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 round2012/13 Access list Bert Kassies' Site of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Calendar Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
Round Main date Number of fixtures ClubsFirst Qualifying Round 6 April 2011 98 275 → 177Second Qualifying Round 13 April 2011 49 177 → 128First Round 1 May 2011 64 128 → 64Second Round 11 May 2011 32 64 → 32Third Round 25 May 2011 16 32 → 16Fourth Round 25 June 2011 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals 13–14 August 2011 4 8 → 4Semi-finals 20–22 September 2011 2 4 → 2Final 6 November 2011 1 2 → 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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|30 April 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|1 May 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|2 May 2011
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 May 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|25 May 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 May 2011
Fourth round The 16 winners from the third round took part in this stage of the competition.
Quarter-finals The 8 winners from the fourth round took part in this stage of the competition.
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.
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.
Notes All fixtures, results and matchinfo have been retrieved from this page
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