1945 Svenska Cupen

1945 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	IFK Norrköping
Runner-up	Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47

Svenska Cupen 1945 was the fifth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 26 August 1945 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. IFK Norrköping won 4-1 against Malmö FF before an attendance of 31,896 spectators.

Preliminary round 1

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

Preliminary round 2

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Västerås IK (D3)	2–1	Sandvikens IF (D2)	1,798

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

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Bodens BK (N)	2–2 (aet) (by lots)	Västerås IK (D3)	2,460

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 8 July 1945.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	AIK (A)	2–1	Halmstads BK (A)	5,766
2	IF Elfsborg (A)	3–2 (aet)	Ludvika FfI (A)	2,000
3	IFK Göteborg (A)	5–1	Landskrona BoIS (A)	3,160
4	IS Halmia (A)	5–1	Nybro IF (D2)	1,704
5	Helsingborgs IF (A)	5–2	GAIS (A)	4,563
6	Malmö FF (A)	3–0	Surahammars IF (D2)	8,446
7	IFK Norrköping (A)	2–1	Degerfors IF (A)	3,717
8	Västerås IK (D3)	5–7 (aet)	Reymersholms IK (D2)	2,350

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 15 July 1945.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Helsingborgs IF (A)	2–3	IF Elfsborg (A)	5,580
2	IS Halmia (A)	3–4	IFK Norrköping (A)	3,473
3	Malmö FF (A)	4–0	AIK (A)	10,922
4	Reymersholms IK (D2)	1–3	IFK Göteborg (A)	4,680

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 22 July 1945.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IF Elfsborg (A)	1–2	Malmö FF (A)	5,938
2	IFK Norrköping (A)	7–2	IFK Göteborg (A)	13,898

Final

The final was played on 26 August 1945 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
1	IFK Norrköping (A)	4–1	Malmö FF (A)	31,896

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 1946-47 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1946.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.