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• Preliminary Phase
• Final Phase
  • Preliminary round
  • 1/16 finals
  • 1/8 finals
  • Quarter-finals
  • Semi-finals
  • Final

Preliminary Phase

Rules
  - All teams from the two B RFG groups, the twelve Zonalni FG and the 30 OFG may enter the Preliminary Phase.
  - Within each okrag (of 30) participating teams play against each other until a single team remains.
  - Winners are determined over one leg with a set of 5 penalties taken if score is level after regular time, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.

Okrag representatives

okrag grad Varna:    Korabostroitel (Varna)
okrag Varna:         Zdravko Bombov (Reka Devnya)
okrag Tolbuhin:      DAP (Tolbuhin)
okrag Kolarovgrad:   Panayot Volov (Kolarovgrad)
okrag Targovishte:   Levski (Omurtag)
okrag Ruse:          Lokomotiv (Ruse)
okrag Silistra:      Dorostol (Silistra)
okrag Razgrad:       Ludogorets (Razgrad)
okrag Tarnovo:       Etar (Tarnovo)
okrag Gabrovo:       Chardafon (Gabrovo)
okrag Pleven:        Gigant (Belene)
okrag Lovech:        Hristo Karpachev (Lovech)
okrag Vratsa:        Chavdar (Byala Slatina)
okrag Mihaylovgrad:  Septemvriyska slava (Mihaylovgrad)
okrag Vidin:         DMZ "Georgi Dimitrov" (Vidin)
okrag grad Sofia:    Septemvri (Sofia)
okrag Sofia:         no representative *
okrag Pernik:        Rudnik "Aleksandar Milenov" (Pernik)
okrag Blagoevgrad:   DPTK "Gotse Delchev" (Blagoevgrad)
okrag Kyustendil:    Levski (Kyustendil)
okrag grad Plovdiv:  Shipka (Asenovgrad)
okrag Plovdiv:       Levski (Karlovo)
okrag Pazardzhik:    Botev (Pazardzhik)
okrag Smolyan:       Rodopa (Smolyan)
okrag Haskovo:       Minyor (Madzharovo)
okrag Kardzhali:     Arda (Kardzhali)
okrag Stara Zagora:  Yavorov (Chirpan)
okrag Sliven:        General Zaimov (Sliven)
okrag Burgas:        Botev (Burgas)
okrag Yambol:        Nikolay Laskov (Yambol)

* - okrag Sofia has no representative, probably due to failure to meet the deadline for determining a team.

Final Phase

Preliminary round

Rules:
  - The 29 teams from the Preliminary Phase participate in this round.
  - 26 of them are drawn into 13 pairs with a partially seeded draw, so that there is geographical proximity between the teams of a pair. The remaining 3 teams receive a bye.
  - Winners are determined over one leg with a set of 5 penalties taken if score is level after regular time, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - Hosting is determined by the draw.
  - The 13 winners and the 3 teams that bye qualify for the 1/16 finals.

Draw: December 1962

22 December 1962, Saturday, 14:00 EET:
Korabostroitel (Varna) - Botev (Burgas)                   2:2; penalties: 4:1 
Lokomotiv (Ruse) - Panayot Volov (Kolarovgrad)            postponed * 
* - postponed due to bad weather.
DAP (Tolbuhin) - Ludogorets (Razgrad)                     postponed * 
* - postponed due to bad weather.
23 December 1962, Sunday, 14:00 EET:
DMZ "Georgi Dimitrov" (Vidin) - Septemvriyska slava (Mh)  2:2; penalties: 2:3 
Minyor (Madzharovo) - Nikolay Laskov (Yambol)             postponed * 
* - postponed due to bad weather.
Chavdar (Byala Slatina) - Gigant (Belene)                 1:0 
Levski (Omurtag) - Etar (Tarnovo)                         1:2 
Rudnik "Aleksandar Milenov" (Pk) - Levski (Kyustendil)    3:2 
Dorostol (Silistra) - Zdravko Bombov (Reka Devnya)        postponed * 
* - postponed due to bad weather.
Rodopa (Smolyan) - Arda (Kardzhali)                       1:2 
Yavorov (Chirpan) - Chardafon (Gabrovo)                   2:1 
Hristo Karpachev (Lovech) - Levski (Karlovo)              6:0 awd * 
* - abandoned in 73' at 3:0 (1:0) due to group protest by the away team's
    players.
DPTK "Gotse Delchev" (Blagoevgrad) - Septemvri (Sofia)    0:2 
2 January-6 February 1963:
DAP (Tolbuhin) - Ludogorets (Razgrad)                     -2- 
Minyor (Madzharovo) - Nikolay Laskov (Yambol)             -2- 
Dorostol (Silistra) - Zdravko Bombov (Reka Devnya)        -1- 
2 January 1963, Wednesday, 14:00 EET:
Lokomotiv (Ruse) - Panayot Volov (Kolarovgrad)            6:1 (2:1) 
General Zaimov (Sliven)                                   bye
Botev (Pazardzhik)                                        bye
Shipka (Asenovgrad)                                       bye

