AEK Athens qualified in the final after 11 years, while Panathinaikos had eliminated PAOK earlier in penalty shoot-out, after two goalless draws.
Panathinaikos preceded 2–0 and appeared to win, however, in a few minutes to its end, AEK Athens managed to tie the game, to take the lead in the start of extra time only to be drawn and eventually to lose the title in the penalty shoot-out.
At the same time, they lost the chance to win the double, since the same year they won the championship.
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: