2011 UEFA Regions' Cup

The 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup was the seventh edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup. The final tournament phase was held in Portugal, in the city of Braga. The cup was won by the hosts of the tournament, Braga, who beat Leinster & Munster from the Republic of Ireland in the final by 2 – 1.

Preliminary round

The twelve teams in the preliminary round have been drawn into three group of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:

Group A – CroatiaCroatia
Group B – HungaryHungary
Group C – North MacedoniaMacedonia

Matches in the preliminary round were played between 1 August and 30 September 2010. The three group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the intermediary round (only the results of the runners-up against the winners and third-ranked team in each group are taken into account).

Group A

AnkaraTurkey4 – 1WalesGwent County FA
Williams35' (o.g.)
Aydogan42', 57'
Deniz72'
ReportLewis13'
Referee: Igor Satchi (Moldova)
Dalmatia Croatia1 – 1EnglandGuernsey
Njire14'ReportAllen18'
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Guernsey England3 – 0WalesGwent County FA
Allen15', 54'
Dyer25'
Report
Referee: Igor Satchi (Moldova)

Guernsey England0 – 3TurkeyAnkara
ReportÇetin67'
Yasin90+3'
Deniz90+5'
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Gwent County FA Wales3 – 6CroatiaDalmatia
Williams12', 28'
Hodges77'
ReportPrizmić24', 59'
Njire42'
Jerković52', 54', 58' (pen.)

Group B

Malatia Armenia0 – 5IsraelFC Karmiel Safed
ReportDahan21'
Levi31', 90+3'
Zalka42'
Shteinberg60'
Bük, Bük
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
West Hungary Hungary4 – 1RomaniaPrahovaMuntenia
Mészáros5'
Kovács32'
Flórián45+2'
Marosvölgyi54'
ReportMatei14'
Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk (Ukraine)

Malatia Armenia1 – 2HungaryWest Hungary
Karapetyan48'ReportFlórián11', 26'
PrahovaMuntenia Romania0 – 2IsraelFC Karmiel Safed
ReportZalka79'
Hammudi90+3'
Bük, Bük
Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk (Ukraine)

PrahovaMuntenia Romania3 – 1ArmeniaMalatia
Stoian64'
Vane68'
Stroe77' (pen.)
ReportKarapetyan90+3' (pen.)
Bük, Bük
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
FC Karmiel Safed Israel1 – 0HungaryWest Hungary
Zalka15'Report

Group C

South East FYR Macedonia North Macedonia3 – 1SwedenSandarna BK
Todorov3'
Atanasov29', 71' (pen.)
ReportSkytting72'
Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Eastern Region Northern Ireland4 – 0EstoniaFC HaServ Tartu
Boyd37', 65', 72'
Moffat78' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Aleksander Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

South East FYR Macedonia North Macedonia1 – 1Northern IrelandEastern Region
Todorov33'ReportMcQuitty32'
Referee: Aleksander Gauzer (Kazakhstan)
FC HaServ Tartu Estonia0 – 1SwedenSandarna BK
ReportSanden89'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

FC HaServ Tartu Estonia0 – 8North MacedoniaSouth East FYR Macedonia
ReportVarelovski10'
Dunimagloski24', 61', 83'
Trajčev28'
Gunev80'
Dimitrioski86'
Atanasov90+1'
Referee: Aleksander Gauzer (Kazakhstan)
Sandarna BK Sweden0 – 1Northern IrelandEastern Region
ReportMcParland8'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Best runners-up

1 The competition rules state that the two best runners-up qualify to the intermediary round, with only the results of the runners-up against the winners and third-ranked team in each group being taken into account. However, due to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Football Federation being suspended by UEFA and FIFA as of 1 April 2011, Dalmatia, the worst runner-up, was allowed to progress to the intermediary round, replacing Bosnia-Herzegovina's representative team, Kanton Sarajevo, in Group 6.

Intermediary round

The 26 teams which went straight through to the intermediary round (after the exclusion of Kanton Sarajevo from Bosnia-Herzegovina, due to their suspension) were joined by the three group winners and three runners-up from the preliminary round. The 32 teams have been drawn into eight groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:

Group 1 –  Malta
Group 2 –  Portugal
Group 3 –  Republic of Ireland
Group 4 –  Slovenia
Group 5 –  Bulgaria
Group 6 –  Czech Republic
Group 7 –  Poland
Group 8 –  Ukraine

Matches in the intermediary round were played between 1 August 2010 and 30 April 2011. The winners of each group will qualify for the final tournament.

