Intertoto Cup

Wednesday's fixtures

FC Basel	v  Wednesday	 Lost 1:0	   24 June
Wednesday	v  Gornik Zabrze Won  3:2 	    8 July
Karlsruhe	v  Wednesday	 Drew 1:1	   15 July
Wednesday	v  AGF		 Won  3:1	   22 July

Wednesday finished second in their group, but it was not good enough to qualify for the latterstages of the competition.


Sheffield Wednedsay are joinging Spurs and Wimbledon in the Intertoto Cup, a competition between 60 teams to determine four places in the preliminary round of the UEFA cup.

60 clubs will be involved this summer in the INTERTOTO cup. 10 of the 49 national football association have told UEFA they were not interested (amongst which Italy and Spain). The 60 places will be given to the 39 remaining countries on the basis of the UEFA coefficients:Germany and France will have 4 clubs;Belgium,Portugal and ENGLAND 3. Each national association should give its clubs before 31 May.It should be those just behind the clubs who directly qualified for the UEFA cup.

The first draw will take place at Nyon(Switzerland) on 7 June.The 60 teams will be there divided in 12 groups of 5. Each team will play once against the other teams of its group:It will be like the Rugby tournament :2 home games and two away games. The matches will take place between 24 June and 23 July.I think the teams will only play during week-ends:there are 5 week-ends between these two dates so there will be one week-end of rest for each team like in the 5 nations tournament.

The 12 winners of each group plus the 4 best second will be qualified.

The second draw (8th finale plus quarter finale) will take place at Nyon on 24 July. The 8th finale will be played on 29 and 30 July. The 4er finals are scheduled on 2nd August. The 4 semi finalists will be qualified for the preliminary leg of the UEFA cup,to be played on 8th and 23th August.


Fixtures

In the odd-numbered groups:

Round 1 (June 24,25)   5-2  3-4  1 free
Round 2 (July  1, 2)   1-3  4-5  2 free
Round 3 (July  8, 9)   5-1  2-4  3 free
Round 4 (July 15,16)   1-2  3-5  4 free
Round 5 (July 22,23)   4-1  2-3  5 free

In the even-numbered groups, the fifth round is moved forward to the first:

Round 1 (June 24,25)   4-1  2-3  5 free
Round 2 (July  1, 2)   5-2  3-4  1 free
Round 3 (July  8, 9)   1-3  4-5  2 free
Round 4 (July 15,16)   5-1  2-4  3 free
Round 5 (July 22,23)   1-2  3-5  4 free

Here, "1" refers always to the team listed first for the group, etc.

Group winners and 4 best runners-up qualify for 1/8 finals on July 29,30. Quarterfinals on August 2. Quarterfinal winners to preliminary round of the UEFA Cup on Aug 9 and 23.


Groups

Group 1:           Club                 Group 2:           Club
--------           ----                 --------           ----
Germany 4          Karlsruher SC        Germany 2          1.FC Koeln
England 3          Sheffield Wednesday  England 1          Tottenham Hotspur
Denmark 1          AGF                  Switzerland 2      FC Luzern
Poland 1           Gornik Zabrze        Sweden 2           Oesters IF
Switzerland 3      FC Basel             Slovenia           Rudar Velenje

Group 3:                                Group 4:
--------                                --------
Belgium 1          Germinal Ekeren      Portugal           Uniao Leiria
Romania 3          Universitatea Cluj   Netherlands 1      SC Heerenveen
Switzerland 1      FC Aarau             Denmark 2          Naestved IF
Norway             Tromsoe IL           Hungary            Bekescsabai EFC
Faroe Islands      HB                   Wales              Ton Pentre
 
Group 5:                                Group 6:
--------                                --------
France 1           Girondins Bordeaux   France 2           FC Metz
Denmark 3          OB Odense            Austria 2          Linzer ASK
Sweden 1           IFK Norrkoeping      Scotland           Partick Thistle
Finland            HJK Helsinki         Iceland            IB Keflavik
Ireland            Bohemians            Croatia            NK Zagreb


Group 7:                                Group 8:
--------                                --------
Germany 1          Bayer Leverkusen     France 3           AS Cannes
Yugoslavia 1       Buducnost Podgorica  Yugoslavia 2       FK Becej
Greece 2           OFI                  Romania 2          FC Farul Constanta
Cyprus             Nea Salamis          Poland 2           Pogon Szczecin
Estonia            Tervis Paernu        Belarus            Dnepr Mogilev


Group 9:                                Group 10:
--------                                ---------
Belgium 2          Beveren              Belgium 3          Charleroi
Netherlands 2      FC Groningen         England 2          Wimbledon
Romania 1          Ceahlaul P. Neamt    Turkey 2           Bursaspor
Bulgaria 1         Etar V. Tarnovo      Israel 2           Beitar Jerusalem
Czech Republic     Boby Brno            Slovakia           1.FC Kosice

Group 11:                               Group 12
---------                               --------
France 4           RC Strasbourg        Germany 3          Eintracht Frankfurt
Austria 1          Tirol Innsbruck      Austria 3          Vorwaerts Steyr
Turkey 1           Genclerbirligi       Greece 1           Aris Thessaloniki
Israel 1           H. Petakh-Tikwa      Bulgaria 2         Spartak Plovdiv
Malta              Floriana             Lithuania          FK Panerys Vilnius