Svenska Cupen
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Svenska Cupen (the "Swedish Cup") is the main Swedish football Cup, which is qualifiyng for the UEFA Cup.
Each year (since the new rules with less teams came) the 16 teams from Allsvenskan (the All Swedish League - first level of Swedish football) and the 14 teams of Superettan (the Super Division 1 - second level of Swedish football) together with 68 teams from lower (district) series play the Cup.
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The rounds and teams
- First round - 68 teams (level 3 and below)
- Second round - 64 teams (34 from first round + the Allsvenskan and the Superettan teams)
- Third round - 32 teams
- Fourth round - 16 teams
- Fifth round - quarter finals
- Sixth round - semi finals
- Seventh round - final
Winner qualifies for the qualification round of the UEFA Cup.
How district teams qualify
There are a number of districts in the Swedish football organisation, and each of theme recives a number of spots in the Swedish Cup, due to how many licensed players they have. For an example, Värmlands FF recives three spots and Västergötlands FF recives seven spots.
Previous winners
- 1941 - Helsingborgs IF
- 1942 - GAIS
- 1943 - IFK Norrköping
- 1944 - Malmö FF
- 1945 - IFK Norrköping
- 1946 - Malmö FF
- 1947 - Malmö FF
- 1948 - Råå IF
- 1949 - AIK
- 1950 - AIK
- 1951 - Malmö FF
- 1952 - Not played
- 1953 - Malmö FF
- 1954-66 - Not played
- 1967 - Malmö FF
- 1968-69 – IFK Norrköping
- 1969-70 - Åtvidabergs FF
- 1970-71 - Åtvidabergs FF
- 1971-72 - Landskrona BoIS
- 1972-73 - Malmö FF
- 1973-74 - Malmö FF
- 1974-75 - Malmö FF
- 1975-76 - AIK
- 1976-77 - Östers IF
- 1977-78 - Malmö FF
- 1978-79 - IFK Göteborg
- 1979-80 - Malmö FF
- 1980-81 - Kalmar FF
- 1981-82 - IFK Göteborg
- 1982-83 - IFK Göteborg
- 1983-84 - Malmö FF
- 1984-85 - AIK
- 1985-86 - Malmö FF
- 1986-87 - Kalmar FF
- 1987-88 - IFK Norrköping
- 1988-89 - Malmö FF
- 1989-90 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1990-91 - IFK Norrköping
- 1991 - IFK Göteborg
- 1992-93 - Degerfors IF
- 1993-94 - IFK Norrköping
- 1994-95 - Halmstads BK
- 1995-96 - AIK
- 1996-97 - AIK
- 1997-98 - Helsingborgs IF
- 1998-99 - AIK
- 1999-00 - Örgryte IS
- 2000-01 - IF Elfsborg
- 2002 - Djurgårdens IF
- 2003 - IF Elfsborg
- 2004 - Djurgårdens IF
Champions
- 14
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1