The 1939–40 Svenska mästerskapet was the ninth season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. Teams qualified by winning their respective District Championships. 15 teams competed in the tournament. Upsala Studenters IF were the defending champions, but failed to win the District Championship of

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and did not qualify.

Majornas IK Majornas IK is a Swedish sport club from Gothenburg founded in 1916. The club is most famous for its handball team, who have been List of Swedish men's handball champions, Swedish champions seven times (1935, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946 ...

won their second title, defeating IFK Karlskrona in the final. The final was originally to be played on 15 April, but was rescheduled two days before that date due to fear for bombing. The final was eventually played on 20 October in Mässhallen in

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, and was watched by 2,264 spectators.

Results

First Round

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

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Upsala IF Upsala Idrottsförening, commonly known as Upsala IF, is a Swedish sports club located in the city of Uppsala. Background Upsala IF was formed on 11 December 1904 when IK Swithiod and Erikslunds IK decided to merge. It was intended that the new ...

4–5 *

Gävle GIK Gävle Godtemplares Idrottsklubb, commonly known as Gävle GIK or GGIK, is a sports club from Gävle, Sweden. The club has an ice hockey department, most known for the success the team had during the 1950s, a floorball department, currently, as o ...

– I 18 Visby w/o *

IF Göta IF Göta is a sports club in Karlstad, Sweden, founded in 1904. In the beginning, the club practised football and athletics. The club used to have a successful team in bandy, becoming Swedish champions six times, but now is only concentrated on a ...

– IFK Karlsborg 11–5 * Norrköpings AIS–

IK City Eskilstuna City FK is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club is playing in Division 2. IK City from Eskilstuna, who got promoted to the top league in 1925 in Sweden, in the original match kit: light and dark blue striped s ...

10–5 *

KFUM Örebro KFUM Örebro is an YMCA association in Örebro in Sweden, established in 1890. In 1990 the club won the Swedish women's juniors national volleyball championship, and between 1996 and 2001 the club won the Swedish national women's volleyball champion ...

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Västerås IK Västerås IK (''Västerås Ishockey klubb'') is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish leagu ...

10–9 *

IK Tord IK Tord is a Swedish football club located in Rosenlund in Jönköping. The club was formed on 10 September 1919 and has specialised in football and baseball. Background Since their foundation IK Tord has participated mainly in the middle divis ...

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Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

8–7 * IFK Karlskrona– Ystads IF HF w/o

Quarterfinals

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5–4 *

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8–22 * Norrköpings AIS–

11–9 *

– IFK Karlskrona 3–27

Semifinals

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7–12 * Norrköpings AIS– IFK Karlskrona 4–19

Final

– IFK Karlskrona 8–4

Champions

The following players for

received a winner's medal: Jarl Nyberg, Sven-Eric Forsell, Gösta Swerin, Åker Forslund, Stig Hjortsberg, Åke Gustafsson, Gustav-Adolf Thorén, Lars Lindstrand, Torsten Henriksson and Bertil Pihl.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1939-40 Svenska masterskapet (men's handball) Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball) seasons