Champions League 3

IFCF Champions League 3

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 19–22 July 2020 Competition proper: 23–27 July 2020
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 107 (from 100 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Directus (2nd title)
Runners-up	1830 Cathair FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125

IFCF Champions League 3 was the third edition of the Champions League organized by the International Federation of Club Football (IFCF). Counting the UICA Champions' Cup, this was the 76th world club football championship.

The winners of the competition, Directus (Eura), qualified for IFCF Super Cup 3 after beating 1830 Cathair FC in the final, in their home city at The 66 Stadium in Cathair, Audioslavia. Defending champions Northern Union were eliminated by eventual champions Directus in the semi-finals.

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 the Champions League 2 and Challengers Cup 2 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 3

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Extra preliminary round (24 teams)		24 champions from unranked associations
First preliminary round	Champions path (48 teams)	36 champions from associations 54-156	12 winners from the first qualifying round
	Non-champions path (2 teams)	2 fourth-placed teams from associations 3, 4
Second preliminary round	Champions path (34 teams)	10 champions from associations 33–51	24 winners from the first qualifying round (Champions path)
	Non-champions path (16 teams)	15 teams	1 winner from first qualifying round (Non-champions path)
Third qualifying round	Champions path (32 teams)	15 champions from associations 16–31	17 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions' path)
	Non-champions' path (24 teams)	16 teams	8 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 1–5	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 titleholders; CC: Challenger's Cup titleholders).

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.

Extra preliminary round

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Calamari Wanderers CFC	5–4	Fligsive FC	3–1	2–3
Kirkham Appliances	4–1	Castle Wolfenstein	3–0	1–1
Pitxi-Pitxi 77	(a) 2–2	Nationale Jovannica	0–0	2–2
Gunzlach	1–6	Barnley FC	0–4	1–2
Kota Damai	2–1	Dai Hoa	2–1	0–0
Bekknia FC	2–1	South Winbridge FC	2–1	0–0
Archbishop FC	2–3	Alla Fofokoy	1–1	1–2
Drumchapel United	4–2	Khurtubh FC	1–1	3–1
Aleance Tusjak Template:Country data Lerujka	3–3 (1–3 p)	Simina SK	1–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Lovos Atma	3–5	FC Frederykvil	1–3	2–2
Kelasi	1–3	Catherina FC	0–2	1–1
Southbay Riveria FC	3–3 (a)	Template:Country data Eternal September Black Hawks ES	3–3	0–0

First 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 second preliminary round. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kota Damai	0–2	Kota Jembal	0–1	0–1
Kirkham Appliances	1–3	CS Saint-Rémy	1–3	0–0
Ashton Olympic	3–2	Stormers FC	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Pesub Ubung	2–4	Kven FK	2–3	0–1
Solbakken IL	2–4	Sporting Grandeville	2–2	0–2
Barnley FC	1–4	Haligonian	0–3	1–1
Presidents City	3–4	Kempsey United	0–3	3–1
Likasi Lapdogs	3–7	Beian City	1–4	2–3
Stomford 1904	4–5	Patrons	2–1	2–4
Catherina FC	0–5	Sporting Iturributa	0–4	0–1
Alla Fofokoy	0–5	Template:Country data Côte d'Saphir Ixion	0–4	0–1
Nilayam	4–4 (a)	Galaxy SC	3–2	1–2
Simina SK	4–3	Kolonial	3–1	1–2
Calamari Wanderers CFC	3–2	Olastaryn FC	3–1	0–1
Turystow Rzodkiewnica	3–4	Baywall Athlethic	3–2	0–2
FC Frederykvil	0–4	Langmere Green Rovers FC	0–3	0–1
Drumchapel United	7–1	Chrilsia FC	3–1	4–0
Pitxi-Pitxi 77	4–1	Newville SC	1–1	3–0
Honolulu United	1–6	Dalaris City	0–5	1–1
Dynum City Randajad	4–0	Bartholomew FC	0–0	4–0
Tieflings	2–5	Royal Daulapura	1–3	1–2
Bekknia FC	(a) 4–4	Lutka Town	2–1	2–3
Black Hawks ES Template:Country data Eternal September	3–2	CF Bondstad	2–2	1–0
Yonsolo United	2–0	Elektriklestirmespor	1–0	1–0

Non-champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Northern Stallions	3–3 (4–3 p)	FC Capri	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

