The 1981 King's Cup was the 23rd season of the knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Hilal were the defending champions but were defeated by Al-Nassr in the final. Al-Nassr won their 3rd title overall and first since 1976.
Bracket
Source: Al Jazirah
Round of 32 The matches of the Round of 32 were held on 15, 16 and 17 April 1981.
Home team Score Away teamAl-Nassr 14–0 Al-AmalAl-Ahli 4–1 Al-TaiAl-Ettifaq 6–1 Al-Fateh Al-Ta'alof 1–2 Al-RaedAl-Shate'e 5–2 Al-NakhilAl-Ittihad 5–1 Al-Arabi Ohod 2–4Al-ShababAl-Riyadh 7–0 Al-Watani Hajer 1–3Al-FaisalyAl-Wehda 12–0 Al-Dera'aAl-Hilal 11–1 Al-Qala Al-Ansar 0–0 (3–4 pen.)Al-NahdaAl-Jabalain 2–0 Al-Taawoun Al-Rabe'e 0–7Al-Qadsiah Al-Khaleej 2–4Al-Rawdhah Al-Shoulla 1–2Al-Kawkab
Round of 16 The Round of 16 matches were held on 22, 23 and 24 April 1981.
Home team Score Away team Al-Kawkab 1–3 Al-EttifaqAl-Nahda 5–0 Al-RaedAl-Qadsiah 2–0 Al-JabalainAl-Ittihad 1–0 Al-ShababAl-Hilal 3–1 Al-WehdaAl-Nassr 1–0 Al-AhliAl-Riyadh 2–0 Al-Faisaly Al-Shate'e 1–2Al-Rawdhah
Quarter-finals The Quarter-final matches were held on 30 April and 1 May 1981.
Home team Score Away team Al-Rawdhah 1–2Al-Ittihad Al-Qadsiah 1–5Al-Nassr Al-Riyadh 0–2Al-HilalAl-Ettifaq 3–1 Al-Nahda
Semi-finals The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 7 and 8 May 1981. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Final The final was played between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Riyadh. This was Al-Nassr's 6th final and Al-Hilal's 7th final. This was the first meeting between these sides in King Cup finals.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 ToninhoAl-Nassr5 Hamad Al-Jaye'eAl-Rawdhah Saud JassemAl-Qadsiah4 Majed AbdullahAl-Nassr4 Yousef KhameesAl-Nassr Néjib LimamAl-Hilal Jamal MohammedAl-Ettifaq
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