1947 Svenska Cupen

The 1947 Svenska Cupen was the seventh season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 24 August 1947 with the final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 3–2 against AIK before an attendance of 26,705 spectators.

1947 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	58
Final positions
Champions	Malmö FF
Runner-up	AIK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57

Preliminary round 1

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IFK Kumla (D4)	3–1 (aet)	IFK Strömstad (D4)	1,000

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

Preliminary round 2

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IFK Kumla (D4)	2–1	IK City (D3)	1,000

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

Preliminary round 3

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IFK Eskilstuna (D2)	1–5	IFK Kumla (D4)	640

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

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IFK Kumla (D4)	2–3	Reymersholms IK (D2)	1,400
2	IFK Åmål (D3)	2–3 (aet)	IF Elfsborg (A)	2,500

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

Second round

The 8 matches in this round were played between 4 and 6 July 1947.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	IF Elfsborg (A)	2–5	GAIS (A)	2,772
2	Ludvika FfI (D2)	1–1 (aet) (by lots)	AIK (A)	2,667
3	Reymersholms IK (D2)	2–2 (aet) (by lots)	Djurgårdens IF (A)	2,590
4	Sandviks IK (N)	w/o	Örebro SK (A)
5	IK Sleipner (D2)	1–3	Malmö FF (A)	2,226
6	Tidaholms GIF (D2)	1–2	IS Halmia (A)	4,000
7	Wifsta/Östrands IF (N)	3–5	Helsingborgs IF (A)	2,000
8	Åtvidabergs FF (D2)	5–1	Sandvikens IF (D2)	1,400

Quarter-finals

The 4 matches in this round were played on 12 and 13 July 1947.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Helsingborgs IF (A)	4–1	Sandviks IK (N)	2,910
2	AIK (A)	3–2	Djurgårdens IF (A)	9,388
3	GAIS (A)	1–0	IS Halmia (A)	3,438
4	Malmö FF (A)	5–2	Åtvidabergs FF (D2)	9,234

Semi-finals

The semi-finals in this round were played on 20 July 1947.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	AIK (A)	3–2	GAIS (A)	10,467
2	Helsingborgs IF (A)	0–3	Malmö FF (A)	9,472

Final

The final was played on 24 August 1947 at the Råsunda Stadium.

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
1	AIK (A)	2–3	Malmö FF (A)	26,705

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 1948-49 - Svenska fotbollsförbundets officiella kalender. 1948.
• "SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
• "svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.