The 2015 Norwegian Football Cup was the 110th season of the

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annual knock-out

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tournament. It began with qualification matches in March 2015. The first round was played 21, 22 and 23 April 2015 and the tournament was ended with the

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being held on 22 November 2015. The victory would have earned Rosenborg a place in the

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as winners of the

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, this berth was passed down to

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, fourth-place fininshers in the league.

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule: Source:

First round

The 49 winners from the Second Qualifying Round joined with 79 clubs from the

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, First Division and

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in this round of the competition. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 21 April 2015 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 22 April 2015 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 23 April 2015

Second round

The 64 winners from the First Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 6 and 7 May 2015. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 6 May 2015 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 7 May 2015

Third round

The 32 winners from the Second Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 2, 3 and 4 June 2015. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 2 June 2015 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 3 June 2015 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 4 June 2015

Fourth round

The 16 winners from the Third Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 24 June 2015. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Fourth Round took part in this stage of the competition. The matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2015. ---- ---- ----

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals takes part in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2015. ----

Final

The 2015 Norwegian Football Cup final was played between Rosenborg and

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on 22 November 2015.

References

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