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1/16 finals

Rules:
  - The 16 teams from the Preliminary Round and the 16 A RFG teams that enter the competition at this stage participate in this round.
  - The 32 teams are drawn into 16 pairs.
    - The 16 A RFG teams are put into one pot, and the other 16 teams - into another pot.
    - The 16 pairs are determined with teams from the first pot being drawn against teams from the second pot.
  - Winners are determined over one leg with a set of 5 penalties taken if score is level after regular time, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - Hosting is determined by the draw.
  - The 16 winners qualify for the 1/8 finals.

Draw: 7 February 1963, Thursday

23 February 1963, Saturday, 15:00 EET:
Shipka (Asenovgrad) - Botev (Plovdiv)                     0:2 (0:1) 
in Sofia, "Rakovski" st.:
Slavia (Sofia) - General Zaimov (Sliven)                  4:2 (4:1) 
Lokomotiv (Ruse) - Spartak (Varna)                        1:1; penalties: 3:2 
Marek (Stanke Dimitrov) - Yavorov (Chirpan)               6:0 (1:0) 
24 February 1963, Sunday, 10:00 EET:
Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Botev (Pazardzhik)                    6:0 (4:0) 
24 February 1963, Sunday, 15:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Rakovski" st.:
Septemvri (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)                   2:3 (2:0) 
Korabostroitel (Varna) - Beroe (Stara Zagora)             0:0; penalties: 1:2 
in Dolna Mitropolia: *
Spartak (Pleven) - Chavdar (Byala Slatina)                5:0 (2:0) 
* - in Dolna Mitropolia due to a lack of a prepared field in Pleven.
Dunav (Ruse) - Hristo Karpachev (Lovech)                  1:0 (0:0) 
Etar (Tarnovo) - Dobrudzha (Tolbuhin)                     3:1 (1:1) 
Rudnik "Aleksandar Milenov" (Pk) - Cherno more (Varna)    2:5 (1:3) 
Spartak (Plovdiv) - Ludogorets (Razgrad)                  4:0 (2:0) 
Himik (Dimitrovgrad) - Nikolay Laskov (Yambol)            2:0 (2:0) 
Dorostol (Silistra) - Spartak (Sofia)                     0:1 (0:0) 
Septemvriyska slava (Mihaylovgrad) - Levski (Sofia)       0:1 (0:0) 
Arda (Kardzhali) - CDNA (Sofia)                           1:2 (1:2) 

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1/8 finals

Rules:
  - 16 teams from the 1/16 finals are drawn into 8 pairs.
  - Winners are decided over two legs, with a full set of 5 penalties each taken in case of draw in the aggregate score at the end of the return leg, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - Hosting is determined by the draw.
  - The 8 winners qualify for the 1/4 finals.

Draw: 25 February 1963, Monday (for the entire bracket until the final)

                           First Legs

2 March 1963, Saturday, 15:30 EET:
in Sofia, "Rakovski" st.:
Spartak (Sofia) - Spartak (Pleven)                        2:0 (1:0) 
Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Dunav (Ruse)                        0:3 (0:1) 
3 March 1963, Sunday, 15:30 EET:
Etar (Tarnovo) - CDNA (Sofia)                             0:0 
in Sofia, "Rakovski" st.:
Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Cherno more (Varna)                   0:0 
Botev (Plovdiv) - Lokomotiv (Ruse)                        9:0 (6:0) 
Himik (Dimitrovgrad) - Levski (Sofia)                     postponed * 
* - postponed due to Rakovski being on a tour in Yugoslavia for a string
    of friendly matches.
Marek (Stanke Dimitrov) - Spartak (Plovdiv)               3:1 (1:1) 
Beroe (Stara Zagora) - Slavia (Sofia)                     1:1 (0:1) 
27 March 1963, Wednesday, 16:00 EET:
Himik (Dimitrovgrad) - Levski (Sofia)                     1:4 (0:3) 

