2019 UEFA Regions' Cup

Teams

• In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four without any seeding.
• In the intermediate round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and either one team from Pot D or one of the five teams which advanced from the preliminary round :
• *Preliminary round Group A winner would be assigned to Group 1.
• *Preliminary round Group B winner would be assigned to Group 2.
• *Preliminary round Group C winner would be assigned to Group 3.
• *Preliminary round best runner-up would be assigned to Group 4.
• *Preliminary round second best runner-up would be assigned to Group 5.
• *The three teams from Pot D would be drawn to Groups 6–8.

Entry round	Rank	Association	Team	Qualifying competition		Pot
Intermediate round	1		fba|IRL Format In the preliminary round and intermediate round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. In the final tournament, the eight qualified teams play a group stage followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams. In the preliminary round, intermediate round and final tournament, the schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday, except for between matchdays 1 and 2 in the final tournament where there is only one rest day : Matchday Matches Matchday 1 1 v 4, 3 v 2 Matchday 2 1 v 3, 2 v 4 Matchday 3 2 v 1, 4 v 3 Tiebreakers In the preliminary round, intermediate round, and group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings : Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above ; Disciplinary points ; UEFA coefficient; Drawing of lots. Preliminary round The three group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the intermediate round to join the 27 teams which receive byes to the intermediate round. The preliminary round must be played by 31 July 2018. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Intermediate round The eight group winners advance to the final tournament. The intermediate round must be played by 16 December 2018. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 Note: Slovakia were originally to host. ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- Group 4 ---- ---- Group 5 ---- ---- Group 6 ---- ---- Group 7 ---- ---- Group 8 ---- ---- Final tournament The hosts of the final tournament were selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams. Bavaria were announced as hosts on 18 December 2018, with the final tournament taking place between 18–26 June 2019. Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Team Method of qualification Date of qualification sort|1|Intermediate round Group 1 winners Final draw The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 March 2019, at half-time of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg between Bayern Munich and Liverpool, at the Allianz Arena in Munich. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four without any seeding, except that the hosts Bavaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Venues The tournament was held in five venues in Bavaria: Wacker-Arena, Burghausen Stadion Hankofen, Leiblfing Städtisches Stadion, Kelheim Hammerbachstadion, Landshut Anton-Treffer-Stadion, Neustadt an der Donau Group stage The schedule of the final tournament was announced on 28 March 2019. The two group winners advance to the final, while the two group runners-up receive bronze medals. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Final In the final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. Top goalscorers Preliminary round: Intermediate round: Final tournament: Rank Player Team Total 1 Aretas Gėgžna