UEFA to Meet Next Week to Decide 2019/20 Champions League & Europa League Plans

The UEFA Executive Committee will hold its next videoconference meeting in two parts on 17 and 18 June, with discussions to include the conclusion of the 2019/20 Champions League and Europa League, as well as looking ahead to next season’s competitions.

All European competitions were suspended indefinitely in March, with both the Champions League and Europa League frozen at the last 16 stage.

The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A are looking to restart and resume the domestic season in the coming weeks, while Germany’s Bundesliga has been back in action since May.

The domestic leagues are aiming to be finished by the end of July and the thought process is that UEFA will hold mini-tournaments in single locations in August to complete European competitions.

As things stand nothing has been officially confirmed with regard to locations or exact but Lisbon is the heavily rumoured destination for the final rounds of the Champions League, while Frankfurt has emerged as a possible destination to similarly wrap up the Europa League.

UEFA will discuss all of that and more next week and it is hoped some decisions, particularly regarding the completion of the Champions League and Europa League, will be reached.

Both the 2019/20 Champions League and Europa League, beginning with how to conclude the round of 16 and followed by determinations for the rest of the competition, are on the agenda for the first part of the Executive Committee’s meeting on 17 June.

UEFA will also discuss implications and knock-on effects from this season for the qualifying phase, playoffs and group stage for the 2020/21 Champions League and Europa League.

The remainder of the 2019/20 Women’s Champions League, which had reached the quarter-final stage before all European competitions was brought to a halt, as well as how the calendar for 2020/21 might now look in light of the crisis.

The remaining 2019/20 UEFA Youth League schedule, an update on national team competitions, including the postponed Euro 2020 (2021) schedule and venues, a rescheduling of the delayed Euro 2020 playoffs and the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League, plus the calendar and format for junior competitions are all also on the agenda for the 17 June meeting.

On 18 June, the second day of the two-day agenda, UEFA’s Executive Committee will discuss the draw procedure for the 2022 World Cup qualifying draw, Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations, as well UEFA Heading Guidelines.

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