2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League

2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League

The Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona hosted the final tournament
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 27 August – 24 November 2019 Final tournament: 9–11 October 2020
Teams	Final tournament: 4 Total: 57 (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (3rd title)
Runners-up	ElPozo
Third place	KPRF
Fourth place	Tyumen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	856 (6.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Season total: (16 goals) Final tournament: (2 goals)
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The 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League was the 34th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 19th edition organized by UEFA. It was also the second edition since the tournament was rebranded from "UEFA Futsal Cup" to "UEFA Futsal Champions League".^[1]

The final tournament, originally scheduled to be played from 24 to 26 April 2020 at the Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus,^[2] was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the final tournament would be played from 9 to 11 October 2020 at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, Spain behind closed doors.^[4][5][6]

Barcelona defeated ElPozo in the final to win their third title.^[7] Sporting CP were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the elite round.

Association team allocation[]

The association ranking based on the UEFA futsal national team coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[8]

• The top three-ranked associations can enter two teams.
• The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Futsal Champions League qualify automatically, and thus their association can also enter a second team. If they are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams.
• All other associations can enter one team (the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league, or in special circumstances, the runners-up).

For this season, the top four-ranked associations, Spain, Portugal, Russia and Kazakhstan, can enter two teams, as Portugal's entries include the title holders, Sporting CP.

Distribution[]

Teams are ranked according to their UEFA futsal club coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they enter, as well as their seeding position in the preliminary round and main round draws.

The following is the access list for this season.^[9]

Access list for 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (34 teams)		34 teams ranked 23–56
Main round	Path A (16 teams)	1 title holder 15 teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19
	Path B (16 teams)	7 teams ranked 12–15 and 20–22	9 group winners from preliminary round
Elite round (16 teams)			4 group winners from main round path A 4 group runners-up from main round path A 4 group third-placed team from main round path A 4 group winners from main round path B
Final tournament (4 teams)			4 group winners from elite round

Teams[]

An equal-record total of 57 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA associations entered this season's competition (Faroe Islands and Liechtenstein did not enter).

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 4 July 2019, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[10] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the preliminary round, the 34 teams were drawn into nine groups: seven groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, and two groups of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the nine teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 25 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
• In the main round Path B, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions (including the nine preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, which were allocated to first seeding position 4, then seeding position 3, then seeding position 2).
• In the main round Path A, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same association could be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

Legend

• TH: Title holders
• (H): Preliminary and main round hosts^[11]

Qualified teams for 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League

Teams entering main round Rank Association Team Coeff.[9] Path Seed TH  Portugal (Team 2) Sporting CP 67.883 A 1 1  Spain (Team 1) Barcelona 46.501 2  Kazakhstan (Team 1) Kairat 42.667 3  Portugal (Team 1) Benfica 30.833 4  Spain (Team 2) ElPozo 29.167 2 5  Serbia Ekonomac 19.001 6  Belgium Halle-Gooik (H) 15.999 7  Kazakhstan (Team 2) Ayat 15.000 8  Russia (Team 1) Tyumen 13.833 3 9  Russia (Team 2) KPRF 13.883 10  Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan 12.500 11  Slovenia Dobovec (H) 9.167 12  Belarus Stalitsa Minsk (H) 9.167 B 1 13  Italy Italservice Pesaro 8.833 14  Croatia (H) 8.667 15  Poland Rekord Bielsko-Biała 8.335 16  Hungary MVFC Berettyóújfalu (H) 7.334 A 4 17  Ukraine Prodexim Kherson 7.333 18  Lithuania (H) 6.583 19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.501 20  Czech Republic (H) 5.000 B 2 21  Kosovo Liburni 4.667 22  Sweden Uddevalla (H) 4.335

Teams entering preliminary round Rank Association Team Coeff.[9] Seed 23  Armenia Leo 4.251 1 24  Romania 4.167 25  Slovakia 3.833 26  Latvia 3.667 27  Georgia 3.334 28  Malta Luxol St Andrews 3.334 29  Germany TSV Weilimdorf 3.250 30  Netherlands (H) 3.167 31  Finland 2.833 32   Switzerland 2.626 2 33  Denmark 2.335 34  Cyprus Omonia (H) 2.167 35  France 2.000 36  North Macedonia (H) 1.834 37  England Helvécia 1.667 38  Bulgaria (H) 1.500 39  Norway (H) 1.417 40  Austria (H) 1.167 41  Montenegro (H) 1.167 3 42  Moldova 1.167 43  Gibraltar Lynx 1.001 44  Greece AEK (H) 1.000 45  Israel Maccabi Nahalat Yitzhak Tel Aviv 0.833 46  Albania Tirana 0.750 47  Luxembourg Racing Luxembourg 0.750 48  Wales 0.501 49  Turkey 0.500 50  Republic of Ireland 0.334 4 51  Estonia (H) 0.333 52  Andorra Encamp 0.251 53  San Marino 0.167 54  Iceland Vængir Júpiters 0.000 55  Northern Ireland 0.000 56  Scotland 0.000

Format[]

In the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the qualified teams or at a neutral venue.

