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  UEFA Intertoto Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a summer football competition for European clubs that have not qualified for one of the main UEFA competitions (the Champions League and the UEFA Cup).
The Intertoto Cup replaced the International Football Cup (IFC), which was a competition organised by the football pools companies of central Europe to provide matches for their coupons during the summer months.
The cup is particularly unpopular in England, where it is sometimes referred to by derogatory names such as the "Intertwobob Cup" or "Intertinpot Cup".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup   (807 words)

  
 Football | Inside the Intertoto Cup
The Intertoto Cup was born in 1961 simply to provide fixtures for the football pools in eastern and central Europe (where the pools are called toto) during the summer.
Backed by the managing director of the Swiss football pools, he eventually persuaded Uefa to give their backing to the Intertoto Cup in 1961, and for six years there were group stages, knockouts and a winner.
From 1967 the later stages were abandoned and the Intertoto became pointless, a cup without a winner.
football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4205516-103,00.html   (1037 words)

  
 UEFA Intertoto Cup -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Intertoto Cup replaced the International Football Cup (IFC), which was a competition organised by the (additional info and facts about football pool) football pools companies of (additional info and facts about central Europe) central Europe to provide matches for their coupons during the summer months.
However, this can be countered by the fact that (Any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them) Bordeaux won the Intertoto in 1995, and made it all the way to the UEFA Cup final in 1996.
The cup is particularly unpopular in (A division of the United Kingdom) England, where it is sometimes referred to by derogatory names such as the "Intertwobob Cup" or "Intertinpot Cup".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ue/uefa_intertoto_cup3.htm   (762 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - Sport - Intertoto cast aside as foreign notion by SPL
For Thistle in ’95, the Intertoto was a weave of group games, not a knockout, and the Jags had a fair old time, trousering money and sampling Europe for the first time in years.
It was the year that Bordeaux, with Zidane, Lizarazu and Dugarry, were crowned Intertoto kings, and all the way to the UEFA Cup final they went, beaten by Bayern Munich.
It was suggested that their Intertoto skirmish was the madness that eventually saw them relegated, but McMaster rejects that.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=656572002   (812 words)

  
 UEFA European Cup Football
The UEFA Cup is a competition for the runners-up and the Cup Winners of each country, some teams expelled from the Champions League, the best teams of the Intertoto Cup, and teams from countries who top the UEFA Fair Play competition.
If this place is not used then the cup winner of the 11th country on the country ranking list will gain direct access to the 1st round round, and the cup winners of the 25th and 26th country on the country ranking list will gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round.
The results of the European Cup matches, the UEFA coefficients, the UEFA country ranking and team ranking are available in the database.
www.xs4all.nl /~kassiesa/bert/uefa   (1417 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - UEFA to reform Intertoto competition
UEFA are set to reform their Intertoto Cup competition to give more clubs a chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Under the current system, the three clubs who progress furthest in the Intertoto Cup go into the UEFA Cup's final qualifying round.
UEFA's executive committee will today meet in Rome and consider a proposal to allow the 11 best-performing sides into the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, and for a maximum of one club per country to enter the Intertoto Cup.
www.rte.ie /sport/2005/0921/intertoto.html?rss   (116 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - Intertoto Cup
For a side which has reached the second group phase of the Champions' League and the latter stages of the Uefa Cup in the last three seasons, that should be achievable.
Intertoto Cup is a last chance for teams that didn't qualify for Europe to make into the UEFA Cup competition.
The UEFA Intertoto Cup is UEFA’s summer competition which allows clubs which do not qualify for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup to sample the unique atmosphere of European club football — with the three eventual "winners" actually going on to take part in the UEFA Cup.
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=202477   (1424 words)

