It was a competition that remained in history for one of the most discussed matches between the eternal enemies, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos.
The match became in Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and was judged in extra time, with Panathinaikos to score 3 times (2 goals with penalty, they lost one more) and to finish with 10 players, and Olympiacos to score 2 goals and to be cancelled one more.
In other matches, PAOK won AEK Athens 6–1 and the qualifications of Panathinaikos, against Iraklis in extra time, while the administration of Panathinaikos had prohibited to entry television cameras in the second leg, and against PAOK in semi-finals with a goal to last minute of the second game.
Panathinaikos won 1–0,[1][2] however was not awarded the cup, but a commemorative trophy, since an objection by Olympiacos was pending at their expense, for the affair of outlaw Hellenisation of footballer Juan Ramón Rocha.
In the first two 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: