The 2020–21 Greek Football Cup was the 79th 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 took place with the participation of the 14 clubs from the Super League 1, as there was no competitive action in the lower divisions ( Super League 2,

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and

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) until early January due to the

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. The

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decided that the Cup would be held with the participation of teams only from the

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, which was running normally. The winner of the Cup qualified for the next season's Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

Calendar

Bracket

First round

The draw for this round took place on 5 January 2021.

Summary

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Matches

''PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Volos won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAS Giannina won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aris won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 5 February 2021. Shortly afterwards,

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vice-president Kostas Karapapas and

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president Theodoros Karypidis both implied that the draw was fixed and claimed that some of the balls used during the procedure by the HFF representative and chairman of the Greek Cup Committee Manos Gavrielidis were previously heated. Gavrielidis stated that there was a livestream of the draw and everything was performed according to the restrictions concerning the

which forbade the presence of club representatives, a rule that was also applied in the previous round's draw. The HFF issued a statement later that day denouncing the accusation as ridiculous and absurd.

issued a statement in response, insisting that the draw was fixed by the Federation and accusing the HFF representatives of being corrupt and responsible for the total degradation of the competition and of Greek football in general.

Summary

Matches

''PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''The match was held at Panetolikos Stadium due to the inappropriateness of the

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.'' ''PAS Giannina won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 16 March 2021.

Summary

Matches

''Olympiacos won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

References

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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 ...