Group 1

Phthiotis Greece1 – 3SpainGalicia
Adam88'ReportÁlvarez49'
Torres60'
Souto90+3'
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)
Malta Malta0 – 1GermanyWürttemberg
ReportMolinari40'
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Galicia Spain1 – 1GermanyWürttemberg
Álvarez87'ReportAsch13'
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)

Galicia Spain6 – 0MaltaMalta
Rey-Cabarcos15' (pen.)
Poratti18'
Rodríguez30', 65', 73'
Souto38'
Report
Württemberg Germany14 – 1GreecePhthiotis
Laible5', 23'
Hirning12', 90'
Tunjić41', 58'
Mangold54'
Molinari74', 85'
Schwarz81', 87', 89'
Grimmer84'
Asch90+4'
ReportChymeftos70'
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Group 2

Ticino Switzerland2 – 3BelgiumCentre
Dell'Avo22', 64'ReportBogemans41'
Hmouda69'
Bourguignon74'
East West Central Scotland Scotland1 – 3PortugalBraga
Clarke45+1'ReportNobre3'
A. Gonçalves33'
Veiga89' (pen.)

East West Central Scotland Scotland1 – 2SwitzerlandTicino
McKendry31'ReportKukleci16'
Rizzello20'
Complexo Desportivo C.F. Fão, Fão
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)
Centre Belgium0 – 2PortugalBraga
ReportLeite14'
Novo90+3'

Centre Belgium2 – 3ScotlandEast West Central Scotland
Walker6' (o.g.)
Mellebeek13'
ReportMcKendry8'
Grant55'
Paterson85'
Braga Portugal4 – 0SwitzerlandTicino
Ferreira49' (pen.)
A. Gonçalves55'
M. Gonçalves63', 75'
Report
Complexo Desportivo C.F. Fão, Fão
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)

Group 3

Leinster & Munster Republic of Ireland0 – 0ItalyAbruzzo
Report
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
San Marino San Marino0 – 6FranceLigue de Normandie
ReportCibelli27' (o.g.)
Gilbert67'
Affagard69', 73', 85', 88'

Leinster & Munster Republic of Ireland2 – 0San MarinoSan Marino
Carrig3'
Lacey8'
Report
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Ligue de Normandie France1 – 1ItalyAbruzzo
Simon20'ReportLalli72'
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Ligue de Normandie France0 – 3Republic of IrelandLeinster & Munster
ReportWalsh9' (pen.), 79' (pen.)
Whelehan90+4'
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
Abruzzo Italy1 – 0San MarinoSan Marino
Lalli44'Report
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Group 4

FC Karmiel Safed Israel0 – 1TurkeyAnkara
ReportDerin90+2'
Križevci, Križevci
MNZ Murska Sobota Slovenia1 – 1North MacedoniaSouth East FYR Macedonia
Bokan69'ReportImeri3'
Veržej, Veržej
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

MNZ Murska Sobota Slovenia3 – 1IsraelFC Karmiel Safed
Krpič46'
Grah47'
Sukič64'
ReportSuissa9' (pen.)
Križevci, Križevci
Ankara Turkey3 – 0North MacedoniaSouth East FYR Macedonia
Deniz37', 90+3'
Isler45+1'
Report
Veržej, Veržej
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Ankara Turkey3 – 1SloveniaMNZ Murska Sobota
Çetin12', 88'
Deniz52'
ReportZ. Horvat84'
Veržej, Veržej
South East FYR Macedonia North Macedonia2 – 0IsraelFC Karmiel Safed
Mojsovski35'
Iliev38'
Report
Križevci, Križevci

Group 5

2 The group winner was decided by drawing of lots between Belgrade and South West Bulgaria.

South West Bulgaria Bulgaria0 – 0SlovakiaSlovak Western Region
Report
Referee: Dawid Piasecki (Poland)
Belgrade Serbia2 – 0Northern IrelandEastern Region
Stanojević70'
Stefanović90+3'
Report
Referee: Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (Andorra)

South West Bulgaria Bulgaria0 – 0SerbiaBelgrade
Report
Referee: Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (Andorra)
Eastern Region Northern Ireland0 – 1SlovakiaSlovak Western Region
ReportFulmek34'
Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Macedonia)

Eastern Region Northern Ireland0 – 2BulgariaSouth West Bulgaria
ReportFikiyn68'
Mihaylov87' (pen.)
Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Macedonia)
Western Slovakia Slovakia0 – 0SerbiaBelgrade
Report
Referee: Dawid Piasecki (Poland)

Group 6

Dalmatia Croatia0 – 3 (f)
(3 – 1)
LithuaniaFK Alytis
(Jerković6' (pen.))
(Bugarija50', 58')
Report(Laibinis85')

Result changed from 3–1 to 0–3, after fielding of an ineligible player by Dalmatia.

