It began on 18 November 1984 with the preliminary round and concluded on 22 June 1985 with the final which was held at Makario Stadium.
AEL won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy by beating EPA 1–0 in the final.
In the preliminary round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results.
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match.
If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.