1961–62 Cupa României

The 1961–62 Cupa României was the 24th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Steaua București against Rapid București.

Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.

First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.

If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then a replay will be played. In case the game is still tight after the replay, then the team from lower division will qualify for the next round.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

First round proper

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|6 May 1962


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|20 May 1962
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|20 May 1962


 * }

Second round proper

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|20 May 1962


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|24 May 1962
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|24 May 1962


 * }

Quarter-finals

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|17 June 1962


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|18 June 1962 — Replay
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|18 June 1962 — Replay


 * }

Semi-finals

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|27 June 1962


 * }