2001 UEFA Regions' Cup
# 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup

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.

| 22 October 2000 |
| - |
| Odessa | 2 – 1 | East |
| Plovdiv | 3 – 2 | Bakony |
| 24 October 2000 |
| Bakony | 0 – 2 | Odessa |
| East | 0 – 2 | Plovdiv |
| 26 October 2000 |
| East | 2 – 1 | Bakony |
| Odessa | 2 – 2 | Plovdiv |

### 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 |
| 23 September 2000 |
| Latvia | 1 – 0 | Chişinău |
| Central Moravia | 7 – 0 | Gomel |
| 25 September 2000 |
| Gomel | 1 – 3 | Latvia |
| Chişinău | 0 – 2 | Central Moravia |
| 27 September 2000 |
| Chişinău | 0 – 0 | Gomel |
| Latvia | 2 – 3 | Central Moravia |

### 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.

| 3 September 2000 |
| - |
| Marijampolė | 0 – 0 | Masovia |
| East | 1 – 4 | Republic of Ireland |
| 5 September 2000 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 – 0 | Marijampolė |
| Masovia | 1 – 0 | East |
| 7 September 2000 |
| Marijampolė | 0 – 1 | East |
| Masovia | 1 – 2 | Republic of Ireland |

### 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.

| 28 October 2000 |
| - |
| Méditerranée | 1 – 3 | South |
| Madrid | 7 – 3 | Zürich |
| 30 October 2000 |
| South | 1 – 1 | Zürich |
| Méditerranée | 1 – 4 | Madrid |
| 1 November 2000 |
| South | 1 – 6 | Madrid |
| Zürich | 2 – 5 | Méditerranée |

### 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 |
| 29 September 2000 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 – 3 | Central Scotland |
| Luxembourg | 0 – 0 | District Midden |
| 1 October 2000 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 – 0 | Luxembourg |
| District Midden | 4 – 0 | Central Scotland |
| 3 October 2000 |
| Central Scotland | 2 – 2 | Luxembourg |
| Northern Ireland | 1 – 1 | District Midden |

### 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 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| 7 December 2000 |
| Malta | 0 – 1 | Dalmatia |
| 9 December 2000 |
| Abruzzo | 5 – 0 | Malta |
| 11 December 2000 |
| Dalmatia | 1 – 0 | Abruzzo |

### 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 |
| 9 August 2000 |
| Kilkis | 0 – 2 | Vojvodina |
| Centre | 5 – 0 | North |
| 11 August 2000 |
| North | 0 – 8 | Vojvodina |
| Kilkis | 1 – 4 | Centre |
| 13 August 2000 |
| Kilkis | 4 – 2 | North |
| Vojvodina | 1 – 1 | Centre |

### 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 |
| 10 October 2000 |
| Braga | 2 – 0 | MNZ Celje |
| San Marino | 0 – 1 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 12 October 2000 |
| San Marino | 0 – 5 | Braga |
| MNZ Celje | 1 – 4 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 14 October 2000 |
| MNZ Celje | 2 – 1 | San Marino |
| Braga | 1 – 0 | Schleswig-Holstein |

### 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 |
| 18 September 2000 |
| Kakheti | 0 – 0 | Dacia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 – 1 | Western |
| 20 September 2000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 – 0 | Kakheti |
| Western | 1 – 5 | Dacia |
| 22 September 2000 |
| Dacia | 0 – 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Western | 1 – 2 | Kakheti |

## 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Vojvodina | 3–0 | District Midden | 2–0 | 1–0 |

First leg

| 11 April 2001 |
| - |
| Vojvodina | 2 – 0 | District Midden |

Second leg

| 25 April 2001 |
| - |
| Midden | 0 – 1 | Vojvodina |

## 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 |
| 18 June 2001 |
| Madrid | 2 – 0 | Dalmatia | Zlín |
| Braga | 0 – 3 | Vojvodina | Kyjov |
| 20 June 2001 |
| Madrid | 0 – 1 | Braga | Služovice |
| Dalmatia | 3 – 2 | Vojvodina | Bzenec |
| 22 June 2001 |
| Vojvodina | 0 – 3 | Madrid | Bystřice pod Hostýnem |
| Dalmatia | 0 – 3 | Braga | Bojkovice |

**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 |
| 18 June 2001 |
| Central Moravia | 0 – 0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brumov |
| Republic of Ireland | 0 – 2 | Plovdiv | Šardice |
| 20 June 2001 |
| Central Moravia | 2 – 0 | Republic of Ireland | Veselí nad Moravou |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 – 3 | Plovdiv | Kněžpole |
| 22 June 2001 |
| Plovdiv | 0 – 2 | Central Moravia | Kyjov |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 – 0 | Republic of Ireland | Kroměříž |

### Final

* 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup Winners
* Central Moravia
