1947 Svenska Cupen

1947 Svenska Cupen
	Råsunda Stadium where the 1947 Svenska Cupen was held.
Tournament details
Country	Sweden
Teams	58
Final positions
Champions	Malmö FF
Runner-up	AIK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
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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.^[1]

Preliminary round 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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