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Uefa Futsal Cup 2003/04
Nyon, 4 June 2003, 13.00 CET

Preliminary phase / 1st qual. round









Draw made for Futsal Cup
The draw for the 2003/04 UEFA Futsal Cup took place in Nyon, Switzerland today, under the supervision of UEFA Futsal Committee chairman Petr Fousek.

Castellón challenge
Defending champions Playas de Castellón F.S. of Spain were drawn to meet Cypriot side AGBU Ararat and Beer Sheva of Israel in Group 1, with the fourth team, CSÖ-Montage Budapest F.C. of Hungary, hosting the event.

Qualifying game
Group 2 consists of home side MNK Split of Croatia, Dorozhnik Minsk of Belarus, Finland's Golden Futsal Team and the winner of qualifying match four, between English side Tranmere Victoria Futsal FC and AS Odorheiu Secuiescu of Romania.

Lithuanian hosts
Lithuanian side FK Inkaras will host Group 3, which is completed by Georgia's FC Iberia 2000, KMF VIP Sofia of Bulgaria – who gained automatic qualification by virtue of not being one of the first two sides, Tranmere Victoria or Odorheiu Secuiescu, to be drawn in the preliminary phase – and the second Spanish qualifiers, whose identity is not yet known.

Latvian trip
Tribut Baku from Azerbaijan, Slovakia's SK Program Dabnica nad Vahóm and the Italian qualifiers will all be travelling to Latvia in Group 4 to face FK Oma, while Group 5, hosted by KMF Skopje of F.Y.R. Macedonia, also includes Ukrainian side FC Interkraz Kyiv, Czech side Nejzbach Vysoké Mýto and Unió Esportiva Santa Coloma of Andorra.

Charleroi involved again
Group 6 features this season's runners-up, Action 21 Charleroi of Belgium, who must travel to Poland to take on P.A. Nova Gliwice along with Zarea Balti of Moldova and Albania's FC Olimpic Tirana.

Home advantage
Hosts KMN Svea Lesna Litija of Slovenia, Dinamo Moscow from Russia, Kazakhstan's MFC Zhigitter Astana and the qualifiers from the Netherlands make up Group 7, while Group 8 comprises the Portuguese qualifiers, who will enjoy home advantage, alongside a side from Bosnia-Herzegovina, San Marinese outfit KMF CD Shop Mozart and Greek team Athina '90.

Two-legged tie
Tranmere Victoria and Odorheiu Secuiescu will meet over two legs to decide who progresses through to the group stages of the competition. Once the competition proper is under way, the winners of each section will progress to the second round, from which two teams will qualify to reach the final, which will be played in early 2004.


* Preliminary:
Tranmere Victoria (England) - AS Odorheiu Secuiesc (Romania)

GROUP 1
Playas de Castellón F.S. (Spain)
CSÖ-Montage Budapest FC (Hungary) - Hosting Team
AGBU Ararat (Cyprus)
Beer Sheva (Israel)

GROUP 2
MNK Split (Croatia) - Hosting Team
Dorozhnik Minsk (Belarus)
Golden Futsal Team Espoo (Finland)
Tranmere Victoria (England)/Odorheiu Secuiescu (Romania)

GROUP 3
TBC (Spain)
FK Inkaras Kaunas (Lithuania) - Hosting Team
Iberia 2000 (Georgia)
KMF VIP Sofia (Bulgaria)

GROUP 4
Furpile Prato (Italy)
Tribut Baku (Azerbaijan)
SK Program Dubnica (Slovakia)
FK Oma (Latvia) - Hosting Team

GROUP 5
FC Interkraz Kyiv (Ukraine)
Nejzbach Vysoké Mýto (Czech Republic)
KMF Skopje (Macedonia) - Hosting Team
Unió Esportiva Santa Coloma (Andorra)

GROUP 6
Action 21 Charleroi (Belgium)
P.A. Nova Gliwice (Poland) - Hosting Team
Zarea Beltsy (Moldova)
FC Olimpic Tirana (Albania)

GROUP 7
Dinamo Moskva (Russia)
Svea Lesna Litija (Slovenia) - Hosting Team
TBC (Netherlands)
MFC Zhigitter Astana (Kazakhstan)

GROUP 8
TBC (Portugal) - Hosting Team
KMF CD Shop Mozart (Serbia/Montenegro)
Seljak Livno (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Athina '90 (Greece)


When a country is listed the national champion is yet to be determined