2016–17 Svenska Cupen

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2016–17 Svenska Cupen
Tournament details
Country  Sweden
Dates 3 August 2015 – May 2016
Teams TBD (including qualifying)
96 (competition proper)
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The 2016–17 Svenska Cupen will be the 61st season of Svenska Cupen and the fifth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for European competition in the 2017–18 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2016 Allsvenskan.[1]

A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition.[1]

The first two rounds are scheduled to be played before 3 August and 24 August 2016 respectively,[2] and the first round draw was announced on 21 April 2016.[3]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][2]

Phase Round Draw date and time Match date
Initial rounds Round 1 21 April 2016[3] 3 August 2016 (latest)
Round 2 TBD 24–25 August 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 TBD TBD
Matchday 2 TBD
Matchday 3 TBD
Knockout stage Quarter-finals TBD TBD
Semi-finals TBD TBD
Final TBD TBD

Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2016–17 Svenska Cupen Qualifying Rounds

The associations of the Swedish District Football Associations could choose to have qualifying rounds or having teams being determined through district championships or by club ranking in 2015.

Round 1

64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system will compete in this round. The matches will be played in 3 August 2016 at the latest.[1][2][3][4]

Round 2

All teams from 2016 Allsvenskan and 2016 Superettan will enter in this round, 32 teams in total, where they will be joined by the 32 winners from round 1. The 32 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan will be seeded and played against the 32 winners from round 1, the matches was played at the home venues for the unseeded teams. The 16 northernmost seeded teams were drawn against the 16 northernmost unseeded teams and the same with the southernmost teams.[1]

The second round will be played on 24 and 25 August 2016, but some matches may be moved to a later date depending on participation in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1][2] The number in brackets indicates what tier of Swedish football each team competed in during the 2016 season.

Seeded teams:

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 groups and the 16 remaining winners will be unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams was decided by league position in the 2016 season. All teams in the group stage play each other once, the highest ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower have the right to play two home matches.[1]

All times listed below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).[nb 1]

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings[1]

  1. Superior goal difference
  2. Higher number of goals scored
  3. Result between the teams in question
  4. Higher league position in the 2016 season

Notes

  1. ↑ This is the time zone of Sweden during the winter when group stage is played.

References

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External links

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