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The FA of Wales' 27-man ruling council rejected the plans at a meeting in Cardiff yesterday, opting instead to stick with the status quo for next season.
The move came after a speech given to Welsh soccer's top brass by English FA chairman Professor Geoff Thompson.
He explained how Soho Square bigwigs first needed to make a definitive decision about whether Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham could represent England in Europe, in the unlikely event that they should win either the Barclaycard Premiership or FA Cup.
Uefa rules currently bar the six Welsh teams playing in the English system from representing Wales in Europe.
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IN a week of big Welsh sporting upsets - Simon Khan winning the Wales Open and Ian Flanagan beating Mark Philippoussis - two things have still been utterly predictable.
The first was Iestyn Harris' decision to go back to rugby league. Shock horror!
The second was the FA of Wales move yesterday to throw out the bid to get Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham back into the Welsh Cup.
Surprise, surprise, as Cilla would say.
There has been an awful lot of bluster recently about a return of the Bluebirds and co. Europe, via the Welsh Cup or even the League of Wales, supposedly beckons.
Yeah, right. Just like it has done almost every single year since the Nationwide League Big Three were kicked out of the Welsh Cup - and thus Europe - in the mid-1990s.
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FAW chiefs went against the recommendation of their own international committee in deciding to block the pathway to Europe for Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham - at least for next season.
But Hammam insisted that while the battle is lost, the war is definitely not over.
"At the moment I am concentrating on getting our new stadium started," said the Bluebirds supremo.
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