2018 FFU Regions' Cup

2018 FFU Regions' Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок регіонів ФФУ 2018, Kubok rehioniv FFU) was the second season of the Football Federation of Ukraine renewed competition at regional level. The competition was conducted among football teams of Oblasts (regions) composed of players who compete at oblast championships (regional competitions).

2018 FFU Regions' Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ukraine
Dates	24 April 2018 – 20 June 2018
Teams	26
Defending champions	Kirovohrad Oblast
Final positions
Champions	Lviv Oblast (1st title)
Runners-up	Sumy Oblast
Semifinalists	Odesa Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast
2019 UEFA Regions' Cup	Lviv Oblast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
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The winner of the competition represented Ukraine at the 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup.

Tournament structure

The 2018 FFU Regions' Cup competition changed its tournament structure compare to its previous season two year ago.

This season competition was arranged in three stages. The first stage (April 24–26) had 24 participants and organized into a mini-tournament in six groups of four with two teams that played in the 2016 final receiving a bye for the stage along with the mini tournament group winners. The second stage (May 15–17) was a group stage had eight participants split into two groups of four with winners of each group advancing to the final game. The third stage was the final that took place on 20 June 2018.^[1]

Competition schedule

First stage

composition^[2][3]

Group1

in Ivano-Frankivsk, Khet-Tryk Stadium^[4][5]

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ternopil Oblast	2–1[6]	Zakarpattia Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	4–0[7]	Chernivtsi Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	6–1[8]	Ternopil Oblast

Group 2

Semifinals

in Rafalivka, RAF-BRUK Stadium

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rivne Oblast	3–1 (a.e.t.)[9][10]	Volyn Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast	4–1[11][12]	Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Final

in Vinnytsia, Olimp Stadium

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vinnytsia Oblast	4–0[13]	Rivne Oblast

Group 3

^[14][15][16] in Lyutizh, Dinaz Stadium

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kyiv Oblast	+:–[17]	Kyiv
Zhytomyr Oblast	3–1[18]	Chernihiv Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kyiv Oblast	1–3 (a.e.t.)[19]	Zhytomyr Oblast

Group 4

in Mykolaiv, Park Peremohy Stadium (Match 1) and Kherson, Combined Sports School (KDYuSSh) Stadium (Match 2)

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mykolaiv Oblast	0–1[20]	Kherson Oblast
Odesa Oblast	7–0[21]	Crimea

Finals

in Kherson, Combined Sports School (KDYuSSh) Stadium

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kherson Oblast	0–1[22]	Odesa Oblast

Group 5

in Kramatorsk, Pole u sadu Bernatskoho

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Donetsk Oblast	6–2[23]	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast	+:–[23]	Zaporizhia Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Donetsk Oblast	3–0[24]	Luhansk Oblast

Group 6

in Kharkiv, stadium of the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs^[25][26]

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kharkiv Oblast	1–0 (a.e.t.)[27]	Cherkasy Oblast
Poltava Oblast	1–4[28]	Sumy Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kharkiv Oblast	2–4[28]	Sumy Oblast

Notes

Second stage

All games were played on 15 and 16 May. For the stage qualified football teams of following regions Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Donetsk.

Group A

in Ivano-Frankivsk, Khet-Tryk Stadium^[29]

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lviv Oblast	0–0 (7–6 p)[29]	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast	0–3[29]	Zhytomyr Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lviv Oblast	2–1[30]	Zhytomyr Oblast

Notes

Group B

in Mykolaivka, Sumy^[29]

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sumy Oblast	2–1[29]	Donetsk Oblast
Odesa Oblast	w/o[29]	Kirovohrad Oblast

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sumy Oblast	3–0[31]	Odesa Oblast

Notes

Final

Final was played on 23 June 2018.

Lviv Oblast v Sumy Oblast

23 June 2018	Lviv Oblast	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sumy Oblast	Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv
	Leskiv 37' Fostakovskyi 99'	Report	Tarabara 65'

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

4

Chernivtsi Oblast

0

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

6

Ternopil Oblast

2

Ternopil Oblast

1

Zakarpattia Oblast

1

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

0(6)

Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast (p)

0(7)

bye (no team)

Lviv Oblast

bye (no team)

bye (no team)

bye (no team)

Lviv Oblast

2

Vinnytsia Oblast

4

Zhytomyr Oblast

1

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

1

Vinnytsia Oblast

4

Volyn Oblast

1

Rivne Oblast

0

Rivne Oblast (a.e.t.)

3

Vinnytsia Oblast

0

Kyiv Oblast

+

Zhytomyr Oblast

3

Kyiv City

–

Kyiv Oblast

1

Zhytomyr Oblast

3

Zhytomyr Oblast (a.e.t.)

3

Chernihiv Oblast

1

Lviv Oblast (a.e.t.)

2

Kharkiv Oblast (a.e.t.)

1

Sumy Oblast

1

Cherkasy Oblast

0

Kharkiv Oblast

2

Poltava Oblast

1

Sumy Oblast

4

Sumy Oblast

4

Sumy Oblast

2

Donetsk Oblast

6

Donetsk Oblast

1

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

2

Donetsk Oblast

3

Luhansk Oblast

+

Luhansk Oblast

0

Zaporizhia Oblast

–

Sumy Oblast

3

Mykolaiv Oblast

0

Odesa Oblast

0

Kherson Oblast

1

Kherson Oblast

0

Odesa Oblast

7

Odesa Oblast

3

AR Crimea

0

Odesa Oblast

+

Kirovohrad Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast

–

bye (no team)

Kirovohrad Oblast

bye (no team)

no (team)

bye (no team)

See also

• FFU Council of Regions