The 2011 Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) was the 56th season of
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 ...
, the main
Swedish
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football
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Cup. It began on 5 March 2011 with the first match of the preliminary round
and ended on 5 November with the Final.
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 cup after beating
Kalmar FF
Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...
3–1 in the final, Helsingborg were also the defending champions. The winners of this competition earned a place in the
second qualifying round
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Bert Kassies' Site of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, however the second round spot was awarded to Allsvenskan
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runners-up AIK
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since Helsingborg were already qualified for European cup play, Kalmar FF who were the runners-up of the cup were awarded AIKs previous qualification spot in the first round.
Teams
Preliminary round
52 teams from Division 1 2011
The 2011 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Umeå FC and Varbergs BoIS won their respective groups, and were thereby qualified for play in the 2012 Superettan.
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South
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or lower of the Swedish league pyramid competed in this round.
Round 1
Twelve teams from Division 1 2011 or lower, two of three teams which earned promotion to Superettan 2011 (not Qviding FIF
Qviding FIF is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg. The club was formed October 1987 following a merger of the BK Qviding and Fräntorps IF clubs. Qviding FIF is currently playing in Division 1 Södra.
In recent years the club has h ...
) and the bottom eight teams from Superettan 2010 entered in this round.
Round 2
Two demoted teams from Allsvenskan 2010
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and six teams ranked 3rd through 8th in 2010 Superettan entered in this round, joining 24 winners from Round 1. The matches of this round took place between 6–27 April 2011.
Round 3
Sixteen teams from Allsvenskan 2011 entered in this round and joined the 16 winners of Round 2, the teams from Allsvenskan were seeded. The matches of this round took place on 10–18 May 2011.Central European Summer Time
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Round 4
The sixteen winning teams from round 3 entered in this round. The matches of this round took place on 29 May 2011.Central European Summer Time
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Quarter-finals
The four quarterfinal matches were originally scheduled to take place on 15 June.
Semi-finals
Both semifinal matches were scheduled to take place on 29 June 2011. However, on that date one of the quarter-finals still hadn't been played, so the semifinal matches were pushed forward.
Final
The final was played on 5 November 2011.
References
External links
Official site
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Cup
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2011 domestic association football cups