1942 Svenska Cupen

The 1942 Svenska Cupen was the second season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 18 October 1942 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. GAIS won the final 2–1 against IF Elfsborg before an attendance of 10,013 spectators.^[1]

1942 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	GAIS
Runner-up	IF Elfsborg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
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Preliminary round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Hallstahammars SK (D2)	0–1	Avesta AIK (D3)	575

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1[2] IF Elfsborg (A) 3–1 IFK Norrköping (A) 3,076 2 Avesta AIK (D3) 2–0 (aet) Västerås IK (D3) 1,252

For other results see SFS-Bolletinen - Matcher i Svenska Cupen.

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 10 and 12 July 1942.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 GAIS (A) 2–1 (aet) Avesta AIK (D3) 2,333 2 IK Sleipner (D2) 3–2 (aet) Ludvika FfI (D2) 3,549 3 Degerfors IF (A) 4–1 (aet) Helsingborgs IF (A) 3,582 4 IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 4–1 Malmö FF (A) 5,211 5 Domsjö IF (D3) 2–5 (aet) IF Elfsborg (A) 3,000 6 Ljusne AIK (D2) 3–2 Olofströms IF (D2) 1,500 7 Billingsfors IK (D2) 2–0 Lundby IF (D2) 800 8 Reymersholms IK (A) 1–5 Halmstads BK (D2) 4,094

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played between 17 July and 19 July 1942.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 GAIS (A) 6–1 Degerfors IF' (A) 6,951 2 IF Elfsborg (A) 8–1 Billingsfors IK (D2) 3,268 3 Halmstads BK (D2) 4–1 IK Sleipner (D2) 4,379 4 IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 3–1 Ljusne AIK (D2) 3,342

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 23 August 1942.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IFK Eskilstuna (D2) 1–2 IF Elfsborg (A) 6,761 2 GAIS (A) 3–1 Halmstads BK (D2) 6,557

Final

The final was played on 18 October 1942 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance 1[3] GAIS (A) 2–1 IF Elfsborg (A) 10,013