UEFA InterToto Cup '97 UEFA InterToto Cup '97
| Participants | Schedule & Results | Intertoto Background |
|---|
| Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bastia (France) | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | Auxerre (France) |
July 30 '97 - French teams confirmed their top seeding in the competition today with all 4 teams successfully reaching the Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup qualifying round (or Intertoto Cup Finals, if you will). MSV Duisburg and Halmstad complete the draw.
| SF-winners | vs | SF-winners |
|---|---|---|
| Halmstads (Sweden) | Bastia (France) | |
| Montpellier (France) | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | |
| MSV Duisburg (Germany) | Auxerre (France) |
July 20 '97 - Following completion of the group stages, there were no real surprises in the final standings. As in previous years, teams from France,Germany and Russia grabbed the lion's shares of semi-final places - of the 11 participating teams from these countries, only Werder Bremen did not manage to win through. The semi-final draw is completed by Istanbulspor of Turkey and Sweden's Halmstads (who profitted from being grouped with both the weakest 1st and 2nd seed in the competition).
| Group Winners | vs | Group Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1.FC Köln (Germany) | Montpellier (France) | |
| B | Auxerre (France) | Torpedo Moscow (Russia) | |
| C | Bastia (France) | Hamburger SV (Germany) | |
| D | Dinamo Moscow (Russia) | MSV Duisburg (Germany) | |
| E | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) | Halmstads (Sweden) | |
| F | Istanbulspor (Turkey) | Olympique Lyonnais (France) |
| Round | Dates | Results | Standings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 21-22 | *** | *** |
| 2 | June 28-29 | *** | *** |
| 3 | July 5-6 | *** | *** |
| 4 | July 12-13 | *** | *** |
| 5 | July 19-20 | *** | *** |
Thanks to Pawel, Martin, Bas and Oxana for providing much of this information. If you see errors, please don't hesitate to mail me. Gracias.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 |
|---|---|---|
|
MSV Duisburg (Germany 1) Heerenveen (Netherlands 1) Aalborg (Denmark 1) Polonia Warszawa (Poland 2) Dinamo'93 Minsk (Belarus) |
Bastia (France 2) Casino Graz (Austria 1) Silkeborg (Denmark 2) Hrvatski Dragovoljac (Croatia) Ebbw Vale (Wales) |
Auxerre (France 1) Royal Antwerp (Belgium 2) Lausanne Sports (Switzerland 1) Nea Salamis (Cyprus) Ards (N. Ireland) |
| Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 |
|
1.FC Köln (Germany 2) Standard Liege (Belgium 3) FC Aarau (Switzerland 2) Maccabi Petakh-Tikwa (Israel 1) Cork City (Ireland) |
Dinamo Moscow (Russia 1) Racing Genk (Belgium 4) Panahaiki (Greece 1) Stabaek IF (Norway 1) B-36 (Faroe Is.) |
Hamburger SV (Germany 4) Samsunspor (Turkey 2) Odense (Denmark 3) Leiftur (Iceland) Kaunas (Lithuania) |
| Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9 |
|
Werder Bremen (Germany 3) Istanbulspor (Turkey 1) Osters Vaxjo (Sweden 1) Vasas (Hungary) Universitate (Latvia) |
Lommel (Belgium 1) Hajduk Rodic (Yugoslavia 1) Halmstads (Sweden 2) Kongsvinger (Norway 2) TPS (Finland) |
Olympique Lyon (France 3) Austria Wien (Austria 2) Odra Wodzislaw (Poland 1) Rapid Bucuresti (Romania 1) Zilina (Slovakia) |
| Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 |
|
Montpellier (France 4) FC Groningen (Netherlands 2) Cukaricki (Yugoslavia 3) Gloria Bistrita (Romania 2) Spartak Varna (Bulgaria) |
Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod (Russia 2) Antalyaspor (Turkey 3) Proleter Zrenjanin (Yugoslavia 2) Maccabi Haifa (Israel 2) Publikum Celje (Slovenia) |
Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow (Russia 3) Ried im Innkreis (Austria 3) Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece 2) Merani 91 Tbilisi (Georgia) Floriana (Malta) |
So how are the places in this competition allotted? As can be seen in my table of participants in this year's competitions, places are allotted according to a country's strengths according to the UEFA co-efficient table. For example, this year, France and Germany are both allotted 4 teams as befits 2 of the strongest nations in the European club scene. Some nations (like Russia) declined one of their berths while other (like Italy) declined to take part at all, citing already over-long seasons. Click here for more details.
| Berths | Countries |
|---|---|
| 4 | France, Germany, Belgium |
| 3 | Russia, Turkey, Austria, Yugoslavia, Denmark |
| 2 | Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Norway, Israel |
| 1 | Hungary, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Iceland, Latvia, Finland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Wales, N. Ireland, Ireland, Belarus, Malta, Lithuania, Faroe Islands |
Within a country, places are usually allotted according to domestic performance - clubs finishing immediately beneath UEFA Cup entrants generally being offered berths in the Intertoto.
© 1994-1997 Colm Ó Riain