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The 2019–20 EHF Champions League knockout stage was scheduled to begin on 18 March with the round of 16 and end on 31 May 2020 with the final at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, to decide the winners of the 2019–20 EHF Champions League.^[1] A total of 14 teams would have competed in the knockout phase, including the top six teams from Groups A and B and the two winners of the playoffs between the top two teams from Groups C and D.

On 25 March, the EHF announced that no matches would be played before June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Afterwards, it was decided just to play the final four.

Format

In the round of 16, the ten teams ranked 2nd–6th in Groups A and B plus the two winners from the playoffs between the top two teams from Groups C and D play against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The six winning teams advance to the quarterfinals, where they are joined by the winners of Groups A and B for another round of two-legged home-and-away matches. The four quarterfinal winners qualify for the final four tournament at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

Qualified teams

The top six teams from Groups A and B and the two playoff winners qualify for the knockout stage.

Group	Qualified for quarterfinals	Qualified for Round of 16
Group	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Barça	Paris Saint-Germain	MOL-Pick Szeged	Aalborg Håndbold	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Celje Pivovarna Laško
B	THW Kiel	Telekom Veszprém	PGE Vive Kielce	Montpellier Handball	FC Porto Sofarma	Vardar
Playoff winners	Orlen Wisła Płock CS Dinamo București

Round of 16

On 13 March 2020, the EHF announced that the round of 16 matches would not be held as scheduled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Europe.^[3] A new competition schedule proposed by the EHF on 25 March foresees the first and second legs being played in the first week of June, with a cancellation deadline on 15 May.^[2] The matches were cancelled on 24 April 2020.^[4]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Dinamo București	M1	Paris Saint-Germain	Cancelled	Cancelled
Orlen Wisła Płock	M2	Telekom Veszprém	Cancelled	Cancelled
Vardar	M3	MOL-Pick Szeged	Cancelled	Cancelled
Celje Pivovarna Laško	M4	PGE Vive Kielce	Cancelled	Cancelled
FC Porto Sofarma	M5	Aalborg Håndbold	Cancelled	Cancelled
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	M6	Montpellier Handball	Cancelled	Cancelled

Matches

CS Dinamo București	Cancelled	Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain	Cancelled	CS Dinamo București

Orlen Wisła Płock	Cancelled	Telekom Veszprém

Telekom Veszprém	Cancelled	Orlen Wisła Płock

Vardar	Cancelled	MOL-Pick Szeged

MOL-Pick Szeged	Cancelled	Vardar

Celje Pivovarna Laško	Cancelled	PGE Vive Kielce

PGE Vive Kielce	Cancelled	Celje Pivovarna Laško

FC Porto Sofarma	Cancelled	Aalborg Håndbold

Aalborg Håndbold	Cancelled	FC Porto Sofarma

SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Cancelled	Montpellier Handball

Montpellier Handball	Cancelled	SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were rescheduled on 25 March 2020.^[2] The matches were cancelled on 24 April 2020.^[4]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
M6	–	Barça	Cancelled	Cancelled
M5	–	THW Kiel	Cancelled	Cancelled
M4	–	M1	Cancelled	Cancelled
M3	–	M2	Cancelled	Cancelled

Matches

M6	Cancelled	Barça

Barça	Cancelled	M6

M5	Cancelled	THW Kiel

THW Kiel	Cancelled	M5

M4	Cancelled	M1

M1	Cancelled	M4

M3	Cancelled	M2

M2	Cancelled	M3

Final four

The final four was scheduled to be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 30 and 31 May but was rescheduled to 22 and 23 August 2020,^[5]^[2]^[6] and later to 28 and 29 December 2020. Because of the cancellation of the last 16 and quarterfinals, the first two-placed teams from the group stage groups will play in the final four.^[4] The draw was held on 10 November 2020.^[7]^[8]

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

28 December

THW Kiel	36
		29 December
Telekom Veszprém	35
		THW Kiel	33
28 December
		Barça	28
Barça	37

Paris Saint-Germain	32
		Third place

		29 December

		Telekom Veszprém	26

		Paris Saint-Germain	31

Semifinals

28 December 2020 18:00	Barça	37–32	Paris Saint-Germain	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Mem 8	(18–14)	Nahi 9
	3×	Report	2× 2×

28 December 2020 20:30	THW Kiel	36–35 (ET)	Telekom Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Marìn, García (ESP)
	Pekeler 8	(18–13)	Borozan, Marguc 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 5×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 7–6

Third place game

29 December 2020 18:00	Telekom Veszprém	26–31	Paris Saint-Germain	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Lékai 9	(11–14)	Prandi, Remili 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 3×

Final

29 December 2020 20:30	THW Kiel	33–28	Barça	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ekberg 8	(19–16)	Gómez 10
	1× 5×	Report	4×