2010 Finnish Cup

2010 Suomen Cup

Country	Finland
Teams	271
Champions	TPS Turku
Runners-up	HJK Helsinki
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2010 Finnish Cup (Finnish: Suomen Cup) was the 56th season of the main annual football (soccer) cup competition in Finland. It was organized as a single-elimination knock–out tournament.

Participation in the competition was voluntary. The winners of the competition entered the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

A total of 271 teams registered for the competition. They entered in different rounds, depending on their position within the league system. Clubs with teams in Kolmonen (level IV) or an inferior league, as well as Veterans and Junior teams, started the competition in Round 1. Teams from Ykkönen (level II) and Kakkonen (level III) entered in Round 3. Veikkausliiga clubs started in Round 4 with the exceptions of Inter Turku, FC Honka, TPS and HJK Helsinki. These four teams entered in Round 5 because they had qualified for European competitions after the 2009 season.

The tournament started on 30 January 2010 with the First Round and concluded with the Final held on 25 September 2010 at Sonera Stadium, Helsinki.

Round 1

The draw for this round was conducted on 14 January 2010. 220 teams were drawn into 110 matches for this round. Unlike last year, there was no need to award byes. The matches were played between 30 January and 28 February 2010.^[1]

Round 2

The draw for this round was conducted on 14 January 2010. The 110 winners of the Second Round were drawn into 55 matches for this round. The matches were played between 3 and 28 March 2010.

Round 3

The draw for this round took place on 19 March 2010. This round includes the 55 winners from the previous round and the 37 clubs from the Ykkönen 2010 and Kakkonen 2010 seasons that entered into the competition. These clubs were drawn into 46 matches that took place between 1 and 15 April 2010.

Round 4

The draw for this round took place on 8 April 2010. This round includes the 46 winners of the previous round and the 10 2010 Veikkausliiga clubs that entered this competition who are not involved in European competitions for the 2010-11 cycle. This includes all the clubs in the league competition except for Inter Turku, FC Honka, TPS and HJK Helsinki, who will be entering the competition in the round following this one. These 28 matches were played between 20 and 29 April 2010.

Round 5

This round included the 28 winners from the previous round and the 4 2010 Veikkausliiga clubs involved in European competition in the 2009-10 cycle: Inter Turku, FC Honka, TPS and HJK Helsinki. These matches were played on 11, 12, 13 and 18 May 2010.

Round 6

This round included the 16 winners of the previous round. These matches were played on 26 and 27 May 2010.

Quarterfinals

This round included the eight winners from the previous round.

TPS v Ilves

9 June 2010 18:00 CEST

TPS	2 – 1	Ilves
Wusu  33' Johansson  71'		Pessi  58'

Pajbackan kenttä, Parainen

HJK Helsinki v VPS

10 June 2010 17:30 CEST

HJK Helsinki	2 – 0	VPS
Parikka  54'  90'

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

FC Haka v KuPS

10 June 2010 17:30 CEST

FC Haka	0 – 1	KuPS
		Udah  23'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

IFK Mariehamn v Inter Turku

10 June 2010 17:30 CEST

IFK Mariehamn	2 – 1	Inter Turku
Paatelainen  47' Gueye  84'		Egwim  10'

Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn

Semifinals

This round includes the four Quarterfinal winners.

HJK Helsinki v IFK Mariehamn

16 June 2010 18:00 CEST

HJK Helsinki	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn
Parikka  5' Ojala  66' Westö  77'

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

KuPS v TPS

16 June 2010 18:00 CEST

KuPS	1 – 2	TPS
Ollo  44'		Johansson  32' Riski  75'

Kuopion keskuskenttä, Kuopio

Final

The two Semifinal winners participated in this match.

HJK Helsinki v TPS

25 September 2010 14:50 EEST

HJK Helsinki	0 – 2	TPS
		Mika Ääritalo  34' Riku Riski  90+1'

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 5137 Referee: Vesa Pohjonen [2]

References

External links

• Official page (Finnish)