Spain - Cup 1944

Played by 32 teams:
- all 14 teams of First Division
- all 14 teams of Second Division 
- two champions of Third Division (Santander and Mallorca)
- two winners of a six-rounds tournament played by 68 teams of Third Division and 13 
  of Regional categories. They were Gimnástico Tarragona and RCD Córdoba

FIRST ROUND
April 30 and May 7

Cultural Leonesa - Celta (Vigo)    2-2, 1-5
Real Oviedo - Real Santander       8-0, 0-3
Real Valladolid - Deportivo Coruña 0-0, 1-7
Arenas Guecho - Real Gijón         2-0, 3-4
Baracaldo - Atlético Bilbao        1-0, 2-4
At. Osasuna - Real Sociedad        1-3, 1-2
Real Zaragoza - Valencia           3-2, 0-5
Español - Gimnástico Tarragona     2-1, 0-1, 2-1*
Sabadell - Real Mallorca           6-2, 0-1
Constancia (Inca) - Barcelona      0-0, 1-4
Castellón - Alcoyano (Alcoy)       3-0, 2-3
Hércules (Alicante) - R Murcia     0-1, 0-2
Real Madrid - R Betis (Sevilla)    4-2, 4-1
RCD Córdoba - Atlético Aviación    2-3, 2-7
Sevilla - Xerez CF                 3-0, 1-1
SD Ceuta - Granada                 3-3, 1-2

* Played at Barcelona, May 9

ROUND OF 16
May 14 and 21

Atlético Aviación(Madrid) - Celta  4-0, 2-3
Granada - Real Madrid              0-0, 2-0
Español - Real Sociedad (S.Seb.)   2-1, 1-1
Valencia - Deportivo La Coruña     2-0, 4-2
Sevilla - Barcelona                5-2, 1-1
Real Murcia - Real Oviedo          1-2, 3-1
Arenas Guecho - Atlético Bilbao    1-6, 1-4
Castellón - Sabadell               0-1, 2-3

QUARTER FINALS
May 28 and June 4

Sevilla - At. Aviación (Madrid)    3-2, 0-3
Atlético Bilbao - Granada          6-1, 0-1
Real Murcia - Español (Barcelona)  5-2, 2-2
Sabadell - Valencia                1-2, 1-6

SEMIFINALS
June 11 and 18

Atl.Aviación (Madrid) - At.Bilbao  3-1, 0-2, 2-3*
Valencia - Real Murcia             3-0, 5-1
* Played at Barcelona, June 21

FINAL
Played at Barclelona, June 25

ATLETICO BILBAO - VALENCIA              2-0
Goals: Escudero, Zarra
Atlético Bilbao: Lezama, Arqueta, Oceja, Celaya, Bertol, Nando, Iriondo,
    Escudero, Zarra, Panizo, Gainza
Valencia: Ignacio Eizaguirre, Alvaro, Juan Ramón, Ortúzar, Iturraspe, Lecue,
    Epi, Hernández, Mundo, Igoa, Asensi
Referee: Vilalta
Overview of Finals
1943
1945
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