2017 UEFA Regions' Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
Preliminary round: 21 May – 7 June 2016 Intermediate round: 20 September – 18 November 2016 Final tournament: 1–9 July 2017 |
| Teams |
Final tournament: 8 Total: 38 (from 38 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 181 (3.02 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Enea Jaupi Željko Štulec (6 goals each) |
The 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup is the 10th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA.
Leinster/Munster (Eastern Region) of the Republic of Ireland are the defending champions.
A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. Each of the 54 UEFA member associations could enter a regional amateur representative team which qualified through a national qualifying competition, or when applicable, their national amateur representative team.
Teams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top 30 teams entered the intermediate round, and the bottom 8 teams (ranked 31–38) entered the preliminary round.
The draws for the preliminary round and intermediate round were held on 3 December 2015, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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 (two groups of four) 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 group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01, 14.02, 16.01 and 16.02):
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