1981 Norwegian Football Cup

1981 Norwegian Football Cup
Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer
Tournament details
Country	Norway
Teams	128 (main competition)
Defending champions	Vålerengen
Final positions
Champions	Lillestrøm (3rd title)
Runner-up	Moss
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Norwegian Football Cup was the 76th edition of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The Cup was won by Lillestrøm after beating Moss in the cup final with the score 3–1. This was Lillestrøm's third Norwegian Cup title.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 May 1981
Donn	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Vidar
Ørn-Horten	8–0	Birkebeineren
Kongsvinger	3–1	Vaaler
27 May 1981
Cartherud	0–2	Skeid
Verdal	0–1	Nessegutten
Steinkjer	7–1	Freidig
Clausenengen	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kristiansund
Stord	1–3	Vard Haugesund
Kopervik	3–1	Åkra
Ulf	0–1	Ålgård
Fana	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Ny-Krohnborg
Lyngdal	1–10	Start
Landsås	2–3	Bodø/Glimt
Varegg	3–0	Sandviken
Lærdal	1–6	Sogndal
Flå	2–3	Strindheim
Fram Skatval	3–2	Stjørdals/Blink
28 May 1981
Strømmen	7–0	Øvrevoll
Sander	1–2	Bærum
Stabæk	4–1	Vang
Vinstra	1–2	Raufoss
Faaberg	0–6	HamKam
Bjørkelangen	2–3	Lyn
Kjelsås	2–1	Østsiden
Vålerengen	3–1	Sandaker
Frigg	2–1	Sprint/Jeløy
Pors	3–1	Flint
Stavanger	1–3	Bryne
Lisleby	3–0	Fram Larvik
Larvik Turn	4–2	Hvittingfoss
Skreia	2–3	Sarpsborg
Velledalen/Ringen	0–2	Molde
Træff	1–2	Sunndal
Borgen	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Eidsvold Turn
Røros	0–1	Brekken
Baune	0–4	Brann
Os	3–0	Hald
Haugar	4–0	Nord
Lørenskog	0–2	Lillestrøm
Jerv	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Teie
Namsos	2–4	Mosjøen
Tromsdalen	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Harstad
Skjervøy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Tromsø
Skotterud	0–7	Moss
Brumunddal	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Strømsgodset
Mjølner	7–1	Saltdalkameratene
Stålkameratene	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mo
Aalesund	2–0	Tornado
Sandane	0–1	Eid
Bergsøy	2–4	Hødd
Åndalsnes	1–0	Hareid
Kvinesdal	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Vigør
Rosenborg	3–0	Vestbyen
Aurskog	0–2	Fredrikstad
Sola	0–2	Viking
Ørsta	0–2	Skarbøvik
Polarstjernen	2–6	Øksfjord
2 June 1981
Andenes	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Svolvær
3 June 1981
Kvik Halden	2–1	Kolbotn
Kongsberg	0–3	Odd
4 June 1981
Mjøndalen	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Herkules
Eik-Tønsberg	5–0	Brevik
10 June 1981
Snøgg	2–1	Tjølling
Jevnaker	1–3	Åssiden
Replay: 4 June 1981
Eidsvold Turn	1–0	Borgen
Replay: 8 June 1981
Svolvær	1–0	Andenes
Replay: 10 June 1981
Tromsø	0–1	Skjervøy
Strømsgodset	3–1	Brumunddal
Kristiansund	3–0	Clausenengen
Replay: 11 June 1981
Mo	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Stålkameratene

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
23 June 1981
Lisleby	2–6	Vålerengen
Eid	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Skarbøvik
24 June 1981
Sunndal	0–3	Kristiansund
Hødd	3–0	Åndalsnes
Kjelsås	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyn
Eik-Tønsberg	1–2	Frigg
Odd	3–0	Kvik Halden
Mosjøen	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Steinkjer
Vard Haugesund	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Varegg
Ny-Krohnborg	1–2	Kopervik
Bryne	4–0	Kvinesdal
Molde	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Aalesund
Strindheim	1–0	Mo
Raufoss	0–1	Strømmen
Lillestrøm	5–0	Snøgg
Brekken	0–1	Rosenborg
Harstad	3–0	Skjervøy
Sogndal	3–0	Mjøndalen
Brann	3–0	Os
Skeid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bærum
Start	6–2	Larvik Turn
Moss	5–1	Eidsvold Turn
Sarpsborg	3–2	Ørn-Horten
Fredrikstad	2–0	Stabæk
Vidar	0–2	Haugar
Ålgård	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Viking
Fram Skatval	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nessegutten
Strømsgodset	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kongsvinger
HamKam	4–1	Åssiden
Øksfjord	1–2	Mjølner
Bodø/Glimt	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Svolvær
25 June 1981
Teie	1–3	Pors
Replay: 1 July 1981
Steinkjer	2–0	Mosjøen
Nessegutten	0–1	Fram Skatval
Kongsvinger	2–0	Strømsgodset
Replay: 2 July 1981
Bærum	5–2	Skeid
Varegg	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Vard Haugesund
Replay: 8 July 1981
Svolvær	1–4	Bodø/Glimt
Aalesund	2–3	Molde

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 July 1981
Vålerengen	6–0	Odd
9 July 1981
Skarbøvik	0–1	Haugar
Kopervik	1–3	Bryne
Strømmen	0–2	Lillestrøm
Viking	5–1	Fram Skatval
Bærum	0–2	Start
Lyn	2–1	Frigg
Kongsvinger	0–2	HamKam
Pors	1–2	Moss
Steinkjer	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Vard Haugesund
Kristiansund	0–2	Hødd
Rosenborg	7–0	Harstad
Sogndal	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Brann
Sarpsborg	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Fredrikstad
12 July 1981
Mjølner	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bodø/Glimt
Molde	4–2	Strindheim

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 August 1981
Vålerengen	5–1	Steinkjer
Haugar	1–2	Viking
HamKam	1–0	Mjølner
Moss	6–0	Fredrikstad
Hødd	2–0	Lyn
Lillestrøm	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Rosenborg
Brann	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Start
Bryne	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Molde
Replay: 20 August 1981
Start	3–1	Brann