1941 Svenska Cupen

Svenska Cupen 1941 was the first season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 26 October 1941 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Helsingborgs IF won the final 3–1 against IK Sleipner before an attendance of 10,763 spectators.[1]

1941 Svenska Cupen

Country	Sweden
Teams	32
Champions	Helsingborgs IF
Runners-up	IK Sleipner
Matches played	31
1942 →

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 4–3 (aet) Sandvikens IF (A) 1,650 2 Visby AIK 2–14 AIK (A) 2,027 3 Karlskoga IF (D2) 3–5 (aet) GAIS (D2) 750 4 IFK Göteborg (A) 10–0 Karlskrona BK (D3) 2,169 5 Bodens BK (D3) 0–2 Landskrona BoIS (A) 2,800 6 IF Castor (D3) 2–4 IK Brage (A) 1,000 7 Billingsfors IK (D2) 2–3 Örebro SK (D2) 300 8 Helsingborgs IF (A) 6–1 IFK Uddevalla (D3) 2,032 9 Ljusne AIK (D3) 2–0 IFK Norrköping (A) 2,075 10 IS Halmia (D2) 4–1 Värtans IK (D2) 666 11[2] IK Sleipner (A) 4–1 IF Elfsborg (A) 1,991 12 Surahammars IF (D2) 2–4 (aet) Gårda BK (A) 1,991 13 Malmö FF (A) 11–0 Vivstavarvs IK (D3) 3,714 14 Enköpings SK (D3) 1–2 Waggeryds IK (D3) 700 15 Sandvikens AIK (D2) 2–1 Kramfors IF (D3) 565 16 Clemensnäs IF (D3) 1–7 Degerfors IF (A) 1,500

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 27 July 1941.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 GAIS (D2) 3–1 Sandvikens AIK (D2) 3,649 2 IK Sleipner (A) 4–3 IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 3,065 3 Degerfors IF (A) 4–3 IS Halmia (D2) 1,500 4 IK Brage (A) 3–2 IFK Göteborg (A) 1,200 5 Örebro SK (D2) 3–0 Ljusne AIK (D3) 2,350 6 AIK (A) 2–1 Malmö FF (A) 8,889 7 Waggeryds IK (D3) 2–8 Helsingborgs IF (A) 2,575 8 Landskrona BoIS (A) 3–0 (aet) Gårda BK (A) 1,671

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played between 13 August and 17 August 1941.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Helsingborgs IF (A) 9–0 Landskrona BoIS (A) 4,522 2 GAIS (D2) 0–3 Degerfors IF (A) 6,246 3 Örebro SK (D2) 0–3 IK Sleipner (A) 3,126 4 AIK (A) 0–5 IK Brage (A) 16,355

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 14 September 1941.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Helsingborgs IF (A) 6–2 Degerfors IF (A) 5,557 2 IK Sleipner (A) 3–2 (aet) IK Brage (A) 6,610

Final

The final was played on 26 October 1941 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance 1[3] Helsingborgs IF (A) 3–1 IK Sleipner (A) 10,763

Footnotes

1. "Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
2. "BornYellow: Fakta och Statistik för IF Elfsborg, Svenska Cupen 1941 - www.bornyellow.com". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
3. "Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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 1942-43 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1942.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.