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 ...

2003 was the forty-eighth season of the main

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Cup. The competition started on 27 March 2003 and concluded on 1 November 2003 with the

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, 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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IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

won the final 2-0 against

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First round

There were 34 matches played between 27 March and 18 April 2003. 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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Second round

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

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and

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. The 32 matches were played between 29 April and 7 May 2003. !colspan="3", 29 April 2003 , - !colspan="3", 30 April 2003 , - !colspan="3", 1 May 2003 , - !colspan="3", 2 May 2003 , - !colspan="3", 7 May 2003

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 1 November 2003 at the

Footnotes

External links

Svenska Cupen 2003 - Svenskfotboll.se
- Official Website
Svenska Cupen 2003 – everysport.com

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