Svenska Cupen damer (the "Ladies Swedish Cup") is the main
Swedish
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women's
association football
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knock-out tournament.
A separate
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 ...
exists for men.
Rounds and teams
* First round – 44 teams (Division 1 and below)
* Second round – 36 teams (22 remaining teams from Round 1 + 14 teams from
Elitettan
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)
* Third round – 32 teams (18 remaining teams from Round 2 + 14 teams from
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
)
* Fourth round – 16 teams
* Fifth round – quarter finals
* Sixth round – semi finals
* Seventh round – final
How district teams qualify
There are a number of districts in the Swedish football organization, and each of them receives a number of spots in the Swedish Cup, due to how many licensed players they have. For an example, Värmlands FF receives three spots and Västergötlands FF receives seven spots.
Previous winners
Seasons 1998/1999 and 1999/2000 were played as fall/spring; all other seasons were played spring/fall.
The cup was also called ''Folksam Cup'' between 1981 and 1996.
The winners are:
Clubs by title
Footnotes
References
External links
Website at Swedish FACup at women.soccerway.com
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