Without particular surprises, minus the elimination of Aris in the group stage by Ethnikos Piraeus and Paniliakos, teams of lower divisions, the three big teams of Attica qualified easily or with difficulty to semi-finals.
In that round, Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens, the season's champions, after two very interesting matches, with qualification to be judged in extra time.
In the final, that was held at the Olympic Stadium, Panathinaikos managed to win their "eternal" opponent by 1–0,[1] opening the path for a line of three cup conquest in a row.
If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
In 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: