# 2021–22 Svenska Cupen

The 2021–22 Svenska Cupen is the 66th season of the Svenska Cupen and the tenth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2021–22 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2021 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.

## Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Match date |
| Initial rounds | Round 1 | 9 June - 10 July 2021 |
| Initial rounds | Round 2 | 17 August - 20 October 2021 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 19 - 21 February 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 26 - 28 February 2022 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 5 - 7 March 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter Final | 12 - 14 March 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Semi Final | 19 - 20 March 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 26 May 2022 |

## 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 (22 teams) Division 2 (32 teams) Division 3 (6 teams) Division 4 (4 teams) |
| Round 2 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | Allsvenskan (16 teams) Superettan (16 teams) |
| Group stage | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | |

## Round 1

First round matches were played between 9 June and 10 July. 64 clubs from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round.

### Matches
## Round 2

64 teams competed in this round: 32 winners from Round 1 and the 32 teams from the 2021 Allsvenskan and 2021 Superettan.

### Matches
## Group stage

The group stage was drawn on 5 December 2021. 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 group and the 16 remaining winners went unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2021 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 played two home matches.

### Qualified teams

Akropolis IF withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Norrby IF.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MFF | IFKV | GAIS | ÄFF |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | IFK Värnamo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | | | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | GAIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Ängelholms FF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIK | EIF | ÖIS | ÖSK |
| 1 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Eskilsminne IF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | | 0–4 | | | 0–0 |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | | 0–1 | | |
| 4 | Örebro SK | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | | | 1–3 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIF | BP | IKB | HBK |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | 0–3 | | | 1–1 |
| 3 | IK Brage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | | 1–2 | | |
| 4 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | | | | 0–1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFE | DIF | GIF | SSK |
| 1 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | 5–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | | | | 4–1 | |
| 3 | GIF Sundsvall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | | | | | 4–1 |
| 4 | Skiljebo SK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | | 1–8 | 1–6 | | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIF | BKH | FFF | YIK |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | BK Häcken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 | | | | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | | | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Ytterhogdals IK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | | 1–6 | 0–13 | | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KFF | IKS | TFF | IFS |
| 1 | Kalmar FF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | | | 2–2 | |
| 3 | Trelleborgs FF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | | | | 0–0 |
| 4 | IF Sylvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKN | VAR | ÖIF | SFK |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout Stage | | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Varbergs BoIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | | | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Östers IF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | | | | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Sollentuna FK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IFKG | NIF | MAIF | LAN |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Norrby IF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | 1–1 | | | |
| 3 | Mjällby AIF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Landskrona BoIS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | | 1–3 | | |

## Knockout stage

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on March 7, 2022.

### Qualified teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 4 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 2 | 1 | Malmö FF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 3 | 5 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 4 | 6 | Kalmar FF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 5 | 2 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 6 | 7 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 7 | 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 8 | 8 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 March 2022 – Stockholm | 13 March 2022 – Stockholm | | | |
| Hammarby | 3 | | | |
| Hammarby | 3 | 19 March 2022 – Stockholm | 19 March 2022 – Stockholm | | |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | 19 March 2022 – Stockholm | 19 March 2022 – Stockholm | |
| IFK Norrköping | 2 | Hammarby | 1 | |
| 13 March 2022 – Borås | 13 March 2022 – Borås | | Hammarby | 1 | |
| 13 March 2022 – Borås | 13 March 2022 – Borås | IF Elfsborg | 0 | |
| IF Elfsborg | 1 | IF Elfsborg | 0 | |
| IF Elfsborg | 1 | | | | 26 May 2022 – Stockholm | 26 May 2022 – Stockholm |
| IFK Göteborg | 0 | | | | 26 May 2022 – Stockholm | 26 May 2022 – Stockholm |
| IFK Göteborg | 0 | | | | Hammarby | 0 (3) |
| 12 March 2022 – Kalmar | 12 March 2022 – Kalmar | | | | | Hammarby | 0 (3) |
| 12 March 2022 – Kalmar | 12 March 2022 – Kalmar | | | | Malmö FF (p) | 0 (4) |
| Kalmar FF | 0 | | | | Malmö FF (p) | 0 (4) |
| Kalmar FF | 0 | 20 March 2022 – Stockholm | 20 March 2022 – Stockholm | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2 | 20 March 2022 – Stockholm | 20 March 2022 – Stockholm | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | | | |
| 14 March 2022 – Malmö | 14 March 2022 – Malmö | | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | | | |
| 14 March 2022 – Malmö | 14 March 2022 – Malmö | Malmö FF | 1 | |
| Malmö FF (a.e.t.) | 3 | Malmö FF | 1 | |
| AIK | 2 | | | |

### Final
## Top scorers

    As of 26 May 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Veljko Birmančević | Malmö | 7 |
| 2 | Nabil Bahoui | AIK | 6 |
| 2 | Bénie Traoré | Häcken | 6 |
| 4 | Christoffer Nyman | Norrköping | 5 |
| 4 | Jacob Ondrejka | Elfsborg | 5 |
| 6 | Sargon Abraham | Degerfors | 4 |
| 6 | Gustav Berggren | Häcken | 4 |
| 6 | Villiam Dahlström | Degerfors | 4 |
| 6 | Astrit Selmani | Hammarby | 4 |