It began on 5 March 2011 with the first match of the preliminary round[1] and ended on 5 November with the Final.
The winners of this competition earned a place in the second qualifying round[3] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, however the second round spot was awarded to Allsvenskan runners-up AIK since Helsingborg were already qualified for European cup play, Kalmar FF who were the runners-up of the cup were awarded AIKs previous qualification spot in the first round.
52 teams from Division 1 2011 or lower of the Swedish league pyramid competed in this round.
The four quarterfinal matches were originally scheduled to take place on 15 June.
However, on that date one of the quarter-finals still hadn't been played, so the semifinal matches were pushed forward.