| Tourney Name: | UEFA Futsal Champions League |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Dates: | Qualifying rounds: Final tournament: 9–11 October 2020 |
| Num Teams: | Final tournament: 4 Total: 57 |
| Associations: | 53 |
| Champion Other: |  Barcelona |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second Other: | ElPozo |
| Third Other: |  KPRF |
| Fourth Other: | Tyumen |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
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.
The association ranking based on the UEFA futsal national team coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[8]
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.
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]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |||
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| Preliminary round (34 teams) |
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| Main round | Path A (16 teams) |
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| Path B (16 teams) |
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| Elite round (16 teams) |
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| Final tournament (4 teams) |
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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:
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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.
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]
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[12]
| Round | Draw | Dates | |
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| 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 |
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.
| Matchday | Matches (4 teams) | Matches (3 teams) | |
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| 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 |
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).
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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).
The top three teams of each group in Path A advanced to the elite round.
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The winners of each group in Path B advanced to the elite round.
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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.
| Group | width=200 | Winners | width=200 | Runners-up | width=200 | Third-placed teams |
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| Seed | align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB | Seeding position 1 | align=center bgcolor=#BBF3FF | Seeding position 2 | align=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB | Seeding position 3 or 4 |
| 1 | Sporting CP (h) | Dobovec | Mostar | |||
| 2 | Benfica (h) | Prodexim Kherson | Halle-Gooik | |||
| 3 | Barcelona | Tyumen (H) | Ayat | |||
| 4 | KPRF (H) | ElPozo (h) | Kairat (H) |
| Group | width=200 | Winners |
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| Seed | align=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB | Seeding position 3 or 4 |
| 5 | Sparta Praha | |
| 6 | Novo Vrijeme | |
| 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).
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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]
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]
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 | width=200 | Winners | Previous final tournament appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| A | KPRF | None | |
| B | Tyumen | None | |
| C | ElPozo | 2 (2007, 2008) | |
| D | Barcelona (hosts) | 6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) |
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.
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]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.[6]
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| Rank | Player | Team | Total | ||||
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| 1 |  Renan Roberto Mantelli | Omonia | 8 | 8 | — | — | 16 |
| 2 |  Tomáš Drahovský | Sparta Praha | — | 3 | 4 | — | 7 |
| Felipe Paradynski | ElPozo | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
 Nilton Tavares De Pina | Toulon Élite | 7 | 0 | — | — |