Tournament details | |
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Country | Sweden |
Teams | 98 |
Defending champions | Helsingborgs IF |
Final positions | |
Champions | Helsingborgs IF |
Runner-up | Kalmar FF |
The 2011 Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) was the 56th season of Svenska Cupen, the main Swedish football Cup. It began on 5 March 2011 with the first match of the preliminary round[1] and ended on 5 November with the Final.[2] Helsingborgs IF won the cup after beating Kalmar FF 3–1 in the final, Helsingborg were also the defending champions. The winners of this competition earned a place in the second qualifying round[3] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, however the second round spot was awarded to Allsvenskan runners-up AIK since Helsingborg were already qualified for European cup play, Kalmar FF who were the runners-up of the cup were awarded AIKs previous qualification spot in the first round.