2002 Norwegian Football Cup


The 2002 Norwegian Football Cup was the 97th edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. Vålerenga won their 3rd Norwegian Championship title after defeating Odd Grenland in the final with the score 1–0. The final was played on Sunday 3 November at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.
Odd Grenland got to the final by beating Åssiden, Lyngdal, Bærum, Start, Strømsgodset and Stabæk.
Vålerenga reached the final by beating Vang, Eidsvold Turn, Lørenskog, Moss, Viking and Aalesund.

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
RoundDateNumber of fixturesClubs
[|First Round]28–30 May 200264128 → 64
[|Second Round]12–13 June 20023264 → 32
[|Third Round]26–27 June 20021632 → 16
Fourth Round7–8 August 2002816 → 8
Quarter-finals28–29 August 200248 → 4
Semi-finals21–22 September 200224 → 2
Final4 November 200212 → 1

First round

The 49 winners from the Second Qualifying Round joined with 79 clubs from the Tippeligaen, First Division and Second Division in this round of the competition. These matches took place on 23, 28, 29 and 30 May 2002.

Second round

The 64 winners from the First Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 12, 13 and 19 June 2002.

Third round

The 32 winners from the Second Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 26 and 27 June 2002.

Fourth round

The 16 winners from the Third Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 7 and 8 August 2002.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final