2017–18 Svenska Cupen

2017–18 Svenska Cupen

Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Dates	7 June 2017 – 10 May 2018
Teams	96 (competition proper)
Final positions
Champions	Djurgårdens IF (5th title)
Runner-up	Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Edin Hamidović (7 goals)
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The 2017–18 Svenska Cupen was the 62nd season of the Svenska Cupen and the sixth season with the current format. The winners of the competition earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2018–19 season, in which case the qualification spot went to fourth-placed team of the 2017 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs entered the competition.^[1]

The first two rounds were played between 7 June and 10 October 2017 respectively. The first round draw was announced on 20 March 2017, and the draw for the second round was announced on 3 August 2017.^[2] The group stage was played on the last two weekends in February 2018, and the last group stage round was played on 3 and 4 March 2018. The following quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on the weekends of 10 March and 17 March 2018 respectively, before the tournament ended with the final on 10 May 2018. Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1).

Djurgårdens IF won their fifth Svenska Cupen title on 10 May 2018 after defeating Malmö FF 3–0.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date and time	Match date
Initial rounds	Round 1	20 March 2017	7 June – 2 August 2017
	Round 2	3 August 2017	16 August – 10 October 2017
Group stage	Matchday 1	20 November 2017	9–19 February 2018
	Matchday 2		24 – 26 February 2018
	Matchday 3		3 – 4 March 2018
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	4 March 2018	10 – 13 March 2018
	Semi-finals	4 March 2018	17 – 18 March 2018
	Final	21 March 2018	10 May 2018

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Qualifying Rounds	112	18	none	18	Division 1 (3 teams) Division 2 (4 teams) Division 3 (2 teams) Division 4 (8 teams) Division 5 (1 team)
Round 1	96	64	2	62	Division 1 (17 teams) Division 2 (25 teams) Division 3 (10 teams) Division 4 (10 teams)
Round 2	64	64	32	32	Allsvenskan Superettan
Group stage	32	32	32	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round 1

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round. The matches were played on 2 August 2017 at the latest.^[3]

Round 2

64 teams from all levels the Swedish league system competed in this round. The 32 match winners from Round 1 were joined by the 16 teams of the 2017 Superettan and the 16 teams of the top-flight 2017 Allsvenskan. The draw was held on August 3, 2017 ^[4] and the matches were played on August 23 and 24, 2017.^[5]

Group stage

The 32 winners from round 2 were divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds were seeded to the top two positions in each groups and the 16 remaining winners were unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams were decided by league position in the 2017 season. All teams in the group stage played each other once, the highest ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower had the right to play two home matches.

Qualified teams

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MFF	IFB	DFF	GEF
1	Malmö FF	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	3–1	1–0	—
2	IF Brommapojkarna	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			—	—	2–0	2–0
3	Dalkurd FF	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1			—	—	—	2–2
4	Gefle IF	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1			0–3	—	—	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AIK	HBK	SFC	IKO
1	AIK	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	3–1	2–1	—
2	Halmstads BK	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4			—	—	5–0	—
3	Syrianska FC	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3			—	—	—	5–3
4	IK Oddevold	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1			1–2	1–1	—	—

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DIF	DEG	FRE	JSIF
1	Djurgårdens IF	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	6–0	—	1–0
2	Degerfors IF	3	1	1	1	4	8	−4	4			—	—	3–1	—
3	IK Frej Täby	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3			0–1	—	—	—
4	Jönköpings Södra IF	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1			—	1–1	1–2	—

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BKH	SUN	VÄR	NBY
1	BK Häcken	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	2–0	—
2	GIF Sundsvall	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7			—	—	2–1	4–2
3	IFK Värnamo	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3			—	—	—	1–0
4	Norrby IF	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0			0–4	—	—	—

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ÖFK	KFF	TFF	ÅFF
1	Östersunds FK	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advance to Knockout stage		—	3–0	3–0	—
2	Kalmar FF	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4			—	—	2–1	0–0
3	Trelleborgs FF	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3			—	—	—	3–0
4	Åtvidabergs FF	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1			0–2	—	—	—

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ÖSK	HEL	NOR	TVÅ
1	Örebro SK	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	—	—
2	Helsingborgs IF	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5			—	—	—	3–0
3	IFK Norrköping	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5			2–2	1–1	—	—
4	Tvååkers IF	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0			0–3	—	2–3	—

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IFKG	ÖIF	VAR	IKS
1	IFK Göteborg	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	1–0	—
2	Östers IF	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5			—	—	2–1	—
3	Varbergs BoIS	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3			—	—	—	2–1
4	IK Sirius	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2			2–2	1–1	—	—

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GAIS	IFE	HAM	VAS
1	GAIS	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	—	4–0
2	IF Elfsborg	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6			2–3	—	2–1	—
3	Hammarby IF	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4			3–3	—	—	3–1
4	Vasalunds IF	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0			—	0–4	1–3	—

Knock-out stage

Qualified teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	3	Djurgårdens IF	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Seeded in Quarter-final draw
2	5	Östersunds FK	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
3	1	Malmö FF	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
4	2	AIK	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9
5	4	BK Häcken	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Unseeded in Quarter-final draw
6	8	GAIS	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7
7	6	Örebro SK	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
8	7	IFK Göteborg	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 March – Solna
	AIK	2
					18 March – Solna
	Örebro SK	0
					AIK	0
	12 March – Stockholm
					Djurgårdens IF	2
	Djurgårdens IF	1
									10 May – Stockholm
	BK Häcken	0
									Djurgårdens IF	3
	11 March – Östersund
									Malmö FF	0
	Östersunds FK	1
					17 March – Östersund
	GAIS	0
					Östersunds FK	0
	10 March – Malmö
					Malmö FF	1
	Malmö FF	1
	IFK Göteborg	0

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals consisted of the eight teams that won their respective group in the previous round. The four best group winners were seeded and drawn against the other four group winners, with the seeded teams entitled to play the match at their home venue. GAIS was the lowest ranked team in the quarter-finals as they are playing in the second tier, Superettan, for the 2018 season, while the other teams are playing in the top tier, Allsvenskan.

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on 4 March 2018.^[6]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals consisted of the four teams that won their respective quarter-finals in the previous round. All teams that qualified to this round are playing in the top tier, Allsvenskan, for the 2018 season.

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on 4 March 2018.^[6]

Final

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