1946 Svenska Cupen

The 1946 Svenska Cupen was the sixth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 25 August 1946 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 3–0 against Åtvidabergs FF before an attendance of 15,173 spectators.^[1]

1946 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Malmö FF
Runner-up	Åtvidabergs FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
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Preliminary round 1

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IFK Åmål (D3) 4–3 IFK Uddevalla (D2) 513

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

Preliminary round 2

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 IFK Åmål (D3) 4–1 Gårda BK (D2) 682

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

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Munksund Skuthamns SK (N) 5–5 (aet) (by lots) IFK Åmål (D3) 1,205

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played between 30 June and 10 July 1946.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Sandviks IK (N) 3–1 Munksund Skuthamns SK (N) 800 2 Malmö FF (A) 3–0 IK Brage (D2) 7,921 3 IF Elfsborg (A) 1–2 (aet) IK Sleipner (D2) 3,333 4 Helsingborgs IF (A) 5–0 Surahammars IF (D2) 6,393 5 Tidaholms GIF (D2) 4–2 Degerfors IF (A) 2,000 6 Åtvidabergs FF (D2) 2–1 IS Halmia (A) 1,525 7 GAIS (A) 3–2 (aet) IFK Göteborg (A) 4,881 8 IFK Norrköping (A) 0–2 AIK (A) 6,335

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 14 July 1946.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 AIK (A) 6–1 Sandviks IK (N) 4,765 2 GAIS (A) 1–2 (aet) Helsingborgs IF (A) 3,608 3 IK Sleipner (D2) 1–3 Malmö FF (A) 5,069 4 Åtvidabergs FF (D2) 3–1 (aet) Tidaholms GIF (D2) 1,500

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 21 July 1946.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 AIK (A) 1–2 Åtvidabergs FF (D2) 8,162 2 Malmö FF (A) 7–0 Helsingborgs IF (A) 12,659

Final

The final was played on 25 August 1946 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance 1[1] Malmö FF (A) 3–0 Åtvidabergs FF (A) 15,173

Footnotes

1. "Svensk Fotboll - Historia - Svenska Cupens finaler 1941 - Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Fotbollboken 1947-48 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1947.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.