As before, there are 3 places in the UEFA Cup at stake but instead of
the league stages used in previous
years, there will be 2-leg knockout affairs at each stage - with
top nations' representatives being favoured by seeding. The
competition starts June 20 and continues until August 25, the finals,
like last year, being part
of the Qualifying Round for the UEFA Cup. Unlike previous years
however, no country has more than 2 representatives in the competition.
Many thanks to Lars Arell for sending me the draw details. Table
conventions and explanations can be found at the bottom of the table.
Comments and suggestions can be mailed to me here.
The draw for the
Intertoto Cup (UIC) was made on Friday, April 24th '98
Round (#teams)
Dates
Participants
Winners (3)
Bologna (Italy)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Valencia (Spain)
Finals (6)
August 11
&
August 25
Bologna (Italy) vs Ruch Chorzow (Poland) Werder Bremen (Germany) vs Vojvodina Novi-Sad (Yugoslavia) SV Salzburg (Austria) vs Valencia (Spain)
Semi-Finals (12)
July 29
&
August 5
Bastia (France) vs Vojvodina Novi-Sad (Yugoslavia) Bologna (Italy) vs Sampdoria (Italy) Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands) vs SV Salzburg (Austria) Ruch Chorzow (Poland) vs DVSC (Hungary) Werder Bremen (Germany) vs Samsunspor (Turkey) Espanyol (Spain) vs Valencia (spain)
Round 3 (24)
July 18,19
&
July 25
DVSC (Hungary1) vs Hansa Rostock (Germany1) Harelbeke (Belgium1) vs Sampdoria (Italy) Auxerre (France1) vs Espanyol (Spain) Ruch Chorzow (Poland) vs Estrela da Amadora (Portugal) Valencia (Spain1) vs Shinnik Yaroslavi (Russia) Crystal Palace (England) vs Samsunspor (Turkey) Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands1) vs Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) Bologna (Italy1) vs National Bucaresti (Romania) Bastia (France) vs Altay (Turkey) Lommel (Belgium) vs Werder Bremen (Germany) FC Twente (Netherlands) vs SV Salzburg (Austria) Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) vs Baltika Kaliningrad (Russia)
Round 2 (32)
July 4,5
&
July 11,12
A Werder Bremen (Germany2) vs Inkaras Kaunas (Lithuania) B TPS (Finland) vs Shinnik Yaroslavi (Russia1) C Boby Brno (Czech Republic) vs Espanyol (Spain2) D AB (Denmark1) vs Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) E SV Salzburg (Austria1) vs St.Gallen (Switzerland) F Iraklis (Greece1) vs National Bucaresti (Romania) G Lommel (Belgium2) vs Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) H Vojvodina Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) vs Örebro (Sweden1) I Makedonija Skopje (FYRO Macedonia) vs Bastia (France2) J FC Twente (Netherlands2) vs Kongsviger (Norway) K Sampdoria (Italy2) vs Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia) L Samsunspor (Turkey1) vs Lyngby (Denmark2) M DVSC (Hungary1) vs Hradec Králové (Czech Republic2) N Altay (Turkey2) vs Diosgyori (Hungary2) O Örgryte (Sweden2) vs Ruch Chorzow (Poland) P OD Trencin (Slovakia) vs Baltika Kaliningrad (Russia2)
Round 1 (40)
June 20,21
&
June 27,28
1 Altay (Turkey2) vs Shamrock Rovers (Rep. of Ireland) 2 Ethnikos Achna (Cyprus) vs Örgryte (Sweden2) 3 Dnepr Mogilyov (Belarus) vs DVSC (Hungary1) 4 Leiftur (Iceland) vs Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) 5 Ebbw Vale (Wales) vs Kongsvinger (Norway2) 6 National Bucuresti (Romania) vs Hapoel Haifa (Israel) 7 Austria Wien (Austria2) vs Ruch Chorzow (Poland) 8 Baltika Kaliningrad (Russia2) vs Spartak Varna (Bulgaria) 9 Stabćk (Norway1) vs Vojvodina Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) 10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (Croatia) vs Lyngby (Denmark2) 11 Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia) vs Omagh Town (Northern Ireland) 12 Hobscheid (Luxembourg) vs Hradec Králové (Czech Republic2) 13 Diosgyori (Hungary2) vs Sliema Wanderers (Malta) 14 TPS (Finland) vs Sion (Switzerland1) 15 VB (Faroe Islands) vs Boby Brno (Czech Republic1) 16 St.Gallen (Switzerland2) vs Tulevik Viljandi (Estonia) 17 Dinaburga (Latvia) vs OD Trencin (Slovakia) 18 Inkaras Kaunas (Lithuania) vs Baki Fahlasi (Azerbaijan) 19 Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) vs Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan (Armenia) 20 Makedonija Skopje (FYRO Macedonia) vs Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
The structure of the Intertoto Cup changes radically this year - in
order to make the competition more attractive to the football
associations of the top countries. In the past, some football
associations like those of Italy, Spain and Portugal have rejected cup
places as they believed the rewards (3 UEFA Cup places) did not match
the effort required.
Table Notation
Footnotes
The new image was given a great boost by Bordeaux's progress from the Intertoto that first year to the UEFA Cup final. In the second year of the new look competition, only Karlsruher, of the 3 'winners' (Karlsruher SC, Silkeborg and Guingamp, UEFA having decided to add another UEFA cup place), made it past the UEFA Cup 1st Round, succumbing eventually to Brøndby in the 3rd Round. Last year, of the 3 French winners, Auxerre performed best being beaten by eventual finalists Lazio in the quarter finals while both Bastia and Lyonnais were knocked out the 2nd Round in what was a disappointing year for French teams in Europe in general.
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