# 2018–19 Svenska Cupen

The 2018–19 Svenska Cupen was the 63rd season of the Svenska Cupen and the seventh season with the current format. The winners of the competition will secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2019–20 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2018 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition, 64 teams from district sites and 32 from the Allsvenskan and the Superettan.
The first rounds will be played between 15 May and 4 July 2018. The first round draw was announced on 25 April 2018. Times up to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March 2019 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 are CET (UTC+1).

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Match date |
| Initial rounds | Round 1 | 25 April 2018 | 15 May – 4 July 2018 |
| Initial rounds | Round 2 | 7 July 2018 | 21 – 23 August 2018 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 3 December 2018 | 16 – 17 February 2019 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 3 December 2018 | 23 – 24 February 2019 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 3 December 2018 | 2 – 3 March 2019 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 4 March 2019 | 9 – 10 March 2019 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 4 March 2019 | 16 – 17 March 2019 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 4 March 2019 | 30 May 2019 |

## Teams

| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
| Round 1 | 96 | 64 | 2 | 62 | Division 1 (19 teams) Division 2 (28 teams) Division 3 (10 teams) Division 4 (7 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.

## Round 2

64 teams will compete in this round. 32 winners from Round 1, and all 32 teams from the 2018 Allsvenskan and the 2018 Superettan. The draw was held on July 7, 2018 with games scheduled to be played on August 21–23, 2018.

## 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 group and the 16 remaining winners were unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2018 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 | AIK | JSIF | ÖIS | NIF |
| 1 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Norrby IF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | | 1–1 | | | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AFC | IFKN | AIK | IFKV |
| 1 | AFC Eskilstuna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 4–0 |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | | 1–1 | | | 3–1 |
| 3 | Assyriska IK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | | |
| 4 | IFK Värnamo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | | | | 3–4 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ÖIF | MFF | FFF | DIF |
| 1 | Östers IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–1 | | |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | | | | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | | 1–2 | | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | | 1–3 | | | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIF | DFF | EIF | VAR |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dalkurd FF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Eskilsminne IF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | |
| 4 | Varbergs BoIS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | | | | 1–1 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BKH | BP | IKB | FCR |
| 1 | BK Häcken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| 2 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | | | | 4–2 | |
| 3 | IK Brage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | | | | | 4–2 |
| 4 | FC Rosengård | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 0–4 | 1–3 | | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HBK | ÖFK | KBK | IKS |
| 1 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Östersunds FK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | | 0–0 | | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Karlstad BK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | | 3–2 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | IK Sirius | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | 1–2 | | | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIF | IKF | IFE | HIF |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage | | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | IK Frej | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 | | | | | 7–0 |
| 3 | IF Elfsborg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | | | 1–1 | | |
| 4 | Hässleholms IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | | 0–3 | | 1–5 | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAIS | ÖSK | IFKG | NBIS |
| 1 | GAIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage | | | | 4–3 |
| 2 | Örebro SK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | 2–1 | | 3–3 | |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | | 0–3 | | | |
| 4 | Nyköpings BIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | | 1–0 | 0–2 | |

## Knockout stage
### Qualified teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 5 | BK Häcken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 2 | 7 | Djurgårdens IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 3 | 3 | Östers IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 4 | 2 | AFC Eskilstuna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Seeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 5 | 4 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 6 | 1 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 7 | 8 | GAIS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |
| 8 | 6 | Halmstads BK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Unseeded in Quarter-final draw |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 March – Stockholm | 10 March – Stockholm | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF (p) | 0 (4) | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF (p) | 0 (4) | 16 March – Stockholm | 16 March – Stockholm | | |
| Hammarby IF | 0 (2) | 16 March – Stockholm | 16 March – Stockholm | |
| Hammarby IF | 0 (2) | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | |
| 9 March – Gothenburg | 9 March – Gothenburg | | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | |
| 9 March – Gothenburg | 9 March – Gothenburg | BK Häcken (a.e.t.) | 3 | |
| BK Häcken | 4 | BK Häcken (a.e.t.) | 3 | |
| BK Häcken | 4 | | | | 30 May – Gothenburg | 30 May – Gothenburg |
| GAIS | 1 | | | | 30 May – Gothenburg | 30 May – Gothenburg |
| GAIS | 1 | | | | BK Häcken | 3 |
| 9 March – Växjö | 9 March – Växjö | | | | | BK Häcken | 3 |
| 9 March – Växjö | 9 March – Växjö | | | | AFC Eskilstuna | 0 |
| Östers IF | 2 | | | | AFC Eskilstuna | 0 |
| Östers IF | 2 | 17 March – Stockholm | 17 March – Stockholm | | | |
| AIK (a.e.t.) | 4 | 17 March – Stockholm | 17 March – Stockholm | | | |
| AIK (a.e.t.) | 4 | AIK | 1 (5) | | | |
| 10 March – Eskilstuna | 10 March – Eskilstuna | | AIK | 1 (5) | | | |
| 10 March – Eskilstuna | 10 March – Eskilstuna | AFC Eskilstuna (p) | 1 (6) | |
| AFC Eskilstuna (a.e.t.) | 2 | AFC Eskilstuna (p) | 1 (6) | |
| Halmstad BK | 1 | | | |