Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...
1948 was the eighth season of the main
Swedish
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football
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Cup and for the first time was not competed for by
Allsvenskan
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clubs, because of the Summer Olympics in London. The
final
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was between two third division clubs and was held on 25 July 1948 at
Olympia
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,
Helsingborg
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.
Råå IF
Råå IF is a Swedish or Scanian football club located in Råå, a fishing village at Öresund, that grew to be one of Scandinavia's largest in the late 1800's, south of Helsingborg. They became the Swedish Cup champions in 1948, and the vice ...
won 6-0 against
BK Kenty
BK Kenty is a Swedish sports club located in Linköping.
Background
Bollklubben Kenty was formed on 10 April 1932 by John Schön, Gösta Dahlqvist, Enar Johansson and Folke Dättermark – all teenagers. The Kenty name has its origins in ...
before an attendance of 9,852 spectators.
Preliminary round 1
For other results se
SFS-Bolletinen
Preliminary round 2
For other results se
SFS-Bolletinen
First round
For other results se
SFS-Bolletinen
Second round
The 8 matches in this round were played on 4 July 1948.
Quarter-finals
The 4 matches in this round were played on 11 July 1948.
Semi-finals
The semi-finals in this round were played on 18 July 1948.
Final
The
final
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was played on 25 July 1948 at the
Olympia Stadium
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Histo ...
.
Footnotes
References
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1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
Cup
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Sweden
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