UEFA Regions' Cup

Format

All of the 55 UEFA-affiliated associations are eligible to submit a team to compete in the Regions' Cup, provided they hold a domestic qualifying competition to decide which team will represent that nation. Smaller member nations, however, are permitted to enter a representative national side. 8 associations have never entered a team as of the 2025 Regions' Cup: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Kosovo, Cyprus, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Gibraltar.

Teams were entered by 32 nations for the inaugural tournament in 1999 and competed in one qualifying round. As interest in the tournament grew over the years, the qualifying stage was enlarged and an extra group round added in 2005, scrapping the playoffs added in 2001.

The preliminary round consists of a small number of teams split into groups, with the best from each group being included in the draw for the intermediary round. In the intermediary round, the teams are placed into eight groups of four teams. The teams in each group play each other once and the team finishing top of the group qualifies for the Regions' Cup finals. The eight group winners are placed into two groups of four for the final tournament and the winners of these two final groups, after each team has played one another once, play in the final, with the winners being crowned champions. Third place is shared between the two teams which finish second in their respective groups.

One aspect of the Regions' Cup that is different from most other international club tournaments is the hosting of games. As teams play each other once in the preliminary and intermediary rounds, in contrast to the more common two-legged fixtures, each group has all its matches held in one particular region. For example, in the 2009 tournament, all the preliminary Group 1 matches were played in San Marino. Another unusual feature of the Regions' Cup is the choice of host for the final tournament. In most football tournaments, the host nation or city is decided by the governing body before qualification begins. In the Regions' Cup, however, the host is chosen only after most of the eight finalist teams have qualified, with one of the qualified regions selected as host.

Results

Finals

De Toni Sanz Pascual

Freitas Svach

Jaskułowski

Robles

Fortunato

Ekin Traczyk Bohdanowicz

• Rial
• Rey
• Martinez

Titles by country

:** = Hosts*

References

References

1. (17 June 2020). "UEFA competitions to resume in August". Union of European Football Associations.
2. (18 March 2005). "UEFA Regions' Cup. All-Time Statistics". Union of European Football Associations.
3. {{UEFA match attendance. 81354. South-West Sofia vs. Vasca. (9 July 2005)
4. {{UEFA match attendance. 300879. South-East Region vs. Dolnoslaski. (26 June 2007)
5. {{UEFA match attendance. 2001199. Oltenia vs. Castilla y León. (26 June 2007)
6. {{UEFA match attendance. 2008076. Braga vs. Leinster. (28 June 2011)
7. {{UEFA match attendance. 2012171. Veneto vs. Selección Catalana. (29 June 2013)
8. {{UEFA match attendance. 2017336. Eastern Region vs. Zagreb. (4 July 2015)
9. {{UEFA match attendance. 2023040. Zagreb vs. Munster/Connacht. (9 July 2017)
10. {{UEFA match attendance. 2027462. Bavaria vs. Dolny Śląsk. (26 June 2019)