Svenska Cupen (bandy) explained

Number Of Teams:8
Region: Sweden
Current Champions:Villa Lidköping BK
(4th title)
Most Successful Club:Sandvikens AIK
(6 titles)
Broadcasters:TV4
Website:Svenska Cupen i bandy

Svenska Cupen (English: The Swedish Cup), Svenska Cupen i bandy, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish bandy and the main bandy cup only open for domestic Swedish teams.

The first year was 2005, and was won by Edsbyns IF. The first women's edition was played in 2019, and won by Västerås SK.[1]

Starting for the second year of the cup, a qualification round was made with matches played at different locations around Sweden in January. The real cup was then played at one location in the beginning of or mid-October. Since bandy is a winter sport with a season from autumn to spring, this meant that the qualification games were played in another season than the final cup was played, which could mean that a qualified club could come to the cup with a team consisting of many other players compared to the qualification round, as players are usually traded during the summer. For the 2010 Svenska cupen the qualification round was moved to August–September and the final cup was made smaller, from earlier 16 teams to now 8.[2]

The cup in October has been played in Edsbyn, Västerås, Vänersborg and Linköping in different years.

Cup winners

Men

YearWinner
2005Edsbyns IF
2006Sandvikens AIK
2007Hammarby IF
2008Edsbyns IF
2009Sandvikens AIK
2010Sandvikens AIK
2011Sandvikens AIK
2012Sandvikens AIK
2013Hammarby IF
2014Hammarby IF
2015Västerås SK
2016Villa Lidköping BK
2017Sandvikens AIK
2018Västerås SK
2019Edsbyns IF
2020Villa Lidköping BK
2021Villa Lidköping BK
2022Villa Lidköping BK

Women

YearWinner
2019Västerås SK
2020Villa Lidköping BK
2021Villa Lidköping BK

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Västerås SK historiska mästare. Bandy World. Swedish. 20 October 2019. 14 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Svenska Cupen byter utseende. Svenska cupen i bandy. Swedish. Erik Jonsson. 16 December 2009. 16 December 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902040558/http://www.bandycup.se/svenskacupen/layout/news.asp?title=Svenska_Cupen_byter_utseende&itemID=174. 2 September 2010.