1976 Icelandic Cup

Icelandic Cup 1976 Bikarkeppni karla Iceland Valur ÍA 1975 1977 The 1976 Icelandic Cup was the 17th edition of the National Football Cup. It took place between 2 June 1976 and 12 September 1976, with the final played at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup). The 9 clubs from the 1. Deild entered in the last 16, with clubs from lower tiers entering in the three preliminary rounds. Teams played one-legged matches. In case of a draw, the match was replayed at the opposition's ground. Valur won their third Icelandic Cup, beating ÍA in the final. As the cup winners also won the league, the losing finalists qualified for Europe. First round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|2 June 1976 Hamar 0–12 Haukar |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|4 June 1976 Fylkir 3–0 Grótta |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 June 1976 Grindavík 2–6 Víðir Austri Eskifjörður 2–1 KSH |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 June 1976 þrottur Norðfjörður 7–0 Valur Reyðarfjörður |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|12 June 1976 Leiknir F. 5–1 Einherji |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|23 June 1976 UMS Skagafjördur 11–0 USV Húnvetninga Leiftur Ólafsfjörður 3–2 USA Húnvetninga Magni Grenivík 7–1 Eilifur Njarðvík 2–4 Afturelding |} Second round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|23 June 1976 Víkingur Ó. 4–0 Snæfell ÍBÍ 6–0 Grettir |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|29 June 1976 Ármann Reykjavík 1–0 Leiknir Reykjavík |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|30 June 1976 Afturelding 2–4 Fylkir Völsungur 3–0 UMS Skagafjördur Þór Þorlákshöfn 1–3 Selfoss þrottur Norðfjörður 3–0 Leiknir F. Huginn 2–1 Austri Eskifjörður KA 12–0 Leiftur Reykjavík Reynir Árskógsströnd 0–1 Magni Grenivík KS 4–2 þór Akureyri Reynir Sandgerði 0–1 Víðir ÍR 0–3 Haukar ÍBV 4–0 Stjarnan |} Third round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|7 July 1976 Selfoss 2–4 ÍBV ÍBÍ 3–2 Víkingur Ó. |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|14 July 1976 Huginn 1–2 þrottur Norðfjörður Haukar 4–0 Fylkir Víðir 1–0 Ármann Reykjavík KS 2–3 Völsungur Magni Grenivík 0–2 KA |} Fourth round Entry of nine teams from the 1. Deild |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|27 July 1976 KA 2–6 KR Haukar 1–4 Valur þróttur 0–2 FH ÍA 3–0 Víkingur Keflavík 4–0 ÍBV Völsungur 2–3 Breiðablik |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|28 July 1976 ÍBÍ 1–3 Fram |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|29 July 1976 þrottur Norðfjörður 4–2 Víðir |} Quarter-finals |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 August 1976 FH 2–2 þrottur Norðfjörður ÍA 3–1 Keflavík Fram 1–2 Valur |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 August 1976 KR 1–31 Breiðablik |} 1 The match was replayed after a 1–1 draw. Semi-finals |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 August 1976 FH 2–3 ÍA |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|2 September 1976 Breiðablik 0–31 Valur |} 1 The match was replayed after a 0–0 draw. Final 1976 9 12 y Valur 3–0 Report ÍA Gunnarsson , Björnsson Laugardalsvöllur Reykjavík Valur won their third Icelandic Cup. As they also won the league, ÍA qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup. See also Association football Iceland 1976 Úrvalsdeild Icelandic Men's Football Cup External links is 1976 Icelandic Cup results at the site of the Icelandic Football Federation Category:1976 in domestic association football cups Category:1976 in Icelandic football 1976