2020–21 Supercopa De España
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The 2020–21 Supercopa de España was the 37th edition of the
Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...
, an annual
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competition for clubs in the
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that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. It was the second straight edition played under the new format with four teams. They included
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winners
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and
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winners
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
,
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runners-up
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and
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runners-up
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. The competition was initially supposed to be held in
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like the previous year, but restrictions related to the global
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forced it to remain in Spain. The semi-finals took place in the cities of Córdoba and
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, on 13 and 14 January 2021. The
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was played at
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in
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on 17 January 2021.
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won the tournament for their third Supercopa de España title.


Qualification

The tournament featured the winners and runners-up of the
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and
2019–20 La Liga The 2019–20 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Banco Santander, Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on 16 August 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 24 May 2020. FC Barcelona ...
.


Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the tournament.


Draw

The draw took place on 17 December 2020 at the
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headquarters, in
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. As the result of the delayed 2020 Copa del Rey Final was unknown at the moment of the draw, it was held under the condition that both teams qualifying through their La Liga result (Real Madrid and Barcelona) could not face each other in the semi-finals.


Matches


Bracket


Semi-finals

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Final


Notes


References

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