2022/23 UEFA Regions' Cup intermediate round: Finals line-up set
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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Bavaria, Belgrade, holders Dolnośląski, Galicia, Lisboa, Republic of Ireland Amateur, Zenica-Doboj and Zlín have qualified for the finals.
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The eight UEFA Regions' Cup finals contenders have been decided for next summer after the completion of the intermediate round.
Qualified for finals
Bavaria (GER), Belgrade (SRB), Dolnośląski (POL, holders), Galicia (ESP), Lisboa (POR), Republic of Ireland Amateur (IRL), Zenica-Doboj (BIH), Zlín (CZE)
In all, 35 associations entered, with Malta and San Marino fielding national amateur teams and the rest represented by regional selections that win their country's qualifying competitions. The teams from the 30 associations with the highest competition coefficients began in the intermediate round, and were joined by the two teams that came through June's preliminary round tournament in Azerbaijan: "Kolos" Cherven of Belarus and Georgia's Basiani.
The teams competed in eight one-venue mini-tournaments from which the group winners qualified for the finals. Through are holders and two-time champions Dolnośląski of Poland (the first regional side to qualify on four separate occasions), the host team they beat to win the last edition in 2019 – Germany's Bavaria – plus Bosnia & Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj, Spanish representatives Galicia, Republic of Ireland Amateur, 2017 finals contenders Lisboa, and both 2011 bronze-medallists, Belgrade of Serbia and Zlín of Czechia.
Intermediate round groups
The winners of each group qualify for the finals.
Aside from Malta and San Marino, who were represented by their national amateur teams, all associations are represented by regional amateur teams.
Group 1*
Qualified for finals: Zenica-Doboj (BIH, hosts)
Also in group: Hapoel Bikat Hayarden (ISR), Central Scotland (SCO), Basiani (GEO)
*Russia excluded
Group 2
Qualified for finals: Dolnośląski (POL, holders)
Also in group: West Slovakia (SVK), Latvia Amateur (LVA, hosts), ARF Ialoveni (MDA)
Group 3
Qualified for finals: Lisboa (POR)
Also in group: "Kolos" Cherven (BLR), Tampere (FIN), Kayseri (TUR, hosts)
Group 4
Qualified for finals: Zlín (CZE)
Also in group: Tîm Rhanbarthol Cymru (WAL), Eastern Region Northern Ireland (NIR, hosts), Gothenburg (SWE)
Group 5
Qualified for finals: Bavaria (GER)
Also in group: Lazio Region (ITA, hosts), Jersey (ENG), RAT North Macedonia (MKD)
Group 6
Qualified for finals: Republic of Ireland Amateur (IRL)
Also in group: San Marino (SMR), South West Bulgaria (BUL, hosts), Prahova Muntenia (ROU)
Group 7
Qualified for finals: Galicia (ESP, hosts)
Also in group: Pest (HUN), Genève (SUI), Ljubljana (SVN)
Group 8*
Qualified for finals: Belgrade (SRB)
Also in group: Split (CRO, hosts), Malta (MLT)
*Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) withdrawn
