Spain - Cup 1943

Played by 32 teams:

- all 14 of First Division
- top four of each of three groups in Second Division
- six winners of a tournement played by the rest of Second Division (12) and 18 top
   teams of lower levels. Actually, they were Salamanca, Baracaldo, Alavés, Alcoyano
   (from Second Division) and Levante and Málaga (both from regional levels)

FIRST ROUND
April 25 and May 2

Ferrol - Deportivo Coruña          1-0, 1-2, 0-1*
Real Valladolid - Celta (Vigo)     1-2, 0-2
Real Gijón - Real Oviedo           1-2, 3-4
Baracaldo - Atlético Bilbao        1-0, 0-2
Real Sociedad - Arenas Guecho      8-0, 3-2
D. Alavés - Real Zaragoza          2-3, 1-1
Español - Osasuna (Pamplona)       3-2, 1-0
Constancia (Inca) - Sabadell       2-1, 1-2, 1-0**
Levante (Valencia) - Barcelona     2-3, 1-8
Hércules (Alicante) - Castellón    0-2, 3-8
Alcoyano - Valencia                2-1, 0-2
Real Madrid - Salamanca            5-1, 1-0
Málaga - Athletic Aviación (Madrid)0-0, 3-8
Real Betis - Atlético Tetuán       1-3, 3-0
Xerez CF - Sevilla                 6-2, 1-2
SD Ceuta - Granada                 5-0, 0-3

* Played in Oviedo, May 5
** Played in Barcelona, May 4

ROUND OF 16
May 9 and 16

Atlético Aviación - Real Sociedad  4-2, 0-0
Español - Real Madrid              1-1, 3-3, 0-2*
Celta (Vigo) - Barcelona           1-5, 1-4
Real Oviedo - Deportivo Coruña     1-2, 1-1
Atlético Bilbao - Castellón        7-0, 1-2
Real Zaragoza - Valencia           2-4, 1-0
Constancia (Inca) - Xerez CF       2-1, 1-4
R Betis (Sevilla) - SD Ceuta       1-1, 0-4

* Played in Madrid, May 18

QUARTER FINALS
May 23 and 30

Atlético Aviación - Atl. Bilbao    1-3, 1-4
Xerez CF - Real Madrid             1-1, 3-5
Barcelona - SD Ceuta               5-2, 4-2
Valencia - Deportivo Coruña        2-2, 3-0

SEMIFINALS
June 6 and 13

Barcelona - Real Madrid            3-0, 1-11
Atlético Bilbao - Valencia         1-0, 2-2

FINAL
Played in Madrid,  June 20th

ATLETICO BILBAO - REAL MADRID            1-0 (at extra time)
Goal:  1-0 104' Zarra
Atlético Bilbao: Lezama, Mieza, Oceja, Ortuzar, Ortiz, Nando, Elices,
  Panizo, Zarra, Urra, Gainza
Real Madrid: Marzá, Querejeta, Corona, Souto, Ipiña, Moleiro, Alsúa,
   Alonso, Pruden, Barinaga, Botella
Referee: Cruella

Special reference to the semifinal between two greatest Spanish teams.
In the first leg Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-0, in a passionate match.
During the next days, Madrid press exagerated the attitude of Barcelona's fans,
and clamoured for an exceptional answer from Real Madrid supporters. 
The hostility of the fans (and some strange decisions of the referee) at the 
start of the second leg (some players of Barcelona said they "feared for their 
lifes") helped Real Madrid to win 8-0 at half time and 11-1 at the end of the 
match.

Barcelona's president dismissed, and some months later Real Madrid's president 
Santiago Bernabéu offered his excuses.
Overview of Finals
1942
1944
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 29 May 2001