The UEFA Regions’ Cup intermediate round begins on August 22 and will decide the eight participants in the final tournament in the summer of 2023.
35 associations took part in total, Malta and San Marino fielding their national amateur teams and the other associations being represented by the regional selections that won the qualifiers in their countries. The teams of the 30 associations presenting the highest coefficients in the competition start in the intermediate round and are joined by the two teams from the June preliminary round in Azerbaijan: “Kolos” Cherven from Belarus and Georgia’s Basiani.
The teams compete in eight mini-tournaments in eight different countries following which the group winners qualify for the final phase, which will take place, in principle, during the last two weeks of June 2023 in a country remaining to determine.
The competition returns following the cancellation of the 2020/21 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent edition dates back to 2018/19, when Poland’s Dolny Śląsk won the final once morest German hosts Bavaria (who are there once more).
The matches
Intermediate round groups
The winners of each group qualify for the final phase, which is due to take place during the two weeks of June 2023 and whose host country will be decided once the qualifiers are known.
All associations are represented by regional amateur teams, some of which have yet to be determined (indicated by country name), apart from Malta and San Marino, which are represented by their national amateur teams.
Groupe 1* (August 22–28) : Zenica-Doboj (BIH), Hapoel Bikat Hayarden (ISR), Central Scotland (SCO), Basiani (GEO)
Group 2 (August 24–30) : Poland, Western Slovakia (SVK), Latvia Amateur (LVA, host), ARF Ialoveni (MDA)
Group 3 (2–8 November) : Turkey (hôte), Portugal, Finland, « Kolos » Cherven (BLR)
Group 4 (10–16 October) : Czech Republic, Eastern Region Northern Ireland (NIR, hosts), Wales, Sweden
Group 5 (September 29–October 5) : Bavaria (GER), Lazio region (ITA, host), England, North Macedonia
Group 6 (October 25–31) : Republic of Ireland, Bulgaria (host), Romania, San Marino (SMR)
Group 7 (6–12 October) : Spain (host), Pest (HUN), Geneva (SUI), Slovenia
Group 8 (September 28–October 4) : Split (CRO, host), Ukraine, Belgrade (SRB), Malta (MLT)