Champions League 2

IFCF Champions League 2

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 10–14 April 2020 Competition proper: 16–19 April 2020
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 108 (from 72 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Northern Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Soldarian FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	382 (3.06 per match)

The IFCF Champions League 2 was the 75th edition of the world club football championship, and the second under the current IFCF Champions League title organized by the International Federation of Club Football (IFCF).

The winners of the competition, Northern Union from Brenecia, qualified for IFCF Super Cup 2 after beating Valanora's Soldarian FC in the final, played at Stade Outineau in Outineau, Kelssek. Defending champions 1830 Cathair were eliminated in the group stage. Finishing last in their group, they did not transfer to the Challenger's Cup.

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the IFCF country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–4 each had four teams qualify.
• Associations 5–8 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 9–32 each had two teams qualify.
• Associations 33 and below, including unranked associations, each had one team qualify.
• The winners of IFCF Champions League 1 and Challenger's Cup 1 were each given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the competition through their domestic league.

Distribution

The following was the access list for this season:

Access list for IFCF Champions League 2

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First preliminary round (12 teams)		1 champion from association 143 11 champions from unranked associations
Second preliminary round	Champions' path (42 teams)	36 champions from associations 34–140	6 winners from the first qualifying round
	Non-champions' path (14 teams)	7 runners-up from associations 19–33 3 third-placed teams from associations 7–8 & 16 4 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–4
Third qualifying round	Champions' path (32 teams)	11 champions from associations 15–33	21 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions' path)
	Non-champions' path (24 teams)	13 runners-up from associations 5–18 4 third-placed teams from associations 1–4	7 winners from the second qualifying round (Non-champions' path)
Play-off round	Champions' path (16 teams)		16 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions' path)
	Non-champions' path (12 teams)		12 winners from the third qualifying round (Non-champions' Path)
Group stage (32 teams)		Champions League titleholders Challenger's Cup titleholders 12 champions from associations 1–14 4 runners-up from associations 1–4	8 winners from the play-off round (Champions' path) 6 winners from the play-off round (Non-champions' path)
Knockout phase (16 teams)			8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; CC: Challenger's Cup title holders).

Qualified teams for IFCF Champions League 2 (by entry round)
Group stage

1830 CathairTH (1st)	Kingsgrove (1st)	Bassabook Old Boys (1st)
Malabon SCCC	Northern Union (2nd)	Olympia FC (1st)
Crisisbless (1st)	Soldarian FC (1st)	Hellinic Rouge (1st)
Brinemouth (2nd)	Raynor City United (2nd)	Fontvielle Impact (1st)
Directus (1st)	Cednia Beach AFC (1st)	Cascadia (1st)
Ulsa (2nd)	Real Azuris (1st)	Yaton FC (1st)

Play-off round

Champions' path		Non-champions' path
No teams entering at this round		No teams entering at this round

Third preliminary round

Champions' path		Non-champions' path
René Skaé (1st)	MTK Kingsville (1st)	Sabrefell Athletic (3rd)	CA Paulinthal (2nd)
Eastal Lunar (1st)	Zoloroni City (1st)	Spartangrad (3rd)	Metropolis Alligators (2nd)
Cornellians (1st)	Maal Dæmons (1st)	North Hall (3rd)	Black Hawks NFX (2nd)
Exton F.C (1st)	FC Teussen Stelburg (1st)	Ibini FC (3rd)	Mierton Manatees (2nd)
Herzegovina City FC (1st)	Fortunas (1st)	Kionao Locals (2nd)	Lâ Lüs (2nd)
Arsenal de Releinthi (1st)		Crawford City FC (2nd)	Turoki Tide (2nd)
		Namiri Forest (2nd)	Port Sebastian (2nd)
		Shamrock Cathair (2nd)	Dwile Warriors (2nd)
		Royal Jam FC (2nd)

Second preliminary round

Champions' path		Non-champions' path
Myana (1st)	CS Saint-Rémy (1st)	AFC Corvistone (4th)	Hoima Warriors (2nd)
Pascal Mashu (1st)	Leighton Albion (1st)	Bastion (4th)	Fleftic Army (2nd)
Eastburg United (1st)	Kempsey United (1st)	Rozelle (4th)	Scott City FC (2nd)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Stormers FC (1st)	Mar Sara FC (4th)	Blue Strike Zoloroni (2nd)
Megabrantid SC (1st)	Chrilsia FC (1st)	Cassandra City FC (3rd)	Maal Angels (2nd)
AS Républicains (1st)	Cyrene Bay (1st)	Arlington City (3rd)	1912 Stelburg (2nd)
Tanques AOE (1st)	VfR Steinigestrasse (1st)	Jungle Strike FC (3rd)	Venividicci (2nd)
City of Light (1st)	Baywall Athlethic (1st)
Admiral Storevik (1st)	Marianopolis (1st)
Crystopolis City (1st)	Col-de-Môse (1st)
Royal Canterlot HC (1st)	Empilot United FC (1st)
Dynapolis United (1st)	Beachport Seahawks (1st)
Sporting Clube da Lusitânia (1st)	Kings Lunsel FC (1st)
New Bremen FC (1st)	Stade Djalenga (1st)
Alissar Phoenix (1st)	De Commons (1st)
AS Virtus 1904 (1st)	Fedek (1st)
Hisar FK (1st)	Kota Jembal FC (1st)
Galaxy SC (1st)	Mancodas City FC (1st)

First preliminary round

Fighters (1st)	Lubumbashi AFC (1st)	Colanso City (1st)	Montreal Koreana (1st)
Emerald SC Knoxville (1st)	Template:Country data Flekkefjord Koppara FC (1st)	Mercia Bromham (1st)	Kolonial (1st)
Sporting Iturributa (1st)	Bruland IF (1st)	Club Warder (1st)	Kven FK (1st)

Preliminary rounds

In the preliminary rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their IFCF club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties.

First preliminary round

Team 1 played the first leg at home. The losers entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup second preliminary round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Iturributa	1–1 (5–4 p)	Kven FK	0–1	1–0
Mercia Bromham	5–2	Emerald SC	2–2	3–0
Koppara FC Template:Country data Flekkefjord	2–3	Fighters	0–1	2–2
Lubumbashi AFC	2–5	Montreal Koreana	2–3	0–2
Kolonial	7–1	Colanso City	4–0	3–1
Bruland IF	2–4	Club Warder	1–3	1–1

Second preliminary round

The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions' path (for league champions) and Non-champions' path (for league non-champions). The losers entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup third preliminary round. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Warder	2–4	Pascal Mashu	2–4	0–0
Mancodas City	4–4 (3–5 p)	Hisar FK	2–2	2–2
De Commons	3–4	Myana	1–2	2–2
Kolonial	5–1	Leighton Albion	2–1	3–0
Fighters	6–2	Cyrene Bay	3–2	3–0
Chrilsia FC	1–3	Dynapolis United	0–3	1–1
VfR Steinigestrasse	3–4	Crystopolis City	1–3	2–1
Galaxy SC	3–2	New Bremen FC	2–2	1–0
Stade Djalenga	3–6	Admiral Storevik	2–5	1–1
Baywall Athletic	2–5	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–2	2–3
Montreal Koreana	4–1	Alissar Phoenix	4–1	0–0
Fedek	2–2 (a)	Eastburg United	2–1	0–1
Kota Jembal FC	2–3	Megabrantid SC	2–3	0–0
Mercia Bromham	3–2	Sporting Clube da Lusitânia	0–2	3–0 (a.e.t.)
Kings Lunsel FC	3–0	Royal Canterlot HC	2–0	1–0
Marianopolis	1–4	CS Saint-Rémy	1–2	0–2
Col-de-Môse	4–5	AS Virtus 1904	4–4	0–1
Beachport Seahawks	0–5	Tanques AOE	0–2	0–3
Sporting Iturributa	5–0	Kempsey United	2–0	3–0
Stormers FC	0–3	City of Light	0–3	0–0

Non-champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Blue Strike Zoloroni	4–2	Maal Angels	4–2	0–0
AFC Corvistone	3–4	Rozelle	3–1	0–3
Scott City FC	4–3	Mar Sara FC	3–1	1–2
Arlington City	3–0	Cassandra City	2–0	1–0
Fleftic Army	3–6	Jungle Strike FC	2–3	1–3
1912 Stelburg	4–1	Bastion	1–0	3–1
Hoima Warriors	4–0	Venividicci	3–0	1–0

