2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup

The 2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup was the 45th edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winner of the cup was Panathinaikos.[1] The cup competition started on 18 September 2019, and ended on 16 February 2020.[2] AEK Athens won the competition.

2019–20 Greek Cup

Competition details
Season	2019–20
Teams	62
Dates	18 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
Final positions
Champions	AEK (5th title)
Runners-up	Promitheas
Awards
Finals MVP	Nikos Zisis
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Format

The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2018–19 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2019–20 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League's 2018–19 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League's 2018–19 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. All rounds were played under a single elimination format.

Preliminary rounds

Phase 1

Round 1

Ethnikos Piraeus	70 – 64	Megaridas
Aigaleo	84 – 98	Pentelis
Ionikos NF	79 – 81	Doukas
Papagou	73 – 68	Panerithraikos
Proteas Voulas	84 – 65	OFI Crete
Esperos Kallitheas	72 – 49	Maroussi
Panelefsiniakos	73 – 68	Melissia
Lokros Atalantis	64 – 77	Mandraikos
Stratoniou	93 – 83	Giannina
Farsalon	73 – 44	Europi 87
HANTH	68 – 83	Machites Doxas Pefkon
Doxa Lefkadas	71 – 62	Gefyras
Komotini	66 – 73	Ermis Lagkada
Eukarpias	74 – 83	Aias Evosmou
Esperos Lamias	89 – 76	Filippos Verias
Proteas Grevena	56 – 68	Kavala

Round 2

Esperos Lamias	77 – 94	Koroivos Amaliadas
Panelefsiniakos	63 – 111	Diagoras Dryopideon
Pentelis	60 – 76	Anatolia Thessaloniki
Esperos Kallitheas	74 – 79	Psychiko
Doukas	49 – 85	Charilaos Trikoupis
Doxa Lefkadas	65 – 82	Pagrati
Papagou	62 – 58	Apollon Patras
Farsalon	20 – 0	Ippokratis Kos
Ethnikos Piraeus	60 – 73	Amyntas
Machites Doxas Pefkon	56 – 90	Karditsas
Proteas Voulas	73 – 79	Dafni Dafniou
Kavala	81 – 71	Agriniou
Stratoniou	73 – 88	Eleftheroupolis
Aias Evosmou	60 – 45	Triton Athens
Ermis Lagkada	58 – 64	Olympiacos B
Mandraikos	83 – 82	Oiakas Napfliou

Note: Ippokratis Kos decided to forfeit their game against Farsalon.

Round 3

Olympiacos B	76 – 91	Anatolia Thessaloniki
Koroivos Amaliadas	93 – 89	Pagrati
Papagou	77 – 66	Aias Evosmou
Karditsas	93 – 96	Amyntas
Kavala	80 – 87	Dafni Dafniou
Farsalon	64 – 91	Charilaos Trikoupis
Mandraikos	65 – 59	Psychiko
Eleftheroupolis	71 – 77	Diagoras Dryopideon

Phase 2

Round 1

Ionikos Nikaias	73 – 79	Kolossos Rodou
Mandraikos	56 – 79	Lavrio
Anatolia Thessaloniki	67 – 77	Larisa
Dafni Dafniou	87 – 76	Koroivos Amaliadas
Aris Thessaloniki	63 – 64	Iraklis Thessaloniki
Papagou	62 – 81	Rethymno
Charilaos Trikoupis	71 – 80	Panionios
Diagoras Dryopideon	90 – 73	Amyntas

Round 2

Diagoras Dryopideon	93 – 72	Panionios
Kolossos Rodou	73 – 56	Lavrio
Dafni Dafniou	63 – 83	Larisa
Rethymno	81 – 70	Iraklis

Round 3

Rethymno	75 – 65	Kolossos Rodou
Diagoras Dryopideon	95 – 75	Larisa

Final rounds

	Quarterfinals 10 November 2019				Semifinals 12 February 2020				Final 16 February 2020
	Diagoras Dryopideon	81
	PAOK	66
					Diagoras Dryopideon	71
					AEK	89
	AEK	71
	Rethymno	61
									AEK	61
									Promitheas	57
	Promitheas Patras	81
	Panathinaikos	79
					Promitheas Patras	67
					Peristeri	61
	Peristeri	57
	Ifaistos Limnou	51

Greek Basketball Cup Finals

45th Final

16 February 2020 – Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena AEK – Promitheas Patras 61–57 (29–26), Quarters: 12–13, 29–26, 43–38, 61–57. Referees: Schinas, Anastopoulos, Karakatsounis

AEK (Papatheodorou): Ray 16, Zisis 11, Mačiulis 9, Giannopoulos 6, Slaughter 5, Janković 4, Toliopoulos 3, Chalmers 3, Chrysikopoulos 2, Grant 2, Rogkavopoulos, Mavroeidis.

Promitheas Patras (Giatras): Kaselakis 15, Mavrokefalidis 11, Hall 9, Babb 8, Lypovyy 7, Mantzaris 3, Agravanis 2, Fieler 2, Katsivelis, Jones, Bell, Mantzoukas.

Awards

Finals Most Valuable Player

Player	Team
Nikos Zisis	AEK

Finals Top Scorer

Player	Team
Kendrick Ray	AEK

References

1. Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοσφαίρισης. "Κύπελλο Ανδρών 2018-2019". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
2. Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοσφαίρισης. "Κύπελλο Ανδρών 2019-2020". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

External links

• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
• Officcial Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)