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The UEFA Regions Cup is a football competition for amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in the 1998/99 season, and has been played biennially since. The first champions were the Italian side, Veneto; and the current champions are the Polish side, Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk).

The competition was created in 1996 as there was previously no European level competition for amateur teams. The UEFA Amateur Cup, a previous attempt of awarding amateurs continental competition, had run from 1966 to 1978, but was cancelled due to lack of interest both by the public and amateur teams themselves. Also, as opposed to todays Regions Cup, where amateur clubs are represented, the competition represented amateur countries.

Each country in UEFA is allowed to enter one representative amateur team into the competition, with clubs having to win a domestic amateur competition in order to qualify.

The first two finals were won by teams from the host nation and thus far Italy have been the most successful nation in the competition, with sides having won two of the past four finals.

2006-07

Final Tournament - to be held in Bulgaria, from 20 June to 26 June

Group A

Basse-Normandie
Eastern Region
South-East Region
Tuzla Canton

Group B

Aveiro
Dolny Śląsk
Ivan Odessa
Ticino

Already eliminated
Alytis
Basque Country
Belkard
Belgrade
Bratislava
Central Scotland
Centre
Chisinau
District of Uusimaa
District West
Drava
East Estonia
Eastern Attica
Femida
Hradec Králove
Isle of Man
Kristinehamn
Liechtenstein
Malta
Oltenia
Ptuj & Celje
Republic of Ireland
Sachsen
San Marino
South-East Region
Southern Federal District
Tbilisi
Toscana
Varazdin
Vidzeme

Past Finals

1998/99 5 November 1999
	Veneto	2 - 2	Madrid	Venue: Communale Delle Terme Stadium, Italy Att: -
	Borriero <45' Giaretti >45' de Toni 90+'		9' Moreno 71' Sanz Pascual
		3 - 2 AET
2000/01 24 June 2001
	Central Moravia	2 - 2	Braga	Venue: Letná Stadion, Czech Republic Att: approx. 3000
	Gabriel 12' Svach 90'		54' Teixeira Ferreira 83' Faris De Freitas
		4 - 2 Penalties
2002/03 28 June 2003
	Piemonte Valle d'Aosta	2 - 1	Ligue du Maine	Venue: Albstadion, Germany Att: approx. 1000
	Borgna <45' Borgna <45'		83' Kharraz
2004/05 9 July 2005
	Basque Country	1 - 0	South West Sofia	Venue: KS Proszowianka, Poland Att: -
	Arroyo 33'
2006/07 26 June 2007
	Lower Silesia	1 - 1	South-East Region	Venue: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Bulgaria Att: approx. 3500
	Sudoł 13' Jaskułowski 113'		65' Stoyanov
		2 - 1 AET

Titles by Nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-Up	Winners (Teams)	Runners-Up (Teams)
Italy	2	0	Veneto (1), Piemonte Valle d'Aosta (1)	None
Czech Republic	1	0	Central Moravia (1)	None
Spain	1	0	Basque Country (1)	None
Poland	1	0	Lower Silesia (1)	None
Bulgaria	0	2	None	South West Sofia (1), South-East Region (1)
Portugal	0	1	None	Braga (1)
France	0	1	None	Ligue du Maine (1)

External Links

UEFA Regions Cup

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