The Nordic Cup ( da, Nordisk cup; sv, Nordisk cup) was a cup competition for club teams from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden staged on one occasion, starting in June 1959 and ending on 31 July 1962.

Summary

In December 1958, the group

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proposed a cup competition for club teams from the Nordic countries at a Scandinavian football conference in

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, which was decided and 16 teams were invited. The teams responding to the invitation were

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

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, and

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from Sweden,

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, and

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from Norway, and

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, KB, AB,

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, and

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from Denmark, while the Finnish teams only wanted to join as a combination team, which initially was rejected. Initially the final was scheduled to be played in autumn 1960, but the participating team had problems finding match days and the semi-finals were rescheduled to spring 1961. The Nordic cup saw low attendances. On 31 July 1962, the first edition of the cup ended with a final on

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between

of Stockholm and the Helsinki-Alliance, which the Helsinki team won with 1–0 on a penalty in first half, and won the trophy donated by

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Teams

Results

Round of 16

Matches

''Örgryte won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''KB won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Norrköping won 9–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AIK won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Helsinki-Alliance won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö FF won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frem won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Djurgården won 8–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

Originally, the matches were supposed to be played before 15 November 1959.

Matches

''Helsinki-Alliance won on coin flipping.'' ---- ''Djurgården won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Norrköping won 11–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frem won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Matches

''Djurgården won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Helsinki-Alliance won 5–2 on aggregate.''

Final

References

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Summary

Teams

Results

Round of 16

Matches

Quarter-finals

Matches

Semi-finals

Matches

Final

See also

References