UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
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| 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 21 June 2008 – July 27, 2008 |
| Teams | 50 |
The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 will be the 20th and last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament and the 3rd after a major change of the competition format. Three rounds will be held, and eleven teams will be qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday 21st April.
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[edit] Association Team Allocation
50 teams will participate in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup from 50 UEFA associations. Below is the scheme for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup:
First Round: (28 teams)
- 28 from associations 23-36, 38-50 and 53
Second Round: (28 teams)
- 14 winners from the First Round
- 14 from associations 9-22
Third Round: (22 teams)
- 14 winners from the Second Round
- 8 from associations 1-8
[edit] First round
The first leg will be held on 21 and 22 June 2008, while the second leg will be held on 28 June and 29 June 2008.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
Besa Kavaje  |
1 |  Ethnikos Achnas [1] |
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Čelik Zenica  |
2 |  Grbalj |
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Rijeka  |
3 |  Renova[2] |
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Hibernians  |
4 |  Gorica |
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| Central-East region | ||||
Zhetysu  |
5 |  Budapest Honvéd [3] |
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MIKA  |
6 |  Tiraspol |
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Neftchi Baku  |
7 |  Nitra |
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Cracovia  |
8 |  Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
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Etzella Ettelbruck  |
9 |  Lokomotivi Tbilisi |
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| Northern region | ||||
Ekranas  |
10 |  Narva Trans |
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HB Tórshavn  |
11 |  Elfsborg |
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Bohemians  |
12 |  Rhyl |
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Lisburn Distillery  |
13 |  TPS Turku |
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Riga  |
14 |  Fylkir |
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[edit] Second round
The first leg will be held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg will be held on 12 July and 13 July 2008.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
Chernomorets Burgas  |
A | Winners match 4 | ||
| Winners match 2 | B |  Sivasspor |
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Grasshopper Zürich  |
C | Winners match 1 | ||
| Winners match 3 | D |  Bnei Sakhnin |
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OFK Beograd  |
E |  Panionios |
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| Central-East region | ||||
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F | Winners match 7 | ||
Saturn Moscow Oblast  |
G | Winners match 9 | ||
| Winners match 6 | H |  Tavriya Simferopol |
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Sturm Graz  |
I | Winners match 8 | ||
Teplice[5]  |
J | Winners match 5 | ||
| Northern region | ||||
| Winners match 13 | K |  Odense |
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Hibernian  |
L | Winners match 11 | ||
| Winners match 10 | M |  Rosenborg |
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| Winners match 14 | N | Winners match 12 | ||
[edit] Third round
The first leg will be held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg will be held on 26 July and 27 July 2008.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
| Winners of match D |  Deportivo La Coruña[6] |
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| Winners of match E |  Napoli |
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| Winners of match B | TBA[7] | |||
| Winners of match C | Winners of match A | |||
| Central-East region | ||||
| Winners of match G |  Stuttgart |
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| Winners of match F |  Vaslui |
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Rennes  |
Winners of match H | |||
| Winners of match I | Winners of match J | |||
| Northern region | ||||
NAC Breda  |
Winners of match M | |||
| Winners of match K |  Aston Villa |
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| Winners of match L | Winners of match N | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Apollon Limassol declined the participation, so Ethnikos Achna will participate instead
- ^ Vardar did not gain a UEFA license
- ^ FC Fehérvár, Újpest FC and Kaposvári Rákóczi FC declined the participation
- ^ "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot", sporza.be, 2008-05-13. (dutch)
- ^ 1. FC Brno (4th team of Gambrinus liga) didn't enter to Intertoto Cup.
- ^ "El Deportivo no cumplió con su parte, pero estará en la Intertoto", as.com, 2008-05-18. (spanish)
- ^ Belenenses didn't receive a license and according to the UEFA Intertoto Cup regulations, the vacancies that arise after the draw in the three different competition groupings (first, second or third round) will be allocated to those associations which are best-placed in the coefficient rankings of the relevant grouping and which have expressed their interest in any such vacancies
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