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
Ashton Olympic	4–3	Kven FK	2–3	2–0
Keitendō United	1–5	Sevilha FC	1–4	0–1
Drumchapel United	4–6	Galaxy SC	2–1	2–5
Haligonian	0–4	Whitetail HC	0–2	0–2
Calamari Wanderers CFC	2–4	CS Saint-Rémy	1–3	1–1
Baywall Athlethic	1–3	Royal Daulapura	1–2	0–1
Simina SK	3–6	Patrons	2–3	1–3
Pitxi-Pitxi 77	2–6	Crystal Fair HC	1–3	1–3
Langmere Green Rovers FC	2–2 (4–3 p)	Quaggen	2–0	0–2
Kota Jembal	3–4	Fortunas	3–3	0–1
Dalaris City	1–3	Kempsey United	0–2	1–1
Sporting Grandeville	4–3	Navel Sharks	1–2	3–1
Black Hawks ES Template:Country data Eternal September	4–2	Malavan Romainbourg	2–2	2–0
Yonsolo United	1–8	Sporting Iturributa	1–7	0–1
Dynum City Randajad	4–5	Asbury Park FC	3–3	1–2
Beian City	3–2	Template:Country data Côte d'Saphir Ixion	2–1	1–1
Bekknia FC	1–0	CASK Thorsborg	0–0	1–0

Non-champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Stein-los	3–5	Zoloroni City	1–3	2–2
KFQ Rekonsylat	3–3 (a)	Turoki Tide	3–1	0–2
Maal Angels	5–2	Northern Stallions	3–2	2–0
MTK Kingsville	1–3	FC Teussen Stelburg	1–1	0–2
Straudum VV	3–2	Starling	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Birdingstone United	2–2 (a)	Spartangrad	2–1	0–1
Syneca AC	2–7	1830 Cathair FC	2–5	0–2
Locomotive Imgortur	2–3	Myana	1–1	1–2

Third 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 play-off round. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Patrons	2–3	Galaxy SC	2–1	0–2
All-Inclusive Haranguer	2–4	Whitetail HC	1–4	1–0
Schemerdrecht SVV	3–5	Maal Dæmons	3–2	0–3
Royal Daulapura	5–1	Sevilha FC	3–0	2–1
Sporting Grandeville	3–4	Sterling City United	1–3	2–1
Bekknia FC	0–2	Crystal Fair HC	0–2	0–0
Ashton Olympic	3–4	Pacific City	3–0	0–4
Hokuto Senateurs	3–5	Fortunas	1–2	2–3
CSKA Tiraspol	0–1	Mâ Âlâmëómë	0–0	0–1
Beian City	0–3	South Saints	0–2	0–1
Chalesm FC	4–1	Kempsey United	1–1	3–0
Asbury Park FC	0–2	Langtree United	0–1	0–1
KFQ Qavazujzy	3–1	CS Saint-Rémy	2–1	1–0
Black Hawks ES Template:Country data Eternal September	2–4	Port Sebastian	2–4	0–0
Anomalies	3–2	Sporting Iturributa	1–0	2–2
Langmere Green Rovers FC	3–5	FC Felsenkirchen 1879	2–4	1–1

Non-champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Straudum VV	1–2	Spartangrad	1–2	0–0
Hoima Warriors	3–3 (a)	Brinemouth	2–2	1–1
Spenson Suburbia	0–0 (0–2 p)	1830 Cathair FC	0–0	0–0
René Skaé	1–3	Zoloroni City	1–2	0–1
KT Itzalovalle	4–2	Myana	4–1	0–1
Garden Plain	3–2	Metropolis Alligators	0–2	3–0
Maal Angels	2–3	FC Teussen Stelburg	1–2	1–1
Yenvil Town FC	(a) 5–5	Kingsgrove	1–2	4–3
Rolalas FC	5–4	CA Paulinthal	2–0	3–4
Eastal Lunar	6–1	Bastion	4–1	2–0
Port Patrick United	2–3	Turoki Tide	2–2	0–1
Norrion Rovers	5–2	Mliona-Lpaka	2–1	3–1

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
Anomalies	2–2 (a)	Mâ Âlâmëómë	2–2	0–0
Pacific City	2–1	Langtree United	1–1	1–0
Royal Daulapura	3–5	Crystal Fair HC	1–3	2–2
KFQ Qavazujzy	5–2	Fortunas	3–2	2–0
South Saints	4–3	Sterling City United	1–3	3–0
Chalesm FC	2–3	Maal Dæmons	2–0	0–3
FC Felsenkirchen 1879	7–4	Port Sebastian	5–2	2–2
Whitetail HC	4–4 (a)	Galaxy SC	3–3	1–1

Non-champions path

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rolalas FC	5–3	Zoloroni City	3–1	2–2
Eastal Lunar	5–1	FC Teussen Stelburg	4–1	1–0
Garden Plain	1–4	1830 Cathair FC	1–3	0–1
Norrion Rovers	2–1	Spartangrad	0–1	2–0
Yenvil Town FC	3–5	Brinemouth	1–2	2–3
KT Itzalovalle	2–3	Turoki Tide	1–2	1–1

