The Cup final opposed Malmo FF to Djurgardens IF. Malmo won 3-0 and won the Cup. Which also made the situation weirder.
Djurgardens IF lost the final, but at the end perhaps had no reason for grief – as a losing finalist, they got the country’s spot in the Cup Winners Cup.
Malmo FF won their 14th Cup. They were the strongest Swedish team at the moment and rightly so: coached by Roy Hodgson, who had Stefan Schwarz, Roger Ljung, Jonas Thern, young talent Martin Dahlin, and worthy veterans like Jan Moller and Hasse Borg. At the end, they went to play in the European Champions Cup and that benefited Djurgardens IF. Yes, Malmo FF was the best team this season, but they did not the title – the strange decision of the Swedish Federation was unfair to IFK Norrkoping – they should have been playing in the European Champion Cup, Malmo FF in the Cup Winners Cup, and Djurgardens IF in no European tournament at all. One missed penalty and… a loser earned a spot in the second in importance European tournament, the Cup winner went to play in the most important European tournament, the real champions were relegated to the UEFA Cup, bumping out of it Orebro SK.
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