2003 UEFA Regions' Cup

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

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–Aosta Valley (1st title)
Runners-up	Maine
← 2001 2005 →

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 tournament final.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Göyəzən FK (H)	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

19 September 2002
Imathia	2 – 1	Tbilisi	Sumqayit
Göyəzən FK	1 – 0	Pivdenstal	Sumqayit
21 September 2002
Pivdenstal	7 – 0	Imathia	Baku
Tbilisi	1 – 5	Göyəzən FK	Baku
23 September 2002
Pivdenstal	6 – 0	Tbilisi	Baku
Göyəzən FK	5 – 1	Imathia	Baku

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Asturias	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Ligue Nord (H)	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

15 November 2002
Ligue Nord	5 – 2	South-East	Overpelt
Asturias	7 – 0	Andorra	Overpelt
16 November 2002
South-East	1 – 2	Andorra	Overpelt
Ligue Nord	0 – 1	Asturias	Overpelt
18 November 2002
Andorra	0 – 4	Ligue Nord	Overpelt
South-East	0 – 5	Asturias	Bocholt

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 and Baranja (H)	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

25 September 2002
Slavonia and Baranja	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Osijek
Veliko Tarnovo	2 – 2	Maine	Osijek
27 September 2002
Luxembourg	0 – 4	Veliko Tarnovo	Vinkovci
Maine	2 – 2	Slavonia and Baranja	Vinkovci
29 September 2002
Slavonia and Baranja	1 – 1	Veliko Tarnovo	Vinkovci
Luxembourg	0 – 5	Maine	Vinkovci

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Central 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 (H)	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3

9 September 2002
Kent	0 – 2	San Marino	Tallinn
South	2 – 5	Central Bohemia	Tallinn
11 September 2002
Kent	1 – 4	Central Bohemia	Tallinn
South	2 – 0	San Marino	Tallinn
13 September 2002
Central Bohemia	3 – 0	San Marino	Tallinn
South	1 – 4	Kent	Tallinn

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Szabolcs Gabona (H)	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

1 October 2002
Szabolcs Gabona	2 – 1	Israel	Tiszaújváros
Montenegro	2 – 0	Chişinău	Tiszaújváros
3 October 2002
Israel	3 – 1	Montenegro	Tiszaújváros
Chişinău	1 – 4	Szabolcs Gabona	Tiszaújváros
5 October 2002
Israel	2 – 1	Chişinău	Tiszaújváros
Szabolcs Gabona	2 – 0	Montenegro	Tiszaújváros

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Württemberg	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Lesser Poland	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Tauragė (H)	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
Brest	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

21 September 2002
Lesser Poland	0 – 1	Württemberg	Marijampolė
Tauragė	5 – 0	Brest	Kaunas
23 September 2002
Württemberg	5 – 1	Tauragė	Kaunas
Brest	0 – 1	Lesser Poland	Marijampolė
25 September 2002
Brest	0 – 4	Württemberg	Marijampolė
Lesser Poland	2 – 1	Tauragė	Kaunas

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
District Noord (H)	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

16 October 2002
Northern Ireland	0 – 1	Algarve	Assen
Malta	1 – 2	District Noord	Assen
17 October 2002
Algarve	3 – 0	Malta	Emmen
District Noord	2 – 0	Northern Ireland	Emmen
19 October 2002
District Noord	2 – 1	Algarve	Hoogeveen
Malta	0 – 4	Northern Ireland	Hoogeveen

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Piedmont–Aosta Valley	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
West (H)	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

23 September 2002
Ural	0 – 2	Dacia	Nemšová
West	1 – 1	Piedmont–Aosta Valley	Lednické Rovne
25 September 2002
Piedmont–Aosta Valley	2 – 0	Dacia	Považská Bystrica
Ural	2 – 2	West	Nemšová
27 September 2002
Dacia	0 – 3	West	Trenčín
Ural	0 – 3	Piedmont–Aosta Valley	Dubnica nad Váhom

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 (H)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

17 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota	0 – 1	Ticino	Križevci
Liechtenstein	0 – 4	Entity	Lendava
19 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota	0 – 4	Entity	Odranci
Liechtenstein	1 – 3	Ticino	Murska Sobota
21 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota	2 – 1	Liechtenstein	Beltinci
Ticino	4 – 2	Entity	Križevci

Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gothenburg (H)	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

8 October 2002
Latvia	1 – 1	West Scotland	Katrineholm
Republic of Ireland	0 – 1	Gothenburg	Gothenburg
10 October 2002
Republic of Ireland	0 – 1	Latvia	Gothenburg
West Scotland	0 – 4	Gothenburg	Gothenburg
12 October 2002
West Scotland	0 – 4	Republic of Ireland	Katrineholm
Latvia	0 – 0	Gothenburg	Gothenburg

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 tournament final, 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Piedmont–Aosta Valley	2–0	Gothenburg	1–0	1–0
Central Bohemia	0–2	Asturias	0–1	0–1

First legs

19 March 2003
Piedmont–Aosta Valley	1 – 0	Gothenburg
16 April 2003
Central Bohemia	0 – 1	Asturias

Second legs

9 April 2003
Gothenburg	0 – 1	Piedmont–Aosta Valley
7 May 2003
Asturias	1 – 0	Central Bohemia

Tournament final

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

Group stage

The six automatic preliminary group winners and the two intermediary playoff winners (Italy's Piedmont–Aosta Valley 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–Aosta Valley	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Württemberg (H)	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

22 June 2003
Württemberg	4 – 0	Ticino	Albstadion, Heidenheim an der Brenz
Asturias	1 – 1	Piedmont–Aosta Valley	Albstadion, Heidenheim an der Brenz
24 June 2003
Ticino	0 – 3	Piedmont–Aosta Valley	Jahnstadion, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Württemberg	1 – 1	Asturias	Jahnstadion, Schwäbisch Gmünd
26 June 2003
Ticino	1 – 0	Asturias	Jahnstadion, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Piedmont–Aosta Valley	3 – 1	Württemberg	Carl-Zeiss-Stadion, Oberkochen

Group B

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

22 June 2003
Szabolcs Gabona	3 – 8	Maine	Allgäustadion, Wangen im Allgäu
District Noord	3 – 3	Göyəzən FK	Allgäustadion, Wangen im Allgäu
24 June 2003
Szabolcs Gabona	6 – 0	District Noord	Zeppelinstadion, Friedrichshafen
Maine	4 – 2	Göyəzən FK	Zeppelinstadion, Friedrichshafen
26 June 2003
Göyəzən FK	0 – 6	Szabolcs Gabona	Allgäustadion, Wangen im Allgäu
Maine	0 – 1(abd)	District Noord	Zeppelinstadion, Friedrichshafen

Final

28 June 2003

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

Albstadion, Heidenheim an der Brenz

Attendance: ~800

Referee: Kris Hermans (Belgium)

2003 UEFA Regions' Cup Winners
Piedmont–Aosta Valley

See also

• UEFA Regions' Cup

External links

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