2019 UEFA Regions' Cup

2019 UEFA Regions' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Final tournament: Germany
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 4 June – 24 October 2018 Final tournament: 18–26 June 2019
Teams	Final tournament: 8 Total: 39 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Lower Silesia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bavaria
Third place	Istanbul Castile and León
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	289 (3.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Season: Aretas Gėgžna (7 goals) Final tournament: Arif Ekin (3 goals)[1]
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The 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup was the 11th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA.^[2]

In the final, Lower Silesia from Poland defeated hosts Bavaria to become the second two-time Regions' Cup winners (joining Veneto from Italy), after winning their first title in 2007.^[1] Zagreb from Croatia were the title holders, but were eliminated in the intermediate round.

Teams[edit]

A total of 39 teams entered the tournament.^[3] Each of the 55 UEFA member associations could enter a regional amateur representative team which qualified through a national qualifying competition, or when applicable, their national amateur representative team.

Associations were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons (2013, 2015, 2017), to decide on the round their teams entered and their seeding pots in the preliminary and intermediate round draws. The top 27 associations entered the intermediate round, while the bottom 12 associations (ranked 28–39) entered the preliminary round.^[4]

The draws for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 6 December 2017, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four without any seeding.
• In the intermediate round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and either one team from Pot D or one of the five teams which advanced from the preliminary round (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw):
  • Preliminary round Group A winner would be assigned to Group 1.
  • Preliminary round Group B winner would be assigned to Group 2.
  • Preliminary round Group C winner would be assigned to Group 3.
  • Preliminary round best runner-up would be assigned to Group 4.
  • Preliminary round second best runner-up would be assigned to Group 5.
  • The three teams from Pot D would be drawn to Groups 6–8.

For political reasons, teams from Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group. The hosts for each group in the preliminary and intermediate rounds would be selected after the draw.^[3]

Qualified teams for 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup

Entry round	Rank	Association	Team	Qualifying competition	Coeff	Pot
Intermediate round	1	Croatia	Zagreb	2018 Croatian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[7]	13.667	A
	2	Republic of Ireland	Munster/Ulster (Region 1)	2018 Republic of Ireland play-off for UEFA Regions' Cup[8]	13.333
	3	Spain	Castile and León	2017–18 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[9]	12.667
	4	Russia	Southern Region – SFedU (Rostov Oblast)	2017/18 IV division Regional federations Winners' 2017 and 2018 Final Games[10]	12.333
	5	Italy	Tuscany	2017 Trofeo delle Regioni Juniores[11]	12.000
	6	Turkey	Istanbul	2018 Turkish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[12]	11.333
	7	Hungary	Győr-Moson-Sopron County (West Region)	2017 Hungarian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[13]	11.000
	8	Germany	Bavaria	Regional amateur team[14]	10.667
	9	Poland	Lower Silesia	2017 Polish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[15]	10.333	B
	10	Czech Republic	Hradec Králové Region	2018 Czech stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[16]	10.000
	11	Northern Ireland	Mid-Ulster/County Antrim (Eastern Region)	2018 Northern Ireland play-off for UEFA Regions' Cup[17]	9.167
	12	Ukraine	Lviv Oblast	2018 FFU Regions' Cup[18]	9.000
	13	Bulgaria	South-West Region	Regional amateur team[19]	9.000
	14	France	Normandy	2018 French stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[20]	8.000
	15	England	North Riding	2017–18 FA Inter-League Cup[21]	7.667
	16	Serbia	Vojvodina	2018 Serbian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[22]	7.667
	17	Belarus	Energetik-BGATU Minsk	2017 Belarusian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[23]	7.333	C
	18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	East Sarajevo	2018 Bosnian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[24]	7.333
	19	Slovakia	West Slovakia	2017 Slovak stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[25]	7.000
	20	Azerbaijan	Uğur Sumqayit	2016–17 AFFA Amateur League[26]	7.000
	21	Portugal	Braga	2018 Taça das Regiões[27]	7.000
	22	Switzerland	Vaud	2018 Swiss stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[28]	6.000
	23	Latvia	LDZ Cargo/DFA	2017 Latvian Second League[29]	5.667
	24	Malta	Gozo	Regional amateur team	5.667
	25	San Marino	San Marino	National amateur team[30]	5.000	D
	26	Moldova	Ialoveni	2018 Moldovan stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[31]	5.000
	27	Finland	KaaPo (Turku District)	2017 Finnish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[32]	5.000
Preliminary round	28	Macedonia	Amateurs Macedonia	Regional amateur team	4.833	1
	29	Romania	Buzău County	2018 Romanian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[33]	4.667
	30	Israel	Ironi Tiberias	2017–18 Liga Alef play-off[34]	4.667
	31	Scotland	Central Scotland	Regional amateur team	4.333
	32	Lithuania	Nevėžis	2017 LFF I lyga (chosen by association)[35]	4.333
	33	Sweden	Kozara (Region of Gothenburg)	2017 Swedish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[36]	4.000
	34	Slovenia	Maribor	2018 Slovenian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[37]	4.000
	35	Wales	South Wales	2018 Welsh stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[38]	3.333
	36	Greece	Euboea	2018 Greek stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[39]	2.667
	37	Estonia	Paide Linnameeskond III	2017 Estonian Small Cup[40]	2.000
	38	Kazakhstan	Dostar Astana	2017 Kazakh stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[41]	1.000
	39	Georgia	Chabonama	2017 Georgian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[42]	—

