2015-2016 Greek Cup

[italosPAOK4]

[Blackhawk]

Tommorow's draw is only for the Football League teams.

[paokarag4]

same format as last year? group stage then knockout? or has it returned to a knock out format ?

[Blackhawk]

Same as last year. Unfortunately.

[Dutch Eagle]

[Dutch Eagle]

The two winners will join the other 30 teams of the Football League and Super League for the Group Stage (one round robin, therefore 3 games).

Each number one and two of each group will qualify for the knock-out phase. Numbers two will play numbers one in a home and away game.

[pash]

Panthrakikos/Xania/Olympiakos Volos

[Dutch Eagle]

3

[Blackhawk]

Easy on paper, but it was the same last season and we got eliminated.

[Dutch Eagle]

3

[pash]

It seems to me that most of our players won't see any time at all until we play cup matches.

 

For shits and giggles, and to see how many players we don't actually play:

 

                     --Glykos--

     --Skondras--Malezas--Tzavellas--

--Cimirot--Charisis--Savvidis--Korovesis--

            --Mistakidis--Golasa--

                      --Jairo--

 

 

Kitsiou is expected back the 27th (and Antonis the 25th), so I'm guessing we won't see him at all.

[Dutch Eagle]

MD 2 in group 3 for the Greek Cup:

December 1st, 2015: Panthrakikos - Olympiakos Volos (15:00 Greek time)

December 3rd, 2015: Chania - PAOK (17:15 Greek time)

[Dutch Eagle]

MD 2 has not even been played but EPO already announced the fixtures for MD 3 in the Greek Cup:

Group 3:

December 17th, 2015: Chania - Panthrakikos (15:00 Greek time)

December 17th, 2015: Olympiakos Volos - PAOK (15:00 Greek time)

[Blackhawk]

After defeating Chania next week (I hope), this match should serve as a training session for the second string players.

[Blackhawk]

Draw for the Round of 16 will take place tomorrow.

 

PAOK as a group winner will be among the seeded teams, and will be drawn against one of the 2nd place team finishers.

 

SEEDED TEAMS

 

PAOK

Panionios

AEP Iraklis

Panathinaikos

Olympiakos

Atromitos

AEK

Asteras Tripoli

 

UNSEEDED TEAMS

 

PAS Giannina

Ergotelis

AO Chania

Levadeiakos

Platanias Chania

Veroia

AE Larisa

AEL Kalloni

 

First leg will be away, second leg at Toumba.

[pash]

Are we able to get drawn again against Chania?

[Blackhawk]

According to the official EPO document there is no rule preventing this:

 

[paok4athens]

Better get Veroia black and white city and near to Thessaloniki. But it doesn't matter who we'll play anyway.

[Blackhawk]

Kalloni it is.

 

The Round of 16 matchups:

 

Ergotelis - Panionios

Veroia - Iraklis

Chania - Olympiakos

Larisa - Asteras Tripolis

PAS Giannina - Panathinaikos

Levadeiakos - AEK

Kalloni - PAOK

 

First leg on January 5-7, 2016 Second leg January 12-14, 2016

 

Apparently there were some questionable events taking place during the draw in the EPO offices.

[Dutch Eagle]

We have drawn Kalloni.

[Blackhawk]

Not a bad draw. Should qualify with ease.

[Dutch Eagle]

I agree with you.

And since the winner qualifies automatically for the EL GS and we trail by one million points in the league, the cup should be our main goal this year.

[pash]

Kalloni is definitely a good draw. Also will give us one more round where we can rest important players before having to throw everything at the cup.

 

What were the questionable occurrences? Surely you won't leave us hanging like this, fearless leader?

[Blackhawk]

Just listen to the live coverage of the draw on Sport FM:

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/NovaSPORFM946/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82/

[pash]

Eh. Just seems like a dumb mistake.