2021 UEFA Regions' Cup


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.
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. Lower Silesia from Poland were the title holders.

Teams

A total of 36 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 28 associations entered the intermediate round, while the bottom 8 associations entered the preliminary round.
The draws for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 3 December 2019, 14:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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.
Entry roundRankAssociationTeamQualifying competitionPot
Intermediate round114.333A
Intermediate round214.000A
Intermediate round312.667A
Intermediate round412.333A
Intermediate round512.333A
Intermediate round612.333A
Intermediate round72019–20 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup12.000A
Intermediate round811.667A
Intermediate round910.667B
Intermediate round1010.333B
Intermediate round1110.000B
Intermediate round129.333B
Intermediate round139.000B
Intermediate round148.667B
Intermediate round158.000B
Intermediate round168.000B
Intermediate round178.000C
Intermediate round187.667C
Intermediate round197.667C
Intermediate round206.667C
Intermediate round215.833C
Intermediate round225.833C
Intermediate round235.000C
Intermediate round245.000C
Intermediate round255.000D
Intermediate round26 San MarinoNational amateur team4.667D
Intermediate round274.333D
Intermediate round284.333D
[|Preliminary round]29 GozoRegional amateur team4.3331
Preliminary round304.1671
Preliminary round314.0001
Preliminary round323.3331
Preliminary round333.0001
Preliminary round342.0001
Preliminary round35Saue JK2018 Estonian Small Cup1.0001
Preliminary round360.3331
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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.

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, as listed by UEFA.

Group A


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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, thereafter times are CET, as listed by UEFA.

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
TBD29 9 2020
TBD15.10.2020
TBD28 9 2020
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, as listed by UEFA.

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.