# 2020–21 Svenska Cupen

The 2020–21 Svenska Cupen was the 65th season of the Svenska Cupen and the ninth season with the current format. Hammarby won the cup for the first time and secured a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. A total of 96 clubs entered the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows:
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Match date |
| Initial rounds | Round 1 | TBD | 30 July – 26 August 2020 |
| Initial rounds | Round 2 | 28 August 2020 | 30 September – 1 October 2020 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 7 December 2020 | 20-22 February 2021 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 7 December 2020 | 27 February - 1 March 2021 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 7 December 2020 | 6-7 March 2021 |
| Knockout stage | Quarterfinals | TBA | 13 March - 1 April 2021 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | TBA | 20 March - 4 April 2021 |
| Knockout stage | Final | TBA | 30 May 2021 |

## Teams

| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues participating in this round |
| Round 1 | 96 | 64 | 0 | 64 | Division 1 (18 teams) Division 2 (33 teams) Division 3 (10 teams) Division 4 (2 teams) Division 5 (1 team) |
| Round 2 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | Allsvenskan (16 teams) Superettan (16 teams) |
| Group stage | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | TBA |

## Round 1

First round matches were played between 30 July and 16 September. 64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.

## Round 2

64 teams will compete in this round: 32 winners from Round 1 and the 32 teams from the 2020 Allsvenskan and 2020 Superettan. All games will be played on 30 September–1 October 2020.

### Seeding

| Section | Seeded teams | Seeded teams | Unseeded teams | Unseeded teams |
| North | AIK (1) | Djurgårdens IF (1) | BK Forward (4) | IFK Timrå (4) |
| North | Hammarby IF (1) | IFK Norrköping (1) | Dagsbergs IF (6) | Nyköpings BIS (3) |
| North | IK Sirius (1) | Örebro SK (1) | Enskede IK (4) | Sollentuna FK (3) |
| North | Östersunds FK (1) | AFC Eskilstuna (2) | FC Gute (4) | Forssa BK (5) |
| North | Akropolis IF (2) | Dalkurd FF (2) | Gamla Upsala SK (4) | Carlstad United BK (3) |
| North | Degerfors IF (2) | GIF Sundsvall (2) | Gottne IF (4) | Karlstad BK (3) |
| North | IK Brage (2) | Jönköpings Södra IF (2) | IFK Luleå (4) | IFK Lidingö FK (4) |
| North | Umeå FC (2) | Västerås SK (2) | IFK Stocksund (4) | Sandvikens IF (3) |
| South | BK Häcken (1) | Falkenbergs FF (1) | Landskrona BoIS (3) | Lunds BK (3) |
| South | Helsingborgs IF (1) | IF Elfsborg (1) | Oskarshamns AIK (3) | Torns IF (3) |
| South | IFK Göteborg (1) | Kalmar FF (1) | Utsiktens BK (3) | Asarums IF (4) |
| South | Malmö FF (1) | Mjällby AIF (1) | Assyriska BK (4) | Husqvarna FF (4) |
| South | Varbergs BoIS (1) | GAIS (2) | Hässleholms IF (4) | IK Gauthiod (4) |
| South | Halmstads BK (2) | Ljungskile SK (2) | IS Halmia (4) | Stenungsunds IF (4) |
| South | Norrby IF (2) | Trelleborgs FF (2) | Angered BK (5) | BK Astrio (5) |
| South | Örgryte IS (2) | Östers IF (2) | IF Lödde (5) | Ekedalens SK (6) |

### Matches
## Group stage

The 32 winners from round 2 will be divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds will be seeded to the top two positions in each group and the 16 remaining winners will be unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams will be decided by league position in the 2020 season. All teams in the group stage will play each other once, the highest-ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower will have the right to play two home matches.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VSK | GAIS | MFF | HBK |
| 1 | Västerås SK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 3–0 | | |
| 2 | GAIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | | | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | | 1–2 | | | 4–1 |
| 4 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEG | IFE | FFF | UTS |
| 1 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 2–0 |
| 2 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | | 0–1 | | 3–2 | |
| 3 | Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | | 1–3 | | | |
| 4 | Utsiktens BK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | | 1–4 | 1–3 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BKH | DAL | HIF | IKG |
| 1 | BK Häcken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Dalkurd FF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | | | | | 5–0 |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | | 1–2 | | |
| 4 | IK Gauthiod | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | | 0–3 | | 1–1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIF | IKB | KFF | UFC |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | IK Brage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Kalmar FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | Umeå FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | | 0–7 | | | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ÖFK | MAIF | BOIS | AKR |
| 1 | Östersunds FK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 1–1 |
| 2 | Mjällby AIF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | | 0–1 | | | 3–1 |
| 3 | Landskrona BoIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | | |
| 4 | Akropolis IF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | | | 0–2 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKN | IFKG | SIF | GIF |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | | | | | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sandvikens IF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | | 1–4 | 3–4 | | |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | | | | 2–3 | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TFF | IKS | ÖSK | IFL |
| 1 | Trelleborgs FF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 3–1 |
| 2 | IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | 1–1 | | | |
| 3 | Örebro SK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | | |
| 4 | IF Lödde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | | | 0–1 | 0–7 | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAM | AIK | AFC | OAIK |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | | | | 4–0 | |
| 3 | AFC Eskilstuna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | | | | | 4–1 |
| 4 | Oskarshamns AIK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | | |

## Knockout stage
### Qualified teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 4 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 2 | 8 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 3 | 2 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 4 | 6 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 5 | 3 | BK Häcken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 6 | 5 | Östersunds FK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 7 | 1 | Västerås SK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 8 | 7 | Trelleborgs FF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 March 2021 – Stockholm | 14 March 2021 – Stockholm | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3 | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 4 April 2021 – Stockholm | 4 April 2021 – Stockholm | | |
| Östersunds FK | 0 | 4 April 2021 – Stockholm | 4 April 2021 – Stockholm | |
| Östersunds FK | 0 | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | |
| 1 April 2021 – Stockholm | 1 April 2021 – Stockholm | | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | |
| 1 April 2021 – Stockholm | 1 April 2021 – Stockholm | Hammarby IF | 1 | |
| Hammarby IF (a.e.t.) | 3 | Hammarby IF | 1 | |
| Hammarby IF (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | 30 May 2021 – Stockholm | 30 May 2021 – Stockholm |
| Trelleborgs FF | 2 | | | | 30 May 2021 – Stockholm | 30 May 2021 – Stockholm |
| Trelleborgs FF | 2 | | | | Hammarby IF | 0(5) |
| 13 March 2021 – Norrköping | 13 March 2021 – Norrköping | | | | | Hammarby IF | 0(5) |
| 13 March 2021 – Norrköping | 13 March 2021 – Norrköping | | | | BK Häcken | 0(4) |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | | | | BK Häcken | 0(4) |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | 20 March 2021 – Gothenburg | 20 March 2021 – Gothenburg | | | |
| BK Häcken | 3 | 20 March 2021 – Gothenburg | 20 March 2021 – Gothenburg | | | |
| BK Häcken | 3 | BK Häcken | 3 | | | |
| 14 March 2021 – Degerfors | 14 March 2021 – Degerfors | | BK Häcken | 3 | | | |
| 14 March 2021 – Degerfors | 14 March 2021 – Degerfors | Västerås SK | 0 | |
| Degerfors IF | 3 | Västerås SK | 0 | |
| Västerås SK (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | |