2019–20_UEFA_Youth_League_knockout_phase
The 2019–20 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 11 February 2020 with the play-off round and ended with the final on 25 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League.[1][2] A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards).[3]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
UEFA Champions League Path
| Group | Winners (enter round of 16) |
Runners-up (enter play-offs as away team) |
|---|---|---|
| A |  Real Madrid |
 Club Brugge |
| B |  Bayern Munich |
 Red Star Belgrade |
| C |  Atalanta |
 Dinamo Zagreb |
| D | Juventus |
Atlético Madrid |
| E |  Liverpool |
 Red Bull Salzburg |
| F | Inter Milan |
Borussia Dortmund |
| G |  Benfica |
 Lyon |
| H |  Ajax |
Lille |
Domestic Champions Path
| Second round winners (enter play-offs as home team) |
|---|
 Sheriff Tiraspol |
| Zaragoza |
 Midtjylland |
| Derby County |
| Porto |
 Dynamo Kyiv |
 Rangers |
| Rennes |
The knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards), played as a single-elimination tournament, involved 24 teams: sixteen teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):[3]
- The eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path entered the round of 16.
- The eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path and the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path entered the play-offs. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16.
Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was level after full-time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[3]
The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1][4]
Following the round of 16, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[5][6] The final tournament consisting of the semi-finals and final, originally scheduled to be played on 17 and 20 April 2020 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, were officially postponed on 18 March 2020.[7] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season,[8] with the final decision made at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 17 June 2020.[9][10]
| Round | Draw | Match dates |
|---|---|---|
| Play-offs | 16 December 2019 | 11–12 February 2020 |
| Round of 16 | 14 February 2020 | 3–4 March 2020 10 March 2020[lower-alpha 1] 16 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[lower-alpha 2] |
| Quarter-finals | 18–19 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[lower-alpha 3] | |
| Semi-finals | 22 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[lower-alpha 4] | |
| Final | 25 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon[lower-alpha 5] |
- One round of 16 match postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- Two round of 16 matches postponed and relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- Quarter-finals originally scheduled for 17–18 March 2020, but postponed and relocated due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- Semi-finals originally scheduled for 17 April 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- Final originally scheduled for 20 April 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
The draw for the play-offs was held on 16 December 2019, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[11] The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The play-offs were played on 11 and 12 February 2020. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Derby County |
3–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
| Porto |
1–1 (6–7 p) | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Zaragoza |
1–3 | Lyon |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
0–0 (3–4 p) | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Sheriff Tiraspol |
0–0 (2–4 p) | Red Star Belgrade |
| Rangers |
0–4 | Atlético Madrid |
| Midtjylland |
1–1 (7–6 p) | Lille |
| Rennes |
1–1 (5–3 p) | Club Brugge |
| Porto | 1–1 | Red Bull Salzburg |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Penalties | ||
| 6–7 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–0 | Dinamo Zagreb |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
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3–4 | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
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2–4 | |
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 14 February 2020, 13:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[12] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 16, there were no seedings, and the sixteen teams (eight UEFA Champions League Path group winners and eight play-off winners) were drawn into eight ties. Teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group could not be drawn against each other, but teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. The draw also decided the home team for each round of 16 match.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same UEFA Champions League Path group or the same association could be drawn against each other (the identity of the quarter-final winners and onwards was not known at the time of the draws). The draws also decided the home team for each quarter-final, and which quarter-final and semi-final winners were designated as the "home" team for each semi-final and final (for administrative purposes as they were played at a neutral venue).
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 March | ||||||||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 2 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 18 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb (p) | 2 (6) | |||||||||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 March | ||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Benfica | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 22 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Liverpool | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Benfica | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 March | ||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 18 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Midtjylland | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Midtjylland | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 March | ||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ajax (p) | 0 (6) | |||||||||||||
| 25 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Benfica | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 March | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 19 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Derby County | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 10 March | ||||||||||||||
| Lyon | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Atalanta | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 22 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Lyon (p) | 3 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Inter Milan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Rennes | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Inter Milan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August – Nyon | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||
Six of the eight round of 16 matches were played on 3, 4 and 10 March 2020, while the remaining two matches could not be played as scheduled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[5] They were rescheduled to 16 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[13]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich |
2–2 (5–6 p) | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Ajax |
0–0 (6–5 p) | Atlético Madrid |
| Atalanta |
3–3 (3–5 p) | Lyon |
| Inter Milan |
1–0[upper-alpha 1] | Rennes |
| Red Bull Salzburg |
4–1 | Derby County |
| Benfica |
4–1 | Liverpool |
| Red Star Belgrade |
0–3 | Midtjylland |
| Juventus |
1–3 | Real Madrid |
Notes
- On 9 March 2020, Inter Milan announced that they had suspended all activities of their youth teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and thus would not play their round of 16 match against Rennes, and the match had originally been cancelled.[14] UEFA decided not to punish Inter Milan due to the unprecedented situation caused by COVID-19 and following an agreement by both clubs, the match was rescheduled.[15]
| Red Bull Salzburg | 4–1 | Derby County |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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The quarter-finals, originally scheduled to be played on 17 and 18 March 2020, were postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[20][5] They were rescheduled to 18 and 19 August 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[21]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Inter Milan |
0–3 | Real Madrid |
| Red Bull Salzburg |
4–3 | Lyon |
| Midtjylland |
1–3 | Ajax |
| Dinamo Zagreb |
1–3 | Benfica |
The semi-finals, originally scheduled to be played on 17 April 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon, were postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. They were rescheduled to 22 August 2020.[22]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Benfica |
3–0 | Ajax |
| Red Bull Salzburg |
1–2 | Real Madrid |
The final, originally scheduled to be played on 20 April 2020 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon, was postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. It was rescheduled to 25 August 2020.[23]
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the following round of 16 matches were postponed:[16]
- Atalanta vs Lyon, originally to be played on 3 March 2020, 13:00 CET, at Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Bergamo, was postponed to be played on 10 March 2020, 15:00 CET, at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, Florence.
- Inter Milan vs Rennes, originally to be played on 3 March 2020, 14:00 CET, at Stadio Breda, San Giovanni, was postponed to be played on 11 March 2020, 15:00 CET, at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, Florence. However, the match was originally cancelled as Inter Milan decided not to play the match.[14] It is rescheduled to be played on 16 August 2020, 15:00 CEST, at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[17]
- Juventus vs Real Madrid, originally to be played on 4 March 2020, 16:00 CET, at Juventus Training Ground, Vinovo, was postponed to be played on 11 March 2020, 16:00 CET, at Juventus Training Ground, Vinovo. However, the match was again postponed due to the suspension of flights between Italy and Spain.[18] It is rescheduled to be played on 16 August 2020, 18:00 CEST, at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[19]
- The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[24]
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