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1962–63 Cupa României
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Petrolul Ploiești
Runner-up	Siderurgistul Galați
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Cupa României was the 25th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Petrolul Ploiești against Siderurgistul Galați.

Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.

First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.

In the first round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify.

From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then a replay will be played. In case the game is still tight after the replay, then the team from lower division will qualify for the next round.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

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First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 April 1963
Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B)	2–0	(Div. A) Crişana Oradea
Metalul București (Div. B)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
IS Câmpia Turzii (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. B) Arieșul Turda
Ştiinţa Craiova (Div. B)	3–1	(Div. A) UTA Arad
AS Cugir (Div. B)	4–2	(Div. A) Minerul Lupeni
Ştiinţa Galaţi (Div. B)	0–3	(Div. A) Dinamo Bacău
IMU Medgidia (Div. B)	0–3	(Div. A) Rapid București
Gaz Metan Mediaş (Div. B)	2–1	(Div. A) Steagul Roşu Braşov
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B)	0–3	(Div. A) CSMS Iaşi
Dinamo Pitești (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Progresul București
Prahova Ploiești (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Farul Constanța
CSM Reșița (Div. B)	0–2	(Div. A) Ştiinţa Timişoara
CFR Roşiori (Div. B)	1–3	(Div. A) Dinamo București
ASMD Satu Mare (Div. B)	2–0	(Div. A) Ştiinţa Cluj
Carpaţi Sinaia (Div. B)	1–2	(Div. A) Steaua București
Siderurgistul Galați (Div. B)	3–0 (forfait)	(Div. A) Viitorul București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 May 1963
Dinamo București	6–5	Dinamo Bacău
Progresul București	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Gaz Metan Mediaş
CSMS Iaşi	3–1 (a.e.t.)	ASMD Satu Mare
Minerul Baia Mare	2–0	Ştiinţa Craiova
Petrolul Ploiești	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Prahova Ploiești
Ştiinţa Timişoara	4–0	AS Cugir
Siderurgistul Galați	2–1	IS Câmpia Turzii
27 June 1963
Steaua București	7–2	Rapid București

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 June 1963
Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Dinamo București
Progresul București	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Siderurgistul Galați
CSMS Iaşi	3–1	Ştiinţa Timişoara
4 July 1963
Steaua București	4–0	Minerul Baia Mare
28 June 1963 — Replay
Progresul București	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Siderurgistul Galați ‡

Notes:

‡ Siderurgistul Galați qualified in semi-finals being the younger team (24,9 years) compared with Progresul București (26,6 years).

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 July 1963
Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Steaua București
Siderurgistul Galați	3–3 (a.e.t.)	CSMS Iaşi
11 July 1963 — Replay
Siderurgistul Galați	5–1	CSMS Iaşi