1943 Svenska Cupen Explained

Svenska Cupen
Year:1943
Country:Sweden
Num Teams:49
Winners:IFK Norrköping
Second:AIK
Matches:50
Prev Season:1942
Next Season:1944

The 1943 Svenska Cupen was the third season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 3 October and 14 November 1943 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. IFK Norrköping drew 0–0 against AIK and won the replay 5–2 at Norrköping a month later before an attendance of 19,595 spectators.[1]

Preliminary round

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1Ljusne AIK (D3)3–1 Iggesunds IK (D3)500

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

First round

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1[2] IF Elfsborg (A)7–1Tidaholms GIF (D2)2,151
2Ljusne AIK (D3)3–1 Avesta AIK (D2)1,000

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 9 and 11 July 1943.

style= width="40px" Tie nostyle= width="150px" Home teamstyle= width="60px" Scorestyle= width="150px" Away teamstyle= width="30px" Attendance
1GAIS (A)1–0IFK Holmsund (D3)1,961
2IFK Västerås (D2)1–8IF Elfsborg (A)2,921
3IFK Eskilstuna (A)0–4Degerfors IF (A)5,400
4Helsingborgs IF (A)2–3Ljusne AIK (D3)3,669
5Sandvikens IF (A)2–3AIK (A)2,126
6Karlskoga IF (D2)7–2Domsjö IF (D3)1,278
7Malmö FF (A)4–3 (aet)Halmstads BK (A)6,508
8Djurgårdens IF (D2)1–3IFK Norrköping (A)7,476

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 16 July and 18 July 1943.

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1AIK (A)4–2 (aet)Ljusne AIK (D3)8,028
2Degerfors IF (A)0–1Karlskoga IF (D2)3,409
3IF Elfsborg (A)4–1Malmö FF (A)4,308
4IFK Norrköping (A)3–0GAIS (A)4,760

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 25 July and 12 September 1943.

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1AIK (A)4–2 (aet)IF Elfsborg (A)12,979
2IFK Norrköping (A)8–1Karlskoga IF (D2)5,717

Final

The final was played on 3 October at the Råsunda Stadium followed by the replay on 14 November 1943 at Norrköping.

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1IFK Norrköping (A)0–0AIK (A)22,478
replayIFK Norrköping (A)5–2AIK (A)19,595

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se . 2011-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814041638/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-herrar/svenska-cupen/ . 14 August 2011 .
  2. Web site: BornYellow: Fakta och Statistik för IF Elfsborg, Svenska Cupen 1943 - www.bornyellow.com . 2011-10-18.