2019 UEFA Regions' Cup


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

Teams

A total of 39 teams entered the tournament. 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, 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 entered the preliminary round.
The draws for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 6 December 2017, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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.
Entry roundRankAssociationTeamQualifying competitionPot
Intermediate round1 Zagreb2018 Croatian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup13.667A
Intermediate round2 Munster/Ulster 2018 Republic of Ireland play-off for UEFA Regions' Cup13.333A
Intermediate round3 Castile and León2017–18 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup12.667A
Intermediate round4 Southern RegionSFedU :ru:Четвёртый дивизион России по футболу|2017/18 IV division Regional federations Winners' 2017 and 2018 Final Games12.333A
Intermediate round5 Tuscany2017 Trofeo delle Regioni Juniores12.000A
Intermediate round6Istanbul2018 Turkish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup11.333A
Intermediate round7 Győr-Moson-Sopron County 2017 Hungarian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup11.000A
Intermediate round8 BavariaRegional amateur team10.667A
Intermediate round9 Lower Silesia2017 Polish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup10.333B
Intermediate round10 Hradec Králové Region2018 Czech stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup10.000B
Intermediate round11Mid-Ulster/County Antrim 2018 Northern Ireland play-off for UEFA Regions' Cup9.167B
Intermediate round12 Lviv Oblast2018 FFU Regions' Cup9.000B
Intermediate round13South-West RegionRegional amateur team9.000B
Intermediate round14 :fr:Ligue de football de Normandie|Normandy2018 French stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup8.000B
Intermediate round15 North Riding2017–18 FA Inter-League Cup7.667B
Intermediate round16 Vojvodina2018 Serbian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup7.667B
Intermediate round17Energetik-BGATU Minsk2017 Belarussian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup7.333C
Intermediate round18 East Sarajevo2018 Bosnian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup7.333C
Intermediate round19West Slovakia2017 Slovak stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup7.000C
Intermediate round20Uğur Sumqayit2016–17 AFFA Amateur League7.000C
Intermediate round21Braga2018 Taça das Regiões7.000C
Intermediate round22Vaud2018 Swiss stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup6.000C
Intermediate round23LDZ Cargo/DFA2017 Latvian Second League5.667C
Intermediate round24 GozoRegional amateur team5.667C
Intermediate round25 San MarinoNational amateur team5.000D
Intermediate round26 Ialoveni2018 Moldovan stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup5.000D
Intermediate round27KaaPo 2017 Finnish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup5.000D
[|Preliminary round]28 Amateurs MacedoniaRegional amateur team4.8331
Preliminary round29Buzău County2018 Romanian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup4.6671
Preliminary round30Ironi Tiberias2017–18 Liga Alef play-off4.6671
Preliminary round31Central ScotlandRegional amateur team4.3331
Preliminary round32Nevėžis2017 LFF I lyga 4.3331
Preliminary round33Kozara 2017 Swedish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup4.0001
Preliminary round34Maribor2018 Slovenian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup4.0001
Preliminary round35South Wales2018 Welsh stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup3.3331
Preliminary round36Euboea2018 Greek stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup2.6671
Preliminary round37Paide Linnameeskond III2017 Estonian Small Cup2.0001
Preliminary round38Dostar Astana2017 Kazakh stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup1.0001
Preliminary round39Chabonama2017 Georgian stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup1

Format

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 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 :
MatchdayMatches
Matchday 11 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 21 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 32 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round, intermediate round, and group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
  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 ;
  8. Disciplinary points ;
  9. UEFA coefficient;
  10. Drawing of lots.

    Preliminary round

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.
Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA.

Group A

----
----

Group B

----
----

Group C

----
----

Ranking of second-placed teams

Intermediate round

The eight group winners advance to the final tournament. The intermediate round must be played by 16 December 2018.
Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA.

Group 1

----
----

Group 2

Note: Slovakia were originally to host.
----
----

Group 3

----
----

Group 4

----
----

Group 5

----
----

Group 6

----
----

Group 7

----
----

Group 8

----
----

Final tournament

The hosts of the final tournament were selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams. Bavaria were announced as hosts on 18 December 2018, with the final tournament taking place between 18–26 June 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
TeamMethod of qualificationDate of qualification
Southern Region – SFedU24.10.2018
West Slovakia22 9 2018
Normandy18 9 2018
Istanbul10.10.2018
Bavaria 3 10 2018
Castile and León8 10 2018
Hradec Králové Region20 6 2018
Lower Silesia15.10.2018

Final draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 March 2019, at half-time of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg between Bayern Munich and Liverpool, at the Allianz Arena in Munich. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four without any seeding, except that the hosts Bavaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The tournament was held in five venues in Bavaria:
The schedule of the final tournament was announced on 28 March 2019.
The two group winners advance to the final, while the two group runners-up receive bronze medals.
Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA.

Group A

----
----

Group B

----
----

Final

In the final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamTotal
1Aretas Gėgžna Nevėžis617
2Vilius Giedraitis Nevėžis606
2Željko Štulec Zagreb66
2Thomas Vauvy Normandy606
5Christopher Colvin-Owen South Wales505
5Gabriel Mihaescu Buzău County235
5Yunus Topal Istanbul325
8Marko Blagojević East Sarajevo44
8Gentian Bunjaku Vaud44
8Caner Güner Istanbul314
8Stive Mendy Normandy404
8Christopher Quick South Wales224
8Maxime Roynel Normandy404
8Abdejalil Sahloune Normandy224
8Kornel Traczyk Lower Silesia224