Here are the first-round matchups for this year's Coppa Italia. This is not a true "draw", but the teams are seeded and matched up. These 64 teams will play down to 8 teams via a single-knockout tournament in August. Then the competition will resume at the Round of 16 (with the top 8 teams entering the competition) in November. Here's the full bracket: http://www.lega-calcio.it/comun/0607/Tabellone Tim Cup.pdf First Round Matches (Aug 19) Sansovino-Messina Grosseto-Piacenza Rende-Lazio Monza-Bari Novara-Mantova Teramo-Modena Giarre-Fiorentina Genoa-Spezia Cavese-Lecce Cittadella-Bologna Benevento-Sampdoria Ternana-Rimini Ivrea-Torino Sangiovannese-Crotone Pro Vasto-Reggina Cremonese-Vicenza Taranto-Catania Salernitana-Brescia Cuneo-Cagliari Gallipoli-Verona Venezia-Treviso Perugia-Arezzo Melfi-Udinese Avellino-Albinoleffe Martina-Juventus Lucchese-Cesena Cervia-Ascoli Frosinone-Napoli Sassuolo-Atalanta Pavia-Pescara Carpenedolo-Siena Sanremese-Triestina BTW, if Juventus gets past their first three opponents (which could include Napoli), their Round of 16 opponent would be Parma.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Here are the full results from the first round of eliminations. Many games went to extra time, but only a few significant upsets. Only one of the 12 Serie A teams in action failed to advance - newly-promoted Serie C1 team Taranto (seeded #61) defeated newly-promoted Serie A team Catania (seeded #19). Other upsets had Monza (#48) beating Bari (#33), Venezia (#59) over Treviso (#22), and Cavese (#60) over Lecce (#21). Genoa over Spezia was an upset in name only as they were the 41st and 40th seeds, while #45 Cremonese over #36 Vicenza was the other mild surprise. Sansovino 0 Messina 1 Grosseto 3 Piacenza 4 Lazio 4 Rende 0 Monza 1 Bari 0 Novara 1 Mantova 2 Modena 3 Teramo 0 Fiorentina 3 Giarre 0 Genoa 3 Spezia 2 Cavese 2 Lecce 1 Bologna 2 Cittadella 1 (aet) Benevento 0 Sampdoria 2 Rimini 2 Ternana 0 (aet) Ivrea 0 Torino 3 Sangiovannese 1 Crotone 3 (aet) Reggina 3 Pro Vasto 1 (aet) Cremonese 1 Vicenza 0 Taranto 2 Catania 0 Salernitana 2 Brescia 3 Cuneo 0 Cagliari 1 Gallipoli 0 Verona 1 Venezia 1 Treviso 0 Perugia 0 Arezzo 0 (3-4 on pks) Melfi 0 Udinese 4 Avellino 1 Albinoleffe 2 (aet) Martina 0 Juventus 3 Lucchese 0 Cesena 1 (aet) Cervia 0 Ascoli 6 Napoli 3 Frosinone 1 Atalanta 3 Sassuolo 0 Pavia 0 Pescara 4 Carpenedolo 1 Siena 2 (aet) Sanremese 0 Triestina 1 (aet) The next round is already scheduled for this mid-week: Piacenza vs Messina Monza vs Lazio Modena vs Mantova Genoa vs Fiorentina Bologna vs Cavese Rimini vs Sampdoria Crotone vs Torino Cremonese vs Reggina Taranto vs Brescia Verona vs Cagliari Venezia vs Arezzo Albinoleffe vs Udinese Cesena vs Juventus Napoli vs Ascoli Pescara vs Atalanta Triestina vs Siena
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 All but one of the second elimination matches is set to be played tomorrow (Wed Aug 23) with Verona-Cagliari the only exception. It will be played on Thursday. And all but one will be played at the home field of the lower seed (as listed above), with Messina-Piacenza to be played at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Seems like Piacenza agreed to allow Messina to call the match a home game, and Messina had a homefield disqualification remaining from last spring's Messina-Empoli match when the home fans bombarded the field.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Three more Serie A teams ko'd today as Genoa beat Fiorentina, Crotone beat Torino, and Triestina beat Siena. Messina 2 Piacenza 0 Monza 1 Lazio 1 (Lazio wins on pks) Modena 1 Mantova 1 (Modena wins on pks) Genoa 1 Fiorentina 0 Cavese 0 Bologna 2 Rimini 1 Sampdoria 2 Crotone 2 Torino 1 Cremonese 0 Reggina 1 Taranto 0 Brescia 1 Verona vs Cagliari Venezia 0 Arezzo 1 aet Albinoleffe 1 Udinese 2 aet Cesena 1 Juventus 2 Napoli 1 Ascoli 0 aet Pescara 0 Atalanta 3 Triestina 2 Siena 1 Still one 2nd-round game to be played, but here are the 3rd round matchups, along with the eventual Round of 16 opponent for each pairing: Messina vs Lazio (Inter) Modena vs Genoa (Empoli) Bologna vs Sampdoria (Palermo) Crotone vs Reggina (Chievo) Brescia vs Verona/Cagliari winner (Milan) Arezzo vs Udinese (Livorno) Napoli vs Juventus (Parma) Triestina vs Atalanta (Roma)
