The 2020 Copa FFTL was an association football competition in men's domestic
Timor football. The tournament was organised by the
East Timor Football Federation
The East Timor Football Federation ( pt, Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste - FFTL) is the governing body of football in East Timor.
In 2016 Timor-Leste run their own league under supervision of and Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. ...
and was held during 2020 in response to the
Liga Futebol Amadora
Liga Futebol Timor-Leste (LFTL) is a league competition featuring football clubs from Timor Leste. It replaced Super Liga Timorense in 2015. The competition initially consisted of two main divisions, the Primeira Divisão and Segunda Divisão, h ...
league system being cancelled due to COVID-19. The tournament was contested by the 20 clubs from the
Primeira Divisão
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and
Segunda Divisão
The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...
. The competition featured a multistage format, with the participating teams initially being divided into four groups of five teams, each team playing each other once. After the group stage the four group winners and the four group runners-up progressed to the quarterfinals of a knockout finals series to determine the winner.
The tournament was won by
Lalenok United
Lalenok United Football Club, commonly known as Lalenok United, is an East Timorese football club based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão, after finishing runners up and being promoted from the Segunda Divisão i ...
, defeating
AD Sport Laulara e Benfica in the final 2-1.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was conducted on the 14th of August 2020.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
ct 15Lalenok United 6-0 AS Marca
ct 16
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Benfica Laulara 6-3 Sporting Timor
ct 17Karketu Dili FC 0-1 Boavista Timor
ct 18AS Ponta Leste 0-1 Assalam FC
Semifinals
ct 20Lalenok United 3-2 Boavista Timor
ct 21Benfica Laulara 2-0 Assalam FC
3rd Place Play off
ct 24Boavista Timor 8-1 Assalam FC
Final
The 2020 Copa FFTL Final was played on 25 October 2020, at East Timor national Stadium in Dili.
Aftermath
Following the tournament the East Timor Football Federation used the matches to select a number of players from various teams to participate in an invitational training squad run by the
Timor-Leste national football team
The Timor-Leste national football team is the national team of East Timor () and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.
Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round ...
coaching staff and
Fábio Magrão.
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References
2020 in Timor Leste football