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UEFA Intertoto Cup third round matches have been played and six semi-final pairs have been revealed. Twelve teams will compete for a place in the final, where it will be possible to win a place in the UEFA Cup.
The biggest surprise was the failure of the 1997 Champions League winner Borussia Dortmund - the German club had won the first match against Genk in Belgium by a minimal margin, but unexpectedly lost 1-2 at home and was eliminated due to the away goals rule.
An interesting meeting took place in Moscow, where local Spartak played a high-scoring draw with Villareal and was eliminated from the tournament because they lost in Spain. Another Spanish club, Atletico Madrid, lost at home 0-2 to Slovak Zlin, but progressed due to a 2-4 victory in the first leg.
All third round results:
- 2 - 2 (First leg 0-1, second leg 2-1)
- 3 - 5 (2-2, 1-3)
- Leiria 2 - 6 (1-4, 1-2)
- Vardar 7 - 1 (5-0, 2-1)
- Liberec 2 - Roda 1 (1-0, 1-1 after extra time)
- Dinamo Minsk 4 - 3 (2-1, 2-2)
- Slaven 2 - Spartak Trnava 2 (0-0, 2-2)
- Zlin 4 - 4 (2-4, 2-0)
- 3 - 2 (1-0, 2-2)
- 1 - 5 (1-1, 0-4)
- Cork 4 - 2 (3-1, 1-1)
- Tampere 0 - 1 OFK (0-0, 0-1)
Semi-final pairs:
A. Esbjerg (Denmark) - Schalke (Germany)
B. OFK (Serbia and Montenegro) - Atletico (Spain)
C. Genk (Belgium) - Leiria (Portugal)
D. Villarreal (Spain) - Hamburger (Germany)
E. Lille (France) - Slaven (Croatia)
F. Liberec (Czech Republic) - Nantes (France)
Final pairs:
Winner of E plays winner of C
Winner of A plays winner of F
Winner of D plays winner of B
