1978 Icelandic Cup

February 2019 Icelandic Cup 1978 Bikarkeppni karla Iceland ÍA Valur 1977 1979 The 1978 Icelandic Cup was the 19th edition of the National Football Cup. It took place between 30 May 1978 and 27 August 1978, 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 10 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. ÍA won their first Icelandic Cup, beating Valur in the final. The club therefore qualified for Europe. First round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|30 May 1978 Leiknir Reykjavík 2–5 Oðinn |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|31 May 1978 Leiknir F. 2–0 Hrafnkell Hekla 6–2 Þór Þorlákshöfn Selfoss 3–0 IK Stjarnan 0–4 Njarðvík Höttur 0–5 Einherji Víðir 1–4 Fylkir Huginn 3–4 Austri Eskifjörður Grindavík 1–0 Afturelding |} Second round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|13 June 1978 Ármann Reykjavík 4–2 Selfoss Völsungur 1–2 KS þór Akureyri 3–2 HSÞ-b þrottur Norðfjörður 5–7 Austri Eskifjörður KR 3–1 Haukar Hekla 1–6 Fylkir Víkingur Ó. 4–1 Njarðvík |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|14 June 1978 Leiftur 3–1 Arroðinn A. Magni Grenivík 3–6 Tindastóll ÍBÍ 5–1 Bolungarvík Einherji 3–1 Leiknir F. Oðinn 1–3 Grindavík |} Third round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|20 June 1978 Ármann Reykjavík 0–4 Víkingur Ó. Einherji 3–1 Austri Eskifjörður þór Akureyri 4–1 Leiftur Fylkir 2–1 ÍBÍ KR 3–1 Grindavík KS 2–0 Tindastóll |} Fourth round Entry of ten teams from the 1. Deild |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|4 July 1978 ÍA 3–2 KA þór Akureyri 1–4 ÍBV Breiðablik 2–1 Fylkir Víkingur 0–1 KR þróttur 4–3 Keflavík Einherji 3–1 Víkingur Ó. |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|6 July 1978 KS 0–2 Valur |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|12 July 1978 Fram 1–01 FH |} 1 The match was replayed after a 0–0 draw. Quarter-finals |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|19 July 1978 Einherji 1–6 ÍA Breiðablik 2–0 Fram KR 2–3 þróttur ÍBV 0–2 Valur |- |} Semi-finals |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|8 August 1978 þróttur 0–1 Valur |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 August 1978 Breiðablik 0–1 ÍA |} Final 1978 8 27 y ÍA 1–0 Valur Report Pétursson Laugardalsvöllur Reykjavík ÍA won their fourth Icelandic Cup and qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup. See also Association football Iceland 1978 Úrvalsdeild Icelandic Men's Football Cup External links is 1978 Icelandic Cup results at the site of the Icelandic Football Federation Category:1978 in domestic association football cups Category:1978 in Icelandic football 1978