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The 1942–43
Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
was the tenth edition of the tournament and the last before the suspension of
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competitions in
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due to
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related events. The Coppa Italia would only be restored several years later, in the summer of 1958. All teams from
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(16) and
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(18) took part to this competition. After a short elimination round, 32 clubs were admitted to the final phase. All the matches were played in a single leg with eventual replay on the model of the
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, homefields were decided by a draw except for the final match in
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. The trophy was won by
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, which defeated 4–0
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in the final match, played at the
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in
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on May 30, 1943. This was Torino's second victory in the Coppa Italia. Top scorers of the competition were Bruno Ispiro ( Genova 1893), Valentino Mazzola (
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
) and
Vittorio Sentimenti Vittorio Sentimenti (; 18 August 1918 – 27 September 2004), also known as Sentimenti III, was a former Italian football player from Bomporto in the Province of Modena who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Sentimenti played club f ...
(
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). Sentimenti scored all his 5 goals in the match against MATER. Palermo–Juve, which won his round of 16 match because of Venezia
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, had been excluded from the competition before the round of 8 because of the imminent
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.


Serie B elimination round


Knockout stage

30 clubs are added. ;Legend * *


Final


Top goalscorers


Sources

*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio–La Storia 1898–2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005


External links


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Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...