The UEFA Regions' Cup is a football competition for amateur teams in Europe. It was held for the first time in 1999 and has been played biennially since. The current champions are the Italian Veneto team, who became the first team to win the competition twice,menacing won the first competition.It was created in 1996 as there was no European level competition for amateur teams. The UEFA Amateur Cup, a previous attempt to organise a continental competition for amateurs, had run from 1966 to 1978, but ceased due to lack of interest from both the public and amateur teams themselves. In contrast to today's Regions' Cup, in which amateur clubs are represented, the previous competition was for representative amateur national teams.
Each UEFA member nation may enter one representative amateur team into the competition, with clubs having to win a domestic amateur competition (such as the FA Inter-League Cup) in order to qualify.
The first two finals were won by teams from the host nation and, thus far, Italy has been the most successful nation in the competition, with Italian sides winning three of the seven editions.
British teams involved this time are:- Isle of Man, Eastern Region Northern Ireland, North Wales Coast and East West Central Scotland. The IOM side has warmed up for the tournament playing against ROI in two matches. They fly to Poprad, Slovakia for this year's tournament.
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