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 Cup and Globe 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 Challengers Cup round of 32.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in Rising Stars Cup 3 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		(AUD)	(BRE)	(ZWZ)	(MRN)
1	1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	6	3	2	1	13	11	+2	11	Advance to round of 16		—	1–2	1–0	3–2
2	Northern Union (BRE)	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8			0–1	—	1–1	1–1
3	Arlington City (ZWZ)	6	1	3	2	7	11	−4	6	Challenger's Cup round of 32		3–3	1–5	—	1–0
4	Maal Dæmons (MRN)	6	1	3	2	10	11	−1	6			4–4	2–1	1–1	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(BNJ)	(AUD)	(VLD)	(NPH)
1	Istria City FC (BNJ)	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	1–0	3–0
2	AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			0–0	—	1–0	4–2
3	Fontvielle Impact (VLD)	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Challenger's Cup round of 32		3–1	1–2	—	1–1
4	Brinemouth (NPH)	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4			0–2	1–0	0–1	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(EUR)	(VIL)	(NPH)	(ETN)
1	Directus (EUR)	6	5	1	0	13	2	+11	16	Advance to round of 16		—	4–1	2–0	1–0
2	Jungle Strike FC (VIL)	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7			0–3	—	1–2	3–1
3	Crisisbless (NPH)	6	2	1	3	7	13	−6	7	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–0	0–5	—	2–1
4	South Saints (ETN)	6	1	1	4	9	14	−5	4			1–3	2–2	4–3	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(VAL)	(FFD)	(VIL)	(XAN)
1	Raynor City United (VAL)	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–2	2–0	3–0
2	Mâ Âlâmëómë (FFD)	6	3	3	0	15	10	+5	12			0–0	—	1–1	3–1
3	Turoki Tide (VIL)	6	1	3	2	10	13	−3	6	Challenger's Cup round of 32		1–4	5–5	—	2–0
4	Galaxy SC (XAN)	6	0	1	5	5	15	−10	1			1–2	2–4	1–1	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(VIL)	(STL)	(PAS)	(BRE)
1	Eastal Lunar (VIL)	6	4	1	1	11	10	+1	13	Advance to round of 16		—	0–4	2–1	2–1
2	FC Felsenkirchen 1879 (STL)	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12			2–2	—	2–2	2–0
3	Hellinic Rouge (PAS)	6	1	2	3	10	11	−1	5	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–2	0–2	—	3–3
4	Rozelle (BRE)	6	0	2	4	8	16	−8	2			2–3	2–2	0–4	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(QUS)	(NPH)	(CRY)	(EFL)
1	KFQ Qavazujzy (QUS)	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to round of 16		—	1–2	1–1	1–1
2	AFC Treason (NPH)	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9			0–2	—	0–3	1–2
3	Crystal Fair HC (CRY)	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8	Challenger's Cup round of 32		2–3	1–2	—	0–0
4	RGS Athletic (EFL)	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5			1–2	1–3	1–3	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(TUR)	(EUR)	(TAE)	(VAL)
1	Cednia Beach AFC (TUR)	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	2–2	2–0
2	Revolutionaries (EUR)	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			1–3	—	0–1	2–1
3	1093 CF Atlantea (TAE)	6	2	2	2	13	13	0	8	Challenger's Cup round of 32		2–1	1–2	—	3–4
4	Rolalas FC (VAL)	6	1	1	4	11	20	−9	4			0–6	2–3	4–4	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		(AUD)	(EFL)	(VAL)	(NFX)
1	Cazadores Cathair (AUD)	6	4	1	1	17	8	+9	13	Advance to round of 16		—	4–1	2–2	4–2
2	Norrion Rovers (EFL)	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10			1–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Soldarian FC (VAL)	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5	Challenger's Cup round of 32		0–4	0–2	—	4–1
4	Pacific City (NFX)	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5			2–1	1–2	1–1	—

Source: IFCF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stages

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
Norrion Rovers (EFL)	1–1 (4–5 p)	1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	1–0	0–1
Northern Union (BRE)	3–2	Raynor City United (VAL)	1–1	2–1
AFC Treason (NPH)	1–3	Directus (EUR)	0–1	1–2
Mâ Âlâmëómë (FFD)	(a) 3–3	KFQ Qavazujzy (QUS)	1–0	2–3
AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)	2–1	Cednia Beach AFC (TUR)	2–1	0–0
Revolutionaries (EUR)	3–4	Eastal Lunar (VIL)	3–3	0–1
Jungle Strike FC (VIL)	6–3	Istria City FC (BNJ)	3–1	3–2
FC Felsenkirchen 1879 (STL)	(a) 3–3	Cazadores Cathair (AUD)	0–2	3–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eastal Lunar (VIL)	2–4	Directus (EUR)	1–0	1–4
1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	3–2	Mâ Âlâmëómë (FFD)	2–2	1–0
Jungle Strike FC (VIL)	5–4	FC Felsenkirchen 1879 (STL)	3–1	2–3
Northern Union (BRE)	3–2	AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jungle Strike FC (VIL)	1–5	1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	1–2	0–3
Northern Union (BRE)	1–3	Directus (EUR)	1–3	0–0

Final

Main article: Champions League 3 final

1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Directus (EUR)

The 66 Stadium, Cathair, Audioslavia