The 1938 Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti Karikas) was the first season of the
Estonia
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football
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knockout tournament. 11 teams took part of the competition. In that time there was no penalty shoot-out after extra time. Because of that another final had to be arranged as the first match ended 1–1. In the second match, played on November 6 in
Kadriorg Stadium
The Kadriorg Stadium ( et, Kadrioru staadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Tallinna JK Legion and JK Tallinna Kalev . The stadium holds 5,000 and was ...
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VS Sport Tallinn
SK Tallinna Sport is a defunct Estonian football club, founded in 1912 and then re-established in 2003. The club won nine domestic league titles before Estonia became a part of Soviet Union.
The club also played bandy in the interwar years, bec ...
narrowly won over
Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi
Tallinna JK or simply TJK is a defunct Estonian football (soccer), football club, based in Tallinn. Founded in 1921, TJK were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921 Estonian Football Championship, 1921. On 4 Janu ...
, thus becoming the first cup champions of
Estonia
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.
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final 1 & 2
References
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Cup
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Estonian Cup seasons
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