The Final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in
HFF to change the stadium from
Georgios Kamaras Stadium to
Olympic Stadium and after the no of the
Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The Final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because Olympiacos' player
Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for
COVID-19. The Final was rescheduled again for 12 September at
Panthessaliko Stadium in
Volos.
1.^Grevena Aerata,
Meliteas Meliti and
Thriamvos Serviana withdrew from the competition. Their respective FCA Cup finalists were invited instead, but in each case, did not accept the bid to enter either.
2.^Asteras Itea, winners of the 2018β19
Phocis FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018β19 finalists Apollon Efpalio.
3.^Alexandros Kilkis, winners of the 2018β19 Kilkis FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018β19 finalists PAONE Eptalofos.
4.^ Katastari, winners of the 2018β19
Zakynthos FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018β19 finalists
Zakynthos.
Qualifying rounds
First round
The draw for this round took place on 9 August 2019.[1] The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 28 August 2019.[2]
Two of the fixtures,
KalamataβAtromitos Patras and Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakosβ
Aiolikos were postponed in light the bids of
Kalamata and
Aiolikos to enter the
Football League.[2]Kalamata were eventually greenlighted to play in the
Football League by decision of the
HFF, taking the place of
Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew their participation.[3] As such, despite being drawn against Atromitos Patras, they advanced to the Third Round draw on walkover. Likewise, Atromitos advanced to the next round on walkover.
The draw for this round took place on 9 September 2019.[5] A total of 24 teams are involved in the Round 3 draw: The 12
2019β20 Football League teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.[5]
12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 14, 15 and 18 September.[6]
The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2019.[7] A total of 24 teams were involved in the Round 4 draw: The 12
2019β20 Super League 2 teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.[7]
12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners qualified to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 26 September.[7]
The draw for this round took place on 16 October 2019.[8] A total of 22 teams are involved in the Round 5 draw: The 8
2019β20 Super League teams, who finished in places 6β13 in the
2018β19 season entering the competition in this round, the twelve winners of the previous round, the champion of the
2018β19 Football League (
Volos), and the single club advancing on walkover in Round 4 (
Panserraikos).[9]
As of this phase onward, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
In the draw for Round 5, the nine
Super League teams are seeded, and the 13 clubs advancing from previous Rounds are unseeded.[9] The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 4 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.[9]
A total of 11 fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the Round of 16. The first leg matches will be held on 29, 30 and 31 October, while the 2nd leg matches will be held 3, 4 and 5 December 2019.[9]
Each tie in the
knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over
two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the
away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then
extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. 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:
In the draw for the Round of 16, the five
Super League clubs finishing in places 1β5 in the previous season are seeded, while the clubs advancing from the Fifth Round are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 6 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.
In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.