Tiebreakers[]

In the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[8]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA club coefficient;
10. Drawing of lots.

Schedule[]

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[12]

Schedule for 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League

Round	Draw	Dates
Preliminary round	4 July 2019	27 August – 1 September 2019
Main round		8–13 October 2019
Elite round	18 October 2019	19–24 November 2019
Final tournament	5 February 2020	Semi-finals: 9 October 2020 (originally 24 April 2020) Third place match & Final: 11 October 2020 (originally 26 April 2020)

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the schedule of each group is as follows, with one rest day between matchdays 2 and 3 for four-team groups, and no rest days for three-team groups (Regulations Articles 19.04, 19.05 and 19.06):^[8]

Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their seeding positions.

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches (4 teams)	Matches (3 teams)
Matchday 1	2 v 4, 3 v 1	3 v 1
Matchday 2	3 v 2, 1 v 4	2 v 3
Matchday 3	4 v 3, 1 v 2	1 v 2

Preliminary round[]

The winners of each group advanced to the main round Path B to join the seven teams which receive byes (another 16 teams receive byes to the main round Path A). The preliminary round was scheduled to be played between 27 August and 1 September 2019.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	2	1	0	22	10	+12	7	Main round
2	(H)	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	7
3		3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3
4	Tirana	3	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	9	Main round
2		3	2	0	1	14	7	+7	6
3		3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	Encamp	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	3	0	0	19	6	+13	9	Main round
2		3	1	1	1	11	13	−2	4
3		3	0	2	1	8	17	−9	2
4	AEK (H)	3	0	1	2	10	12	−2	1

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Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Omonia (H)	3	2	1	0	21	8	+13	7	Main round
2		3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	6
3		3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	4
4	Vængir Júpiters	3	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0

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Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TSV Weilimdorf	3	3	0	0	22	9	+13	9	Main round
2	(H)	3	2	0	1	20	15	+5	6
3	Racing Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	14	19	−5	3
4		3	0	0	3	9	22	−13	0

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Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxol St Andrews	3	3	0	0	18	6	+12	9	Main round
2		3	1	1	1	14	9	+5	4
3	(H)	3	1	1	1	7	10	−3	4
4		3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	3	3	0	0	20	3	+17	9	Main round
2	Helvécia	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6	6
3		3	1	0	2	9	18	−9	3
4	Lynx	3	0	0	3	6	20	−14	0

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Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	6	Main round
2	Maccabi Nahalat Yitzhak Tel Aviv	2	1	0	1	3	10	−7	3
3	(H)	2	0	0	2	5	7	−2	0

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Group I[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leo	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Main round
2		2	1	0	1	8	7	+1	3
3	(H)	2	0	0	2	5	10	−5	0

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Main round[]

The main round was scheduled to be played between 8 and 13 October 2019.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Path A[]

The top three teams of each group in Path A advanced to the elite round.

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	9	Elite round
2	Dobovec (H)	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3		3	0	1	2	3	13	−10	1
4	Ekonomac	3	0	1	2	2	17	−15	1

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Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	14	3	+11	7	Elite round
2	Prodexim Kherson	3	2	1	0	16	7	+9	7
3	Halle-Gooik (H)	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3
4	Araz Naxçivan	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

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Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Elite round
2	Tyumen	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	6
3	Ayat	3	1	0	2	9	19	−10	3
4	(H)	3	0	0	3	6	17	−11	0

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Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KPRF	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	9	Elite round
2	ElPozo	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	6
3	Kairat	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	MVFC Berettyóújfalu (H)	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Path B[]

The winners of each group in Path B advanced to the elite round.

