2021 UEFA Regions' Cup explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Regions' Cup
Year:2021
Dates:Cancelled[1]
Num Teams:Final tournament: 8
Total: 36
Associations:36
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The 2021 UEFA Regions' Cup was originally to be held as the 12th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The final tournament of this edition would originally be held in June 2021, with the qualifying rounds originally taking place in 2020. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3] Lower Silesia from Poland were the title holders.[4]

Teams

A total of 36 teams entered the tournament.[5] 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 (2015, 2017, 2019), to decide on the round their teams entered and their seeding pots in the preliminary and intermediate round draws. The top 28 associations entered the intermediate round, while the bottom 8 associations (ranked 29–36) entered the preliminary round.[6]

The draws for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 3 December 2019, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[5]

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

The hosts for each group in the preliminary and intermediate rounds would be selected after the draw.

Qualified teams for 2021 UEFA Regions' Cup
Entry roundRankAssociationTeamQualifying competitionPot
Intermediate round114.333align=center rowspan=8A
214.000
312.667
4National Final Tournament[7] 12.333
512.333
612.333
72019–20 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup[8] 12.000
811.667
910.667align=center rowspan=8B
1010.333
1110.000
129.333
139.000
148.667
158.000
168.000
178.000align=center rowspan=8C
187.667
197.667
206.667
215.833
225.833
235.000
245.000
255.000align=center rowspan=4D
26 San MarinoNational amateur team4.667
274.333
284.333
Preliminary round29 GozoRegional amateur team4.333align=center rowspan=81
304.167
314.000
323.333
333.000
342.000
35Saue JK2018 Estonian Small Cup[9] 1.000
360.333

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 (two groups of four) followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams.

Preliminary round

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the intermediate round to join the 28 teams which receive byes. The preliminary round was originally to be played by 2 August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled.

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

Group A

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Group B

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Intermediate round

The winners of each group advance to the final tournament. The intermediate round was originally to be played by 13 December 2020.

Times up to 24 October 2020 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), 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

In principle, the final tournament would originally take place in the last two weeks of June 2021.

Venues

The hosts of the final tournament would originally be selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

TeamMethod of qualificationDate of qualification
TBD (or)
TBD (or)
TBD (or)
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Final draw

The draw for the final tournament would originally be held in early 2021.

Group stage

The winners of each group advance to the final, while the runners-up of each group receive bronze medals.

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

Group A

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Group B

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Final

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020/21 Regions' Cup cancelled. 3 December 2019 . UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  2. News: UEFA competitions to resume in August . UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations . 17 June 2020 . 17 June 2020.
  3. News: Updated UEFA competitions calendar . UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations . 17 June 2020 . 17 June 2020.
  4. Web site: What is the UEFA Regions' Cup?. UEFA.com. 26 June 2019.
  5. Web site: 2020/21 UEFA Regions' Cup entries. UEFA.com. 14 October 2019.
  6. Web site: 2020/21 UEFA Regions' Cup qualifying draw coefficients. UEFA.com.
  7. Web site: Rozlosowano Puchar Regionów. www.90minut.pl. pl.
  8. Web site: CRÓNICA Galicia será el representante español en la Copa de las Regiones UEFA (2-0). es. Royal Spanish Football Federation. 11 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Eesti sai teada vastased Regions' Cupi võistlusel. Estonian Football Association. 5 December 2019.