Associations which did not enter

Albania	Andorra	Armenia	Austria
Belgium	Cyprus	Denmark	Faroe Islands
Gibraltar	Iceland	Kosovo	Liechtenstein
Luxembourg	Montenegro	Netherlands	Norway

Format[edit]

In the preliminary round and intermediate round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw.

In the final tournament, the eight qualified teams play a group stage (two groups of four) followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams.

In the preliminary round, intermediate round and final tournament, the schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday, except for between matchdays 1 and 2 in the final tournament where there is only one rest day (Regulations Articles 19.04 and 19.07):^[2]

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers[edit]

In the preliminary round, intermediate round, and group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01, 14.02, 16.01 and 16.02):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient;
10. Drawing of lots.

Preliminary round[edit]

The three group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the intermediate round to join the 27 teams which receive byes to the intermediate round. The preliminary round must be played by 31 July 2018.^[5]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Amateurs Macedonia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[a]	Intermediate round
2	South Wales (H)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6[a]
3	Euboea	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Kozara	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Buzău County	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Intermediate round
2	Maribor (H)	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Central Scotland	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Chabonama	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

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Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nevėžis (H)	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	9	Intermediate round
2	Ironi Tiberias	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Dostar Astana	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Paide Linnameeskond III	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	South Wales	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6	Intermediate round
2	C	Ironi Tiberias	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	B	Maribor	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4

Intermediate round[edit]

The eight group winners advance to the final tournament. The intermediate round must be played by 16 December 2018.^[5]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southern Region – SFedU	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Braga	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
3	Mid-Ulster/County Antrim (H)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Amateurs Macedonia	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Group 2[edit]

Note: Slovakia were originally to host.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Slovakia	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5	Final tournament
2	Buzău County (H)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
3	North Riding	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	Munster/Ulster	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

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Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Normandy	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Final tournament
2	Zagreb (H)	3	2	0	1	17	4	+13	6
3	Nevėžis	3	1	0	2	3	16	−13	3
4	LDZ Cargo/DFA	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Istanbul	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Final tournament
2	South-West Region (H)	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	South Wales	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Energetik-BGATU Minsk	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group 5[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bavaria (H)	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6[a]	Final tournament
2	Ironi Tiberias	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6[a]
3	Vojvodina	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6[a]
4	Gozo	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Group 6[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Castile and León	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Final tournament
2	Lviv Oblast (H)	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	KaaPo	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Uğur	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group 7[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hradec Králové Region (H)	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Győr-Moson-Sopron County	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
3	East Sarajevo	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

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Group 8[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lower Silesia	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6[a]	Final tournament
2	Tuscany (H)	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6[a]
3	Vaud	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6[a]
4	Ialoveni	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

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Final tournament[edit]

The hosts of the final tournament were selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams.