The format for the
Intertoto Cup (UIC) was announced Wednesday, June 2 '99
Round (#teams)
Dates
Participants
Winners (3)
Juventus (Italy)
West Ham United (England)
Montpellier (France)
Finals (6)
August 10
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August 24
Juventus (Italy) vs Rennes (France) West Ham United (England) vs Metz (France) Montpellier (France) vs Hamburg SV (Germany)
Semi-Finals (12)
July 28
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August 4
A Rostselmash Rostov (Russia) vs Juventus (Italy) B Rennes (France) vs Austria Wien (Austria)
C West Ham United (England) vs Heerenveen (Netherlands) D MSV Duisburg (Germany) vs Montpellier (France) E Trabzonspor (Turkey) vs Hamburg SV (Germany) F Metz (France) vs Polonia Warsaw (Poland)
Round 3 (24)
July 17,18
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July 24
Español (Spain) vs Montpellier (France) Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (Romania) vs Juventus (Italy) Trabzonspor (Turkey) vs Perugia (Italy) Heerenveen (Netherlands) vs Hammarby (Sweden) West Ham United (England) vs Jokerit (Finland) Lustenau (Austria) vs Rennes (France) Hamburg SV (Germany) vs Basle (Switzerland) St Truiden (Belgium) vs Austria Wien (Austria) Varteks Verazdin (Croatia) vs Rostselmash Rostov (Russia) Kocaelispor (Turkey) vs MSV Duisburg (Germany) Lokeren (Belgium) vs Metz (France) Polonia Warsaw (Poland) vs Vasas (Hungary)
Round 2 (32)
July 3,4
&
July 10,11
A Perugia (Italy) vs Pobeda (Macedonia) B MSV Duisburg (Germany) vs Newry Town (N.Ireland) C Basle (Switzerland) vs Boby Brno (Czech Republic) D Cementarnica (Macedonia) vs Rostselmash Rostov (Russia) E Brann (Norway) vs Varteks Verazdin (Croatia) F Rudar Velenje (Slovenia) vs Lustenau (Austria) G Lokeren (Belgium) vs IA (Iceland) H MSK Zilina (Slovakia) vs Metz (France) I FC Købnhavn (Denmark) vs Polonia Warsaw (Poland) J Hammarby (Sweden) vs Gomel (Belarus) K Ventspils (Latvia) vs Kocaelispor (Turkey) L Karabakh Agdam (Azerbaijan) vs Montpellier (France) M Ararat Yereven (Armenia) vs St Truiden (Belgium) N Neuchatel Xamax (Switzerland) vs Vasas (Hungary) O Jokerit (Finland) vs Floriana (Malta) P Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (Romania) vs Jedinstvo (Bosnia)
Round 1 (40)
June 19,20
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June 26,27
(Bold font indicates winners)
1 Vålerenga (Norway) vs Ventspils (Latvia) 2 Spartak Varna (Bulgaria) vs St Truiden (Belgium) 3 Polonia Warsaw (Poland) vs Tiligul Tiraspol (Moldova) 4 Pobeda (Macedonia) vs OD Trencin (Slovakia) 5 Rudar Velenje (Slovenia) vs Halmstad (Sweden) 6 Herfolge (Denmark) vs MSK Zilina (Slovakia) 7 FCM Bacau (Romania) vs Ararat Yereven (Armenia) 8 Lokomotiv Vitebsk (Belarus) vs Varteks Verazdin (Croatia) 9 US Luxembourg (Luxembourg) vs Vasas (Hungary) 10 Shelbourne (Ireland) vs Neuchatel Xamax (Switzerland) 11 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (Romania) vs Ekranas Panevezys (Lithuania) 12 Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic) vs Gomel (Belarus) 13 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (Croatia) vs Newry Town (N.Ireland) 14 Maccabi Haifa (Israel) vs Karabakh Agdam (Azerbaijan) 15 Cementarnica (Macedonia) vs Kolkheti 1913 Poti (Georgia) 16 Korotan (Slovenia) vs Basle (Switzerland) 17 Jedinstvo (Bosnia) vs GI Gøtu (Faroe Islands) 18 Aberystwyth Town (Wales) vs Floriana (Malta) 19 IA (Iceland) vs Teuta Durres (Albania) 20 Jokerit (Finland) vs Trans Narva (Estonia)
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Intertoto BackgroundThis competition has been around for many years, primarily as a means of generating money for betting shops over the football-starved summer. In 1995, UEFA raised the competition's profile by allotting 2 places in the UEFA Cup to the 2 clubs who make it through the competition. As such, there is no Intertoto Cup winner and no trophy!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. The following 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. However, Bologna's achievement last year in reaching the UEFA Cup Semi-Finals from the Intertoto has meant a surge in interest from clubs throughout Europe, desparate to share in the big cashfalls promised by the new season's competitions.
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