  
 UEFA Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A few countries have secondary cup competitions, but the only countries which send their secondary cup winners to the UEFA Cup are England and France.
For example in England, the team finishing 5th in the Premiership and the winners of the FA Cup and League Cup qualify.
Three UEFA Cup berths each year are set aside for the three winners of the final matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UEFA_Cup   (1798 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Rio: Don't mention the Intertoto
Leeds have banned talk of the Intertoto Cup from their dressing room as they continue their battle to reach the Champions League, says skipper Rio Ferdinand.
Ferdinand is no stranger to the Intertoto Cup as he was part of a West Ham side which won one of the three finals - so gaining entry to the UEFA Cup - in the summer of 1999.
This summer's situation is further complicated by the World Cup as there is the possibility of at least six Leeds players - barring injury - being included in the England and Republic of Ireland squads.
www.soccernet.com /england/news/2002/0227/20020227lufcintertoto.html   (330 words)

  
 uefa.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In the first round, two-time UEFA Cup winners IFK Göteborg will begin what they hope will be a marathon bid to regain that trophy with a two-legged tie against Luxembourg's FC Victoria Rosport.
Among this sextet are two clubs to have triumphed in the Champions League, Olympique de Marseille and BV Borussia Dortmund, as well as 2004 UEFA Cup winners Valencia CF, the last UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders in 1999, S.S. Lazio, and 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup victors Newcastle United FC.
While no former Intertoto Cup winners are in the draw, two other beaten finalists are among this third set of teams - Newcastle from 2001 and UD Leiria, pipped last season by LOSC Lille Métropole who joined Villarreal CF and FC Schalke 04 in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup first round.
es.uefa.com /news/newsId=307902,printer.htmx   (288 words)

  
 Countrywise index for the European Cups
The European Cup (Champions Cup (league), Cupwinnerscup, Intercities/ Fairs Cup/UEFA cup and UEFA Intertoto cup) 1955/56 – 2004/05
This document counts all games in the European cups including the Intertoto Cup (UIC) written per country including the UEFA Champions league, UEFA Cup up to and including the 2004/05 tournaments and the UEFA Intertoto Cup up to and including the 2004 tournament.
The figures are based on my own findings for the Intertoto Cup and Jerome Faugeras all-time tables for all the other cups, except for the 1998/99-tournament and onwards which I've collected the information for myself via various reliable sources.
www.geocities.com /clasglenning/Europeiska_fotbollstabeller/Eurocups_countryindex.html   (266 words)

  
 UEFA InterToto Cup '98
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.
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 original Intertoto structure, before the competition began, is also available.
euro.futbal.org /efo/9899/intertoto.html   (541 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - Intertoto Cup
Intertoto is good for them, but with the traveling and such, it is very difficult.
Intertoto is a European competition and many want to take part in it.
Intertoto is a way of getting into the UEFA Cup.
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?p=2744689#post2744689   (825 words)

  
 UEFA InterToto Cup '97
August 26 '97 - This year's Intertoto Cup, possibly the very last, ended today with French teams taking all 3 UEFA Cup places the competition offered.
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.
This year, like last year, 6 places in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup are at stake.
euro.futbal.org /efo/9798/intertoto.html   (466 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - Intertoto Cup?
I've read reports that Spurs have said that they will not register for the Intertoto Cup and that Boro are still considering it.
THE likelihood of Newcastle playing in the much-derided Intertoto Cup increased last night after UEFA confirmed that two berths in the competition have been reserved for English teams.
The Magpies have played in the Intertoto Cup once before and, while a final defeat to French side Troyes saw them miss out on the UEFA Cup then, the carrot of European competition could see the club's players reporting for pre-season training in mid-June.
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=179008   (637 words)

  
 Football | Chelsea apply for the Intertoto Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
They are fifth in the Premiership, hold a commanding position in their Champions League match against Barcelona, and on Sunday play their FA Cup Semi-Final against Newcastle.
But Chelsea are not yet certain of European competition next season, which perhaps explains why their multi-million pound stars might be trotting out for next season's Intertoto Cup.
The Intertoto Cup is open to the highest placed English club who does not qualify for either the Champions League or Uefa Cup.
football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3983626-103,00.html   (146 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - InterToto cup
NEWCASTLE United kept their hopes of winning a UEFA Cup place alive with a battling performance against Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor Stadium last night.
NEWCASTLE United manager Graeme Souness jetted off to Spain for today's Intertoto Cup semi-final first leg against Deportivo La Coruna with his bid to strengthen his squad having reached deadlock.
TONY MOWBRAY today revealed that new recruit Sam Morrow is an injury doubt for Hibs' Intertoto Cup...
sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1178   (364 words)

  
 Europe 2004/2005 || www.welsh-premier.co.uk - Unofficial Welsh Premiership News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Uefa Cup plays second fiddle to the Champions League on the European scene, but has seen a raise in profile since the Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and includes a whole host of clubs having qualified from all different routes.
Wales enjoys 2 Uefa Cup places, who are the Welsh Cup winners and league runners-up, with both sides entering the competition at the qualifying round stage.
Summer European football is played in the Intertoto Cup, which is a small-time competition competed for by teams who have missed out on qualification for the bigger duo of continental cup competitions.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s158/st52938.htm   (354 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - Intertoto Cup
The finalists in the Intertoto Cup move on to the UEFA Cup I believe.
The southern club has decided to play their Intertoto Cup matches in the Municipal Stadium in Rishon leZion.
Hapoel Beersheva will be thrown out of the Intertoto Cup, all of the Israeli papers report, for fielding Tomer Haliba, who was ineligible.
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=104773   (1304 words)

  
 :: dbu.dk ::
The format of UEFA's summer competition, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, will change for the 2006/07 season, following a decision taken by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Rome on Wednesday.
The eleven victorious teams from the Intertoto Cup third round will go through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
Under the current system in the competition, which was launched in the summer of 1995, sides have played five rounds, with three final winners progressing to the UEFA Cup first round.
www.dbu.dk /news/newsShow.aspx?id=37207   (479 words)

  
 uefa.com - UEFA Intertoto Cup - News & Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The draw was held for the first three rounds of the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup in Nyon, Switzerland today.
There is great incentive for teams entering the competition as Spanish side Villarreal CF have demonstrated for the past two seasons.
Having advanced in 2003, they went on to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, something they hope to repeat this term having taken the same route.
www.uefa.com /competitions/IntertotoCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=294422.html   (202 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Football - Hibs face InterToto Baltic trip
HIBS will face a trip to either Estonia or Lithuania in early July if their bid to take part in next season’s InterToto Cup is successful.
This season’s InterToto Cup provided the springboard for Villarreal to progress in the UEFA Cup.
The Caribbean team will be preparing for their World Cup qualifiers, and look set to bring their strongest squad to the Capital including Scottish-based players including Marvin Andrews, Brent Sancho, Jason Scotland and Collin Samuel.
sport.scotsman.com /football.cfm?id=391492004   (553 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Bohs to face AA Gent in Intertoto Cup
Bohemians will face AA Gent in the Intertoto Cup after they were confirmed as finishing sixth in the Belgian League.
Formed in 1891, Gent have never been among the giants in Belgium though this is their fourth successive season in the Intertoto Cup.
Bohemians will face Belgian side AA Gent in the Intertoto Cup at Dalymount Park on June 18 or 19, with the return leg one week later.
breaking.tcm.ie /story.asp?j=10943100&p=yx943y54&n=10943214&x=   (248 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - Europe - Intertoto Cup: Omagh bid still alive
Omagh Town's Intertoto Cup hopes are still alive after a magnificent backs-to-the-wall effort at the Traktor Stadium in Minsk.
Bangor face a tough second leg in their Intertoto Cup first-round clash against their Romanian opponents after a 69th-minute away goal by Vasile Jula.
City boss Peter Davenport had been worried that he would have to throw himself into emergency action at the age of 42 for this tie, but the former Nottingham Forest and Manchester United striker was able to put a team together.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=270241&cc=5739   (634 words)

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