Third preliminary round

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions' path (for league champions) and Non-champions' path (for league non-champions). The losers entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup play-off round. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MTK Kingsville	5–1	Fortunas	2–1	3–0
Fighters	3–7	Herzegovina City FC	1–5	2–2
Admiral Storevik	3–3 (a)	Zoloroni City	2–2	1–1
Mercia Bromham	1–3	Eastal Lunar	0–1	1–2
Kings Lunsel FC	1–4	Cornellians	0–2	1–2
CS Saint-Rémy	3–4	Eastburg United	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Montreal Koreana	5–5 (a)	Exton F.C	1–2	4–3
Kolonial	2–2 (a)	AS Virtus 1904	2–1	0–1
Sporting Iturributa	0–1	Myana	0–0	0–1
Hisar FK	1–5	Arsenal de Releinthi	0–2	1–3
City of Light	5–4	AS Républicains	1–2	4–2
Dynapolis United	3–5	René Skaé	2–2	1–3
Galaxy SC	2–2 (a)	Maal Dæmons	1–0	1–2
Tanques AOE	2–3	FC Teussen Stelburg	1–2	1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	5–2	Crystopolis City	2–1	3–1
Megabrantid SC	4–2	Pascal Mashu	2–2	2–0

Non-champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lâ Lüs	7–3	CA Paulinthal	3–2	4–1
Arlington City	2–3	Rozelle	1–0	1–3
Scott City FC	5–2	Namiri Forest	4–1	1–1
Black Hawks NFX	2–0	Spartangrad	2–0	0–0
Ibini FC	2–3	Sabrefell Athletic	0–1	2–2
1912 Stelburg	0–5	Metropolis Alligators	0–4	0–1
Mierton Manatees	1–3	Shamrock Cathair	1–2	0–1
Jungle Strike FC	0–2	North Hall	0–2	0–0
Dwile Warriors	2–4	Crawford City FC	2–2	0–2
Blue Strike Zoloroni	2–6	Turoki Tide	0–4	2–2
Hoima Warriors	1–1 (a)	Kionao Locals	0–0	1–1
Port Sebastian	5–3	Royal Jam FC	1–3	4–0

Play-off round

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions' path (for league champions) and Non-champions' path (for league non-champions). The losers from the champions' path entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup group stage, while the losers from the non-champions' path entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup qualifying stage. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
City of Light	1–6	FC Teussen Stelburg	0–4	1–2
Galaxy SC	2–6	René Skaé	1–1	1–5
Arsenal de Releinthi	6–1	AS Virtus 1904	3–0	3–1
Eastburg United	4–4 (a)	Cornellians	4–2	0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1 (a)	Herzegovina City FC	1–1	0–0
Megabrantid SC	2–4	Eastal Lunar	2–2	0–2
MTK Kingsville	4–1	Myana	1–1	3–0
Montreal Koreana	2–2 (a)	Zoloroni City	1–2	1–0

Non-champions' path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hoima Warriors	1–1 (a)	North Hall	1–1	0–0
Metropolis Alligators	6–2	Crawford City FC	3–1	3–1
Port Sebastian	6–4	Rozelle	3–4	3–0
Scott City FC	2–2 (a)	Shamrock Cathair	0–1	2–1
Lâ Lüs	3–2	Sabrefell Athletic	2–2	1–0
Black Hawks NFX	1–2	Turoki Tide	1–1	0–1

Group stage

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:

• Pot 1 contained the Champions League and Challenger's Cup title holders, and the champions of the top six associations based on their IFCF nation coefficients. If one or both title holders were one of the champions of the top six associations, the champions of the next highest ranked association(s) would also be seeded into Pot 1.
• Pot 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their IFCF club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the IFCF Challenger's Cup round of 32.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in the Rising Stars Cup 2 on the same matchdays, where they competed in the IFCF Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of associations entering that competition other than those already qualified for the Champions League group stage competed in a separate Youth Champions' Path until the play-offs).