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 this is the biggest insult ever. forcing lazio to have to qualify from the first round and ranking us lower then shite teams like chievo and parma. whats even more disgudting is we ahve ot face inter in the round of 16, that theyve been buting players with reckless abandon so its almost impossible for us to beat them. god i hate inter.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 I knew the numbers weren't adding up. FOUR more Serie A teams were ko'd, not three. Napoli beat Ascoli. That leaves 7 Serie A and 8 Serie B teams left in this phase, with one more to be determined.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 very good, this competition may finally have some juice...you have big clubs needing to win the coppa as the only means into Europe and some A teams actually being upset like a real cup.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Yes, but it would still be better if they'd stick with this single-knockout format through the whole thing instead of going back to the home-and-home setup when the top 8 teams join the fray in November (another bad thing ... front-loading all the knockout drama in August then just stopping the competition for two months). One Serie B team is guaranteed of making it to November, with the Modena-Genoa matchup, and whoever wins that match ought to stand a decent chance against Empoli. Hopefully, there will be at least one other surprise.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Two Serie B teams are guaranteed of making it to November, the winner of the Modena-Genoa game, and the winner of the Napoli-Juve game. It's nice to see serie b teams playing well, hopefully Genoa, Juve, and Napol all get promoted this year.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Final result of the second turn: Verona 1 Cagliari 2 So it's 8 Serie A and 8 Serie B into the final elimination round.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Lots of emotion (and entertaining play) in today's final round of elimination matches. Oh, and 5 Serie B teams into the round of 16. Perhaps the league will learn something from this. Napoli 3 Juventus 3 (aet, Napoli wins on pks) Arezzo 1 Udinese 1 (Arezzo wins on pks) Bologna 2 Sampdoria 3 Brescia 1 Cagliari 0 Crotone 0 Reggina 1 Genoa 3 Modena 1 Messina 4 Lazio 3 (aet) Triestina 3 Atalanta 2 The Round of 16 (which isn't until November and switches to the boring home-and-home status quo): Messina vs Inter Genoa vs Empoli Sampdoria vs Palermo Reggina vs Chievo Brescia vs Milan Arezzo vs Livorno Napoli vs Parma Triestina vs Roma
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 The next round is Wednesday, and like SueB posted, it goes from single elimination to the traditional (and rather unexciting) two legged format. Messina vs Inter Genoa vs Empoli Sampdoria vs Palermo Reggina vs Chievo Brescia vs Milan Arezzo vs Livorno Napoli vs Parma Triestina vs Roma RAI International doesn't seem to have the rights this year, so I don't think any of these games will be on TV.
Re: Coppa Italia 2006-7 Reggina-Chievo has been played earlier and it has finished 2-2. Chievo were 2-0 down and grabbed two precious away goals. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov8h.html
RAI gets rights I found out that RAI has just bought the rights, but they won't be showing this weeks encounters, but the 2nd legs should be on RAI International. http://it.sports.yahoo.com/07112006/35/calcio-lega-tim-cup-rai-per-12-mln-euro-0.html
Results from today: Reggina-Chievo 2-2 Milan-Brescia 4-2 Empoli-Genoa 1-0 Sampdoria-Palermo 1-0 Arezzo-Livorno 2-1 Triestina-Roma 1-2 Obviously the upset of the day is Arezzo defeating Livorno.
Matches still to be played in this round: Messina - Inter.... 09/11/06 Napoli - Parma..... 09/11/06 And the reverse Brescia - Milan..... 29/11/06 Chievo - Reggina.. 29/11/06 Genoa - Empoli.... 29/11/06 Inter - Messina.... 29/11/06 Roma - Triestina... 29/11/06 Livorno - Arezzo... 06/12/06
Maybe a foolish question, but if Napoli (or any Serie B side) win the Coppa, do they have the right to play in the UEFA Cup qualifying round even if they fail to achieve promotion to Serie A for next season?
Yeah, it's happened before around Europe. A couple of seasons ago Alemania Aachen won the German Cup and they were a second division side and didn't get promoted and played in the UEFA Cup the next season. And Napoli don't even have to win. If they make the final and a team that is already qualified for Europe faces them, they get the UEFA Spot automatically.
True. Beira-Mar from Portugal was in the second tier when they played in the Uefa cup as they were the winner of the Portuguese cup in the previous season. That was four or five seasons ago.
Inter-Messina 4-0 Tripletta di Burdisso e gol di Gonzalez, nerazzurri ai quarti Roma qualificata I giallorossi battono la Triestina 2-0: a segno Vigra e Montella Milan ai quarti Rossoneri vincono a Brescia 2-1 con gol Oliveira e autorete