The 1972–73 Greek Football Cup was the 31st edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 17 June 1973. The match was contested by Olympiacos and PAOK, with Olympiacos winning by 1–0.[1][2]
Calendar
Round
Date(s)
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries
Qualifying Round
10 September 1972
14
78 → 64
28
First Round
15 October, 6 December 1972
31
64 → 32
50
Round of 32
3 January 1973
15
32 → 16
none
Round of 16
7 February 1973
8
16 → 8
none
Quarter-finals
18 April 1973
4
8 → 4
none
Semi-finals
23 May 1973
2
4 → 2
none
Final
17 June 1973
1
2 → 1
none
Qualifying round
28 clubs from Beta Ethniki entered the qualification round.
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by penalty shoot-out. 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.
