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1961–62 Cypriot Cup
Tournament details
Country	Cyprus
Dates	17 February 1962 – 17 June 1962
Teams	23
Final positions
Champions	Anorthosis; (3rd title)
Runner-up	Olympiakos
	← 1958–59 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Cypriot Cup was the 20th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 23 clubs entered the competition. It began with the first round and concluded on 17 June 1962 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Anorthosis won their 3rd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Olympiakos 5–2 in the final.

Format

In the 1961–62 Cypriot Cup, participated the teams of the Cypriot First Division and the teams of the Cypriot Second Division.

The competition consisted of five knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.

First round

Team 1	Result	Team 2
(A) AC Omonia	11 - 2	Gaydzak Nicosia (B)
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta	19 - 0	AEK Ammochostos (B)
(A) Apollon Limassol	6 - 0	Panellinios Limassol (B)
(B) PAEEK	0 - 9	EPA Larnaca (A)
(B) Amathus Limassol	0 - 3	Orfeas Nicosia (A)
(A) Pezoporikos Larnaca	2 - 2, 4 - 0	Aris Limassol (A)
(B) Othellos Famagusta	2 - 3	Keravnos Strovolou (B)

Second round

Team 1	Result	Team 2
(A) AEL Limassol	1 - 0	Apollon Limassol (A)
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta	5 - 1	Alki Larnaca (A)
(B) Anagennisi Larnacas	0 - 7	AC Omonia (A)
(A) APOEL	3 - 3, 0 - 2	Orfeas Nicosia (A)
(B) EPA Larnaca	11 - 0	APOP Paphos (A)
(B) Ethnikos Asteras Limassol	2 - 5	Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)
(A) Olympiakos Nicosia	7 - 0	AYMA (A)
(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta	5 - 1	Keravnos Strovolou (B)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Result	Team 2
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta	1 - 0	AC Omonia (A)
(A) AEL Limassol	1 - 0 (aet)	EPA Larnaca (A)
(A) Pezoporikos Larnaca	1 - 2	Olympiakos Nicosia (A)
(A) Orfeas Nicosia	0 - 2 (aet)	Nea Salamis Famagusta (A)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Result	Team 2
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta	3 - 1	AEL Limassol (A)
(A) Olympiakos Nicosia	2 - 1	Nea Salamis Famagusta (A)

Final

17 June 1962

Anorthosis Famagusta	5 – 2	Olympiakos Nicosia
Antis Konstantinou 31' Panos Siailos 41' Panos Siailos 43' Michales Ioannou (Sialis) 49' Pampos Haralambous 56'		12' Kosmas 72' Kostakis Pierides

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Cypriot Cup 1961–62 Winners
Anorthosis 3rd title

Sources

"1961/62 Cyprus Cup". RSSSF. 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-25.

Bibliography

Gavreilides, Michalis; Papamoiseos, Stelios (2001). Ένας αιώνας Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο [One century Cypriot football] (in Greek). Nicosia: The writer. p. 63. ISBN 9963-8720-1-8.
Meletiou, Giorgos (2011). Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο 1900–1960 [Cypriot Football 1900–1960] (in Greek). Nicosia: Power Publishing. pp. 233–234, 287. ISBN 978-9963-688-87-6.