The teams of the 2 professional national leagues,Super League 1 andSuper League 2, participate, while the cup winners of the Local FCAs optionally and the teams ofGamma Ethniki, compulsorily, will participate in theAmateur Cup, which was reinstated.
The competition began on 18 August 2025 with the qualifying round, which included the Super League 2 teams, the teams that took places 9 to 12 in theprevious season's Super League 1, and the two teams that won promotion to the Super League 1 from Super League 2, in the2024–25 season, and will conclude with the final on 25 April 2026.
In addition, extra time is abolished in matches up to the semi-finals, while each team is required to have at least one Greek player born in 2004 or later in the starting lineup and in the whole game.[4]
This year's competition is the first implementation of a new conducting system, which includes a qualifying round, league phase, play-offs, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, adapting the format of the competition to theUEFA standards.
Olympiacos are the current defending champions having won the2024–25 edition of this cup.
The draw for the qualifying round took place on 4 August 2025.[5]
The 4 Super League 1 teams that finished in positions 9 to 12 theprevious season, the 2 teams promoted from Super League 2 to Super League 1 from theprevious season and the 17 teams participating inthis year's Super League 2, with the exception of the B teams, participated in the qualifying round of the competition. The 11 teams that qualified, along with the 1 team that qualified without a match from the draw, advanced to the league phase of the competition.
The league phase of the competition will feature the teams that finished 1st to 8th in the2024–25 Super League 1, along with the 11 teams that qualified from the qualifying round plus the one team that qualified without a match. In total, each team will play 4 matches (2 home and 2 away).
The teams that will finish in the top 4 places, will qualify directly to the quarter-finals, while the teams that will finish in 5th to 12th place will compete in the play-offs with the winners advancing also to the quarter-finals.