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 ...

2008 was the fifty-third season of the main

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Cup. The competition started on March 20, 2008 and concluded on September 21, 2008 with the Final, held at

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. The final was decided on a

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that

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won 5–4 against

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First round

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withdrew from the competition.

Second round

In this round entered winners from the previous round as well as all 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 matches were played between April 23 and May 1, 2008. !colspan="3", 23 April 2008 , - !colspan="3", 29 April 2008 , - !colspan="3", 30 April 2008 , - !colspan="3", 1 May 2008

Third round

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Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

External links

Official site
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