2003 UEFA Regions' Cup

2003 UEFA Regions' Cup

UEFA Regions' Cup Germany 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	22 June – 28 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Piedmont (1st title)
Runners-up	Maine

The 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup was the third UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in Germany and won by the Piedmont team from Italy, which beat France's Maine 2–1 in the final.

Preliminary round

The 40 teams entered were drawn into ten groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:

Group 1 –  Azerbaijan

Group 2 –  Belgium

Group 3 –  Croatia

Group 4 –  Estonia

Group 5 –  Hungary

Group 6 –  Lithuania

Group 7 –  Netherlands

Group 8 –  Slovakia

Group 9 –  Slovenia

Group 10 –  Sweden

Six group winners qualified automatically, while the winners of four randomly drawn groups took part in a playoff for the two remaining places in the final tournament.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Göyazan	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
Pivdenstal	3	2	0	1	13	1	+12	6
Imathia	3	1	0	2	3	13	−10	3
Tbilisi	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Asturias	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Nord	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Andorra	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
South-East	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Maine	3	1	2	0	9	4	+5	5
Veliko Tarnovo	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
Slavonia	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bohemia	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
Kent	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
San Marino	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
South	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Szabolcs	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Montenegro	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Chişinău	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Württemberg	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Małopolska	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Tauragė	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
Brest	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Noord	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Algarve	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
Malta	3	0	0	3	1	9	−9	0

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Piedmont	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
West	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Dacia	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Ural	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ticino	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
Entity	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
MNZ Murska Sobota selection	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gothenburg	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Latvia	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	3
West Scotland	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Intermediary round

The intermediary playoffs were drawn at random when the preliminary groups were drawn. As there were ten groups but only eight places in the final tournament, four group winners had to play in the intermediary round. The winners of Group 2 were drawn to play the winners of Group 4, whilst Group 8 and Group 10's winners would play each other. The two legs were played in both competing teams' home regions.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Piedmont	2–0	Gothenburg	1–0	1–0
Bohemia	0–2	Asturias	0–1	0–1

First legs

Second legs

Final tournament

Germany was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 22 June to 28 June 2003.

Group stage

The six automatic preliminary group winners and the two intermediary playoff winners (Italy's Piedmont and Asturias of Spain) were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Piedmont	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Württemberg	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Ticino	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
Asturias	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Maine	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	6
Szabolcs	3	2	0	1	15	8	+7	6
Noord	3	1	1	1	4	9	−5	4
Göyazan	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Final

Maine v Piedmont

28 June 2003

Maine	1 – 2	Piedmont
Kharraz  83'	(Report)	Borgna  24'  29'

Albstadion, Heidenheim Attendance: ~800 Referee: Kris Hermans (Belgium)

2003 UEFA Regions' Cup Winners
Piedmont

See also

• UEFA Regions' Cup

External links

• Official UEFA Regions' Cup site
• RSSSF page for the 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup