AEK beat Olympiacos 3-0, continued with two wins over Panionios in the semifinals and faced Ionikos at the Olympic Stadium of Athens for the final. Demis Nikolaidis became the central figure of the evening when he suggested on his own to the referee that his goal was scored by his hand. A little later the same player opened the scoring. A free kick of Bulgarian Milen Petkov and a shot of Christos Maladenis completed the triumph of AEK