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The 1980–81 UEFA Cup was the 10th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Portman Road, Ipswich, England, and at the Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was won by Ipswich Town of England, who defeated AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands by an aggregate result of 5–4 to claim their only UEFA Cup title.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 September 1980 – 20 May 1981 |
| Teams | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ipswich Town (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  AZ Alkmaar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 376 (2.98 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | John Wark (Ipswich Town) 14 goals |
← 1979–80 1981–82 → | |
This was the only European title for Ipswich Town, who never made it past a quarterfinal round before, and would never go beyond the third round in future competitions. As of 2024, this has been the only appearance in a major European final for both teams, which was also the case with the finalists of the European Cup Winners' Cup that season. Both are the only current instances in a major UEFA tournament; it has also happened with the finalists of the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which is considered an unofficial tournament by UEFA.
According to a UEFA decision in 1979, the UEFA ranking was introduced to serve as the method to determine the number of competing teams per country, and the Fairs Cup entry criteria was finally abolished.[1]
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. For the first time, an association ranking based on the newly introduced UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1979 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1974–75 to 1978–79.
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Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Its virtual ranking is only an original research, because the UEFA country ranking was only used to allocate the UEFA Cup spots at time, so Wales was not included.
Albania: Until 1985, Albania frequently withdrew their allocated place in the UEFA Cup due to political reasons. 17 Nëntori would have qualified by league position. This additional place went to the country of the title holders, as Eintracht Frankfurt had not qualified by league position, giving West Germany a fifth entry in the UEFA Cup.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Notes
- ^ Italy: Milan had originally qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing second in the 1979–80 Serie A, but the team was punished with an administrative relegation on May 19 due to its central role in the Totonero match fixing scandal. The vacant UEFA Cup spot was taken by Torino, which was promoted to third in the standings as a result of Milan's relegation.
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches in the first two rounds exceptionally took place on Tuesdays.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 16–17 September 1980 | 24 September – 1 October 1980 |
| Second round | 21–22 October 1980 | 4–5 November 1980 |
| Third round | 26 November 1980 | 10 December 1980 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 March 1981 | 18 March 1981 |
| Semi-finals | 8 April 1981 | 22 April 1981 |
| Final | 6 May 1981 | 20 May 1981 |
First leg
Zbrojovka Brno  | 3–1 |  VOEST Linz |
|---|---|---|
Kroupa  15'Mikulička 17'Mazura 75' |
Report | Haider 8' |
Kaiserslautern  | 1–0 |  Anderlecht |
|---|---|---|
| Funkel 18' |
Report |
| AZ Alkmaar | 6–0 |  Red Boys Differdange |
|---|---|---|
| Hovenkamp 30' Nygaard 37'Peters 44', 47'Welzl 58'Tol 84' |
Report |
Ballymena United  | 2–1 |  Vorwärts Frankfurt |
|---|---|---|
| McQuiston 55' Sloan 64' |
Report | Geyer 5' |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 |  Napredak Kruševac |
|---|---|---|
| Pešterac 67' (o.g.) |
Report |
| Bohemians Prague | 3–1 |  Sporting Gijón |
|---|---|---|
| Bičovský 13', 85' Levý 78' |
Report | Ferrero 72' |
Dynamo Kyiv  | 1–1 |  Levski Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Buryak 38' (pen.) |
Report | Spasov 26' |
Fenerbahçe  | 0–1 | Beroe Stara Zagora |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Peev 39' |
Grasshopper  | 3–1 |  KB |
|---|---|---|
| Meyer 19', 53', 55' |
Report | Eigenbrod 67' |
| LASK Linz | 1–2 | Radnički Niš |
|---|---|---|
| Krieger 55' |
Report | Stoiljković 45' Pantelić 65' |
| Manchester United | 1–1 |  Widzew Łódź |
|---|---|---|
| McIlroy 4' |
Report | Surlit 6' |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Brandts 34' Van Kraay 67'Van der Kuijlen 76' |
Report | Gray 47' |
Sliema Wanderers  | 0–2 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Canito 26' Landáburu 59' |
| Standard Liège | 1–1 |  Steaua București |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Újpest  | 1–1 | Real Sociedad |
|---|---|---|
| Kardos 53' |
Report | Periko Alonso 67' |
Second leg
| VOEST Linz | 0–2 | Zbrojovka Brno |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Janečka 23' Kroupa 65' |
Zbrojovka Brno won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht | 3–2 | Kaiserslautern |
|---|---|---|
| Nielsen 40', 56', 67' (pen.) |
Report | Geye 20' Wendt 64' |
3–3 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on away goals.
Magdeburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Red Boys Differdange | 0–4 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kist 15', 40' (pen.), 46' Welzl 55' |
AZ Alkmaar won 10–0 on aggregate.
| Vorwärts Frankfurt | 3–0 | Ballymena United |
|---|---|---|
| Conrad 3' Jarmuszkiewicz 11'Krautzig 58' |
Report |
Vorwärts Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Napredak Kruševac | 0–1 | Dynamo Dresden |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Müller 84' (pen.) |
Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Utrecht | 2–0 | Argeș Pitești |
|---|---|---|
| van der Lem 50' Carbo 85' |
Report |
Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Sporting Gijón | 2–1 | Bohemians Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrero 18' Jiménez 57' |
Němec 10' |
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)
FC Bohemians Praha won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Hölzenbein 4' Cha 41', 77' |
Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: David Richardson (England)
Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg  | 2–0 | Twente |
|---|---|---|
| Holmgren 1' Nilsson 68' (pen.) |
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
Twente won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2–1 | Fenerbahçe |
|---|---|---|
| Petkov 19' Dragolov 89' |
Çetiner 89' |
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
| KB | 2–5 | Grasshopper |
|---|---|---|
| Fosgaard 29' Tune-Hansen 86' |
Hermann 51', 60', 75' Zanetti 57'Sulser 77' |
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Grasshopper won 8–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Hamburg won 7–5 on aggregate.
Referee: Gudmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)
St Mirren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Aris  | 3–1 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Tsirimokos 4' Drambis 22'Zelidis 65' |
Gates 75' |
Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.
Referee: Torben Maansson (Denmark)
Köln won 10–0 on aggregate.
| Panathinaikos | 4–2 |  Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Gentile 31' (o.g.) Andreuchi 37'Livathinos 68'Delikaris 87' |
Bettega 40' Fanna 81' |
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Juventus won 6–4 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | Lokeren |
|---|---|---|
| Verheyen 89' |
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)
Lokeren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Richard Stagno Navarra (Malta)
Saint-Étienne won 14–0 on aggregate.
| Radnički Niš | 4–1 | LASK Linz |
|---|---|---|
| Mitošević 8' Stoiljković 25', 86'Panajotović 29' |
Köglberger 58' |
Referee: Vasilios Vourakis (Greece)
Radnički Niš won 6–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
|---|---|---|
| Eves 50' |
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Torino won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dundee United  | 7–2 | Śląsk Wrocław |
|---|---|---|
| Dodds 6', 75' Stark 26'Hegarty 47'Pettigrew 62', 73'Payne 82' (pen.) |
Pawłowski 38', 88' |
Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)
Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Barcelona | 1–0 | Sliema Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Rexach 28' (pen.) |
Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 1–2 | Standard Liège |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Real Sociedad | 1–0 | Újpest |
|---|---|---|
| Satrústegui 89' |
Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.
Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 10–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zbrojovka Brno |
2–3 | Real Sociedad |
1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kaiserslautern |
2–4 | Standard Liège |
1–2 | 1–2 |
| Köln |
4–1 | Barcelona |
0–1 | 4–0 |
| Dundee United |
1–1 (a) | Lokeren |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Utrecht |
3–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
2–1 | 1–3 |
Sochaux  |
3–2 |  Boavista |
2–2 | 1–0 |
| Twente |
1–1 (a) | Dynamo Dresden |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Porto |
2–3 | Grasshopper |
2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Ipswich Town |
3–2 | Bohemians Prague |
3–0 | 0–2 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora |
1–3 | Radnički Niš |
0–1 | 1–2 |
| Levski Sofia |
1–6 | AZ Alkmaar |
1–1 | 0–5 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
2–3 | Hamburg |
1–1 | 1–2 |
| St Mirren |
0–2 | Saint-Étienne |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Torino |
3–2 | Magdeburg |
3–1 | 0–1 |
| Stuttgart |
7–2 | Vorwärts Frankfurt |
5–1 | 2–1 |
| Widzew Łódź |
4–4 (4–1 p) | Juventus |
3–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
First leg
| Zbrojovka Brno | 1–1 | Real Sociedad |
|---|---|---|
| Murillo 59' (o.g.) |
Uralde 67' |
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
| Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | Standard Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Wendt 32' |
Wellens 44' Plessers 65' |
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
| Dundee United | 1–1 | Lokeren |
|---|---|---|
| Pettigrew 72' |
Mommens 59' |
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
| Twente | 1–1 | Dynamo Dresden |
|---|---|---|
| Rohde 41' |
Heidler 49' |
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
| Porto | 2–0 | Grasshopper |
|---|---|---|
| Teixeira 36' Sousa 54' |
| Ipswich Town | 3–0 | Bohemians Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Wark 48', 54' Beattie 85' |
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–1 | Radnički Niš |
|---|---|---|
| Halilović 78' |
Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)
| Levski Sofia | 1–1 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Spasov 54' (pen.) |
Report | Kist 47' |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | Hamburg |
|---|---|---|
| Van der Kuijlen 47' |
Hrubesch 2' |
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
| Widzew Łódź | 3–1 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Grębosz 30' Pięta 69'Smolarek 79' |
Bettega 42' |
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
Second leg
| Real Sociedad | 2–1 | Zbrojovka Brno |
|---|---|---|
| Satrústegui 3', 8' |
Kotásek 83' |
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Standard Liège | 2–1 | Kaiserslautern |
|---|---|---|
| Edström 4' Graf 83' |
Briegel 10' |
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Lokeren | 0–0 | Dundee United |
|---|---|---|
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
1–1 on aggregate; Lokeren won on away goals
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)
Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.
Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Dresden | 0–0 | Twente |
|---|---|---|
Referee: Rolf Ericsson (Sweden)
1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on away goals
| Grasshopper | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Sulser 26' Wehrli 66'Pfister 118' |
Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Bohemians Prague | 2–0 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Mičinec 3' Panenka 51' |
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Radnički Niš | 2–1 | Beroe Stara Zagora |
|---|---|---|
| Stoiljković 18' Mitošević 53' |
Stoyanov 87' |
Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.
| AZ Alkmaar | 5–0 | Levski Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Tol 30', 57' Nygaard 51' (pen.) Kist 61'Peters 89' |
Report |
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
AZ Alkmaar won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Hamburg | 2–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
|---|---|---|
| Groh 47' Hrubesch 72' |
Van der Kuijlen 63' |
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)
Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Saint-Étienne | 2–0 | St Mirren |
|---|---|---|
| Larios 14', 57' |
Referee: Mário da Silva Luís (Portugal)
Saint-Étienne won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Vorwärts Frankfurt | 1–2 | Stuttgart |
|---|---|---|
| Lindemann 85' |
Allgöwer 19' Müller 83' (pen.) |
Stuttgart won 7–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)
4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won 4–1 on penalties.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Frankfurt |
4–4 (a) | FC Sochaux-Montbeliard |
4–2 | 0–2 |
| Grasshopper |
3–3 (4–3 p) | Torino |
2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Hamburg |
0–6 | Saint-Étienne |
0–5 | 0–1 |
| Ipswich Town |
5–1 | Widzew Łódź |
5–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokeren |
3–2 | Real Sociedad |
1–0 | 2–2 |
| Radnički Niš |
2–7 | AZ Alkmaar |
2–2 | 0–5 |
| Standard Liège |
5–2 | Dynamo Dresden |
1–1 | 4–1 |
| Stuttgart |
4–5 | Köln |
3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
First leg
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | Sochaux |
|---|---|---|
| Neuberger 3' Borchers 8'Hölzenbein 51'Nachtweih 61' |
Genghini 72' Pezzey 86' (o.g.) |
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria)
| Grasshopper | 2–1 | Torino |
|---|---|---|
| Hermann 52' Koller 53' |
Sclosa 49' |
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Referee: John Hunting (England)
| Ipswich Town | 5–0 | Widzew Łódź |
|---|---|---|
| Wark 21', 44', 77' Brazil 41'Mariner 70' |
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
| Lokeren | 1–0 | Real Sociedad |
|---|---|---|
| Lato 48' |
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
| Radnički Niš | 2–2 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Pantelić 47' (pen.) Panajotović 82' |
Report | Tol 32' Kist 77' |
Referee: Ruedi Renggli (Switzerland)
| Standard Liège | 1–1 | Dynamo Dresden |
|---|---|---|
| Plessers 88' |
Heidler 36' |
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Referee: Rolf Ericsson (Sweden)
Second leg
| Sochaux | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
|---|---|---|
| Revelli 17', 43' |
4–4 on aggregate; Sochaux won on away goals.
