2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The Franz Horr Stadium in Vienna will host the final
Event 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date May 2020 (2020-05)
Venue Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna

The 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 19th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It will be played at the Franz Horr Stadium in Vienna, Austria in May 2020.[1]

Host selection

An open bidding process was launched on 22 September 2017 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2020. Associations had until 31 October 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 1 March 2018.

UEFA announced on 3 November 2017 that three associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League final.[2]

Bidding associations for 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 AustriaFranz Horr StadiumVienna17,500
 BelgiumStade Maurice DufrasneLiège30,023
 RussiaVTB ArenaMoscow27,000

The Franz Horr Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Kiev on 24 May 2018.[3][1]

Venue

This is the first UEFA club competition final hosted at the stadium, and the first hosted at the city of Vienna since the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion.[4]

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

TBD v TBD

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Istanbul to host 2020 UEFA Champions League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Six associations interested in hosting 2020 club finals". UEFA. 3 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Kyiv meeting". UEFA.com. 8 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vienna to host 2020 Women's Champions League final". UEFA.com. 24 May 2018.
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