A total of 76 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 20 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma.
After a difficult qualification against Charavgiakos in the first round, they proceeded to eliminate giants AEK Athens, PAOK and Olympiacos.
The final was contested by OFI, for first time in their history, and Iraklis after 7 years, with the latter having qualificatied against Panathinaikos in semi-finals.
If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
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: