2011 Norwegian Football Cup


The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup was the 106th edition of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. It began on 6 April 2011 with the matches of the first qualifying round and ended on 6 November 2011 with the [|Final]. The winners, Aalesund, earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubs
First Qualifying Round6 April 201198275 → 177
[|Second Qualifying Round]13 April 201149177 → 128
[|First Round]1 May 201164128 → 64
[|Second Round]11 May 20113264 → 32
[|Third Round]25 May 20111632 → 16
[|Fourth Round]25 June 2011816 → 8
Quarter-finals13–14 August 201148 → 4
Semi-finals20–22 September 201124 → 2
Final6 November 201112 → 1

First round

The 49 winners from the Second Qualifying Round joined with 79 clubs from the Premier League, First Division and Second Division in this round of the competition.

Second round

The 64 winners from the First Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 11 and 12 May 2011.

Third round

The 32 winners from the Second Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 25 and 26 May 2011.

Fourth round

The 16 winners from the Third Round took part in this stage of the competition.
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Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Fourth Round took part in this stage of the competition.
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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 17 August 2011. The semi-finals took place on 21 and 22 September 2011.
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Final

The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup Final was played on 6 November 2011 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. The draw for the final was held on 27 September 2011 by the Norwegian Football Association, which decided that Brann was the home team of the final and got to play in their red home kits.