1943 Copa del Generalísimo

1943 Copa del Generalísimo
41st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	32
Defending champions	CF Barcelona
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Bilbao (14th title)
Runner-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64

The 1943 Copa del Generalísimo was the 41st staging of Copa del Rey. It was organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. There were a total of 32 teams participating. The competition began on 25 April 1943 and concluded on 20 June 1943 with the final, where Athletic Bilbao won their 14th title.

First round

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferrol	2–2	Deportivo Coruña	1–0	1–2
Real Valladolid	1–4	RC Celta	1–2	0–2
Real Gijón	4–6	Real Oviedo	1–2	3–4
Baracaldo	1–2	Atlético Bilbao	1-0	0-2
Real Sociedad	11–2	Arenas Guecho	8–0	3–2
CD Alavés	3–4	Real Zaragoza	2–3	1–1
Español	4–2	CA Osasuna	3–2	1–0
Constancia	3–3	Sabadell	2–1	1–2
UD Levante	3–11	Barcelona	2–3	1–8
Hércules CF	3–10	CD Castellón	0–2	3–8
Alcoyano	2–3	Valencia CF	2-1	0–2
Real Madrid CF	6–1	UD Salamanca	5–1	1–0
CD Málaga	3–8	Club Atlético de Aviación	0–0	3–8
Real Betis Balompié	4–3	Atlético Tetuán	1–3	3–0
Xerez CF	7–4	Sevilla CF	6–2	1–2
SD Ceuta	5–3	Granada CF	5–0	0–3

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ferrol	0–1	Deportivo Coruña
CD Constancia	1–0	CD Sabadell

Round of 16

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Atlético de Aviación	4–2	Real Sociedad	4–2	0–0
Real Betis Balompié	1–5	SD Ceuta	1–1	0–4
Español	4–4	Real Madrid	1–1	3–3
RC Celta de Vigo	2–9	Barcelona	1–5	1–4
Club Atlético de Bilbao	8–2	CD Castellón	7–0	1–2
Zaragoza FC	3–4	Valencia CF	2–4	1–0
Real Oviedo CF	2–3	Deportivo Coruña	1–2	1–1
CD Constancia	3–5	Xerez CF	2–1	1–4

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid CF	2–0	Español

Quarter-finals

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Atlético de Aviación	2–7	Atlético de Bilbao	1–3	1–4
Barcelona	9–4	SD Ceuta	5–2	4–2
Xerez CF	4–6	Real Madrid	1–1	3–5
Valencia CF	5–2	Deportivo Coruña	2–2	3–0

Semi-finals

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CF Barcelona	4–11	Real Madrid	3–0	1–11
Atlético de Bilbao	3–2	Valencia CF	1–0	2–2

Barcelona faced Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the 1943 Copa del Generalísimo. The first leg match, played at Barcelona's Les Corts stadium in Catalonia, ended with Barcelona winning 3–0. On 13 June 1943, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 11–1 in the second leg, advancing to the final 11–4 on aggregate.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Final

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atlético de Bilbao	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Atlético de Bilbao 14th title

References

^ a b c d e Carles Lozano Ferrer (29 May 2001). "Spain - Cup 1943". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Sid Lowe: Fear and loathing in La Liga.. Barcelona vs Real Madrid" Random House. 26 September 2013
^ "Real Madrid v Barcelona: six of the best 'El Clásicos'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "A brief history of the Spanish Cup clásico". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-22.

[rsf-1] Carles Lozano Ferrer (29 May 2001). "Spain - Cup 1943". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[2] "Sid Lowe: Fear and loathing in La Liga.. Barcelona vs Real Madrid" Random House. 26 September 2013

[3] "Real Madrid v Barcelona: six of the best 'El Clásicos'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

[4] "A brief history of the Spanish Cup clásico". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-22.

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