2020–21 Greek Football Cup

The 2020–21 Greek Cup is the 79th event of the Greek Football Cup. It takes place with the participation of only 14 clubs from the Super League 1, as the fact that until the beginning of January 2021 there was no competitive action in the lower divisions (Super League 2, Football League and Gamma Ethniki) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, led to the decision[1] to participate in the cup only the 14 teams from the upper division, whose own league was normally in progress.[2]

2020–21 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams14
Defending championsOlympiacos
2021–22 →


Calendar
RoundMain dateNumber
of fixtures		ClubsNew entries
this round
Sixth Round20, 21 January and 3, 4 February 2021612→ 612
Quarter-finals10, 11 February and 2, 3, 4 March 202148 → 42
Semi-finalsApril 202124 → 2none
FinalMay 202112 → 1none

Sixth Round

The draw for this round took place on 5 January 2021.

Panathinaikos and Lamia received a bye into the quarter-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 7–1 AEL 5–0 2–1
Volos 3–1 OFI 2–0 1–1
PAS Giannina 5–4 Atromitos 2–2 3–2
Aris Thessaloniki 4–0 Asteras Tripolis 2–0 2–0
AEK Athens 3–2 Apollon Smyrnis 2–0 1–2
Panetolikos 0–6 Olympiacos 0–3 0–3

Source: epo.gr

Quarter-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 5 February 2021. Shortly afterwards, Olympiacos vice-president Kostas Karapapas and Aris president Theodoros Karypidis both implied that the draw was fixed and claimed that some of the balls used from the HFF representative and chairman of the Greek Cup Committee Manos Gavrielidis during the procedure, were previously heated.[3] Gavrielidis stated that there was a live streaming of the draw and everything was performed according to law on restrictions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic which forbade the presence of club representatives, something that was also applied in the previous draw.[4] The Hellenic Football Federation issued a statement later that day denouncing the whole story as ridiculous and absurd.[5] Olympiacos issued a statement in response, insisting that the draw was fixed by the Federation and accusing the HFF representatives of being corrupted and responsible for the total humiliation of the competition and of Greek football in general.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK Lamia
Olympiacos Aris
AEK Athens Volos
PAS Giannina Panathinaikos

Source: epo.gr

References
  1. "Αποφάσεις Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής". epo.gr. 5 January 2021.
  2. Τάσος Μπαϊρακτάρης. "Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Κλήρωση ...παραγγελιά για τους μεγάλους". novasports.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. "Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος: Αντιδράσεις Ολυμπιακού και Αρη, η απάντηση του ΠΑΟΚ" [Greek Football Cup draw: Olympiacos and Aris reactions, PAOK response]. iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. "Κλήρωση 7ης φάσης Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος 2020–21 (video)" [2020–21 Greek Football Cup quarter-finals draw (video)]. epo.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Ανακοίνωση της Ελληνικής Ποδοσφαιρικής Ομοσπονδίας" [HFF statement]. epo.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός" [Olympiacos statement]. olympiacos.org (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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