Estonian Cup 2007–08 () was the 18th season of the

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knockout tournament. Winners of the cup qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008–09 second qualifying round. The defending champion, Levadia, was knocked out in the semi-final in a penalty shoot-out against Flora. The competition culminated with the final held at

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on 13 May 2008 with Flora taking the title 3 – 1. It was broadcast by Kalev Sport. All in all, 71 teams took part of the competition.

First round

Only seven games were played in the first round, to take the number of teams down from 71 to 64, other 57 teams got byes. Two teams from

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–

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(winners in

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; finalists in

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) and Tulevik Viljandi (finalists in

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;

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) – started their journey from early on. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

Four teams from

got through to the quarter-finals, including the defending champion Levadia. Three clubs from

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and one from

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were also represented. The win by Flora II was a bit unexpected, but as they had played well in the previous rounds, it was really no big surprise that they overcame the

side. Maag Tammeka had no problem defeating

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, the only club from the

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. While the main team were victorious, Maag Tammeka's reserve team lost to

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, conceding two goals in the first eight minutes and two more later in the game. The only game containing both teams from the Top Division culminated with an easy victory for Levadia against

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cup-winner

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. ---- ---- ---- † – Välk 494 Tartu changed their name to FC Santos Tartu.

Semi-finals

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Final

The clear favourite,

Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ...

, having won the competition twice before, in

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and

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, attended the final for the sixth time. The underdog, Maag Tammeka Tartu, played in their first cup final, while also being only the second team from

to reach that stage of the competition.

Top goalscorers

External links

Official site

References

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