The 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup is the 3rd season of the competition, since its official establishment in 2013, and the first to take place after the 2015–16 edition was not held. In this competition, only the clubs of the Gamma Ethniki can participate. The 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup winner will compete at the end of the season with the winner of the 2016–17 Amateurs' Cup for the Amateurs' Super Cup Greece.
First round In first round of the competition, the clubs in each group compete against each other in singles matches (overtime and penalties apply) until one club is declared Group winner. The pairs are the result of random drawing. The match days of the First Round have been set for 16 October 2016 for Match-Day 1, 13 November 2016 for Match-Day 2, 14 December 2016 for Match-Day 3 and 22 February 2017 for each Group Final. However, all matches scheduled for 13 November were postponed via a direct order of the HFF, in association with UEFA and FIFA, in response to the arson of Super League Chief Refereeing Officer Georgios Βikas' house in Ierissos, Chalkidiki. As a result, all Match-Day 2 matches were set for 7 December 2016, while Match-Day 3 matches were set for 21 December 2016.
Group 1
Matchday 1
Kavala advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Group Final
Group 2
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Group Final
Group 3
Matchday 1
Fostiras advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Group Final
Group 4
Matchday 1
Panthiraikos advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Group Final
Bracket
Semi-finals In the Second Round (Semi-finals), the four Group winners compete on neutral Ground on single knockout matches.
Final
A.E. Karaikskakis: GK ? Apostolos Androutsos DF? Nikolaos Papanikou DF? Spiros Lamprou DF? Konstantinos Chartsias DF? Aristotelis Karagiannidis MF ? Alexandros Veletis MF? George Collins MF ? German Datidis MF? Nikolaos Gyftokostas FW? Nikos Kousidis FW? Sokratis Evangelou Substitutes:GK ? Apostolos Siaravas DF ? Apostolos Avramidis DF ? Marios Kapsalis MF ? Alexandros Bekatoros MF ? Giannis Goulas MF ? Alexandros Maziotis FW ? Charalampos Zygeridis Manager: Nikos TheodosiadisAchaiki: GK ? Athanasios Drakopoulos DF? Georgios Ntazos DF? Christos Stefanopoulos DF? Spiros Sotiropoulos DF? Rildi Charizi DF ? Christos Drimalas MF ? Panagiotis Konstantinopoulos MF? Joachim Apostolopoulos MF? Ilias Georgopoulos FW? Leonidas Kostoulas FW? Antonis Roumpatos Substitutes:GK ? Dionysis Ventouris DF ? Georgios Petropoulos DF ? Nikos Anagnostopoulos MF ? Ilias Papadatos MF ? Giannis Makris MF ? Leonidas Aggelopoulos FW ? Ilias Mantas Manager: Alexandros Gavrilopoulos Match officials Assistant referees: Spiros Chouliaras (Aetoloacarnania) Konstantinos Kalampokis (Aetoloacarnania) Fourth official: Vasilios Panagiotopoulos (Aetoloacarnania)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
References
External links Football League 2 Cup