The 2023 UEFA Regions' Cup was the 12th edition of the
UEFA Regions' Cup
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, a
football
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competition for
amateur
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teams in
Europe
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organized by
UEFA
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.
Lower Silesia
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The first ...
from Poland were the title holders. In the final,
Galicia from Spain defeated
Belgrade
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.
Teams
A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. Clubs/teams from Russia were barred from participation.
Associations were ranked according to their
UEFA coefficient
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s, computed based on results of the last three seasons (
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
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Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2019
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), to decide on the round their teams entered and their seeding pots in the preliminary and intermediate round draws. The top 35 associations entered the intermediate round, while the bottom 5 associations (ranked 32–36) entered the preliminary round.
The draw for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 8 December 2021, 16:00
CET (
UTC+1
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), at the UEFA headquarters in
Nyon
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, Switzerland.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
*In the preliminary round, the five teams were drawn into two groups of two and three without any seeding.
*In the intermediate round, the 31 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 team which advanced from the preliminary round (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw).
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. On 28 February 2022, UEFA suspended all Russian clubs from participating in UEFA competitions.
Russia's spot will be replaced by the preliminary round runners-up.
Preliminary round
The group winners advance to the intermediate round to join the 30 teams which receive byes to the intermediate round.
Times are
CEST (
UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A
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Group B
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Final
Intermediate round
The eight group winners advance to the final tournament. The winners of each group qualify for the finals, which in principle will be held in the last two weeks of June 2023, with the hosts to be decided when the qualifiers are known.
Times are
CEST (
UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Final tournament
The hosts of the final tournament will be selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Group A
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Group B
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Final
In the final,
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and
penalty shoot-out
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are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Top goalscorers
*Preliminary round:
*Intermediate round:
References
External links
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June 2022 sports events in Europe
September 2022 sports events in Europe
October 2022 sports events in Europe
June 2023 sports events in Spain