it was a very interesting competition, that was characterized by undecided confrontations and enough surprises, from which the mainer was the elimination of aek athens by neophyte in alpha ethniki ionikos, in second round. at the same time, paok eliminated sparta on penalty shootout. paok's goalkeeper, gkitsioudis, warded off all 4 shots of rival players). iraklis eliminated ilisiakos after extra time, with away goals rule.