Zlín Czech Republic0 – 0HungaryWestern Hungary
Report
Referee: Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey)

FK Alytis Lithuania3 – 3HungaryWestern Hungary
Bunickij4' (pen.)
Miknevičius23', 28'
ReportDobesch52'
Patkó61'
Csorba83'
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Zlín Czech Republic4 – 1CroatiaDalmatia
Lukáš9'
Vrága37'
Huťka85'
Valášek90+2'
ReportJakovčević69'

FK Alytis Lithuania0 – 1Czech RepublicZlín
ReportStojaspal51'
Western Hungary Hungary3 – 0CroatiaDalmaia
Mészáros12'
Müllerlei32'
Csorba34'
Report
Referee: Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey)

Group 7

Lesser Poland Poland1 – 1RussiaSouth Region Russia
Kusia63' (pen.)ReportLednev68'
GKS Janina, Libiąż
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Helsinki Finland3 – 2BelarusFC Azot Grodno
Tapola59'
Vesterinen71'
Telinkangas87'
ReportKot27'
Zhegalo57'

Lesser Poland Poland4 – 1FinlandHelsinki
Zubel20', 56'
Przenioslo64'
Wojdala90+4'
ReportVesterinen79'
FC Azot Grodno Belarus0 – 5RussiaSouth Region Russia
ReportTiukalkin16'
Taranenko55'
Lednev63', 70'
Pertiya66'
Referee: Stefano Podeschi (San Marino)

FC Azot Grodno Belarus1 – 3PolandLesser Poland
Zhegalo51'ReportKiwacki19', 76'
Zubel70'
Referee: Stefano Podeschi (San Marino)
South Region Russia Russia5 – 0FinlandHelsinki
Lednev10', 27' (pen.), 89'
Deulin45+2'
Tiukalkin65'
Report
GKS Janina, Libiąż

Group 8

Flaminko/RFS Riga Latvia0 – 1MoldovaIaloveni
ReportDogot90+3'
Attendance: 50
Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Yednist Plysky Ukraine5 – 0AzerbaijanChevik
Samsonenko7', 34'
Valko25'
V. Tarykin56'
Yakimenko70'
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Albano Janku (Albania)

Yednist Plysky Ukraine8 – 0LatviaFlaminko/RFS Riga
Tverdovskiy10', 63'
V. Tarykin13', 19', 68'
Stetsyuk35'
Nechyporenko72'
Yakimenko85'
Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Albano Janku (Albania)
Ialoveni Moldova2 – 0AzerbaijanChevik
Dogot30'
Borta88'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (Iceland)

Ialoveni Moldova0 – 2UkraineYednist Plysky
ReportLytvyn68'
V. Tarykin82'
Attendance: 1200
Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Chevik Azerbaijan1 – 4LatviaFlaminko/RFS Riga
Aslanov29'ReportPeršteins4'
Pojarkovs24' (pen.)
Satilbeko45'
Sovtuss74'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (Iceland)

Final tournament

The final tournament was held in Braga District, Portugal from 21 to 28 June 2011.

Group stage

The group stage draw took place on 11 May 2011, producing two groups of four teams each. The two group winners advance to the final, while the runners-up of each group receive bronze medals.

Group A

Braga Portugal3 – 1Czech RepublicZlín
Veiga45' (pen.)
Leite53'
Silva65'
ReportDaněk68' (pen.)
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Yednist Plysky Ukraine0 – 2GermanyWürttemberg
ReportFaber10'
Kleinschrodt30'
Estádio Municipal, Vila Verde
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Braga Portugal2 – 1UkraineYednist Plysky
Ferreira22' (pen.)
Simões59'
ReportBabor10'
Zlín Czech Republic1 – 0GermanyWürttemberg
Stojaspal78'Report
Complexo Desportivo C.F. Fão, Fão
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)

Württemberg Germany1 – 3PortugalBraga
Kleinschrodt67'ReportFerreira37', 88'
Nobre45+3'
Municipal, Vila Verde
Referee: Ken Henry Johnson (Norway)
Zlín Czech Republic2 – 1UkraineYednist Plysky
Školník68' (pen.)
Valko70' (o.g.)
ReportBabor34'
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)

Group B

Ankara Turkey0 – 0Republic of IrelandLeinster & Munster
Report
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)
South Region Russia Russia2 – 3SerbiaBelgrade
Valiulin37'
Avanyan80'
ReportŽivković4'
Blagojević35'
Gudović73'
Complexo Desportivo C.F. Fão, Fão
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)

South Region Russia Russia1 – 2TurkeyAnkara
Tyukalkin44' (pen.)ReportDeniz13'
Çetinkaya79'
Estádio Municipal, Vila Verde
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Belgrade Serbia0 – 1Republic of IrelandLeinster & Munster
ReportWhelehan52'
Estádio Municipal, Vila Verde
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)

Leinster & Munster Republic of Ireland2 – 1RussiaSouth Region Russia
Barbour64'
O'Sullivan68'
ReportUshakov13'
Belgrade Serbia2 – 0TurkeyAnkara
Živković41' (pen.)
Gostiljac81'
Report
Complexo Desportivo C.F. Fão, Fão
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Final

Braga Portugal2 – 1Republic of IrelandLeinster & Munster
Nobre62'
Fortunato84'
ReportO'Sullivan68'
Referee: Ken Henry Johnson (Norway)

See also

References

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