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
3–3 on aggregate; Grasshoppers won 4–3 on penalties.
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | Hamburg |
|---|---|---|
| Paganelli 10' |
Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Widzew Łódź | 1–0 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Pięta 56' |
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)
Ipswich Town won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Real Sociedad | 2–2 | Lokeren |
|---|---|---|
| López Ufarte 82' (pen.) Zamora 86' |
Elkjær 20', 48' |
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Lokeren won 3–2 on aggregate.
| AZ Alkmaar | 5–0 | Radnički Niš |
|---|---|---|
| Kist 20', 25', 65' Nygaard 42'Welzl 60' |
Report |
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–4 | Standard Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Döschner 80' |
Sigurvinsson 17', 40', 55' Tahamata 76' |
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
Köln won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne |
2–7 | Ipswich Town |
1–4 | 1–3 |
| AZ Alkmaar |
2–1 | Lokeren |
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Grasshopper |
1–2 |  Sochaux |
0–0 | 1–2 |
| Standard Liège |
2–3 | Köln |
0–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
| Saint-Étienne | 1–4 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Rep 16' |
Report | Mariner 28', 57' Mühren 47'Wark 76' |
| AZ Alkmaar | 2–0 | Lokeren |
|---|---|---|
| Tol 9' Welzl 18' |
Report |
| Grasshopper | 0–0 | Sochaux |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Standard Liège | 0–0 | Köln |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Second leg
| Ipswich Town | 3–1 | Saint-Étienne |
|---|---|---|
| Butcher 46' Wark 83' (pen.)Mariner 89' |
Report | Zimako 80' |
Ipswich Town won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Lokeren | 1–0 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Verheyen 36' |
Report |
AZ Alkmaar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sochaux won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Köln | 3–2 | Standard Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Müller 29' Bonhof 70' (pen.)Littbarski 86' |
Report | Graf 41' Vandersmissen 66' |
Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sochaux |
3–4 | AZ Alkmaar |
1–1 | 2–3 |
| Ipswich Town |
2–0 | Köln |
1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
| FC Sochaux | 1–1 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Genghini 22' |
Report | Arntz 14' |
Attendance: 16,000
| Ipswich Town | 1–0 | Köln |
|---|---|---|
| Wark 33' |
Report |
Attendance: 24,780
Second leg
| AZ Alkmaar | 3–2 | FC Sochaux |
|---|---|---|
| Metgod 19' Jonker 37'Peters 63' |
Report | Genghini 9' Meyer 73' |
AZ Alkmaar won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Köln | 0–1 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Butcher 64' |
Attendance: 55,000
Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.
First leg
| Ipswich Town | 3–0 | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Wark 30' (pen.) Thijssen 47'Mariner 55' |
Report |
Second leg
| AZ Alkmaar | 4–2 | Ipswich Town |
|---|---|---|
| Welzl 7' Metgod 25'Tol 40'Jonker 73' |
Report | Thijssen 4' Wark 32' |
Ipswich Town won 5–4 on aggregate.
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