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The 1973–74 Greek Football Cup was the 32nd edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at AEK Stadium on 16 June 1974. The match was contested by PAOK and Olympiacos, with PAOK winning by 4–3 on penalty shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw between the two teams.
Calendar
Round
Date(s)
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries
Qualifying Round
9 September 1973
13
79 → 65
28
Additional Round
1973
1
65 → 64
1
First Round
26 December 1973
28
64 → 32
50
Round of 32
23 January 1974
15
32 → 16
none
Round of 16
24 February 1974
8
16 → 8
none
Quarter-finals
10 April 1974
4
8 → 4
none
Semi-finals
8 May 1974
2
4 → 2
none
Final
16 June 1974
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.