1944 Svenska Cupen

The 1944 Svenska Cupen was the fourth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 1 October 1944 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 4–3 against IFK Norrköping (after extra time) before an attendance of 35,087 spectators.

1944 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Malmö FF
Runner-up	IFK Norrköping
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47

Preliminary round 1

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Ludvika FfI (D2)	1–2 (aet)	Surahammars IF (D3)	785

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

Preliminary round 2

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IF Friska Viljor (N)	0–1	Surahammars IF (D3)	1,749

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

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Surahammars IF (D3)	3–1	Västerås IK (D2)	891

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played on 16 July 1944.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	GAIS (A)	2–0	Surahammars IF (D3)	2,659
2	Halmstads BK (A)	1–4	IFK Göteborg (A)	3,517
3	Helsingborgs IF (A)	2–1	Degerfors IF (A)	4,162
4	IF Elfsborg (A)	4–3	IS Halmia (A)	3,500
5	Karlskoga IF (D2)	1–1 (by lots)	IFK Eskilstuna (D2)	2,000
6	Malmö FF (A)	8–0	Landskrona BoIS (D2)	5,364
7	Åtvidabergs FF (D2)	0–4	IFK Norrköping (A)	1,350
8	Örebro SK (D2)	0–2	AIK (A)	6,106

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 23 July 1944.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	AIK (A)	1-5	Malmö FF (A)	15,122
2	IFK Göteborg (A)	1–2 (aet)	IF Elfsborg (A)	6,629
3	Helsingborgs IF (A)	4–2	Karlskoga IF (D2)	4,132
4	IFK Norrköping (A)	4–2	GAIS (A)	4,157

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 27 August 1944.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IF Elfsborg (A)	1–2	IFK Norrköping (A)	4,914
2	Malmö FF (A)	6–0	Helsingborgs IF (D2)	10,882

Final

The final was played on 1 October 1944 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
1	Malmö FF (A)	4–3 (aet)	IFK Norrköping (A)	35,087

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 1945-46 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1945.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.