finals and the semi-finals were 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 round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the second round, the teams from the second division are seeded and the winners from the first round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draw for the Round of 32, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the second round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other.

First round

The draw for this round took place on 2 November 2011.

Summary

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Matches

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Second round

The draw for took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

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Matches

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Additional round

The draw for took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

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Matches

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Bracket

Round of 32

The draw for took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

Matches

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Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 23 December 2011.

Summary

Matches

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Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 18 January 2012.

Summary

Matches

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Semi-finals

The draw took place on 18 January 2012, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

Matches

''Atromitos won on away goals.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

Greek Cup 2011-2012
at Hellenic Football Federation's official site {{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 Greek Football Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

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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 ...