1944 Svenska Cupen

1944 Svenska Cupen

Country	Sweden
Teams	48
Champions	Malmö FF
Runners-up	IFK Norrköping
Matches played	47
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Svenska Cupen 1944 was the fourth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 1 October 1944 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 4-3 against IFK Norrköping (after extra time) before an attendance of 35,087 spectators.^[1]

Preliminary round 1

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Ludvika FfI (D2) 1–2 (aet) Surahammars IF (D3) 785

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

Preliminary round 2

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IF Friska Viljor (N) 0–1 Surahammars IF (D3) 1,749

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

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Surahammars IF (D3) 3–1 Västerås IK (D2) 891

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 16 July 1944.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 GAIS (A) 2–0 Surahammars IF (D3) 2,659 2 Halmstads BK (A) 1–4 IFK Göteborg (A) 3,517 3 Helsingborgs IF (A) 2–1 Degerfors IF (A) 4,162 4 IF Elfsborg (A) 4–3 IS Halmia (A) 3,500 5 Karlskoga IF (D2) 1–1 (by lots) IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 2,000 6 Malmö FF (A) 8–0 Landskrona BoIS (D2) 5,364 7 Åtvidabergs FF (D2) 0–4 IFK Norrköping (A) 1,350 8 Örebro SK (D2) 0–2 AIK (A) 6,106

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 23 July 1944.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 AIK (A) 1-5 Malmö FF (A) 15,122 2 IFK Göteborg (A) 1–2 (aet) IF Elfsborg (A) 6,629 3 Helsingborgs IF (A) 4–2 Karlskoga IF (D2) 4,132 4 IFK Norrköping (A) 4–2 GAIS (A) 4,157

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 27 August 1944.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IF Elfsborg (A) 1–2 IFK Norrköping (A) 4,914 2 Malmö FF (A) 6–0 Helsingborgs IF (D2) 10,882

Final

The final was played on 1 October 1944 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance 1[1] Malmö FF (A) 4–3 (aet) IFK Norrköping (A) 35,087

Footnotes

1. "Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Fotbollboken 1945-46 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1945.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.