The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a single-elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament.
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.
The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association.
The Cyprus football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Cyprus. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. The top three leagues are organised by the Cyprus Football Association and the rest by the S.T.O.K..
The 2007–08 Cypriot Cup was the 66th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 8 September 2007 with the first round and concluded on 17 May 2008 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 19th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Anorthosis 2–0 in the final.
The 2006–07 Cypriot Cup was the 65th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 16 September 2006 with the first round and concluded on 12 May 2007 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Anorthosis won their 10th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Omonia 3–2 in the final.
The 2008–09 Cypriot Cup was the 67th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 28 clubs entered the competition. The tournament involved teams from the Cypriot First Division and lower divisions, with matches played over two legs in the early rounds. It began on 23 September 2008 with the first round and concluded on 16 May 2009 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOP Kinyras won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEL 2–0 in the final.
The Cypriot Third Division is the third tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league are promoted to the Cypriot Second Division, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated to the STOK Elite Division.
The 2009–10 Cypriot Cup was the 68th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 28 clubs entered the competition. It began on 23 September 2009 with the first round and concluded on 15 May 2010 with the final which was held at GSZ Stadium. Apollon won their 6th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating APOEL 2–1 in the final.
The Cypriot Fourth Division was the fourth tier football league competition in Cyprus, ran by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league were promoted to the Cypriot Third Division, and the lowest finishing teams were relegated to the amateur leagues.
The 2013–14 Cypriot Cup was the 72nd edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 30 clubs entered the competition. It began on 23 October 2013 with the first round and concluded on 21 May 2014 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 20th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Ermis Aradippou 2–0 in the final.
The 2014–15 Cypriot Cup was the 73rd edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 26 clubs entered the competition. It began on 29 October 2014 with the first round and concluded on 20 May 2015 with the final which was held at GSZ Stadium. APOEL clinched their 21st Cypriot Cup trophy and their second in successive seasons with a convincing 4–2 victory over AEL Limassol.
The STOK Elite Division is the fourth tier and the last professional football league competition in Cyprus, run by the STOK Federation of the Cypriot levels.
The 2003–04 Cypriot Cup was the 62nd edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 13 September 2003 with the first round and concluded on 23 May 2004 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. AEK Larnaca won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEL Limassol 2–1 in the final.
The 2010–11 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 3rd edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 24 clubs entered the competition. It began on 27 October 2010 with the first round and concluded on 30 March 2011 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Ethnikos Assia won their 1st cup trophy after beating ENAD Polis Chrysochous 1–0 in the final.
AEN Ayiou Georgiou Vrysoullon-Acheritou is a Cypriot football club based in Ayios Georgios Vrysoullon, Cyprus. The team has played once in the Third Division and four times in the Fourth Divion/STOK Elite Division. It participated once in the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions in 2012–13, losing in the semi-finals to ENTHOI Lakatamia FC who were also in the Fourth Division.
The 2015–16 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 8th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 8 clubs entered the competition. It began on 18 November 2015 with the semi-finals and concluded on 4 May 2016 with the final which was held at Dasaki Stadium. Alki Oroklini won their 1st cup trophy after beating P.O. Xylotymbou 2–1 in the final.
The 2016–17 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 9th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 9 clubs entered the competition. It began on 26 October 2016 with the first round.
The 2017–18 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 10th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 22 clubs entered the competition. It began on 25 October 2017 with the first round and concluded on 5 May 2018 with the final which was held at AEK Arena. Onisilos Sotira won their 1st cup trophy after beating Akritas Chlorakas 4–2 on penalties, in the final.
The 2018–19 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 11th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 22 clubs entered the competition. It began on 24 October 2018 with the first round and concluded on 8 May 2019 with the final which was held at AEK Arena. Digenis Morphou won their 2nd cup trophy after beating Olympias Lympion, in the final.
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