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 ...

2006 was the fifty-first season of the main

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Cup. The competition started on 17 March 2006 and concluded on 11 November 2006 with the Final, held at

Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district i ...

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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 ...

won the final 2–0 against

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), are a Swedish professional football club based in Gävle. The club is affiliated with Gestriklands Fotbollförbund and play their home ...

before an attendance of 3,379.

First round

The 34 matches were played between 17 March and 8 April 2006. There were 68 teams in the first round from Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3, but also including a few teams from

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and Division 5. !colspan="3", 17 March 2006 , - !colspan="3", 26 March 2006 , - !colspan="3", 28 March 2006 , - !colspan="3", 30 March 2006 , - !colspan="3", 1 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 2 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 5 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 6 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 8 April 2006 ¹ Topkapi Konya KIF withdrew from the competition.

Second round

In this round the 34 winning teams from the previous round were joined by 30 teams from

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

and

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. The 32 matches were played between 12 April and 18 May 2006. !colspan="3", 12 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 13 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 14 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 17 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 18 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 19 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 20 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 29 April 2006 , - !colspan="3", 4 May 2006 , - !colspan="3", 17 May 2006 , - !colspan="3", 18 May 2006

Third round

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Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

The final was played on 11 November 2006 at the

Footnotes

External links

Svenska Cupen 2006 - Svenskfotboll.se
- Official Website
Svenska Cupen 2006 – everysport.com

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