Group 5[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	3	3	0	0	16	5	+11	9	Elite round
2		3	1	1	1	7	10	−3	4
3	Rekord Bielsko-Biała	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Luxol St Andrews	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

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Group 6[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(H)	3	3	0	0	14	7	+7	9	Elite round
2	Leo	3	2	0	1	16	12	+4	6
3		3	1	0	2	11	15	−4	3
4	Omonia	3	0	0	3	11	18	−7	0

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Group 7[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Stalitsa Minsk (H)	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Elite round
2		3	1	1	1	11	9	+2	4
3	Liburni	3	0	3	0	9	9	0	3
4		3	0	1	2	5	17	−12	1

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Group 8[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italservice Pesaro	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9	Elite round
2		3	2	0	1	11	9	+2	6
3	TSV Weilimdorf	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	3
4	Uddevalla (H)	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

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Elite round[]

The draw for the elite round was held on 18 October 2019, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[13] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one Path A group winners (seeding position 1), one Path A group runners-up (seeding position 2), and two teams which were either Path A group third-placed teams or Path B group winners (seeding positions 3 or 4). First, the seven teams which were potential hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions, with the first four teams drawn selected as hosts. Next, the remaining nine teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions (teams, including potential hosts, which were neither Path A group winners nor runners-up were allocated to first seeding position 4, then seeding position 3). Winners and runners-up from the same Path A group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same Path A group. Teams from the same association could be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

Legend

• (H): Elite round hosts selected by draw
• (h): Potential elite round hosts not selected by draw

Advanced from main round Path A

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third-placed teams
Seed	Seeding position 1	Seeding position 2	Seeding position 3 or 4
1	Sporting CP (h)	Dobovec
2	Benfica (h)	Prodexim Kherson	Halle-Gooik
3	Barcelona	Tyumen (H)	Ayat
4	KPRF (H)	ElPozo (h)	Kairat (H)

Advanced from main round Path B

Group	Winners
Seed	Seeding position 3 or 4
5
6
7	Stalitsa Minsk (H)
8	Italservice Pesaro

The winners of each group advanced to the final tournament. The elite round was scheduled to be played between 19 and 24 November 2019.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KPRF (H)	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	9	Final tournament
2	Dobovec	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	6
3	Halle-Gooik	3	1	0	2	10	8	+2	3
4		3	0	0	3	6	21	−15	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyumen (H)	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Sporting CP	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3		3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
4	Ayat	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ElPozo	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Italservice Pesaro	3	1	1	1	11	9	+2	4
3	Benfica	3	1	0	2	8	12	−4	3[a]
4	Kairat (H)	3	1	0	2	9	12	−3	3[a]

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Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Prodexim Kherson	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3		3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Stalitsa Minsk (H)	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

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Final tournament[]

The final tournament, originally scheduled to be played on 24 and 26 April 2020 at the Minsk Arena, Minsk, was postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[3] It was rescheduled to be played on 9 and 11 October 2020 at the Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona.^[4]

Venue[]

The original hosts venue of the final tournament was selected at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019,^[14] with the Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus appointed.^[15] This would have been the first time that the final tournament would be held at a neutral venue instead of in the country of one of the four qualified teams.^[16]

On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the 2020 finals to Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona, Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and Minsk were instead chosen to host the finals of the 2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League in April 2021.^[4][6][17]

Qualified teams[]

The following four teams qualified for the final tournament.^[18]

In the following table, final tournaments until 2018 were in the Futsal Cup era, since 2019 were in the UEFA Futsal Champions League era. Only final tournaments in four-team format starting from 2007 are shown.^[19]

Group	Winners	Previous final tournament appearances (bold indicates winners)
A	KPRF	None
B	Tyumen	None
C	ElPozo	2 (2007, 2008)
D	Barcelona (hosts)	6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)

Final draw[]

The draw for the final tournament was held on 5 February 2020, 19:00 FET (UTC+3), by Aleksandr Hleb at the Belarus Olympic Committee headquarters in Minsk.^[20] The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.

Bracket[]

In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time is used in the third place match (Regulations Article 17.01 and 17.02).^[8]

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 October – Barcelona
	Barcelona (p)	3 (5)
					11 October – Barcelona
	KPRF	3 (4)
					Barcelona	2
	9 October – Barcelona
					ElPozo	1
	ElPozo	2
	Tyumen	1
					Third place match
					11 October – Barcelona
					KPRF (p)	2 (3)
					Tyumen	2 (1)

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.^[6]

Semi-finals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

• Preliminary round: There were 385 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 8.02 goals per match.

• Main round: There were 314 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 6.54 goals per match.

• Elite round: There were 141 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.88 goals per match.

• Final tournament: There were 16 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

— Team eliminated / inactive for this stage.

Rank	Player	Team	PR	MR	ER	FT	Total
1	Renan Roberto Mantelli	Omonia	8	8	—	—	16
2	Tomáš Drahovský		—	3	4	—	7
	Felipe Paradynski	ElPozo	—	5	2	0
	Nilton Tavares De Pina		7	0	—	—

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• UEFA Futsal Champions League Matches: 2019–20, UEFA.com