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 ...

1997–98 was the 43rd season of the main

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Cup. The

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of the competition took place on 14 May 1998 and was held in

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Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

and

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...

drew 1–1 before an attendance of 2,559 spectators. The replay was held in

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a week later with the score also 1–1 with

winning 3–0 on penalties. Public interest was much greater for this match with an attendance of 13,092.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

The 8 matches in this round were played between 28 March and 4 April 1998.

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played between 8 April and 20 April 1998.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 7 May 1998.

Final

The

was played on 14 May 1998 in

and the replay on 21 May 1998 in

Footnotes

References

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