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:

1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss);
2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
6. 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;
7. Goal difference in all group matches;
8. Goals scored in all group matches;
9. Away goals scored in all group matches;
10. Wins in all group matches;
11. Away wins in all group matches;
12. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
13. IFCF club coefficient.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BNJ	ZWZ	TUR	DAR
1	Herzegovina City FC	6	2	4	0	11	8	+3	10	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	2–0	2–2
2	Bassabook Old Boys	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			1–1	—	2–0	1–1
3	Cednia Beach AFC	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6	Challenger's Cup round of 32		3–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	MTK Kingsville	6	0	4	2	8	10	−2	4			1–2	1–2	2–2	—

Source: IFCF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FFD	EUR	VIL	COS
1	Lâ Lüs	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	2–0	4–1
2	Ulsa	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8			2–2	—	3–2	0–2
3	Turoki Tide	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–3	3–1	—	2–1
4	Real Azuris	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7			2–0	0–4	2–2	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EUR	STL	SCT	TAE
1	Directus	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	2–3	2–0
2	FC Teussen Stelburg	6	3	1	2	13	11	+2	10			0–3	—	2–4	3–1
3	Cornellians	6	3	0	3	9	12	−3	9	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–2	0–3	—	0–2
4	Yaton FC	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6			1–0	2–4	1–2	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	BRE	AFT	SCT
1	Soldarian FC	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12	Advance to round of 16		—	4–1	0–1	0–2
2	North Hall	6	3	0	3	11	11	0	9			1–3	—	1–2	2–0
3	Arsenal de Releinthi	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–1	1–3	—	3–5
4	Port Sebastian	6	2	0	4	10	16	−6	6			2–3	1–3	0–5	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	VAL	FFD	AUD
1	Eastal Lunar	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	3–2	0–2
2	Raynor City United	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			0–1	—	3–2	1–2
3	René Skaé	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Challenger's Cup round of 32		2–4	1–1	—	2–0
4	1830 Cathair	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7			1–1	1–3	1–3	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	NPH	NFX	VLD
1	Kingsgrove	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	12	Advance to round of 16		—	0–1	2–1	4–1
2	Brinemouth	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12			1–2	—	1–2	4–3
3	Cascadia	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–2	0–3	—	2–1
4	Metropolis Alligators	6	1	0	5	8	15	−7	3			1–0	1–2	1–3	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MRC	NPH	VLD	DAR
1	Zoloroni City	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	2–1	2–1
2	Crisisbless	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11			0–0	—	4–2	2–0
3	Fontvielle Impact	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7	Challenger's Cup round of 32		1–2	0–0	—	5–0
4	Scott City FC	6	0	0	6	4	18	−14	0			1–5	1–2	1–2	—

Source: IFCF

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	PAS	EFL	AFT
1	Northern Union	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	2–2	1–1
2	Hellinic Rouge	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10			0–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Olympia FC	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–2	2–1	—	2–1
4	Malabon SC	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1			1–2	1–5	0–1	—

Source: IFCF
Notes:

Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
North Hall	3–2	Zoloroni City	1–2	2–0
Hellinic Rouge	3–2	Herzegovina City FC	3–1	0–1
Crisisbless	3–2	Kingsgrove	2–1	1–1
Brinemouth	3–3 (a)	Directus	0–2	3–1
Raynor City United	2–1	Lâ Lüs	0–1	2–0
Bassabook Old Boys	1–4	Soldarian FC	1–2	0–2
FC Teussen Stelburg	1–3	Northern Union	1–2	0–1
Ulsa	4–2	Eastal Lunar	3–0	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Northern Union	5–4	North Hall	4–2	1–2
Soldarian FC	3–1	Raynor City United	2–1	1–0
Ulsa	3–6	Crisisbless	1–3	2–3
Hellinic Rouge	2–4	Brinemouth	3–1	0–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Northern Union	3–2	Brinemouth	3–2	0–0
Crisisbless	2–3	Soldarian FC	1–3	1–0

Final

Main article: Champions League 2 Final

Northern Union	2–1	Soldarian FC

Stade Outineau, Outineau, Kelssek