UEFA Cup regions
by Bert Kassies
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In the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup and in the Intertoto Cup the
seeding system based on club coefficients ranking applies within each
regional group. Compliance with the regions is implemented as far as
possible. Exceptions may be necessary (see below).
There are three regions:
- Southern-Mediterranean:
Albania, Andorra, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece,
Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal,
Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey.
- Central-East:
Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, France,
Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Moldova,
Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
- Northern:
Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland,
Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, and Wales.
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Regions used in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup
In previous draws UEFA applied the following exceptions to the
regions
(in order to get an even number of teams in each group):
2008 uc/QR1: Liechtenstein -> South
2008 uc/QR1: Serbia -> Central
2008 it/R1: Luxembourg -> Central
2008 it/R2: Switzerland -> South
2008 it/R2: Belgium -> Central
2008 it/R3: Romania -> Central
2007 uc/QR1: San Marino -> North
2007 uc/QR1: Belarus -> North
2007 uc/QR2: Belarus -> North
2007 it/R1: Luxembourg -> Central
2007 it/R2: Poland -> North
2007 it/R3: Greece -> Central
2006 uc/QR1: Belgium -> South
2006 uc/QR2: Belgium2 -> South (Belgium1 = North)
2006 uc/QR2: France2 -> South (France1 = Central)
2006 it/R1: Luxembourg -> Central
2006 it/R2: Hungary -> South
2006 it/R3: Belgium -> Central
2005 uc/QR2: Germany -> North
2005 uc/QR2: Liechtenstein -> South
2004 uc/QR1: Liechtenstein -> North
2004 uc/QR2: Liechtenstein -> North
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