Coppa Italia
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The Coppa Italia (Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup due to sponsorship) is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Juventus leads the way with nine wins, with AS Roma second with seven. Torino and Roma have been to the most finals: 14 (Juventus follows with 13). The final is played over two legs using the aggregate scores. The holder can wear a "tricolore" cockade, like those that appear on military aircraft, and obtains a UEFA Cup spot for the next season.
The tournament is known for its low attendances. While some top clubs may average over 50,000 for league games, often these same clubs will attract crowds of only around 30,000 for Coppa Italia matches. Interestingly, most domestic cups elsewhere in Europe attract large crowds. It is often only the two-legged final (again, unusual to most cup finals throughout Europe), where the UEFA Cup spot is up for grabs, that respectably large crowds will attend the games. This is also because bigger teams often play this competition with their backup players, rather than regulars.
The 2005/2006 Coppa Italia final was played between Inter and Roma. The first match was played in Rome on May 3rd, 2006, and the second leg in Milan on May 11th, 2006. The score from the first leg was 1-1 while in the second leg Inter beat Roma 3-1, which crowned Inter cup winners for the second straight year.
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[edit] Formula
Starting with the 2005-2006 season the tournament has a new formula. Participating in the competition are all the teams from Serie A (20 teams) and B (22 teams), 28 teams from Serie C1 and C2, and 2 teams from non professional leagues ("Dilettanti"), 72 teams in total. The first three rounds are all one-game matches, with homefield advantage being awarded to the lower classified team in the previous year. Only 64 teams participate in the first round; the 8 teams from Serie A that qualified for European competitions will join the competition in the fourth round - the round of 16. Once the third round is finished, only 8 of the original 64 teams will have survived and these teams will be paired against the 8 teams that have not yet participated. From this point on, the rounds (including the final) are all double leg home and away with the team having the higher aggregate score advancing.
[edit] Pairing Teams
No draw is made to pair the teams. In the first round, seed 72 plays seed 9, seed 71 plays seed 10 and so on. In the second and all future rounds all brackets are fixed with no reseeding in case of upset winners. To see which teams will be paired in the second round, assume no upsets and the top seed would again play the bottom seed; seed 40 (or its opponent seed 41) would play seed 9 (or its opponent seed 72), 39 (or 42) would play 10 (or 71) and so on.
[edit] Seeding Teams
Seeding is allocated as follows:
a) seed 1 to last year's Italian Cup Winner
b) seeds 2-8 to the participants playing in the Champions League/UEFA Cup competitions other than seed 1. If less than 8 teams are participating then the next highest placed Serie A team(s) complete(s) the list.
c) seeds 9-17 to the 9 remaining remaining Serie A teams to 17th place.
d) seeds 18-20 to the 3 Serie B teams promoted to Serie A this season.
e) seeds 21-23 to the 3 Serie A teams demoted to Serie B this season.
f) seeds 24-37 to the 14 Serie B teams finishing to 17th place but not promoted to Serie A, and seed 38 to the play-out winner in Serie B
g) seeds 39-42 to the 4 Serie C1 teams promoted to Serie B this season.
h) seeds 43-46 to the 4 Serie B teams demoted to Serie C1 this season.
i) seeds 47-70 to 24 teams from Serie C1 and Serie C2 as selected by the league
j) seeds 71-72 to 2 teams from the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (below C2) as selected by the league.
[edit] Winners by year
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[edit] Performance By Club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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| Juventus | 9 | 4 | 1938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995 |
| A.S. Roma | 7 | 6 | 1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991 |
| Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1940, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 2001 |
| Internazionale | 5 | 5 | 1939, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2006 |
| A.C. Milan | 5 | 7 | 1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003 |
| Torino | 5 | 9 | 1936, 1943, 1968, 1971, 1993 |
| Lazio | 4 | 1 | 1958, 1998, 2000, 2004 |
| Sampdoria | 4 | 2 | 1985, 1988, 1989, 1994 |
| Napoli | 3 | 5 | 1962, 1976, 1987 |
| Parma | 3 | 2 | 1992, 1999, 2002 |
| Bologna | 2 | 1 | 1970, 1974 |
| Atalanta | 1 | 2 | 1963 |
| Genoa | 1 | 1 | 1937 |
| Venezia | 1 | 1 | 1941 |
| Vado | 1 | - | 1922 |
| Vicenza | 1 | - | 1997 |
| Hellas Verona | - | 3 | - |
| Cagliari | - | 2 | - |
| Palermo | - | 2 | - |
| Alessandria | - | 1 | - |
| Ancona | - | 1 | - |
| Catanzaro | - | 1 | - |
| Foggia | - | 1 | - |
| Novara | - | 1 | - |
| Padova | - | 1 | - |
| SPAL | - | 1 | - |
| Udinese | - | 1 | - |
| Varese | - | 1 | - |
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