                           Second Legs

7 May 1963, Tuesday, 17:30 EET:
Spartak (Pleven) - Spartak (Sofia)                        3:1 (1:0); penalties: 3:5; aggregate score: 3:3 
Cherno more (Varna) - Lokomotiv (Sofia)                   3:1 (1:0); aggregate score: 3:1 
Lokomotiv (Ruse) - Botev (Plovdiv)                        0:1 (0:0); aggregate score: 0:10 
8 May 1963, Wednesday, 17:30 EET:
Dunav (Ruse) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)                        2:2 (2:0); aggregate score: 5:2 
Spartak (Plovdiv) - Marek (Stanke Dimitrov)               2:2 (1:1); aggregate score: 3:5 
9 May 1963, Thursday, 17:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Narodna armia" st.:
CDNA (Sofia) - Etar (Tarnovo)                             1:1 (1:0); penalties: 4:3; aggregate score: 1:1 
9 May 1963, Thursday, 19:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Slavia (Sofia) - Beroe (Stara Zagora)                     2:0 (0:0); aggregate score: 3:1 
14 June 1963, Friday, 18:00 EET:
in kv.Poduyane, Sofia, "Levski" st.:
Levski (Sofia) - Himik (Dimitrovgrad)                     1:2 (1:1); aggregate score: 5:3 * 
* - Rakovski (Dimitrovgrad) is renamed to Himik in April.

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Quarter-finals

Rules:
  - 8 teams from the 1/8 finals are drawn into 4 pairs.
  - Winners are decided over two legs, with a full set of 5 penalties each taken in case of draw in the aggregate score at the end of the return leg, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - Hosting is determined by the draw.
  - The 4 winners qualify for the 1/2 finals.

                           First Legs

26 June 1963, Wednesday, 18:00 EET:
Dunav (Ruse) - Levski (Sofia)                             1:0 (1:0) 
Marek (Stanke Dimitrov) - Slavia (Sofia)                  3:2 (0:1) 
27 June 1963, Thursday, 18:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Narodna armia" st.:
Spartak (Sofia) - CDNA (Sofia)                            1:0 (1:0) 
3 July 1963, Wednesday, 18:00 EET:
Cherno more (Varna) - Botev (Plovdiv)                     0:2 (0:2) 

                           Second Legs

3 July 1963, Wednesday, 18:00 EET:
CDNA (Sofia) - Spartak (Sofia)                            1:1 (0:0); aggregate score: 1:2 
Levski (Sofia) - Dunav (Ruse)                             3:0 (2:0); aggregate score: 3:1 
4 July 1963, Thursday, 18:30 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Slavia (Sofia) - Marek (Stanke Dimitrov)                  4:2 (2:2); aggregate score: 6:5 
10 July 1963, Wednesday, 18:00 EET:
Botev (Plovdiv) - Cherno more (Varna)                     1:1 (0:1); aggregate score: 3:1 

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Semi-finals

Rules:
  - 4 teams from the 1/4 finals are drawn into 2 pairs.
  - Winners are decided over two legs, with a full set of 5 penalties each taken in case of draw in the aggregate score at the end of the return leg, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - Hosting is determined by the draw.
  - The 2 winners qualify for the Final.

                           First Legs

3 August 1963, Saturday, 18:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Slavia (Sofia) - Levski (Sofia)                           3:1 (1:1) * 
7 August 1963, Wednesday, 18:00 EET:
Botev (Plovdiv) - Spartak (Sofia)                         1:1 (1:1) * 
* - Botev is banned with playing 1 home game at a neutral venue due to
    disorderly behaviour by players and fans of the team.
** -  according to the draw Spartak and Levski should be hosting the 1st
     legs, however hosting order is then switched.

                           Second Legs

14 August 1963, Wednesday, 18:30 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Spartak (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv)                         1:3 (0:3); aggregate score: 2:4 
15 August 1963, Thursday, 18:30 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Levski (Sofia) - Slavia (Sofia)                           0:0; aggregate score: 1:3 

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Final

Rules:
  - The cup winner is decided over one leg at a neutral venue, with a full set of 5 penalties each taken in case of draw in regular time, a second set of 3 penalties taken if score is still level after the first set of penalties and the winner determined with a draw if score is still level following the second set of penalties.
  - The cup winner qualifies for the Cup Winners' Cup 1963/64. If the cup winer also qualifies for the ECC 1963/64, then the losing cup finalist enters the CWC.

10 September 1963, Tuesday, 20:00 EET:
in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" st.:
Botev (Plovdiv) - Slavia (Sofia)                          0:2 (0:1) 

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