Country | Sweden | ||
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Dates | 2 August 2017 – 14 April 2018 | ||
Teams | 96 (competition proper) | ||
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The 2017–18 Svenska Cupen is the 62nd season of the Svenska Cupen and the sixth season with the current format. The winners of the competition will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, unless they have already qualified for European competition in the 2018–19 season, in which case the qualification spot will go to fourth-placed team of the 2017 Allsvenskan.
A total of 96 clubs will enter the competition.
The first two rounds were scheduled to be played before 2 August and 24 August 2017 respectively. The first round draw was announced on 20 March 2017, and the draw for the second round was announced on 3 August 2017.
The group stage will be played on the last two weekends in February 2018, and the last group stage round will be played on 6 and 7 March 2018. The following quarter-finals and semi-finals are scheduled to be played on the weekend of 13 March and 20 March 2018 respectively, before the tournament ends with the final on 14 or 15 April 2018.
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system will compete in this round. The matches will be played on 2 August 2016 at the latest.