2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup explained

FFU Regions' Cup
Year:2015–16
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Country:Ukraine
Dates:20 September 2015 – 30 August 2016
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Num Teams:25
Defending Champions:none
Winners:Kirovohrad Oblast
Count:1
Second:Lviv Oblast
Third:Chernihiv Oblast
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Fourth:Sumy Oblast
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Continental Cup Title:2017 UEFA Regions' Cup
Continental Cup Qualifiers:Kirovohrad Oblast (Inhulets)
Matches:42
Next Season:2018

2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок регіонів ФФУ, Kubok rehioniv FFU) was the first season of the Football Federation of Ukraine new competition at regional level. The competition is conducted among football teams of Oblasts (regions) composed of players who compete at oblast championships (regional competitions). The season kicked off on 20 September 2015 and all 25 participants were split into four divisions (Western, Central, Southern, and Eastern).[1]

The winner of the competition was intended to represent Ukraine at the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup.[2] Before introduction of this competition, Ukraine was represented at the UEFA Regions' Cup usually by the winner of its amateur league (on some occasion the winner of amateur cup competition). The 2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup winner Kirovohrad Oblast consisted majorly out players of Inhulets-3 Petrove which as AF Pyatykhatska competed at the 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup.

Team allocation

Distribution

Qualification round
(18 teams)
  • 18 entrants
Main event
(16 teams)
  • 7 entrants
  • 9 winners from the Qualification round

Round and draw dates

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
PreliminaryQualifying3 September 2015[3] 20 September 201527 September 2015
Main eventRound of 164 October 201511 October 2015
Quarter-finalsTBATBDTBD
Semi-finalsTBATBDTBD
FinalTBATBD

Competition schedule

Qualification round

Western Division

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Central Division

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Southern Division

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Eastern Division

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Notes

Round of 16

All games were scheduled to be played on 4 and 11 October.

Western Division

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Central Division

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Southern Division

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Eastern Division

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Notes

Quarter-finals

Games are scheduled to be played on 13 and 20 April 2016.[4] [5]

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Notes

Semi-finals

Games are scheduled to be played on 15 and 22 May 2016.[4]

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Final

Final was scheduled to be played on 23 August 2016[4] at the Bannikov Stadium (according to the Vynnyky Plyus web portal).[6] On 23 August 2016 the FC Inhulets Petrove official website announced that the final will take place on 30 August 2016 at the Melnyk Central Stadium in Obukhiv at 16:00.[7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1442843138-startoval-kubok-regionov-ffu.html FFU Regions' Cup started
  2. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1449156588-kubok-regionov-uefa-2017-ukraina-uznala-dvuh-sopernikov-po-gruppe.html 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup. Ukraine discovered its two opponents in the group
  3. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1441289681-sostoyalas-zherebevka-kubka-regionov-ffu.html There took place a draw of the FFU Regions' Cup
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413033002/http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/fans/globus/14860/ There took place a draw of quarter and semifinals of the 2015-16 FFU Regions' Cup
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413033317/http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/cup_region/14955/ There were chosen locations for quarterfinals of the FFU Regions' Cup
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824232704/http://plus.lviv.ua/news/2016-05-22-8536 Football team of Lviv region gained a ticket in Vynnyky to the Ukrainian Regions' Cup final
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824235757/http://fc-ap.com.ua/?p=8160 The FFU Regions' Cup final will take place in Obukhiv