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2001 UEFA Regions' Cup

UEFA Regions' Cup Czech Republic 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	18 June – 24 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Central Moravia (1st title)
Runners-up	Braga
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The 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup was the second UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in the Czech Republic and won by the Central Moravia team from the host nation, which beat Portugal's Braga 4–2 on penalties, after drawing 2–2 after extra time, in the final.

Preliminary round

The 35 teams entered were drawn into eight groups of four and one group of three, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:

Group 1 –  Bulgaria

Group 2 –  Czech Republic

Group 3 –  Finland

Group 4 –  France

Group 5 –  Luxembourg

Group 6 –  Malta

Group 7 –  Russia

Group 8 –  San Marino

Group 9 –  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seven group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament, with the two "worst winners" playing against each other in a playoff for the remaining place.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Plovdiv (H)	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
Odessa	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
East	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Bakony	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

All matches played in Pleven.

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Central Moravia (H)	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Latvia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Chişinău	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
Gomel	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Masovia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
East (H)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Marijampolė	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

All matches played in Joensuu.

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Madrid	3	3	0	0	17	5	+12	9
South	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
Méditerranée (H)	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
Zürich	3	0	1	2	6	13	−7	1

Matches played in Fos-sur-Mer, Martigues and Istres.

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
District Midden	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
Central Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
Luxembourg (H)	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dalmatia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Abruzzo	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
Malta (H)	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
Israel	withdrew

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vojvodina	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Centre (H)	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Kilkis	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
North	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Braga	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
Schleswig-Holstein	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
MNZ Celje	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
San Marino (H)	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Dacia	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Kakheti	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Western	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Playoff

The two teams which won their groups with the fewest available points went through to compete in a playoff for the remaining final tournament place. In the event of multiple teams sharing the same number of points, the points margin and score between first and second places was taken into account. The two legs were played in both teams' home regions.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	3–0	District Midden	2–0	1–0

First leg

Second leg

Final tournament

The Czech Republic was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 18 June to 24 June 2001.

Group stage

The seven automatic preliminary group winners and the playoff winner Vojvodina 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
Braga	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Madrid	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Dalmatia	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Vojvodina	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Central Moravia (H)	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Plovdiv	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Final

Braga	2 – 2 (aet) (2 – 4 p)	Central Moravia
Ferreira 55' Freitas 84'	(Report) Report Story	David 12' Svach 90+4' (pen.)

2001 UEFA Regions' Cup Winners
Central Moravia

See also

• UEFA Regions' Cup

External links

• Official UEFA Regions' Cup site
• RSSSF page for the 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup

• UEFA Regions' Cup
• 2000–01 in European football